---------------------------------------------------------- KIS-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 05/16/12: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:25 AM - Glare shield / dust cover (ALFRED ROSA) 2. 06:10 AM - Re: Glare shield / dust cover (Bill Schertz) 3. 08:27 AM - Re: KIS 150 (mark_trickel) 4. 11:20 AM - Re: Glare shield / dust cover (Scott Stearns) 5. 11:38 AM - Re: Glare shield / dust cover (ALFRED ROSA) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:25:59 AM PST US Subject: KIS-List: Glare shield / dust cover From: ALFRED ROSA A couple of pics of my slow but steady progress. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:10:17 AM PST US From: "Bill Schertz" Subject: Re: KIS-List: Glare shield / dust cover Looks good Al Bill Schertz KIS Cruiser #4045 N343BS Phase one testing Completed From: ALFRED ROSA Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:25 AM Subject: KIS-List: Glare shield / dust cover A couple of pics of my slow but steady progress. ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:27:31 AM PST US Subject: KIS-List: Re: KIS 150 From: "mark_trickel" Hello All, I talked with Mr. Barton about his KIS TR-1C and his story is an interesting one. Apparently a good friend of his, an ophthalmologist by trade, went for a ride with Rich and bought a kit in late 1993 or early 1994. He said the serial number was #068 or # 069. I checked my list of builders and owners I have been collecting and #069 belongs to Stephen Settle so he must have #069. The good doctor had practices set up here in the U.S. and another in Lithuania. Somewhere along the line the Doctor met what he felt was a competent crew capable of assembling his KIS kit. The kit was shipped to Lithuania and building commenced. The aircraft was pretty much completed including a stack of nice radios but then the airplane was put into storage where pieces of it became missing, including the radios. The airplane was shipped back to the U.S. where in was in the hands of another builder in Claremont, CA; here nothing was ever done to the airplane. Now almost twenty years later the Doctor offered it to Mr. Barton and he accepted it. Now Mr. Barton needs to finish of the last details to get it in the air. There are no flaps, ailerons, or wing tips and somehow he needs to fabricate replacements. Other than these parts the airplane is complete. The wingtips are no great loss but the factory tips were better than nothing. Replacing the wingtips, flaps and ailerons will a big undertaking with out a lot of composite experience. He needs some ideas about how to construct the flaps and ailerons. I do not see any reason they can not be built with wet lay-ups (the original prototype N93RT had flaps and ailerons that had solid foam cores but were replaced in 1992 with prepreg skins). I have sent him hard copy of the wing manual so he can get and idea of the task ahead. Hopefully the engineers Scott and or Mark can provide some suitable input. Mr. Barton has a friend that will be doing the composite work need to complete the project. The airplane has a Lycoming in it but there is no ID plate on the motor. It is either an O-235 or an O-290. The airplane is currently mostly in primer or unfinished surfaces. Mr. Barton is a young 79 year old living on an air park in White Hills, AZ. He is a very experienced pilot with a hanger full of airplane projects. He loves the old tail draggers an to name just a few in the stable are a: Baby Ace; Bellanca 14-13, up graded motor and electric motors being installed to replace the hand crack that requires more than 60 cranks to raise or lower the landing gears; Two Stinsons, one he just ferried back from New Jersey; and at least 3 or 4 other projects in pieces and parts. He is intrigued by the KIS and the tail wheel is right down his alley. Mr. Barton is not computer literate in any fashion. He is analog. A friend of his has been putting post up on his behalf (he will be away for the next 2 weeks). Please feel free to call him or send along anything you think he may need. 702-596-6860 Bruce Barton 20596 N Cessna White Hills, AZ 86445 Mark Trickel Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=373152#373152 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:20:40 AM PST US From: Scott Stearns Subject: Re: KIS-List: Glare shield / dust cover Are those Miata seats? Did you weigh them? Scott On May 16, 2012, at 5:25 AM, ALFRED ROSA wrote: > A couple of pics of my slow but steady progress. > <003.JPG> > <004.JPG> ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 11:38:43 AM PST US Subject: Re: KIS-List: Glare shield / dust cover From: ALFRED ROSA Yes they are from a Miata. Each seat weighs 30 lbs. Al On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Scott Stearns wrote: > > Are those Miata seats? Did you weigh them? > > Scott > > > On May 16, 2012, at 5:25 AM, ALFRED ROSA wrote: > > > A couple of pics of my slow but steady progress. > > <003.JPG> > > <004.JPG> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kis-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/KIS-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kis-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kis-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.