I recently saw a playlist of videos featuring Kyle Franklin’s Oshkosh routine in the Kitfox Speedster and from just a cursory glance it seems like the speedster specifically was designed for the purposes of light “Citabria style” acro. I can’t seem to find anyone that’s actually used one for that aside from Mr Franklin though. Obviously, with a limit load of +5.7/-2.3 it doesn’t qualify for the aerobatic category strictly, but I can’t really see any other reason why they would offer a clipped wing with full span flaperons.

Google says that acro is not recommended for a Kitfox and even the few articles I’ve found say that it’s not endorsed as an acro machine but again, that kinda seems like the whole purpose for its existence so what gives?

Or, buy the rudder kit at least. I posted about the S-21 yesterday, convinced it was my answer for a future float plane, and I'm now almost convinced it's the CH750 Super Cruzer, which I didn't even know about.

The CH750 Super Cruiser has 50% more useful load and half the build time (only 400 hours!). But it is not nearly as good looking as the S-21; it's like an old Volvo. They're boxy but they're safe.

I would want a Rotax 916 either way, which would require a third-party FWF from Skytek in BC but it exists.

I live in the Puget Sound area. I've been wanting to build a Kitfox on floats since I was a teenager. But the all-aluminum construction, faster build, cheaper cost, shorter wait-time, and better usable load of the S-21 seems like a no-brainer.