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 Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:28 am Post subject: Is Faster Better? |
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After Flying an Avid "B" I built for 20 years I bought an RV-6A with an 0-360. These are great airplanes and it performed as well or better than Van's performance charts showed. I could cruise at 180 MPH (at) 10 GPH. My test flight was a two hundred mile flight down the Colorado River, doesn't get much better than that!
The only time you need the rudder is to take off and land. But I missed the STOL performance of the Avid and sold the RV-6A and bought the Kitfox 5 I now fly. I like to fly the Kitfox far more than the RV. Most flights are just for pleasure more than getting anywhere. The Kitfox is fun and economical to fly. I can cruise at 115 MPH on less than 5 GPH of auto fuel with the 912 UL. I owned the RV for a year and a half and sold it for more than I bought it for, so resale value is very good with the RV's. The used Kitfox I bought was about half the cost of building one, and I am sure it took around 1500 hours to build. A great value for the money.
My next Kitfox will have floats and the 912S. Can't let Paul Seehafer have all the fun!
Also thanks to everyone who takes those great videos of flying in there areas of the world. They are truly inspiring and keep us all motivated.
Mark
Kitfox 5 Vixen
912UL IVO
Hartford, Wisconsin
Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.
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