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I have just started test flying my 701 with Full Lotus 1450 floats and had a hard time getting the 701 to lift off with two aboard. I have increased the angle of incidence which helped. I was wonderi ...

I changes over to the 2 post sender and added a red light in the middle of
the dash to alert me if I ever lost oil pressure. I still have the gauge
running on the other post.

It's nice to have t ...

This might not be the root cause of the problems with removing the filler necks but it might help.

While building my own 701 tanks I decided to try and weld the filler neck directly to the aluminu ...

Thanks for the input. I appreciate the need for weight reduction but by using a join to go from .025 to .016 the weight saving is only 4 oz. I had planed on using .032 for both the front and rear floo ...

I am at the stage of cutting out the forward fuselage floor 7F8-8 and the rear floor 7F8-7 and was considering cutting one large piece without a join. Except that one is .025 and the other .016 is the ...

Recent discussions about the weight of the aluminum landing gear has me thinking about ways to improve it. In it's present design it is just a straight square bar bent to shape. If you look at this de ...

Hello all.
I am plans building a 701 in Newfoundland Canada. The nearest 701 is over 300 miles from home which is why I have never seen, much less flown in a 701! I will be flying to Calgary next ...

That's got to be the neatest trick I've seen in years!

Thanks

Congrats on your new baby!. Looks real sharp!
I am about 1000 km east of you and just ordered the 701 plans to see if buying the kit or finding the materials is the best way to go.

Keep us posted ...

I was wondering what it would cost in materials to scratch build a 701 versus buying a kit at $13k. Where is the best place to purchase materials. I live in Newfoundland Canada with no supply comp ...

Hello.
I'm interested in getting into flying and have a few questions about flying a Kitfox in Canada.

First I was wondering if a model ii can be registered as an advanced ultralight in Ca ...