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Catz631(at)aol.com
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:32 am Post subject: Draining Wing Tanks

Pat,

    Sorry I didn't get back to you.I just got back from SNF. When I towed my Kitfox from Mass to Fl I did have the wing root supported with a rod(about the size of your thumb) at the front of each folded wing.I had removed the hay bale and the supports prior to taking the picture of the plane on the trailer.We hit speeds of 70-80 mph on the freeways and the plane was well tied.It was not my truck or trailer and I spent a bit of time telling my friend to slow this $#(at)&%$ ([email]$#(at)&%$[/email])* down! Lots of jerks were tailgatting about 1 foot off our tail. It was a trip I don't want to do again. Flying was out of the question as the weather was horrible and stayed that way for a month! Actually the struts(red)are in the picture if it comes thru.

                                                      Dick Maddux

                                                       Fox4-1200

                                                         Pensacola,Fl

  



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peteohms

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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:41 am Post subject: Draining Wing Tanks

Thanks Dick,

  

 Nice looking Fox.  I got it home safely on a uhaul car trailer.   took my wife and I 4 hours to load and secure.  It stayed put for the whole  60 mile trip.

  

 Pete

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Kitfox III, 912ul, Grove

bigboyzt0yz

Joined: 29 Jan 2008
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Location: Centeral Maryland

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:24 pm Post subject: Re: Draining Wing Tanks

I bought my IV in NY and put it on a Rollback to get it home. It would have been nice to have a brace on the unsupported part of the wing. I was trying to beat the rain back so I bumped it up to 70 mph so that it did not get wet and made it just fine. It only had 2 gal of fuel. I pulled it on by the tube gear with the "Y" chain (see Photo) and one attached to the Scott tail wheel. Then put a strap over the tail just in front of the fin with some blue foam in a roll used for construction. I strapped the 2 front wheels and tied the stick back. I also put foam over the ends of the wing so it did not fill with air. All went off with out a hitch but would have liked to move it in a enclosed trailer next time. What a great first plane to learn on.

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