Guy Buchanan
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 1204
Location: Ramona, CA
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 Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:18 am Post subject: How Much Wind Can You Handle In Your KitFox ??? |
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At 07:18 AM 7/8/2008, you wrote:
| Quote: | Here is a question for everyone... How much wind are you comfortable
flying your Kitfox In ??? I don't mean crosswind, just wind in
general before it gets to turbulent and uncontrollable to enjoy flying ?
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Mike,
I'm assuming you're talking about take-off and landing. You
can handle any amount of stable wind at altitude, and turbulence is
just a preference, assuming you're following the "rules" and watching
your airspeed. As far as take-off and landing, I've been out in 25
gusting to 35, but you had to be really careful taxiing. The hardest
part was getting out of the aircraft to tie it down - it wanted to
run away! I've even heard of people launching in more than 35, but
they had handlers to hold the aircraft down prior to takeoff. The
Kitfox handles turbulence, even that near the ground, really well
because of its incredible control sensitivity. I fly it when I
wouldn't even consider flying a less controllable aircraft like a
172. Of course, like any slow plane, you have to be careful to add
lots of gust factor; you don't want to stall when the wind quits.
Guy Buchanan
San Diego, CA
K-IV/1200 w/ 582 C-box & Warp 3 blade
100% and flying thanks mostly to Bob Ducar
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