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    Default Kitfox 3 wing twist

    Hey guys, great site. I'm new! Not sure about the posting procedure yet. I am in the process of building a Kitfox 3 / 582 and its looking like I will have a lot of interesting questions.
    It seems my construction book indicates 1 inch twist but someone has handwritten 1 3/4 in twist. Whats the deal?

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    Default Re: Kitfox 3 wing twist

    Hi Bob, and welcome to the forum. No special procedure for asking questions, just post a message in the appropriate forum like you just did. Being a Kitfox newbie I can't answer your question but I'm sure someone will.

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    Default Re: Kitfox 3 wing twist

    Welcome to the forum and to the Kitfox Family !

    Both 1" and 1.75" twists were used. If you are not the original owner and the wings have been installed previously they may have made a note to the wing twist used. It would be a good idea to verify which it is and which tanks you have... The wing tanks may be either as well.
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    Default Re: Kitfox 3 wing twist

    Hi Bryan,

    I too came across this when building my Mk3 wings and opted for the lesser twist at 1". I figured less drag. Don’t really think it matters too much. The idea is the wing tip will have less angle of attack and thus stall after the root which is a safe way to go.

    Airfoils and power started to change after the Mk3 so I guess this had something to do with it.

    Not sure how the wing tanks are supplied from the factory but I did not glue the top skin of my home made 13gal tanks until I could fit them to the finished wings and thus avoid the tank not twisting with the wing spars.

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    Default Re: Kitfox 3 wing twist

    Sounds good, One inch it is. From what I see in my builders instruction, it looks like the previous owner of the kit was trying to incorporate model 3 and 4 into the same wing. Although I'm not sure if anyone has done that safely yet.

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