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peteohms
Joined: 31 Oct 2007
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Location: Leander, TX
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 Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject: Kitfox training |
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With all this talk about getting checked out in a Kitfox I am wondering how
hard it is to get checked out in a Kitfox compared to say a 140 or a
Citabria or a Cub or other similar types. I have found that a 140 kicks my
butt but a Decathlon is a cinch. Please any of you with experience in
various planes comment.
Pete
A wannabe
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JohnA
Joined: 22 Dec 2007
Posts: 26
Location: Woodland, CA
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:31 pm Post subject: Kitfox training |
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Heh.. I found the Cesssna 140 to be entirely mild mannered - as well as
the Citabrias. Now, a PT-22 or a PA-20 Pacer... those can be pretty
mean mannered on the ground.
John Alexander
Woodland, CA
Pete Christensen wrote:
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With all this talk about getting checked out in a Kitfox I am
wondering how hard it is to get checked out in a Kitfox compared to
say a 140 or a Citabria or a Cub or other similar types. I have found
that a 140 kicks my butt but a Decathlon is a cinch. Please any of
you with experience in various planes comment.
Pete
A wannabe
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rdmac(at)swbell.net
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:40 pm Post subject: Kitfox training |
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Pete,
I can only comment on transitioning from a C152 to a Model 7. I
found the Model 7 to be more nimble and more responsive. This may in part be
do to the fact that the first time I flew my plane it was about a 50 degree
day cool and dry. But the plane was very predictable and was not a problem
at all. But sense both planes are tri-gear. How much easier can it get.
Roger McConnell, Duncan, OK
Model 7 Trigear, Rotax 912uls
Flying sense Jan. 06
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MichaelGibbs(at)cox.net
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject: Kitfox training |
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Pete asks:
| Quote: | With all this talk about getting checked out in a Kitfox I am
wondering how hard it is to get checked out in a Kitfox compared to
say a 140 or a Citabria or a Cub or other similar types.
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I got my tail wheel endorsement in a 1946 Aeronca Chief. I found
tail wheel Kitfoxes MUCH easier to handle on the ground than the
Aeronca. That said, I later found out that the rudder travel on this
particular Chief was incorrectly set and it only had about half throw
in one direction.
Mike G.
N728KF
Phoenix, AZ
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Tom Jones
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Posts: 752
Location: Ellensburg, WA
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:52 am Post subject: Re: Kitfox training |
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Pete, I was a 300 hour Cherokee pilot when I first tried to fly my kitfox with an instructor. He could handle it easily but I could not even come close to keeping it straight on the ground. My Kitfox sat for the next six years as a hangar queen and I thought a lot about never trying to fly it again.
I then decided it was time to fly it or sell it so started taking lessons in a 1946 Stinson 108. that was much easier and after 10 hours could handle it fairly well. Then 4 hours dual in a 1940 J3 Cub, all in the back seat. That was pretty tough for me to master. At this point my instructor signed me off with a tail wheel endorsement. Then 7 hours dual in a different model 4 Kitfox. It was a little squirrelly for me but much easier than my own kitfox had been.
Now it was time to fly my own Kitfox solo. In the meantime...six years since I had last tried to fly my Kitfox...I had checked the wheel alignment and found the left wheel to be about one half inch toe in. I straightened the alignment to zero toe in or out with the tail up. I must say it is the easiest of all the tail wheel planes I have flown. The dual instruction definitely helped, but I can't stress enough, for a low time or new tail wheel pilot, Make sure the wheel alignment on your kitfox is good!!!
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