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    Quote Originally Posted by jmodguy View Post
    Look at the spars. If they are .062" walls they are the 1550 GW.
    The spar wall thickness was NOT the only change.. there were other structural changes from the Series 5 -1400 to the 1550. Wall thickness of some of the tubing structure and some was actually the structural design..

    There are Vixen aircraft that were actually 1200..
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    Quote Originally Posted by jdmcbean View Post
    The spar wall thickness was NOT the only change.. there were other structural changes from the Series 5 -1400 to the 1550. Wall thickness of some of the tubing structure and some was actually the structural design..

    There are Vixen aircraft that were actually 1200..
    Fair enough. How does one tell by looking at the airframe what they have?
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    Jeff

    Not sure if this will help, but a FYI letter that came with my build manual for my Series 5 (1998) says that Series 5 aircraft with a S or V prefix and serial number 95070000 or greater have been increased from a 1400lb to a 1550lb gross weight.

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    Serial number is the easiest way... the caveat to the letter was the spar wall thickness.. The very early sequence of those serial numbers had .058 wall spars.. The fuselage had been changed so they needed to upgrade the spars to the .065 wall.
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    I spent some time yesterday going over some of the "Kitfox Times" magazines of this era. My first Model IV kit was delivered in March of 1993 - Ordered November 1992 - and was devouring anything Kitfox I could find. The first issue was the " '93 Summer Special Double Issue 1993" In this issue is an article describing the development of the Skystar Vixen. Then I found a brochure introducing the Vixen in "Volume 10 Issue1 1994". I have attached a PDF of the introductory article to this post and will attach a PDF of the brochure in a subsequent post to accommodate the size of the files.

    Pay particular attention to the specifications as they relate to gross weight.
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    This will provide PDFs of the 8 page brochure introducing the Vixon to the general public. There are some interesting options announced since the original introduction in "Kitfox Times" Sorry for the multiple PDFs the site file size limits were exceeded with an attempt to do a single PDF.
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    Bum, John,
    Thanks for the needed info! My spars are .065. Will check serial number this afternoon.
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    The very first Vixen came out as a model 4 with 80hp.


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    Ok I have read around a bit and found another topic in this forum that mentions the same question.
    Does anyone have a definitive list of differences between the 1400lb and 1550lb GW airframe? Other than the 063 spars and some lift strut attach hardware...

    Please...
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    Hi pilots,

    I am buying this Kitfox as 2005 Vixem Model but it seems so different from other photos found, specially looking for the vertical stabilizer.

    Bellow is the bird ! Can someone give me an ideia if am I wrong ?

    My intention is for transform it in a bush plane, is there any concerning about it ?

    BR

    Paulo

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