IMHO, a Kitfox is just not going to be a real efficient airplane as far as mpg goes, because it's never going to be a slick, fast airplane no matter how much horsepower you have. I shines in other ways that are important to most of us.


As an example of the mpg thing, I flew a cross country trip up to Idaho with my friend Stan. He flew his 80 hp Mod. IV Speedster, and I my 160 hp Thorp. While not going as fast as I could have, I averaged 180 mph and obviously reached our planned stops well before he did, where I waited and re-fueled along with him. I burned considerably less fuel at each stop. My mpg was close to 30. He could have burned cheaper fuel than I, if it had been available.