After a few years of having the Kitfox in a trailer, here is the setup that is working for me. Music from the CD Careless Whisper by the London Starlight Orchestra tracks 5, 7, 11 and 19.
Wow, your whole setup looks very much like mine…. Except the droop-tip wings on my Kitfox 4 - 1200 won’t fit in the Hallmark trailer while mounted on the plane. Apparently I need a different trailer! Love your set up!
When you fold the wings back, the tip of the wings goes down, just over the elevator. The gas tank on the wings also tilts down with the wings and fuel will overflow over the gas cap if there is fuel in them.
My guess is that more than 2 or 3 gallons will overflow. The other thing to consider is that the wing will hang from a bolt when folded and the weight of the fuel will try bend the wing down. So, it is a good practice to drain the tanks.
Awesome thanks for sharing Jim. Am new to stol world very much interested on same cost effective setup. May I know what specific aircraft model kit and trailer(if possible please provide details if any company customize like same). Also did you built aircraft from kit?
@@toadman506 Very good, this is a model IV. I did not build it but got it with only 37 hours of flight time. This trailer was originally made to haul custom cars to shows. It's 8' wide. I am new to STOL and fix wings also and enjoying it very much.
That takes 25 minutes. One thing to consider here is that before getting the plane back in the trailer, I always take the cowling off, check all the fluids and do a careful inspection, then put everything back in place so that next time that I fly, I know everything under the cowling is ready to go.
For a new Series 7, will there be a problem fitting the sti model into a trailer? I dont know if all the models have the same dimensions when folded. I am new to STOL.
Great set up, What’s the design of that siphon your using? I have been holding gas cans over my head like a caveman and feel so silly seeing you with this great set up
I've been looking for better "wings folded width" numbers on the kitfox, another builder took measurements and posted ~110" for his width, not sure which model.. that seems ridiculous to me, having the width be so close to road legal but slightly over.. which model is yours, if you don't mind my asking?
This is a model IV. The trailer outer width is 101.5" and the inner width is 97". I have 1.5" of space at each end so that would make the width of the wings to be 94".
The trailer is an old trailer made to haul cars, the box 26'. The person that build the plane also builds custom cars for shows and I got plane and trailer as a package.
