---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 11/23/03: 13 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:18 AM - Re: Firewall Insulation (AlbertaIV@aol.com) 2. 09:43 AM - Re: Rotax 912 (jimshumaker) 3. 10:37 AM - Alaska 2002 DVD's (John E. King) 4. 11:37 AM - Re: Interesting tread (Torgeir Mortensen) 5. 04:33 PM - "New" kind of instruments. (Torgeir Mortensen) 6. 05:42 PM - Leo Rice (Lowell Fitt) 7. 05:44 PM - Re: Replacing engine mount isolator bushings (kitfoxpilot@att.net) 8. 06:26 PM - Re: CG (John Balunda) 9. 08:08 PM - Re: Firewall Insulation (Bob Unternaehrer) 10. 08:22 PM - Re: Rotax 912 (jimshumaker) 11. 08:25 PM - Re: Leo Rice (Aerobatics@aol.com) 12. 09:09 PM - FW: 912UL Spark Plugs (Don Pearsall) 13. 09:16 PM - Re: Leo Rice (Don Pearsall) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:18:53 AM PST US From: AlbertaIV@aol.com Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Firewall Insulation --> Kitfox-List message posted by: AlbertaIV@aol.com In a message dated 11/22/03 8:30:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, johnbanes@adelphia.net writes: > > Thanks Don! > > The ironing board cover sounds like a great idea. > > John Banes > S-6 912S > John, You may want to experiment with adhesive where you overlap the cover. The material is hard to glue to each other. You might try sewing the material together so it would be one piece. I might have used Poly Tack on the overlapping seams. Don't remember. Don Smythe ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:43:16 AM PST US From: "jimshumaker" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Rotax 912 --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "jimshumaker" All 912 up and including 4,152.666 can be extended to 1200 hours and 15 years as long as SI-26-1994 is complied with. That is a valve spring tension test. Also the carb float needles need to be the correct needle or be replaced. These checks are required at 600 hours. If done and corrected then the engine is good for 1200 hours. See www.rotax-owner.com Jim Shumaker ----- Original Message ----- From: Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Rotax 912 > --> Kitfox-List message posted by: Dcecil3@aol.com > > my 912 serial # predates the Hour upgrade so I would guess its still a > 1000Hr. Engine? > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:37:03 AM PST US From: "John E. King " Subject: Kitfox-List: Alaska 2002 DVD's --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "John E. King " To the List, To date 18 List members who requested to be placed on the mailing list have received copies of the Alaska 2002 DVD's for their review. There are now three copies being circulated for review. Anyone wishing to receive copies for their review please contact me directly (off list) with your mailing address. Anyone who had previously requested a copy and who has not yet received a copy for review also contact me "off list" with your mailing address. Once you receive a copy of the DVD's it will be your obligation to mail the DVD's to the next person on the list. Since I am maintaining the list, contact me directly for the name and address of the next person on the list. -- John King Warrenton, VA ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:37:21 AM PST US From: Torgeir Mortensen Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Interesting tread --> Kitfox-List message posted by: Torgeir Mortensen Hi Michel, -welcome back from "sunny" Spain! > Hello Torgeir. Yes, I am back from a nice trip. While transiting in > Madrid-Barajas, I tried to contact Michel Gordillo but he wasn't there. In > Alicante, I visited the Muchamiel airfield. Now I know where I'll fly from the > day I'll retire and live in Spain! :-) > (Note to our American friends: For us, Europeans, Spain is like Florida for you). Aha.. I knew there was something behind.... :) ... OK., -must be this the place? http://www.theflyingschool.co.uk/spain/spainguide.htm > I read everything that has been written on this tread and enjoyed it very much, > thank you. I understand now that, with my CW 582 engine, I better forward-slip > on the right, due to the P-factor. Yes the right slip is the "better", but- remember what a rapid power off "action" can do in a "sharp" right slip. Both sides, L/H or R/H slips have it's "own" precautions when using "middle" power under a slip. The thing is, just kick the craft out of slip "mode" before an abr. power change or, any abr. go around action. In the above "mode", the engine play an important factor in the balance, so smooth engine change is recommended. Hey-, isn't our two stroke's (Rotax) running CCW - viewed from cockpit.. :) .. Do not archive Cheers Torgeir. ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 04:33:06 PM PST US From: Torgeir Mortensen Subject: Kitfox-List: "New" kind of instruments. --> Kitfox-List message posted by: Torgeir Mortensen Hi Folks, Just like to shear some info about the "new" kind of instruments. They are based on the LCD and PIC processors I'll guess, the latest addition is a "gyro horizon" (has an included digital compass!). Don't know about the price for this latest one, but this is the thing I've been waiting for a long time. "All" those instrument's "can" be run on a single 9 Volt DC, typical consumption is around 35 mA, 70 mA with back-light on. Backup battery for all the instrument here is very low weight, -and will last very long.. Well, can't say that I like the digital altimeter and airspeed presentation, maybe just old habits? However, I'll think those instruments is good candidates for our kind of aircraft. BTW. I got one on my table to be installed in my Fox, it's the fuel flow meter. They are not expensive, they are low weight- most of them 90 gram.... Hey, shortly, my Fox is going for a diet. PS: There is also a directional indicator to come, price not ready yet. The name of this instruments is: Stratomaster Smart singles. If you don't like this kind of instruments, then consider them as backup. OK., here is the direct link: http://www.para-aviation.ca/english/SmartSingles.htm Torgeir. ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 05:42:27 PM PST US From: "Lowell Fitt" Subject: Kitfox-List: Leo Rice --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Lowell Fitt" I just spent a pleasant couple of hours with one of the senior members of the list - Leo Rice. He looks good, but shows the strain from his chemotherapy and of course from the recurrence of his colon cancer. His spirits are good, but from what he said, I suspect he is in significant pain from time to time. He is at home under hospice care and is pretty much confined to bed with an occasional moment or two in a wheel chair. He has sold his Series 5 and his hangar, so is now out of the active part of aviation, this mostly due to his reluctance to endure once again the medical fiasco he went through after the first bout with his cancer. However his love for anything aviation is still strong. He has removed himself from the list, at least for a time as he has difficulty sitting at his computer, but may return using a laptop that his daughter - de-bugged while I was there. With out a doubt, Leo was one of the true gentlemen of the list. He built a truly fine airplane with a lot of thought and attention to detail and was always generous with his help and advice to all of us. I think one of his better innovations was his W / B solution to the (heavy) engine problem - IO-235. He permanently mounted a small metal toolbox at the rear of his baggage sack and filled it with enough bagged lead shot to get the airplane into the CG range. When He and Lola traveled, out came the bags of shot and in went the luggage maintaining the CG without having the ballast cutting into his payload. This was all legalized by proper plackarding and documentation. For those that know him from personal contact or through the list, let's keep him in our thoughts and prayers as he battles through this difficult time. Lowell ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 05:44:00 PM PST US From: kitfoxpilot@att.net Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Replacing engine mount isolator bushings --> Kitfox-List message posted by: kitfoxpilot@att.net I had to replace the firewall portion of the engine mount, along with that I replace the rubber isolators. You are going to have to support the engine, I used an Engine hosit. Worked for me since the engine was removed. Ray > --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "JMCBEAN" > > Roger, > It can be done without pulling the engine. Do you have the engine > installation manual ? You could also refer to the Service Bulletin.. I think > there was a illustration there. > > Blue Skies!! > John & Debra McBean > "The Sky is not the Limit... It's a Playground" > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com > [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Roger Standley > To: kitfox-list@matronics.com > Subject: Kitfox-List: Replacing engine mount isolator bushings > > --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Roger Standley" > > > Has anyone come up with a set of instructions for changing the engine mount > isolator bushings on the 912? I have a Model IV / 912 UL with about 225 > hours. I ordered the P/N: 64804.000, 912 & 912S engine isolator kit from SS > but it didn't include any installation instructions. Is it going to be a job > I can do with the engine on the airplane or do I need to pull the engine? > > Roger Standley > N499KF > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 06:26:54 PM PST US From: "John Balunda" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List:CG --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "John Balunda" Does anyone have a CG range form for a KitFox S7 Lycoming or continental tail dragger John Do not archive ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 08:08:05 PM PST US From: "Bob Unternaehrer" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Firewall Insulation --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Bob Unternaehrer" Just for kicks I looked at ironing board covers at WalMart today... All had polyeurathane in them. I don't think you want that in airplanes... Doesn't the polyeurathane give off poisonous formaldahide gas or is than another foam??? Bob U. ----- Original Message ----- From: Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Firewall Insulation > --> Kitfox-List message posted by: AlbertaIV@aol.com > > In a message dated 11/22/03 8:30:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, > johnbanes@adelphia.net writes: > > > > > > Thanks Don! > > > > The ironing board cover sounds like a great idea. > > > > John Banes > > S-6 912S > > > > John, > You may want to experiment with adhesive where you overlap the cover. > The material is hard to glue to each other. You might try sewing the material > together so it would be one piece. I might have used Poly Tack on the > overlapping seams. Don't remember. > > Don Smythe > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 08:22:36 PM PST US From: "jimshumaker" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Rotax 912 --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "jimshumaker" SB-912-041UL page 4 seems to indicate the time between overhauls for the 912 and 914 engines by serial number. It refers to SI-26-1994. Jim Shumaker ----- Original Message ----- From: Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Rotax 912 > --> Kitfox-List message posted by: Dcecil3@aol.com > > my 912 serial # predates the Hour upgrade so I would guess its still a > 1000Hr. Engine? > > ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 08:25:37 PM PST US From: Aerobatics@aol.com Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Leo Rice --> Kitfox-List message posted by: Aerobatics@aol.com I spoke to him re the purchase of his plane and I was a bit too slow... While I have never met him, I found him to a true gentleman, soft spoken and very kind. I believe I missed out on a great plane! Best wishes to Leo and his family Dave Patrick KF 2 582 BH ________________________________ Message 12 ____________________________________ Time: 09:09:31 PM PST US From: "Don Pearsall" Subject: Kitfox-List: FW: 912UL Spark Plugs --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Don Pearsall" Sent to old address by mistake. Don -----Original Message----- From: "Jeffrey Puls" Subject: 912UL Spark Plugs Hey Everyone, I need a new set of spark plugs. Has anyone had a local auto store cross match the Rotax plug numbers and order a set? Do they work OK? I'm not doing it so much to save money but for convenience. Thanks, Jeff Puls ________________________________ Message 13 ____________________________________ Time: 09:16:31 PM PST US From: "Don Pearsall" Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Leo Rice --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Don Pearsall" Hi Lowell, Thanks for the update on Leo. You are correct that he is the true gentleman of this list. He has been a member of the list since it started, and even was a subscriber to my "Kitfox Builder" newsletter, so we go way back. I have never met him, but have corresponded by email, letter, and phone, he has always been kind and giving in his efforts to make this list a good source of info. Thank you Leo, we are all thinking of you. Don Pearsall