---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 06/17/09: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 10:08 AM - Re: What gear ratio are you running? (akflyer) 2. 10:17 AM - Re: What gear ratio are you running? (dave) 3. 12:22 PM - WiebeFox Lite? (Bob Brennan) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 10:08:47 AM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: What gear ratio are you running? From: "akflyer" you are getting a better burn than me. do you have the speed wing? Thanks for posting the numbers! Your numbers are alot closer to what I was getting running the 2.62:1. I have been busy working on everyone else's projects so I have not had a chance to get my gears changed yet. Hope to get them swapped in the next few days. -------- DO NOT ARCHIVE Leonard Perry aka SNAKE Soldotna AK Avid "C" / Mk IV 582 IVO IFA Full Lotus 1260 #1 snake oil salesman since 1-22-2009 hander outer of humorless darwin awards Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=248722#248722 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:17:35 AM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: What gear ratio are you running? From: "dave" akflyer wrote: > you are getting a better burn than me. do you have the speed wing? Thanks for posting the numbers! Your numbers are alot closer to what I was getting running the 2.62:1. I have been busy working on everyone else's projects so I have not had a chance to get my gears changed yet. Hope to get them swapped in the next few days. Not a speed wing, just a regular IV wing. Not undercambered but it has the leading edge cap on it and strut fairings. My fuel flow comes from navman which has proven to be fairly accurate over the last 3 or 4 years i had it . I actually was surprised that with 2,62 gears i slowed down . I likely posted it a few years ago when I did it and might be some numbers there. -------- Rotax Dealer, Ontario Canada http://www.cfisher.com/ Awesome *New Forum * http://rotaxaircraft.com/forum/ Realtime Kitfox movies to separate the internet chatter from the truth http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=kitfoxflyer Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=248725#248725 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 12:22:14 PM PST US From: "Bob Brennan" Subject: Kitfox-List: WiebeFox Lite? Apologies if this is old news on the list. Taken from: http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2009/090603kitfox.html?WT.mc_id0605 epilot&WT.mc_sect=gan Ultralight to fly under new owner and name Wichita-based aviation enthusiast and entrepreneur James Wiebe and his wife, Kathy, have acquired the production rights to a previously designed aircraft, the Kitfox Lite, and formed a new business entity, Belite Aircraft, to market it. The airplane will incorporate stronger, lighter carbon fiber components to meet FAA Part 103 Ultralight Vehicle weight requirements of 254 pounds or less. The Wiebes, who previously made computer storage devices at their company, WiebeTech, acquired the tooling, parts, and manufacturing rights to the Kitfox Lite in March. They agreed to rename the airplane to prevent confusion with the larger, two-place light sport aircraft Kitfox that shares many of the same design features but is owned by another company. Kitfox has recorded more than 4,500 kit sales since its introduction 25 years ago. By converting spars, ribs, and struts from steel, wood, or aluminum to carbon fiber, the aircraft's weight is well below the 254-pound limit. Wiebe is rebuilding a prototype acquired with the company and will unveil it in late June. "This project, which combines my passions for flying and inventing, is exciting on several levels," Wiebe said. "From a business perspective, the development and application of our proprietary carbon fiber has lots of potential for other aircraft and in other markets. Its use in this aircraft provides the weight margin that will allow enthusiasts to build it and enjoy the fun of flying it safely and economically." Wiebe added that a factory-completed model may be developed and sold, but that pricing has not been set. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.