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Harlan Payne
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 28 เม.ย. 2020
My channel is about flying and farming. The two things we do. The first videos will be on building your very own airplane and the steps to do it. Off airport flying has become my favorite pastime!
300ft sandbar, My shortest landing yet! Random Bush plane flying in 2024. Kitfox STi, Cessna 170
2024 was a very fun year of flying for the Farmfox crew. If the Lord allows we hope to do an upgrade very soon on the Farmfox and then have a great 2025 flying season! Stay tuned!!
มุมมอง: 651
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Bush planes first snow flight on big tires. Alaskan Bush wheels. Kitfox, Rotax, Garmin
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First snow since I've been flying the Farmfox from home and just wanted to fly it in the snow!
Music city stol Gallatin TN. The short version.
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We took a couple days off to drive down and watch the National STOL series. This is the closest STOL event to us. We were entered in this event but didn't make it with the plane due to a break down.....Maybe next year.
The Best way to haul your Bush Plane. Kitfox STi, Highlander, Rans, piper cub.
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Mike is from Alaska. We have tried to get together before when he was in the lower 48 but couldn't. This trip we finally got together and had a great flight and visit. Mike is building a Kitfox also and you can see his build @ www.youtube.com/@mikefairbanks
Kitfox STi Bush planes having fun. Farmfox lands shortest island yet and, Bush plane water skis!
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My friend Ben has a new to him 170 Cessna and we are having lots of fun!
Bushplane Kitfox playing on the sand bar! Taking the woman I love to a place where she's never been!
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It's Friday night and I told Susan to get ready to go bar hopping and out for a dinner she would never forget! Haha
2024 Eclipse in a Bushplane! My first Kitfox Visitor!
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I know its a little late for the Eclipse but I lost the inside footage and I didn't want to post it at the time. But I thought a short one would be ok now. My friend Mark stopped by with his Kitfox 4 that he and his father built.
Kitfox Farmfox Aircraft, wheat harvest, planting and more.One day on the farm with the farmfox crew!
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We farm for a living and invite you to spend a day with us during wheat harvest, Planting and spraying on the farm. We've never done one of these videos but some have asked for a little farm work so here's a day during farming season!
Bush plane Farmfox goes to work on the farm. Time to land in some fields and crop scout. Kitfox STi
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Hard rains after planting has crusted the ground and we have to decide to replant some soybeans or not.
Kitfox STi Farmfox finds the Happy Place! Bush plane playing...
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Happy place may not be what you expect at 4:25
450 ft island landing, Bush plane Farmfox Kitfox STi finding Treasures/junk galore! Rotax 915, 916.
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It always amazing to see what's washed up on the bars after the winter rains.
Bush planes, Some random sights you see flying around... Kitfox Farmfox Garmin g3x
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This is just some sights we see while flying a bush plane.
Cub Airplane Crash! Taking a look at what happened!
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This happened in mid feb on one of our local bars. We never like to see this happen to anyone. No one was injured so that's a huge plus!
Condition inspection Bush Plane,Tundra tailwheel, ATS pressure tester, Rapco brake pad, Bore scope,
มุมมอง 1.2Kปีที่แล้ว
Just a look at parts of a condition inspection on an experimental aircraft. Condition inspections are done once per year regardless of flying hours.
Farmfox Kitfox STi Having fun in 2023. Flying with friends...Happy New Year!
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Farmfox Kitfox STi Having fun in 2023. Flying with friends...Happy New Year!
Bush plane Farmfox crosses a railroad bridge?? And lands some new spots. Garmin G3X Rotax 915is
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Bush plane Farmfox crosses a railroad bridge?? And lands some new spots. Garmin G3X Rotax 915is
Kitfox STi Farmfox takes Susan out for a birthday breakfast.
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Kitfox STi Farmfox takes Susan out for a birthday breakfast.
