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PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:55 pm    Post subject: Towing a banner? YES Reply with quote
I use my Kitfox III regularly to tow banners along the beaches of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. I'll post a link so all can see my kitfox performing an aerial banner pick up. I have three banner hook release mechanisms installed on the belly of the airplane so I can pick up and fly three seperate banners with out having to land.

Charlie, Kitfox III, serial 889, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

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From: jerry evans <kitfox555(at)sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Towing a banner?
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 5:04 AM

Has anyone ever towed a banner behind the Kitfox? If so what are the pros and cons in doing this ? Thanks for any input.

Jerry Evans
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Magalia Calif.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:02 am    Post subject: Towing a banner? YES Reply with quote
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From: Charles Boccaccio [charlieboccaccio(at)yahoo.com]
I use my Kitfox III regularly to tow banners along the beaches of Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico. I'll post a link so all can see my kitfox performing an aerial banner pick up.

That would be nice, Charlie. I am still unsure if I can ever again fly my Kitfox after my heart attack and I was wondering if I should buy a hang glider and have my son use the Kitfox as a tow plane. I was thinking that the Kitfox III two tubes used to fasten the dorsal fin could be used for a towing mechanism.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:31 am    Post subject: Towing a banner? YES Reply with quote
Sounds like the "Fox is able to do the job just make sure it's legal in your
part of the world.

Noel

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:41 am    Post subject: Towing a banner? YES Reply with quote
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Sounds like the "Fox is able to do the job just make sure it's legal in your
part of the world.

Of course, Noel. Towing banners, etc. is not legal for ultralights in Norway, because considered as a commercial activity. Ultralights (equavalent to your Sport Pilot license) are pretty much like radio amateurs, we can build and use but not commercially. But ... you knew that! Smile

Anyway, light aircraft and even trikes are used here to tow hang gliders. But, of course, you need to be checked out for that and the interesting point is that you must be able to fly a weight shift hang glider in order to tow one. That's the law.

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