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I wrecked my Kitfox

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The end of July I flew out to Suches GA to the Just-Aircraft fly-in out at Kennedy Creek, which is in northern GA.  I was flying in the STOL competition they had there (not cause a had a chance and beating the Just-Aircraft but more for practice than anything)   and on my first landing my right rudder peddles broke, unfortunately my peddles hadn't been reinforced, which then resulted in a ground loop. 

One of the spectators got a video of my incident and shared it with me, so here it is.    https://youtu.be/rIkYKB6JHQE.  

 

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Bummer on the damage to your plane,  glad you got it fixed back up.  JImChuk

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If Troy Woodland hadn't volunteered his shop for me to fix it in it would have taken longer to fix. Troy's a great guy!

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Thanks for the reminder.  I keep inspecting my welds but that probably isn't enough.

Better just do the gussets. 

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Thanks for the reminder.  I keep inspecting my welds but that probably isn't enough.

Better just do the gussets. 

yes do ur gussets.  I thought I would keep an eye on mine but didn't catch it 

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Thanks for the reminder.  I keep inspecting my welds but that probably isn't enough.

Better just do the gussets. 

Its a ticking time bomb!  Get her fixed!

 

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I can't help to wonder, wouldn't heel brakes eliminate stress to the rudder pedal assembly - end of broken rudder pedals. 

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I can't help to wonder, wouldn't heel brakes eliminate stress to the rudder pedal assembly - end of broken rudder pedals. 

I've never heard of strapped or gusseted rudder pedals breaking only the original ones have broken 

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