Kitfox STi Farmfox, Threading the needle! Just enjoying the places where few people go! Garmin Rotax
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Kitfox STi Farmfox, Threading the needle! Just enjoying the places where few people go! Garmin Rotax
Kitfox STi Farmfox flying the rivers with friends. Competition heats up! Garmin g3x, Rotax 915is
มุมมอง 1.7Kปีที่แล้ว
Kitfox STi Farmfox flying the rivers with friends. Competition heats up! Garmin g3x, Rotax 915is
Kitfox STi Farmfox. Learning to one wheel a Kitfox and landing my smallest island yet.
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Kitfox STi Farmfox. Learning to one wheel a Kitfox and landing my smallest island yet.
Kitfox STi Farmfox. Wow what a place to land! Garmin G3X, Rotax 915is
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Kitfox STi Farmfox. Wow what a place to land! Garmin G3X, Rotax 915is
Kitfox STi Farmfox you never know what you find flying around! Garmin G3X, Rotax 915is
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Kitfox STi Farmfox you never know what you find flying around! Garmin G3X, Rotax 915is
Kitfox STi Farmfox, Just Flying with my big tire friends. Rotax 915is, Garmin G3X
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Kitfox STi Farmfox, Just Flying with my big tire friends. Rotax 915is, Garmin G3X
Kitfox STi Farmfox goes to work Deer hunting. Rotax, Garmin G3X equipped.
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Kitfox STi Farmfox goes to work Deer hunting. Rotax, Garmin G3X equipped.
High angle of attach takeoffs! Fun or dangerous? Kitfox STi Farmfox. Rotax, Garmin.
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High angle of attach takeoffs! Fun or dangerous? Kitfox STi Farmfox. Rotax, Garmin.
Kitfox STi, Farmfox and Garmin G3X and 507 autopilot action.
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Kitfox STi, Farmfox and Garmin G3X and 507 autopilot action.
What does 300+ HP plus 1000 lb of airplane perform like? Steve Henry at Swamp STOL 2023
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What does 300 HP plus 1000 lb of airplane perform like? Steve Henry at Swamp STOL 2023
Kitfox Bush plane Farmfox on an afternoon flight just having fun! Rotax 915is, Garmin g3x
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Kitfox Bush plane Farmfox on an afternoon flight just having fun! Rotax 915is, Garmin g3x
hi where can i contact you
Thank you Mr. Harland for taking me flying all year.
Thanks for watching!
This is a great year-end video!
Thanks Stu! Hope you get the cub back in the air soon.
MSFS 2024 is so realistic that I had to watch the video for a long time before admitting that it is real 😊
Thanks for watching Stephane, It is a lot of fun flying the rivers!
Nice flight - thanks for the ride. Wishing you and your family a blessed and happy 2025.
Thanks Jim. I always appreciate you watching and commenting. I hope God blesses you and your family in 2025!
Looks like you had a fun day!
Thanks Doug, it was a fun year!
Nice dolly. Nice plane too.
Thanks!
Hey Harlan, may I use a clip of this awesome footage in an episode on my channel? Full credit will be given with a link back to your original video of course. Cheers!
OK I look forward to watch your video.
@@KitfoxPilot Coming soon. Thanks Harlan!
Nice. The farm owns that plane and the whole thing makes a nice big juicy depreciation against his taxes. Well Done.
Great arrangement...
Thanks for watching.
How did you wire your Display CAN buses to your GEA 24? Did you use 2 conductor shielded cable with the shield connected to the HIC can_gnd pin? Or did you use 3 conductor shielded cable as shown in the Garmin installation manual?
i believe i uses 3 wire shielded.
Always enjoy your content!
Thank you Ed for the kind works, we appreciate it very much!
Lovely flight! Appreciate it, Harlan. It's always humbling admiring Gods creation from above!
It sure is humbling Al, we see our real size when we are just a small dot in the vast sky!
Nice way to spend time.
Thanks Don.
That was a beautiful flight!! looking forward to landing in snow one day soon.
You will like it very much! Thanks
Glad to see you back in the air!!
