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Hello All. I am selling my Kitfox and moving to a different aircraft. I have a young man very interested in the plane itself, but he is looking to lower the price a bit. I will have left over should h ...

Best of the season. It's Christmas in my house, but if you do one of the others, I hope it is an enjoyable holiday.
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I arrived at the airport yesterday and found a section of the finish lifted about 2" wide and 5-6" long near the top inboard portion of the right tank. quite a small leak, I assume it's a pi ...

Hi, I am laying up the Kitfox soon to update the fuel system. I currently have the very old aluminum tank behind the dash, with the only vent being a small manually operated valve on the firewall. Ope ...

I emailed the factory and confirmed that a nose wheel conversion is available for my Model IV - 1050. It's pricey enough to discourage me for just now but I might follow up in a few months. Has anyone ...

I need to replace the saggy old bungees on my Mod IV 1050. I have looked through the archives and determined this is a job for two. If anyone has any ideas that make it quick and easy now would be the ...

Hello all, I have lost one of the rubber donut type bumpers from my Model IV. If anyone has one or some I would like to buy them. I also need bungees in order to replace my old ones.
Please reply ...

I'm unsure how relevant it is but I wanted to quote the following email for those who use ethanol blended auto fuel in their Kitfox.
It is from Pete Krotje who is the jabiru rep in the US. Since e ...

I understand, there is where the "best for your situation" comes in. One can
get uncertified O-200's or ones in need of service or in unknown condition
so inexpensively that I could neve ...

Engine choice is very personal, and I encourage you to do what is best for
your situation.... But if it were my choice I would use an O-200. Reliable,
proven, available, sometimes cheap. their lo ...

And there exactly is the point of keeping this one. Until S. began his campaign to kill this list it was silent except for short questions and answers, no long winded discussions or other news and c ...

In further reading the thread I noticed some information about voltage regulators, and DC generators that appeared to be incorrect.

First DC generators in the form of what I would call a dyna ...

I am not in any way a stickler for terminology and correctness, I figure if most people understand what you are trying to communicate, job done.

But I was taught, way back in the dark ages of ...

And yet you still check it?
The list is fine as far as I'm concerned, some others feel similarly.
Perhaps those who do not enjoy or use it could exercise the option of
ignoring it rather than advo ...

The autoignition temp of gasoline is just below 500 deg., below that it needs an ignition source. So maybe the answer is that flash point is not autoignition temp.

Noel ...

My newly serviced 582 has a coolant leak and I'm looking for input. The leak comes out right at the drain port for the water pump, but does not appear to come through the drain. I'm having a hard ti ...

My newly serviced 582 has a coolant leak and I'm looking for input. The leak comes out right at the drain port for the water pump, but does not appear to come through the drain. I'm having a hard ti ...

Yawnn... Have we figured out which geek is the most stubborn yet?

I think trying to help anybody got trampled into in the dirt a long time ago.
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Hi, if you are measuring 12.4 across the starter and there's no action, it
looks like you may have had the right idea in the first place and there may
be an issue with the starter itself. Starters ...

I would certainly replace a weak battery and add the required ground, but
you may be right in that the prop should at least attempt to turn. You can
try measuring the voltages. Put a voltmeter on ...