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rv73hl(at)comcast.net
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:40 am Post subject: Kitfox Totals

Check this site for FAA   totalls....

  

 http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/acftinqSQL.asp?striptxt=kitfox&mfrtxt=&modeltxt=kitfox&cmndfind.x=12&cmndfind.y=3

  

 Howard

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dave(at)cfisher.com
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:04 am Post subject: Kitfox Totals

FAA   usa 

 Model Name Entered : KITFOX 

Number of Records:  1428 (Page 1 of 29)

  

 and in Canada  there are under  Kitfox     102 matches  found (As of April 5, 2006, all searches are limited to 500  records)

  

  

 So that means there are alot of Kitfoxes still not  registered ?  I thought there was 4 thousnd or more actually sold as   kits ? 

  

  

  

 Dave 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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occom

Joined: 26 Aug 2006
Posts: 404

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:46 am Post subject: Kitfox Totals

There are a lot that are registered as Skystar and  Denney aircraft, I expect there are many in the US that do not have N numbers  and may not appear in the FAA database. may also are in other countries besides  Canada and what's it's name.

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dave(at)cfisher.com
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:28 am Post subject: Kitfox Totals

I just installed a Brand new 503 dual  igntion in a Raven for a good friend of mine who built if from scratch  plans. 

 A Raven is basically a Kitfox 1.  this one is  a 9/10 inside and out and weight about 400 lbs and goes up like hell. ( build  them lite to get a faster upward flight) 

  

 The gentleman that owns it is 84 years old and is  just about ready to sell it if anyone is interested . 

 The price will be 20k$  CDN and is located  within about 90 miles of Toronto Ontario.  

  

 I have flown this aircraft many times and it is a  very nice Kitfox clone.   The builder has built many planes over the  last 30 to 40  years and I would consider him to be a true craftsman.  His age is starting to slow him down and would like to find a new home for this  plane while he can still fly it . He has a grass strip that is  1800 feet  long so you can fly right in to see it. 

  

 I can post a pic if anyone is  interested.   There was simular Raven to this that was  listed lastd year for 25k and with out a new engine  and  sold   fyi. 

  

 Dave 

  

  

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Fox5flyer
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:36 am Post subject: Kitfox totals

Competition can be brutal.  It's easy for a  manufacturer to throw numbers around and not have to be held accountable for  them and it seems to be done a lot in the experimental aircraft  business.   I suspect the actual number is more like 2000-2500  (if you include Denney), but you probably won't find it in writing anywhere  from an absolute source. 

 Just my opinion.

 Deke

  

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   So that means there are alot of Kitfoxes still    not registered ?  I thought there was 4 thousnd or more actually sold    as  kits ? 

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dosmythe(at)cox.net
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:35 am Post subject: Kitfox totals

The number 4 thousand was kicking around when  I got my kit in 1995.

  

 Don Smythe

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 >>So that means there are alot of Kitfoxes  still not registered ?  I thought there was 4 thousnd or more actually sold  as  kits ? >>

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dave(at)cfisher.com
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:51 am Post subject: Kitfox totals

well  4 thousand it what i thought Don,  

  

 I saw Another Email from Deke stating far less.  

  

 I would say if 1500 approx are shown registered in  USA and Canada alone that there mustd be at least 3 times that as alot of Kits  never get finished by rule of thumb. 

 That is why you had that garage right ?  To  start to build then store it there for years    

  

  

 Dave 

  

  

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ofd725(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:16 am Post subject: Kitfox Totals

Gentlemen,

  There is also a handful of aircraft listed with "Skystar" as the manufacturer. That is where mine is listed. Just use the search feature on the FAA site.

  Gary



Howard <rv73hl(at)comcast.net> wrote:

  [quote]        Check this site for FAA  totalls....

   

  http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/acftinqSQL.asp?striptxt=kitfox&mfrtxt=&modeltxt=kitfox&cmndfind.x=12&cmndfind.y=3

   

  Get your own [url= http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43290/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains]web address for just $1.99/1st yr[/url]. We'll help.

Michel

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 966
Location: Norway

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:33 pm Post subject: Kitfox Totals

On Sep 6, 2006, at 9:15 PM, Gary Olson wrote:

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		   There is also a handful of aircraft listed with "Skystar" as the 

 manufacturer. That is where mine is listed. Just use the search 

 feature on the FAA site.


	


I understand, Gary, but the original poster came with a question: What 

kind of engine, on this list, do we fly? Then, if I remember correctly, 

some else added: And how many, on this list, are taildraggers,?

Of course, we could register all Kitfoxes ever built but ... I pity our 

poor friend Lowell who is writing down the list! 



Cheers,

Michel

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ofd725(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:37 pm Post subject: Kitfox Totals

Michel,

  I clearly understand what the "original" post meant. I was just trying to expand on Howard's post. In no way was this intended add to Lowells already daunting task of compiling his information. It was just something that I thought some of you might find interesting. OK?



Michel Verheughe <michel(at)online.no> wrote:

  [quote]--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Michel Verheughe 



On Sep 6, 2006, at 9:15 PM, Gary Olson wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   There is also a handful of aircraft listed with "Skystar" as the 

 manufacturer. That is where mine is listed. Just use the search 

 feature on the FAA site.


	


I understand, Gary, but the original poster came with a question: What 

kind of engine, on this list, do we fly? Then, if I remember correctly, 

some else added: And how many, on Get on board. [url=http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40791/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta]You're invited[/url] to try the new Yahoo! Mail. [quote][b]

lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:46 pm Post subject: Kitfox Totals

Thanks Howard,   I found my listing.  I guess everyone is there somewhere.



Lowell

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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:39 pm Post subject: Kitfox totals

When I bought in 1993, just at the time Denney became Skyster, they were 

producing and selling 40 kits a month with 125 employees.  Under Skystar, 

the totals steadily declined until it was about 3 or 4 or maybe less at the 

time of the bankruptcy.



40 a month would be about 480 a year and it would take an average of half 

that to make the 4000 kits in the lore during the time they were being 

produced..  Ratcheting up from zero in 1984 then down to zero last year, 

that's twenty two years to make 4000 kits and my guess is that there was a 

period bracketing 1993 by about 2 or 3 years each way when the factory was 

screaming.



Who knows.



Lowell

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barry(at)pgtc.com
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject: Kitfox Totals

Michel, I have a Model IV with the 912 S and it is a taildragger.



Barry West

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