Originally Posted by
kitfoxJeff
Wow, thanks for that great info,... I printed that out.
I bought it from a guy named Paul Stropki and it was in Dalton Ohio, and I bought it as a crashed plane about a month ago, I fell in love with it, so I sold my kf3 in 5 days and went and got this one. It is meticulously built, beautiful craftsmanship, flying since 2002 always hangered and babied , Has skiis too, The damage was minor in my opinion, but enough to make it totaled, un-rebuildable, as they said. A right wing strut was the major damage, hit a chain link fence on roll out, at idle, I need a prop, some small fabric repairs, and I need to add some re-enforcement to the wing root, tubing, still making decisions on that, and trying to calculate some forces. I am in love with the plane, I need about two to three more full days of work on the details. Then just a paperwork process. This is my third kf but the nicest set up by far, engine looks like brand new, not a spec of dust or oil anywhere, it has about 650 hours, but looks new, new new,.. love it,.. really look forward to this. My kf 3 I never went more than 60 mph with, and never traveled more than 70 miles away with the rotax 670 2 stroker. I also have a Cessna 172, but hope to use this new kf5 a lot more than the Cessna, affordable, and more fun to fly, as well as cooler looking, tundra tires seem to be about 22 inches tall. Nice size tail wheel too. I do not know how to share a photo on this site or if it is even possible. Keep in touch.