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Thanks Alex, I am enjoying your build. You are more precise than I was! Great job.

If I recall without looking at my notes, it was 400 that I used.

He was very impressive. Weather was too nice the announcer said. Very little wind and 82 degrees. haha.

I have looked at the rans S-21. I believe it would make a very nice plane for you.

Richard, If you will send me an email I will take a pic of that page and send to you. hsdjp@yahoo.com

I still chuckle about snow birding to mo, but hey it's warm compared to Alaska in the winter. Mike showed me a pic of a thermometer that was bottomed out below the -40 -50 numbers. Brrrrrr

I believe he has to have a clear ramp for airplane clearance. The cable/springs on the ramp won't allow that. Thanks

@@KitfoxPilot yes they will. I’m not talking about cables. I’m talking about the hinge the ramp is on would also be a coil spring. I have it in my toy hauler and it’s flush below the floor and very simple to operate.

@@Captndarty Interesting, I haven't see those but sounds great.

Thanks Don, I agree, it is a great trailer for hauling a Kitfox!

That is great to hear. I don't think you could have gotten a nicer trailer. Kitfox is going to look great in there.

I would be nice to haul one around so you have wheels when you get to where ever one wants to vacation. How's your fox coming along?

Susan and me had decided we were going to buy a bush plane kit so we could fly out of our farm behind our house. We knew nothing about any of them other then reading about them. We were down to kitfox an highlander when we went to oshkosh. Susan liked the looks of the kitfox interior much better than the highlander soooo we bought the kitfox. I did over ride her liking the reg wing over the sti wing but I didn't tell her that when I ordered the kit. Haha. I think either choice is good between the two planes.

@@KitfoxPilotthanks for the reply! Didn’t you look at any of the Zenith or Rans planes? Those are all aluminum. Any thoughts on those? I need to go to Oshkosh sounds like! Thanks again!

@@shelliecurry6052 Yes I did look at those. Zenith are good airplanes but really slow and I wanted a tail draggier for off airport/sandbar type flying that I do. Rans I think would be fine airplanes but were not side by side seating, when we looked at them. Now I believe they do make side by sides and would be good. We definitely wanted side by side seating.

Rob I glued a thin piece of plywood on the backside of the crack.

Hundreds of seasonal Eagles on this river. It is very fun flying the rivers when the bars are out so thick and your not over water as much. Thanks for watching Stu!

Thanks Mark, It has been a life changing type flying for me. Thanks for your kind words. It was the last page of the magazine so it won't go to my head too much. Haha

Thank you very much!

Well I didn't even know I made the magazine! Thanks!

@@KitfoxPilot I suspect you get the magazine but if not, let me know and I’ll mail my copy to you.

@@diepenj47 Yes I just went in to look at it. Haha. Thanks for giving me the page number, I may not have made it to the back of the magazine!

I used milwaukee hole saw to do mine. Just go slow so it don't bite too fast. Good luck!

@@KitfoxPilot thanks. What was your total build time? I’m at the “overwhelmed” stage of the build. I’m 7 months in and am almost at the end of the fuselage section of the instruction manual. However, I look at my progress and feel like I’ve only completed 5% of the airplane. I was watching some of your later videos thinking: holy crap, I’ve got so much left to do.

@@robhaynes6173 19 months but I didn't keep times but I'd guess 2 hours per day??

It is overwhelming if you look at what you haven't done but if you do a little every day you will get it done. I have no desire to build another one. haha

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It sure is. I have had more fun flying off airport for a couple years than I ever had flying the other 30 years! Thanks for your comments, I appreciate them.

Hello Mark, I did install an autopilot and it is the best one I have ever flown behind. Garmin brand. I like to look around when I just going cross country and the auto pilot takes care of everything for me while I'm sight seeing!

@@KitfoxPilot perfect. That's my kind of flying!!! Thanks

Thanks Don!

@bradleypoehler9609 Hi Brad, This is the little river .

Thank you for the kind words. I have 400 hours on it now and it just keeps getting more fun each flight!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the kind words and for watching, we really appreciate it! We enjoy making videos but are not very good at it.

Haha Jeremy. I had to look that up to see what you were talking about. We got a good laugh out of that!🤣

Thanks!

Thanks Gene, I missed you at OSH.

Hi Mark. The only trim tab I have is a manual trim tab on the rudder. I have factory sold heat via a small radiator above my feet. Good down to about 20 then you will put on several cloths. Haha

Thanks for the kind words!

Thanks Tyler! The runway I took off on is really my perment taxiway but I use it to take off if the wind is out of the south or close to it. It is 600ft long. I use it to land on if the wind is out of the north but its a one way strip so you need to be on to land it. haha

Thanks Kim!

It is for sure. Today I can't get a set of good years to last 10 years on a tractor. haha

Thanks for those kind words..

Thanks David, good to hear from you.

It's not near as hard as it used to be but some days are pretty long. We make that up in the winter😂

I'd love to fly with you on some sandbars. In my area crp doesn't work going to wheat, to many grasses there and they will choke out the wheat. Beans work good here behind crp. Roundup will work good cause there's no waterhemp normally out there yet. It usually takes one extra pass of roundup but they will be the best beans you have. Let me know if you ever get down here with the kitfox. Harlan Ok I'd love some pics of your kitfox sent to hsdjp@yahoo.com

Haha. Only thing we have here to watch out for is deer. Thanks for watching!

It has been one of the wettest springs that I can remember. Very tough to get a crop in the ground and up. Another 2.5 inch rain that was suppose to be a .5 inch rain. More replant I suppose. Haha. We just have to laugh and go on cause we can't do much about the weather.

250-300ft is average takeoff by myself. Double that with another 200 pound person.

I hope your soft rain helped your beans jump out of the ground. It’s been a wet spring in NW Ohio so most crops are still popping through and a decent number of planters still rolling. I do like the idea of scouting with the Farm Fox.

@@diepenj47 we did get .9 over night so they should pop out fine. We have planted everything in the mud it seems this year. Still need one more day to finish planting then wheat looks to be ready in about a week. I really enjoy using the plane for crop scouting. I don't post much because I didn't figure many cared. Good to hear from you Jim! Harlan Edit. ended up with 2.5 inches.....

Thanks Scott!

As far as I know they do not offer the system. There are a few kit foxes that I have seen on line that have put the system in. I really don't see a need to carry the extra weigh since I can land almost anywhere if I am high enough to put the chute. Then you have to have them repacked every 5 years I believe. Just my opinion but I don't see much safety factor in a slow low flying plane. In a high speed night flying plane, that would be a different story. Harlan

@KitfoxPilot i see and all valid. I too have seen experimental aircraft install the system in planes thst weren't originally designed for a parachute system. Just curious what your thoughts were. Thx