ppilotmike

I will never forget the first gate call I did on a Northwest A-319. I got too the airplane and none of the controls were in a position one would expect. Called Maintenance Control, they told me to power down the aircraft for 5 minutes and then power it back up, when I powered it back up I almost jumped out of my skin watching all the control surfaces dance around. From that day on I called them the control, alt, delete, airplanes. I loved working on 727's and 37's. Mike

Dollar general kids school pencil holder for a binder, 79 cents. Mike

Welcome to the forum. We love pictures. As I used to like to say at United "I'm not going if its not Boeing" Thanks for building great airplanes.  Mike

Thanks for the updates! Love the pictures as it shows there is more than one way to skin a cat. Mike

Congratulations! Mike

I don't know anything about headsets, but boy is that a cute little airplane!

Looking good!! Mike

He would't happen to be looking to adopt would he? I'm available. Mike ;-)

So I was perusing the AOPA website this morning and the had an article on the upcoming show in Florida. In the group of pictures there is a real cool looking little Fox sticking its nose out of a trailer, anyone recognize it, and is the owner on this forum? Mike

Welcome to the forum, very cool looking "C". Lots of good info here. Tell us more about you bird. Mike

I found some parts for mine on Fleabay,  I used go-cart or hurst brakes for my search. Wheels might be a hard one. You might want to consider upgrading. Mike

Which wheels and brakes  do you need? I have Hurst/airhart brakes on mine with 8 inch wheels. They are kind of uncommon anymore most have been updated.  Mike

My gear legs are 22 inches from the upper mounting bolt C/L to the axle C/l. Model 1 S/N 107. Mike

Keep up the good work, looks fantastic! Mike

Thanks for your comments Fred. Mike

I guess I should have clarified that my header tank is vented.

This is a before photo, the clear line is the vent.

The line runs all the way up to the top of the cabin and then back down and exits near the gascolator.

The valve in the center of the instrument panel controls the vent. It is need because with the right tank full it will overflow fuel onto the ground. I like your Idea of going thru the rib with a vent, I think I will try that first. Right now the fuel system is 1/4'' line. My flow rate was 1gallon and a quart in 10 minutes which comes out to 7.5 gallons an hour. I did the test with the tail on the ground, should it be preformed with the tail up in  the level fight position? The flow rate was taken at the  lowest point which is the gascolator. I can see the fuel level in the vent line so that would solve that problem with the valve open. Mike

Thats a very cool airplane! Do you have any pictures of the engine installation? Mike

So what are your thoughts on getting an original front tank, Edmo has one and said he would sell it to me for a very reasonable price. If I don't do that than it seems like moving the header tank behind the seat might be an option. I think I would mount it as High as I could, I remember seeing a Kitfox that used an old keg mounted behind and higher than the seat for a header tank. One of my concerns are low spots that might collect moisture and ruin my day so I am going to re-plumb the system using hard 3/8" lines. My other major concern is not knowing how fuel is in the header tank. Mike

Header tank is up front Jim. Mike

Haven't been posting much lately, thought I better let everyone know I am still alive and kicking. The 532 was a total bust. My new greyhead 582 is getting inspected and prepared by a Rotax repair station for duty on the front of 991CD. I have decided to put a new IVO ultralight 3 blade on the front, sold all the props I had to fund it. I consider my model 1 a fat ultralight and will operate it as such, although I realize it truly is an airplane just a very light one. I have been spending every free moment doing research on experimental aviation and the Kitfox in general, quite different from the certified world I come from yet still the same. I bought the flying a Kitfox book as well as the build manual from the nice folks at Kitfox. The book is well written and thorough and I now see how much was missing from the build manual I got with the plane. One of the big bugaboos with my bird is the fuel system. I am uncomfortable with its flow rate, it consists of two 6 gallon aluminum tanks and a 1 1/2 gallon header. I have to force feed the wing tanks to the header to get the flow to start using an outboard motor squeeze bulb for now. Seeing as how I will not be going on any long cross countries I would like to put the original design tank in front of the pilot in it, Is this a bad idea? Should I consider upgrading to a later design? Anyone else run into this? I have become very attached to this little airplane and will do what it takes to make it a safe regular flying bird again. Merry Christmas to all of you and thanks for all the advice you have given me. Joeys little Avid videos is what hooked me on these planes, thanks Joey. For now its back to studying for me. Mike

Very nice web site! Good luck to Mark, wish this had happened last year I would be building a bandit right now. Mike

Joey is the winner on this one. Any other method COULD cause the crank to become misaligned. Mike

Sold it on fleabay. Mike

Cool pictures! Mike

Kinda funny I offered him $8K right before I bought my Kitfox. There is 2 guys involved with that project and I think at least one of them is having a hard time letting go. The current owners have done very little on the project but the workmanship so far looked real good. Mike