why would you sell the rv8. I have an rv7 and I wouldn't sell that. I also have the Kitfox 4, I don't want to sell that either.
why would you sell the rv8. I have an rv7 and I wouldn't sell that. I also have the Kitfox 4, I don't want to sell that either.
steve
slyfox
model IV 1200-flying
912uls
IVO medium in-flight
RV7A-flying
IO-360
constant speed prop
Got bored with it actually. I only ever really wanted to just fly around with the doors open on a nice summer evening. Don't travel so don't need to go 200 mph. Yank and bank was fun though. Not sure what direction I will end up doing.
Have RV8, but Kitfox my first love
It is hard to find late model kitfoxes for sale, so why not build yourself a Kitfox? If you already have built an RV8 you certainly have the skills to do a Kitfox in jig time.
Jim Ott
Portland, OR
Kitfox SS7 flying
Rotax 912ULS
Definitely checked that option, can't justify the cost of all new. besides, i'm old and lazy now.
Have RV8, but Kitfox my first love
Shoot, if we were closer in proximity, we could trade airplanes once in a while and have the best of both worlds! Bruce N199CL
Hello Keith.
What about a swap?
I have a really nice KF 5
Show me yours and I'll show you mine......
Happy new year!
Reid
I can understand getting bored with a go fast airplane. If you don't have a need for high speed travel the Kitfox is a lot more fun to fly, as you can go places the go fast plane can't, and you can enjoy the scenery more, as you can fly low and slow much safer.
Besides being so much fun to fly, the Kitfox truly is one of the most practical aircraft to own as it has to be one of the most versatile aircraft ever designed. It is a decent back country bush plane, a great ski plane, a fantastic float plane, and a very reasonable cross country cruiser. And fuel burn will probably be half of most other aircraft. So there isn't much not to like.
With your building skills, if it were me I would build a new Super Sport. If you can use a reasonable priced used engine, used radios and instruments, prop, etc, you could end up with a really valuable late model Kitfox that is done just the way you want one. And you will have less money in it than what you could buy one for.
You're right, not too many of us are willing to give up our Kitfoxes. And that situation seems to be getting worse, not better lately. But the good thing is that the factory still sells kits