Good to be back in the air Stu! Thanks
Thanks for sharing Harlan! Fun to watch and learn from you!
Thanks for watching David! I enjoy your carbon fiber work.
Sure thing, and thank you!
We didn’t get any snow up in Champaign. Looks like a blast and thanks for sharing your adventure.
I'm sure you will get catch up soon or later!😂
Nice flight
Thanks Doug!
Absolutely love your plane capture! Would you mind if I feature it in my project? I'll credit your original footage with a link. Thanks a bunch!
Yes that will be fine.
@@KitfoxPilot Thanks
This was very helpful Harlan, thank you! I'll be doing this job (and the glareshield) in a couple of weeks.
Thanks Alex, I am enjoying your build. You are more precise than I was! Great job.
Was the temp higher this time? I think I remember 300 on the wings.
If I recall without looking at my notes, it was 400 that I used.
First time I've seen a Murphy Moose in a STOL competition. Looks like you had nice weather for it... already winter up here!
He was very impressive. Weather was too nice the announcer said. Very little wind and 82 degrees. haha.
Harlan, great video as usual. Question, did you look at the Rans S-21 Outbound? I spoke to Kitfox and they are 18 months outs on deliveries! I went to Kansas last week for the Rans open house and got a demo. Pretty cool plane. Any thoughts?
I have looked at the rans S-21. I believe it would make a very nice plane for you.
Fun times!
Harlan I'm Looking for the gain and torque settings for the Garmin servos that have worked well for you. Thanks!
Richard, If you will send me an email I will take a pic of that page and send to you. hsdjp@yahoo.com
My parents live in Kearney mo and snowbird in brooksville florida
I still chuckle about snow birding to mo, but hey it's warm compared to Alaska in the winter. Mike showed me a pic of a thermometer that was bottomed out below the -40 -50 numbers. Brrrrrr
Nice set up. But winching the door closed is a cob design. Many large toy haulers have springs in the ramp hinges that can allow easy one hand lifting of the ramp.
I believe he has to have a clear ramp for airplane clearance. The cable/springs on the ramp won't allow that. Thanks
@@KitfoxPilot yes they will. I’m not talking about cables. I’m talking about the hinge the ramp is on would also be a coil spring. I have it in my toy hauler and it’s flush below the floor and very simple to operate.
@@Captndarty Interesting, I haven't see those but sounds great.
I have a Kitfox in an enclosed trailer and also have a winch for the door, to me is the way to go. I also have another winch to pull the airplane inside the trailer, each winch use a remote. Works great!
@ clearly for the both of you ignorance is bliss
Great setup.
Thanks Don, I agree, it is a great trailer for hauling a Kitfox!
Just thought I'd report later that day I loaded a couple thousand pounds of hardwood flooring, tires, and solar panels in the trailer and headed back to Alaska. The trailer pulled perfectly!
That is great to hear. I don't think you could have gotten a nicer trailer. Kitfox is going to look great in there.
Boys and their toys!!!! Sweet trailer!
I would be nice to haul one around so you have wheels when you get to where ever one wants to vacation. How's your fox coming along?
Harlen, can you shed any light on why you chose the Kitfox over other kit manufacturers? For example, Just Aircraft’s Highlander or Super STOL?
Susan and me had decided we were going to buy a bush plane kit so we could fly out of our farm behind our house. We knew nothing about any of them other then reading about them. We were down to kitfox an highlander when we went to oshkosh. Susan liked the looks of the kitfox interior much better than the highlander soooo we bought the kitfox. I did over ride her liking the reg wing over the sti wing but I didn't tell her that when I ordered the kit. Haha. I think either choice is good between the two planes.
@@KitfoxPilotthanks for the reply! Didn’t you look at any of the Zenith or Rans planes? Those are all aluminum. Any thoughts on those? I need to go to Oshkosh sounds like! Thanks again!
