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| Subject: | float rigging info needed...Jabiru powered |
I have my Zenair floats built to the point of needing rigging
information.....anybody out there familiar with the method, formula,
etc., for Zenith 1150A (amphibious) floats on a Kitfox IV?
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062
Prince prop 64 x 30, P-tip
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
Rotec TBI-40 injection (sleeved to 36mm)
Status: flying with 1595 hrs... (since 3-27-2006)
On Aug 13, 2014, at 12:49 PM, Lynn Matteson lynnmatt@jps.net
[jabiruengines] wrote:
> That's the plan, Jose. My current project is a pair of Zenair
> floats..amphibian...to fit the 'fox. I needed a project now that the
> Seabee is finished, and I couldn't get floats out of my mind. When I
> first got the Kitfox, a few folks on the Matronics Kitfox List said
> that with a clipped wing 'fox and only 85 horsepower, the plane
> wouldn't get off the water. So I accepted that, and forgot about
> floats. Now that I'm older and stupider, I decided to either prove
> 'em wrong, or prove that I'm makin' more than 85hp. Either way, the
> building is (sorta) fun, and it keeps me out of bars. But it also
> is keeping me from flying....I've only got 1585 hours on the old
> girl. My problem is I just can't do things in moderation....it's
> either fly or build. : )
>
> Lynn Matteson
> Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
> Jabiru 2200, #2062
> Prince prop 64 x 30, P-tip
> Electroair direct-fire ignition system
> Rotec TBI-40 injection (sleeved to 36mm)
> Status: flying with 1585 hrs... (since 3-27-2006)
>
>
> On Aug 12, 2014, at 12:53 PM, 'Jose M. Toro' jose_m_toro@yahoo.com
> [jabiruengines] wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Congrats Lynn. Are floats in your KFIV future?
>>
>> Jos
>>
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>>
>> From: Lynn Matteson lynnmatt@jps.net [jabiruengines]
>> <jabiruengines@yahoogroups.com>;
>> To: Clive James zcrj90@yahoo.co.uk [jabiruengines]
>> <jabiruengines@yahoogroups.com>;
>> Subject: [jabiruengines]
>> Sent: Tue, Aug 12, 2014 3:36:13 PM
>>
>> Hey Clive-
>> Just a short note to let you know that we got the Seabee done, sent
>> the owner off to Oshkosh with it, and he won "Grand Champion,
>> Seaplane". How 'bout that??
>> I've been bustin' my hump on these floats....got one 80 % done and
>> the second one about 40 %.
>>
>> Lynn
>>
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