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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject: trailoring kitfox

I saw  WING  TOW  BRACES as an option in an old kitfox catalog.  Does any body use them? How do they attach? 

 Charles

  

  

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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject: trailoring kitfox

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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: trailoring kitfox

I built a set of them when I was trailering my plane around before  

airworthiness certification. They attach to the front spar after the  

wing is folded. A bolt goes through the spar where it would attach to  

the fuse carry-through tube, and the other end attaches to one of the  

brackets on the lower fuse longeron. The purpose of this  brace is to  

support the wings while towing. You also need the braces that will  

anchor the wings to the rear of the fuselage, to keep them from  

swinging into the fin and rudder. I can send pictures of the ones I  

built. Maybe John McBean sells them.



Lynn Matteson

Grass Lake, Michigan

Kitfox IV Speedster  w/Jabiru 2200

flying w/250+ hrs

On Apr 30, 2007, at 4:10 PM, charles wrote:



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 I saw  WING  TOW  BRACES as an option in an old kitfox catalog.   

 Does any body use them? How do they attach?

 Charles

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Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
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Guy Buchanan

Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 1204
Location: Ramona, CA

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:53 pm Post subject: trailoring kitfox

At 01:10 PM 4/30/2007, you wrote:

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		  I saw  WING  TOW  BRACES as an option in an old kitfox 

catalog.  Does any body use them? How do they attach?

Charles


	


These go from the lower leading edge of the vertical stabilizer to 

the aft strut wing attach fitting while the wings are folded. There 

will be a tab at each location with a 3/16" hole. The struts are 

about 16" long of 3/8" tube with tabs welded on each end. They retain 

the wings in their folded positions.



Lynn has also described a set of struts that support the forward 

leading edge of the folded wing at the aft wing root. I don't think 

Skystar ever made them. I use them because I store my wings fueled. 

It's debatable whether you'd need them with empty tanks. (Perhaps if 

you were towing long distance or over rough terrain.)

Guy Buchanan

San Diego, CA

K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.

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