Detailed Description
Brilliant, reliable Kitfox with stunning views, sharp handling and good STOL performance! Owned and maintained by detail oriented engineers most of its life, it may be one of the cleanest builds out there.
2012
Originally built in Colorado US
2015
Transferred to 2nd owner in Alberta Canada
2019
Transferred to 3rd owner (also in Alberta)
Frame factory powder coated polyfiber fabric
Seat pans on Series 5 can be vulnerable to hard landings, this one has been beautifully reinforced with carbon fiber to address the potential risk.
Entire aircraft wiring from nosecone to tailwheel replaced with top shelf aviation grade shielded cables (no headset whines here!)
Carbon Fiber overlays in panel for Garmin 430 and GTR200B.
Pilot side rudder pedals upgraded with Puka Pedals
2020
Brake lines replaced with braided stainless steel
Header tank upgraded to aluminum with all new fittings
Lead acid battery upgraded to EarthX 680C
Carbon fiber oil cooler exhaust plenum with electrically actuated damper for variable oil temperature control from the cockpit.
8lb tail counterweight added
Front inlet cooling ducts added to increase cooling on hot days
Welded doubler on tailwheel bracket (in rare cases Series 5s can develop a crack there, best to mitigate the risk ahead of time)
Upgraded to Airframes alaska T3 tailwheel suspension system
Upgraded to Garmin G5 AHRS
Bubble doors installed (BEST FEATURE on this plane!)
2021
Upgraded to dual piston Beringer brakes
All torque tubes upgraded with gusseted design to eliminate risk of fatigue cracking risk at the base weld. Reworked blocks with UHMW bushings to reduce friction and freeplay. (this is the lightest, smoothest and tightest control feel in any plane I've flown)
Upgraded to Goodyear 26in bushwheels (bit heavier, but good for thousands of landings)
Installed Beringer brake regulator to give variable control over the pedal strength
Installed high current USB charger & voltmeter on dash
Added vortex generators to the wings and tail
Lightspeed electronic ignition added - rated for 118hp
2022
Repatriated back to the US with its current owner (Montana)
All new fuel lines
Installed AV-20
Installed uAvionix TailBeaconX ADS-B
Addition of AeroLED AeroSUN landing lights with custom strut mounts
Addition of AeroLED Pulsar nav & strobe lights (sync'd to each other)
Re-Registered in US with new tail number: N313KF & updated airworthiness
Dash mounted iPadholder
Installed customer auxiliary headset jacks behind the shoulder for convenient headset wire routing
2023
Minor prop strike, out of an abundance of caution the prop was replaced and an A&P did a full disassembly of the engine running all the appropriate ADs, documentation included. It's actually smoother now than before, probably just the new prop and a better balance.
2024
Meticulously maintained by both of its last owners since 2015 (both OCD engineers) and has been stored in a climate controlled hangar all of its life. This is a brilliant little bush plane, it's very economical burning typically around 5 gal/hr, there is an STC to run on MoGas but it's always been run on AvGas. It's a dream to fly, has stunning visibility and I hope it's new home gets to use it more than I did. My only regret is not being able to make more time to fly it as much as I'd wished.
Avionics / Equipment
Garmin G5
UavionicsAV20
iPad mini 5 (LTE) with custom dash mount (included)
(Mobile plan and Foreflight needed)
Stratus 2 ADS-B in
Aera 560
Magnetic compass
Tailbeacon X ADS-B out
Auxilliary headset plugs behind seats for comfortable cord management (with proper shielding, NO whinning
AeroLED landing lights
AeroLED nav lights
AeroLED strobe lights (syncronized)
4piston Beringer brakes with adjustable manifold
29in Goodyear bushwheels
Alaska Bushwheels tailwheel with reinforced mounting plate
Airframe
Brilliant, reliable Kitfox with stunning views, sharp handling and good STOL performance! Owned and maintained by detail oriented engineers most of its life, it may be one of the cleanest builds out there.
Interior / Exterior
Supurb, alcantara Kitfox embroidered seats
Beautiful carbon fiber seat pan
Awe inspring visability with bubble doors & glass ceiling
Fabric in great condition
Wheels recently aligned to within 0.10deg of ideal.
Vortex Generators - wing and stabilizer
Rudder and Elevator gaps taped for drag reduction
Flaperons regularly cleaned and lubricated
Controls very sharp and fingertip light
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