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1. 02:44 AM - Re: Shipping in a container (r.thomas@za.pwc.com)
2. 04:06 AM - Re: Video... (Lynn Matteson)
3. 12:14 PM - Re: [Off-topic] My trip to Belgium (Michel Verheughe)
4. 12:18 PM - Re: Video... (Michel Verheughe)
5. 06:32 PM - Turbo exhaust (Rick)
6. 06:45 PM - Kitfox Fatal Crash (kitfox@gto.net)
7. 10:30 PM - Piggy-back Alternator for 912UL (Gerns25@netscape.net)
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| Subject: | Shipping in a container |
10:43:22,
Serialize complete at 06/07/2005 10:43:22
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: r.thomas@za.pwc.com
Thanks all for the responses.
Looks like I will have to remove the wings, as with wings folded back the
Fox is 50mm wider than the container. The trailer is about 55mm wider also
so will have to put the trailer in diagonally.
Just as well we ordered a 40' container!
Off to go foam hunting now.!
Regards
Roger
"Allan Aaron" <aaaron@tvp.com.au>
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--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Allan Aaron" <aaaron@tvp.com.au>
I shipped an Avid Mk4 speedwing from the US to Australia in a 40'
container, shared with a car. The plan was on its trailer and the whole
lot was wheeled into the container. I ended up removing the wings and
had them strapped to the floor of the trailer. I also removed the
horizontal stab, though could have made it in without doing that. It was
easy to take apart and put back together and I didn't want to take any
chances that it would get banged around in loading and unloading.
Allan
>
>Has anyone shipped a fully built Kitfox II in a container on this list?
> >From my calculations, it will be a tight fit as with the wings folded
>back, it is just about the same width as the inside of the container.
>Will be using a 40 ft container as a trailer will be accompanying the
>aircraft, and once again the length of a Fox is just too long to fit in
a 20ft.
>
>Any input will be appreciated.
>
>Regards
>Roger
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--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt@jps.net>
I'm like you, Michel, except I get on page after page of symbols,
gobbledy-gook and stuff....such is the world of Macintoshes, I guess.
Lynn
do not archive
On Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at 06:14 PM, Michel Verheughe wrote:
> --> Kitfox-List message posted by: Michel Verheughe <michel@online.no>
>
> Fox5flyer wrote:
>> I just returned from a fishing trip up in Canada and finally watched
>> the
>> video. Jeremy it was outstanding and the music was perfect fit.
>
> I also downloaded the video and ... when I play it, I get the sound
> but no
> picture. :-(
> Damned it! I hate computers! Nothing seems to work anymore. It's
> getting so
> complex, so many different type of files, nothing is standard ... I
> give up.
>
> ... luckily I have a Kitfox to enjoy life! :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Michel
>
> do not archive
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: [Off-topic] My trip to Belgium |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Michel Verheughe <michel@online.no>
Kerry Skyring wrote:
> Look out for the Vienna Fox coming north one
> of these years.
I'd love to receive you in Norway, Kerry, and show you our mountains. Good luck
with your project and first flight.
Cheers,
Michel
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--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Michel Verheughe <michel@online.no>
Lynn Matteson wrote:
> I'm like you, Michel, except I get on page after page of symbols,
> gobbledy-gook and stuff....such is the world of Macintoshes, I guess.
Well, if you select: Download the link to the hard-disk, instead of having it
fill your browser with hexadecimal characters, Lynn, you might create a valid
WMR file. But when I try to read it with Windows Media Player for the Mac, it
plays only the sound with a black background. I don't think it's something to
do with Macintosh but rather a codex or setting that is not documented. ...
it's a jungle out there, brother! :-)
Cheers,
Michel
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--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Rick" <turboflyer@comcast.net>
Tom,
If your around could you contact me via private E-mail
turboflyer@comcast.net. I am considering doing an exhaust out of inconel.
Rick N656T
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| Subject: | Kitfox Fatal Crash |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: kitfox@gto.net
Glider pilots pay tribute to a man who loved to fly
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050706/REPOSITORY/507060349/1001/NEWS01
By CHELSEA CONABOY
Monitor staff
July 06. 2005 8:00AM
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EW LONDON - In October, the Soaring Society of America, which promotes
the sport of flying non-motorized glider planes, will name the top of
Mount Washington as the 14th landmark soaring location in the country.
