Meanwhile at the factory in Homedale...

[Av8r3400]

Anyone care to fill us in on the news of the day??

STi + 915 =

[Av8r3400]

I was hoping to flush out a little inside dope for Team Kitfox for the non-Facebookers out there.

[efwd]

Thx Larry.

[redbowen]

Lets hear some numbers. Speeds, weights, fuel burn, etc. Looks exciting.

[alandbrooks]

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[alandbrooks]

i was getting excited about some news out of the homedale team

[trentp]

I spoke to McBean about the setup briefly. If its anything as good as he makes it sound then I am a little jealous. Very excited to see it in person, and if I am lucky hopefully I can get some stick time and report back. Not that I am complaining about my zipper powered STI, but the 915iS sounds pretty insane.

[Shadowrider]

I spoke to McBean about the setup briefly. If its anything as good as he makes it sound then I am a little jealous. Very excited to see it in person, and if I am lucky hopefully I can get some stick time and report back. Not that I am complaining about my zipper powered STI, but the 915iS sounds pretty insane.

Trent, I think you should go fly it and make a video! In exchange for all the STI's you have sold and will help sell they upgrade your motor. FYI we have two STI's on order because of you!

[redbowen]

If they can get standard wing cruise speeds out of the 915 powered STI wing, then I may be upgrading. How much weight is added with the 915 and that prop compared to a 912 install? I bet the empty weight is less than my Lycoming with 10-15 more horses.

[Esser]

It’s about 35lbs more. I think that wing has some serious diminishing returns once you get above 100mph no matter how much HP you have. Although, I think looking at Trent’s gear it could be cleaned up a little and faired which would probably help a lot.