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Dual Front Seat Taildraggers other than a KitFox?

Hi there, I know the Kitfox has the dual front seats, but I;m hoping to find something with a higher cruise speed with dual front seats... what other options are out there? I;d like to be 140mph+ cruise speed if possible... help?
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Re: Dual Front Seat Taildraggers other than a KitFox?

I smell a troll
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Re: Dual Front Seat Taildraggers other than a KitFox?

At that speed the only thing I can think of is an RV7.
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Re: Dual Front Seat Taildraggers other than a KitFox?

how so?
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Re: Dual Front Seat Taildraggers other than a KitFox?

whee wrote:At that speed the only thing I can think of is an RV7.


ah ok... ya my guess is I would have to look at low-wing options.
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Re: Dual Front Seat Taildraggers other than a KitFox?

I may have misunderstood the seat thing, are you only looking for only two options. I only fly a lowly 170 but wouldn't a 180/185 reach those speeds
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Reply deleted. Bubbrubb21, go read the post YOU started three years ago that ZZZ linked below.
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Re: Dual Front Seat Taildraggers other than a KitFox?

Some good answers here.
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Re: Dual Front Seat Taildraggers other than a KitFox?

Glasair Sportsman. I can cruise at 135 knts all day with 8.50 tires. Even up to 140 knts with a little more throttle.
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Re: Dual Front Seat Taildraggers other than a KitFox?

Trolling trolling trolling...

Apparently the shamdemic is even taking a toll on the trolls, they have to reuse their old content, how depressing. Come to think of it that's what most magazine writers do.

Maybe a post titled "How do I fit a dual seat taildragger in my Mama's basement" for some fresh content.
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Barnstormer wrote:Trolling trolling trolling...

Apparently the shamdemic is even taking a toll on the trolls, they have to reuse their old content, how depressing. Come to think of it that's what most magazine writers do.

Maybe a post titled "How do I fit a dual seat taildragger in my Mama's basement" for some fresh content.


How bout Building a 50 x 50 hangar for under 50 G
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Re: Dual Front Seat Taildraggers other than a KitFox?

I just got deep into a discussion with a Florida resident on my Prius forum ( yeah, I have one) about driving a heavy truck in the mountains (54K anyway, my boom truck) and clueless car drivers, with about 5 or 6 times better power to weight ratio, and I won't go into the details but at one point I realized this gator chasing flatlander ( best I could do on short notice for pejorative descriptions of Floridians, no offense meant to any here) was as bored as I was, due to Covid issues and weather, the weather at least on my part. So I bailed, he won " he's a winner", thanks Tom T. Hall. Weird days, be even weirder I think without the internet? I did get in one final lick " don't complain about big slow trucks, with food in your mouth, and better strip naked and move into a hole in the ground, because without trucks, that's where you'd be!"
My vote is for the GlasStar, as folding wings was probably next on the OP's wish list.
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Re: Dual Front Seat Taildraggers other than a KitFox?

courierguy wrote: he won " he's a winner", thanks Tom T. Hall.


Bobby Bear....but I know exactly what you're saying!! Just got done with that very same thing. :D
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Re: Dual Front Seat Taildraggers other than a KitFox?

Yeah, I stand corrected! Don't know what I was thinking, but the next day after posting here heard it on the radio and saw Bear's name, and got all chagrined.....could have swore it was Hall. Great tune nonetheless.
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Trolls are only trolls if you let yourself be trolled...
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courierguy wrote:Yeah, I stand corrected! Don't know what I was thinking, but the next day after posting here heard it on the radio and saw Bear's name, and got all chagrined.....could have swore it was Hall. Great tune nonetheless.


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