Allan MacNicol, who introduced hundreds of fellow gliders to the wave
of air rolling off the mountain peak that is to suitable for the sport,
won't be there to witness it.
MacNicol, 75, died this weekend when a home-built airplane he was
flying crashed into the 16th fairway of the golf course at the Lake
Sunapee Country Club. No further information about the accident was
available yesterday from the Federal Aviation Administration, and
investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board did not
return messages in time for publication.
In the late 1960s, MacNicol ran a "wave camp" at Mount Washington for
glider or sail plane pilots who wanted to test the wind there. More
recently, he sat on a committee to get the site listed as a landmark
and continued to be an ambassador to the sport.
"A lot (of the dedication) had to do with Allan's wave camps and
flying," said Bill Batesole, a fellow flight instructor with the New
England Soaring Association, which flies out of Springfield, Vt. "He's
been working very closely on getting this done."
Harold Nelson of New London, who met MacNicol at gliding events in 1963
and has been friends with him since, said MacNicol was experienced
behind the yoke.
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"He was an excellent pilot,"he said. "He'd flown all sorts of things."
MacNicol flew A-26 bombers in the Air Force, Nelson said. He went on to
work for Honeywell, a high-tech manufacturing company, in Massachusetts
and later owned a ball slide manufacturing company with friend and
pilot Henry Gibbs. In his free time, he kept up his sky-bound hobby.
Gibbs said he and MacNicol owned single-engine planes together, first a
Cessna 172 and then a Cessna 180.
In 1990, when MacNicol was still living in Massachusetts, he and Nelson
decided to try their hand at building a plane themselves, Nelson said.
They bought a kit for a Kitfox, a single-engine monoplane, or
one-winged plane. The Kitfox is categorized as an experimental plane
because it is not factory-built but is a common kit model.
In 2000 MacNicol moved to New London and bought a home alongside the
Eagle's Nest airstrip. He kept the Kitfox in a hangar on the property.
About a year later, heavy snow built up on the hangar's roof and caused
it to collapse. The plane was crushed.
Nelson said he and MacNicol were in the process of piecing together a
new plane, starting with the only piece of the Kitfox they salvaged -
the wings.
About a month ago, MacNicol purchased another, fully-constructed
Kitfox. That was the plane he crashed Saturday. According to an FAA
representative, neither MacNicol nor the plane have ever before been
cited for FAA violations.
Batesole said MacNicol was a young 75 years old and a solid pilot.
"His awareness and understanding (of flying) was very, very good," he
said. "That's why this accident was such a surprise and such a shock,
because of his history of safe flying."
MacNicol's family could not be reached for comment yesterday. Nelson
said he has three adult children.
Nelson said MacNicol was also a steam car hobbyist and loved antique
cars. He owned a 1926 Jordan Playboy. The two friends often spent time
together outside of the cockpit, and Nelson said he most admired him
for his ability to see the good in people. Both were volunteers for the
local Meals-on-Wheels program. While Nelson and other volunteers would
run the delivery route once every two weeks, MacNicol did it every
week.
"In some respects, he's not too good because it takes him about twice
as long," Nelson said. "He spends a lot of time talking with everybody
on the route. They're all his friends, and he's pretty much that way
with everyone."
------ End of article
By CHELSEA CONABOY
Monitor staff
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| Subject: | Piggy-back Alternator for 912UL |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Gerns25@netscape.net
Has anyone installed an additional alternator on their 912? The stock 18 amp alternator
is just not enough to run my equipment. Well, it runs it ok if I don't
have my strobes on, when they are turned on, my voltage drops below 12 Volts.
I would really like to put landing lights on my kitfox but that will for
sure blow a breaker when the light is flipped on. I know you can get a 30 or
40 amp piggy-back alternator for this engine but it is big $$$! Has anyone used
a standard automotive alternator (the one they sell specifically for this engine
looks like an automotive alternator) or will it not work for some reason?
When it comes to electricity, I know enough just to be dangerous. Someone
please help me out.
Darin
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