---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 11/18/07: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 0. 12:08 AM - Please Make a Contribution to Support Your Lists... (Matt Dralle) 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) ________________________________ Message 0 _____________________________________ Time: 12:08:14 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: Kitfox-List: Please Make a Contribution to Support Your Lists... Just a reminder that November is the Annual List Fund Raiser. Please make a Contribution today to support the continued operation and upgrade of these great List services!! And pick up a really nice free gift with your qualifying Contribution too! The Contribution Site is fast and easy: http://www.matronics.com/contribution Thank you! Matt Dralle Matronics Email List Administrator ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:23:57 AM PST US From: Chris Budd 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 Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:15:09 AM PST US From: "jeff puls" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:58:19 PM PST US From: Michael Gibbs Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kitfox-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kitfox-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kitfox-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kitfox-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.