Safe Little Airplanes

[horsepower 24]

Was just reading a September issue of Kitplanes magazine about the safety records of Avids and Kitfoxes.Seems these airplanes do very well in the safety catagory.It shows graphs of the different failures and failures with different engines.For some reason the Avid came out on top for fatal accidents and they were powered with more 2 strokes than the Kitfoxes.Not sure what you can read into it but if anybody is interested in reading get a Sept. 2010 Kitplanes magazine and look at the comparisons.Randy

[Benbell4140 0]

Was just reading a September issue of Kitplanes magazine about the safety records of Avids and Kitfoxes.Seems these airplanes do very well in the safety catagory.It shows graphs of the different failures and failures with different engines.For some reason the Avid came out on top for fatal accidents and they were powered with more 2 strokes than the Kitfoxes.Not sure what you can read into it but if anybody is interested in reading get a Sept. 2010 Kitplanes magazine and look at the comparisons.Randy

The article states maybe because avids 2 stroke engines are inverted while kitfox is upright. Never thought it would make much difference.

Ben

[akflyer 1427]

When the Avid first came out it was powered by the Cyuna 430 engine. It made a better boat anchor than an engine. With the switch to rotax, they became much more reliable. Kitfox did not come out till the Rotax was the engine of choice so they did not get in on the first round of engine failures. The writer could have put that little tidbit of info in the article and it would have shed a different light on the comparison, however, a good journalist who actually does some research and gives all the facts is pretty hard to find these days..