Kitfox Model II
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The Kitfox Model II is the 1989 widening of the original Kitfox, Dan Denney's folding-wing fabric two-seat kit from Idaho, offered with the 64 hp two-stroke Rotax 582 and a 950 lb gross weight; 490 were produced before the Model III of 1990-91.
At 950 lb gross a Model II is a light aeroplane with a light aeroplane's limits: two adults and fuel will be at or over the weight, the two-stroke 582 needs an owner who understands pre-mix or oil injection, decarboning and its short overhaul interval, and the fabric and tubing are now three decades old. Nothing beyond the gross weight and engine could be sourced here, so the aircraft's weight-and-balance, logbooks and a close look at the welded cage and flaperon attachments are the record. In exchange it is one of the cheapest two-seat aeroplanes that will get off in a few hundred feet and fold its wings to trailer home. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate.
Variants of the Kitfox
- Kitfox Model I · 1984 · 34 active
- Kitfox Model II · 1989 · 82 active · this page
- Kitfox Model IV (4-1200 / Classic IV figures) · 1991 · 370 active
- Kitfox Series 5 · 1994 · 111 active
- Kitfox Series 6 · 2000 · 21 active
- Kitfox Light Sport · 2004 · 30 active
- Kitfox Series 7 Super Sport · 2004 · 236 active
- Kitfox Model III · 115 active
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 582 (64 hp) |
| Horsepower | 64 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 1989 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | — |
|---|---|
| Range | — |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | — |
| Stall speed (Vso) | — |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | — |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 950 lb |
| Empty weight | — |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $32,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $40,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 191 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 82 |
| Median year built | 1994 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 2 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 24.39 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 24.39 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 12 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 14.63 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 0 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 82 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 82 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 82 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 1.5 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)1 |
| Severity | 6.2 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)2 |
| Access | 9.7 of 103 |
| Support | 5.3 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 2.6 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 25.3 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.04.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 20.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 7 · scores Sep 30