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Hello Fellow Kitfox Drivers,

I re-sloshed my wing tanks last summer. I had to cut off the old brass elbow fitting with a dremel tool so I could get the finger strainer out. Now I have been look ...

Hello Fellow Kitfoxers,

Does anybody know how to get rid of the cables and pulleys in the Aerocet 1100 amphibs and replace with electric motors? I saw out in cyberspace there were a few people h ...

Scott,

Is there any black "mist" inside your intake manifold? Have you been adding anything to your fuel (e.g. Stabil, or SeaFoam)? These chemicals may contain propenol (or other alcoh ...

Hello Paul,

You say you are flying again. What type of fuel lines did you install on your newly Kreemed fuel tanks?

I have been experiencing the same thing. My engine started to run rough ...

Dave,

I wrestled with the same indecision. Then I purchased the 1/4" and
enjoy piece of mind with it.

Just my two cents.

Kirk Martenson
Classic IV (yes it is a Speedster) Smile

Sent ...

Roger,

Thanks for the information on the Kreem Weiss.

Just to clarify, the black stuff is not really a soot, it is more of a black "mist" that is deposited on the inside of my in ...

Hello Kitfoxers again,

I think I am going to re-slosh my fuel tanks. Does anybody have a procedure for this? The Kreem website is not specific to fiberglass tanks. They say to leave acetone ...

Hello Kitfoxers,

Does anybody have a part number for an oil fitting that screws into the oil intake side (oil pump inlet) of the Rotax 912, and the other thread end goes to an Earl's fitting ...

I have inspected the inside of the intake manifolds on a Rotax 912UL and found black soot like fine particulate in there. It does wipe off with a rag, so it is not stuck on very hard. Has any other pe ...

Regarding the posting on the ski tuck, the problem may be with the rubber in the bungee. I had some problems with my landing gear bungee cord with below zero temperatures in that the gear would not co ...

It is only about 3" high.

I used a garbage can lid to trace an arc to a piece of wood that looked about right. I then took the wooden template and traced it to one side of a piece of alumin ...

Thanks Ron.

The frame is made from .125" 6061 T6 aluminum plate. I made 4 revisions to the prototype before I got the design right. It still may not be right, but they seem to work.

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Hello Fellow Snowfoxers,

Attached are a few more pictures of my skis for those of you that are interested. My memory is a little flawed. Earlier I stated that my skis are 12" wide. After I ...

There are two wheels in tandem like a roller blade. I wanted only two wheels, otherwise one would not be able to turn the plane on pavement. Since these pictures I posted (taken in 2004), I purch ...

I will try to get some detailed pictures this weekend and send them out.

Kirk

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:07 AM, DeWayne Clifford <kitfox@bresnan.net ([email]kitfox@bresnan.net[/emai ...

Hello,

I designed and built these aluminum skis (see attached photos) with small 6" plastic-rubber castor wheels attached. They are 12" wide and 48" long. I can land on snow or pa ...

I understand about adjusting the gross weight to anything that you want. My question is, what types of dynamic loads can the airframe and wings sustain without damage in: calm air, turbulence, etc. if ...

I trailered my Kitfox about 300 miles. When folded the wings back out, I noticed that from the flaperon vibrating on the horizontal stabilizer in the folded position, it wore the aerothane off clear t ...

How is it that the gross weight was increased by 10%? I asked about this several years ago when I wanted to place my C IV on floats, and received mixed answers.

Thanks,

Kirk
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Hello Fellow Kitfoxers:

I just wanted to thank all the Veteran's out there for their service to our country.

Kirk Martenson
CW2 US Army (retired)
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