@@shelliecurry6052 Yes I did look at those. Zenith are good airplanes but really slow and I wanted a tail draggier for off airport/sandbar type flying that I do. Rans I think would be fine airplanes but were not side by side seating, when we looked at them. Now I believe they do make side by sides and would be good. We definitely wanted side by side seating.
did you have to do anything to the relief to repair the fiberglass cut? Did you just leave it as is or glue in a piece of fiberglass on the backside of the cut?
Rob I glued a thin piece of plywood on the backside of the crack.
Looked like Bald Eagles at 5:40…….awesome video! Epic low level flying!
Hundreds of seasonal Eagles on this river. It is very fun flying the rivers when the bars are out so thick and your not over water as much. Thanks for watching Stu!
I see you made it on the cover of the Rolling Stone! (Sport Aviation). Nice job. Your comments confirm my suspicion all along. Make a wise decision on your choice of aircraft and the type of flying you want to do. Back country flying of low and slow is way more fun than 172 airport hopping.
Thanks Mark, It has been a life changing type flying for me. Thanks for your kind words. It was the last page of the magazine so it won't go to my head too much. Haha
0ne of if not your best video so far
Thank you very much!
We just returned from a couple weeks traveling. The latest edition of Sport Aviation magazine was in my mailbox. I particularly enjoyed the photos from AirVenture then, on page 105, I immediately saw a nice photo and write up of your Farmfox. Well done Harlan!
Well I didn't even know I made the magazine! Thanks!
@@KitfoxPilot I suspect you get the magazine but if not, let me know and I’ll mail my copy to you.
@@diepenj47 Yes I just went in to look at it. Haha. Thanks for giving me the page number, I may not have made it to the back of the magazine!
What’d you use to get such round holes in the vertical fiberglass piece? I was looking at using regular hole cutters with my drill but wasn’t sure how they’d work on fiberglass.
I used milwaukee hole saw to do mine. Just go slow so it don't bite too fast. Good luck!
@@KitfoxPilot thanks. What was your total build time? I’m at the “overwhelmed” stage of the build. I’m 7 months in and am almost at the end of the fuselage section of the instruction manual. However, I look at my progress and feel like I’ve only completed 5% of the airplane. I was watching some of your later videos thinking: holy crap, I’ve got so much left to do.
@@robhaynes6173 19 months but I didn't keep times but I'd guess 2 hours per day??
It is overwhelming if you look at what you haven't done but if you do a little every day you will get it done. I have no desire to build another one. haha
That was slicker than goose Sh*t!
🤣😂
That looks like a lot of fun!! 🎉
It sure is. I have had more fun flying off airport for a couple years than I ever had flying the other 30 years! Thanks for your comments, I appreciate them.
Hi Harlen Did you install an auto pilot feature? If not, is it because you simply want to fly at all times?
Hello Mark, I did install an autopilot and it is the best one I have ever flown behind. Garmin brand. I like to look around when I just going cross country and the auto pilot takes care of everything for me while I'm sight seeing!
@@KitfoxPilot perfect. That's my kind of flying!!! Thanks
Enjoyed.
Thanks Don!
Beautiful! What river is this?
@bradleypoehler9609 Hi Brad, This is the little river .
I see it has been three years since you made these videos. I am thoroughly enjoying them. I would love to build one but first I think I should learn to fly! Thank you for making these. Very therapeutic just watching these. God bless you and your family. Fly safe!
Thank you for the kind words. I have 400 hours on it now and it just keeps getting more fun each flight!
Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Harlan, I have watched your build series twice on the Kitfox. Your attention to detail is amazing. I also really enjoy the farming operation videos. Its interesting to get an inside view of how it all works. What types of crops you grow and the logistics behind it is fascinating.
Thanks for the kind words and for watching, we really appreciate it! We enjoy making videos but are not very good at it.
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Michelin star sand bar
Haha Jeremy. I had to look that up to see what you were talking about. We got a good laugh out of that!🤣
Living the life! Nicely done.
Thanks!
Looks like fun to me.
Thanks Gene, I missed you at OSH.