Kitfox 7 Build and Walk-Around with O-200 Power!
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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2021
- I get to go visit my friend Ben and his family and check out his Kitfox 7 build. He has the Continental O-200 with Titan cylinders and Vetterman Exhaust. I love it! He is making some great progress. I can't wait to do some flying with him someday.
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I like 👍 the outside access door for inspections at the rear of the aircraft..great idea.👍
Absolutely. Ben is doing an incredible job on his build!
Neat Bird. Well done.
Oh yeah it’s going to be great! He’s getting really close.
This is exactly what it’s all about! Good times! I’ve met so many amazing people in this community. One of the main reasons I’m now building. Ben is really making fantastic progress. Can’t wait to see his first flight.
this Is some Cool stuff!! Even though this was Mo's Ago...... Just recently became A " Kit fox Adventure" fan ! You Won my Heart with the " Citation X To Hawaii " video! But this Building your Plane Stuff Is Cool! Thank you all For Sharing! from: " The dreaming of Flying Guy In Upstate N.Y.
Thanks for sharing. I live in lafayette very close to Ben. His project looks amazing. Hope to see it some day.
Ben is doing an amazing job!! I love my O-200 Kitfox 7SS, though I did not build it. The engine was built up by Lycon, ported & polished with 10 to 1 pistons and it performs very well. If you ever get to the Cleveland area, contact me and we’ll go flying if you want. I’m in a hangar with 6 total Experimental aircraft (2 more under construction) at 7G8 with a very active and fun EAA chapter.
@@johnkluenker Outstanding!!! It would be great to make that happen.
Great video. What a cool build. Does he have a build channel?
I’ll take that Yamaha Banshee in the shed!!
Looking good!!!
Boy did you miss an opportunity here. It would have been really fun to see the girls having fun together. The voyage starts the moment you place the deposist. Enjoy, be safe.
Nice Panel
Good to see an O-200 in a Kitfox. I'm not the biggest fan of the Rotax.
The 0-200 almost cranks out twice as much torque compared to a 912, everyone gets hung up on HP but basically HP is torque x rpm so saying a 912 makes as much power as an 0-200 is a pipe dream
Love it! I have a C150. I doubt they’ll let me put that exhaust on my 0-200 but I’ll inquire. I’m thinking of making my Cessna a tri gear STOL or build something. I like the freedom of the experimental and love the Kitfox! We’ll see which way I go. Thx for this video. Inspiring
I'll see you guys up there one day. Starting a business as young as I can to hopefully be able to buy a kitfox one day. Ill subscribe to keep seeing you guys do what I hope ill do soon.
@@johnkluenker I'm in Arizona and no i don't because I'm not old enough. Starting this early gives me the experience and anything i can do to get up there i will
I'm subscribed to you yet somehow I never saw this video in my feed. Well, better late than never.
Love the simplicity of the engine design with direct drive prop vs a gearbox
Amazingly fast build! I would love to know the info and sourcing of the iPad mount if possible
@@johnkluenker Thanks, I tracked it down via AirCraftSpruce, and yeah it is pricey but the way to go for sure
Amazing engine/prop setup! What's the diameter of that prop? Hope you have made great progress!
Hello from CYQT
Beautiful Thunder Bay Ontario Canada. 👍🇨🇦👍
What "auto pilot" system are you using in this kitfox?
Thank you.
GREAT looking project.
whats with the gear? is that temporary? or just gonna be a all on airport plane?
The MA3-SPA carburetor doesn’t typically perform well when turned sideways like it was on this build. You might see fuel starvation issues at high power settings on steep climbs. If it were my aircraft I would turn it with the data plate facing forward.
What do you mean sideways? Just wondering?
Ben, I’m glad to hear you’ll be doing lots of testing. You may only see an issue in the extreme cases, but that’s when you’ll need it to work the most. The airplane looks awesome! I hope you post more updates as you move along. Good luck and be safe!
@Ben Bell, the fuel line being further from the exhaust sounds like win win. Lol!
pardon mi ignorance as im an auto machanic....why do i never see anyone using header wrap ? there are pretty easy ways to determine exactly how far down the pipe to wrap to get the most benefit power wise.....and it would also def keep more heat out from under the cowl.
Hi there! My name is Sydney and I met one of you at Ace Hardware a few weeks back. I am the designer of the yellow and black flag stickers. I was wondering if there’s any way I could get a photo of the sticker on one of your planes! So awesome and exciting for a small business like me to have my artwork on a plane! Let me know it is possible to get a photo:)
@@johnkluenker Awesome! Thanks so much for replying!
Was that hurrican Ida rain?
I gotta wonder how much louder that Vetterman is over a standard exhaust. Fatiguing/noisy over the course of long flight?
Noticeably louder without the mufflers. Noise-canceling headsets help a lot.
@@johnkluenker LOL, even w/NC headsets and mufflers, behind my C-85, life is loud.
Is there anyway to run a vetterman exhaust with a vacuum pump on the o200?
That should be possible. You just have to figure out where to put it. With experimental you have a lot of options.
Hi, I have a Kitfox 7 with an O-200. My mixture operates backwards. I was not the builder but I’m trying to figure out a way to correct this. I did not see the mixture cable on yours.
Any ideas?.
Hi Jimmy. First of all, sorry for the late response! Sometimes I don’t get the notifications about the messages. How do you like your seven with the O-200? Where do you keep it? Such a fun airplane! Very strange that the mixture would operate backwards. I wonder if the cable goes around some obstruction and is actually operating the control arm in reverse? It’s tough for me to picture here at home without looking at the unit itself. Have you taken a close look with the cowling off yet?
O-200: please!
I cant tell but is the throttle body injection?
No throttle body injection. Although there is a TBI unit available for the O-200 made by Rotec that I have heard good things about.
So how many hp do you have?
No good way to test it without pulling it off of the airplane but it should be around 125 HP.
LOOK an airplane with an AIRPLANE engine! Too cool.
Air cooled, 2 valves per cylinder, pushrods, magneto, carb... sounds like a lawnmower engine to me.
Nice video, but I cringe every time I see someone on youtube run their engine with nobody at the controls. I must just be old school. I've seen firsthand what a loose airplane can do.
@@johnkluenker I hear you, but that is probably the same thing said by every pilot who ever had one get away from them. I think it's a bad trend. There was a very experienced pilot who was killed in Texas late last year when the plane got away during maintenance. Why stand in the door when you can just as easily hop in the seat?
Hey John, I'm Old School Too & I Couldn't Believe Those Cinder Blocks Didn't Slide Across That Slick Concrete Floor. I Would've Tied It Off By The Tailwheel.
Why do you drive in the left lane? That is illegal in most states. But most do it anyway and piss off a lot of other drivers! Just move over and try to be polite!