Kitfox Series 6
These figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
The Kitfox Series 6 is SkyStar's 2000-2005 Kitfox, the Series 5 refined into one airframe with heavy-duty gear that converts between tailwheel and tricycle, two-position flaps and the widest engine choice of any Kitfox, from the 100 hp Rotax 912S to Continentals and Lycomings. SkyStar's figures for a 912S aircraft are 750 lb empty, 1,550 lb gross and 800 lb useful, a 110-120 mph cruise, a 43 mph stall, 1,200 fpm and 300 ft ground rolls on a 32 ft folding wing with a 42.5-inch cabin.
It sits between the lighter Model IV and the current Series 7 and is often the better value of the three: the same 1,550 lb gross weight and useful load as the Series 7 with no factory still selling it new, so the price is set by the used market alone. The factory that built the kits went bankrupt in 2005, and although Kitfox Aircraft supports the line, every Series 6 was completed by its builder with its own engine, gear configuration, floats or tyres and finish, so the figures above describe a brochure aeroplane and the one for sale is described by its own weight-and-balance, build log and engine records; a Continental or Lycoming example is several hundred pounds heavier empty than a 912 one. The register also shows that this design is routinely confused with the factory-built Kitfox Light Sport, which is a different, lighter, S-LSA aircraft; confirm the data plate. Folding wings, tailwheel insurance and a transition apply as to every Kitfox. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate. No current asking price for a flying Series 6 was found; a 2020 buyer's guide put a good one at $100,000 or more.
Variants of the Kitfox
- Kitfox Model I · 1984 · 34 active
- Kitfox Model II · 1989 · 82 active
- Kitfox Model IV (4-1200 / Classic IV figures) · 1991 · 370 active
- Kitfox Series 5 · 1994 · 111 active
- Kitfox Series 6 · 2000 · 21 active · this page
- Kitfox Light Sport · 2004 · 30 active
- Kitfox Series 7 Super Sport · 2004 · 236 active
- Kitfox Model III · 115 active
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TAILFAX SCORE
Partial: 12.1 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
Among 1–2 seat pistons (321 models)
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 912S / 912ULS (100 hp; 912UL, 914, Continental O-200 / IO-240 and Lycoming O-235 also fitted) |
| Horsepower | 100 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 2000 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 96 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 608 nm |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 1,200 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 37 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 800 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,550 lb |
| Empty weight | 750 lb |
| Usable fuel | 27 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 4.9 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $97,900 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $118,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 33 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 21 |
| Median year built | 2005 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 4 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 190.48 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 190.48 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 4 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 19.05 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 21 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 21 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 21 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 5.7 of 103 |
| Support | 2 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 4.4 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 12.1 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
- 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