Tom,

I would not discount a tailwheel kitfox school at all.

Insurance will require that a person have some kitfox hours; but, they don't differentiate between a trigear and tailwheel, the last I was aware of. Total hours is usually less for a trigear kitfox.

A good plan would be to contact your insurance company first, be sure they know you have a tri gear and find out what they want to see for Kitfox hours. Both airplanes fly the same and the airborne characteristics won't vary from a tailwheel. At the time I started testing, my insurance company wanted two hours of kitfox training for a trigear; and, I received that in a tailwheel kitfox. I also did some update training in a C152 which is a somewhat reasonable configuration fascimili for a trigear kitfox (except that the C 150/152 is dog performance wise compared to the kitfox). The Cessnas have a steerable nosewheel while the kitfox is a castering nosewheel which is just about the only major difference there. The castering nosewheel, in my opinion (and apparently in the opinion of some rather expensive HP singles) is easy to adapt to and a whole lot less trouble - basically you steer with the rudder, brakes and a little power (as needed for the rudder). I did my ground taxi tests in direct crosswinds up to 20 MPH with no problem. You do have to maintain and perform your skills concerning correct control position with surface winds and do it all the time like a pilot should do with any trigear (not to be confused with the poor practices we often see on the ramp & taxiways).

Congrats on your upcoming completion!