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1. 09:23 AM - IFR in a kitfox (Chris Budd)
2. 10:15 AM - Re: IFR in a kitfox (jeff puls)
3. 08:58 PM - Re: IFR in a kitfox (Michael Gibbs)
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Hi all,
I was wondering how many KFs there are out there that are IFR certified? And out
of those how many people actually fly theirs in IMC? I wanted to know how people
felt about being in IMC in a kitfox?
Chris Budd
97 Kitfox IV Speedster
VW pwr N53RJ
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| Subject: | Re: IFR in a kitfox |
Chris,
Mike Harter flew IFR on a regular basis in his Kitfox. He was tragically
killed in Arizona a few years ago not related to IFR. Jeff Classic IV
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Budd
To: KitFox List
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 12:23 PM
Subject: Kitfox-List: IFR in a kitfox
Hi all,
I was wondering how many KFs there are out there that are IFR
certified? And out of those how many people actually fly theirs in IMC?
I wanted to know how people felt about being in IMC in a kitfox?
Chris Budd
97 Kitfox IV Speedster
VW pwr N53RJ
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| Subject: | Re: IFR in a kitfox |
Chris sez:
>...I wanted to know how people felt about being in IMC in a kitfox?
I regularly fly my Piper Turbo Arrow IFR. One of the things I
appreciate about that airplane is that I can point it where I want it
to go, divert my attention for a few seconds to mess with the radios,
read an approach plate, or copy a clearance, and when I look at the
instruments again it's pretty much where I left it.
My Model IV Kitfox was an absolutely delightful and easy-to-fly
machine but it did not share that characteristic. I could take my
hand off the stick and it would stay roughly where it had been
pointed, but the air would push it this way and that quite a bit
more. I never even thought about this when VMC but I'm not sure if
it would have made a very stable instrument platform.
There's certainly no reason you couldn't operate IFR in a Kitfox as
others have done, but I'd be thinking "auto-pilot."
Mike G.
N728KF
Phoenix, AZ
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