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1. 04:57 AM - Windshield on Kitfdox IV (Tc9008@aol.com)
2. 06:39 AM - Re: Windshield on Kitfdox IV (AMuller589@AOL.COM)
3. 02:07 PM - Re: 912S Starting Procedure (Paul Peerenboom)
4. 08:27 PM - Re: NGK Iridium BR8EIX Spark plug gap?? (David Savener)
5. 09:33 PM - Re: NGK Iridium BR8EIX Spark plug gap?? (Graeme Toft)
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| Subject: | Windshield on Kitfdox IV |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Tc9008@aol.com
I am rebuilding a Kitfox IV and would like some ideas on the material used
for the windshield and how to fit it without breaking. Also how do you adjust
the oil injection on a 582 for proper flow
Travis
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| Subject: | Re: Windshield on Kitfdox IV |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: AMuller589@aol.com
I would use Lexan (a polycarbonate) or PETG which is half Lexan and half
Acrylic/ both are "unbreakable" and last 10 years in sunlight. They can be
broken/torn with really severe treatment by a high speed drill but it is tough
to
do. Both can be cold formed in a vise and bent at 170 degree angles. Artists
use them for cold and hot forming. Lexan is most expensive but is available in
silicon coating for abrasion and chemical resistance, but less easily
formed with the coating. Both Lexan and PETG are subject to embrittlement when
soaked in gasoline for long. I have heard of but not been able to find
unbreakable acrylic. Lexan was used in the F-16 canopy but in a refueld first
flight
to England they went thru hig cirrus at thirty thousand feet and tit abraded
it to an opaque surface and had trouble landing; we then developed the silica
coating.
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| Subject: | Re: 912S Starting Procedure |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Paul Peerenboom" <ppeerenbo@charter.net>
The same works for me
Paul Model IV 912UL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Gibbs" <MichaelGibbs@cox.net>
Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: 912S Starting Procedure
> --> Kitfox-List message posted by: Michael Gibbs <MichaelGibbs@cox.net>
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>>What is the best or most accepted way for starting this 912 engine?
>>I do not have a primer on this thing and using the choke seems to
>>have no effect.
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> As others have mentioned, the enrichment valve (it's not really a
> choke) on the 912S does not have any effect unless the throttle is
> completely closed. Here is what worked well for me:
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> Ignition switches.....OFF
> Throttle..............IDLE
> Enrichment valve......PULL
> Starter...............ENGAGE (crank for 3 - 5 seconds)
> Starter...............RELEASE
> Enrichment valve......RELEASE
> Wait 10 to 20 seconds
> Ignition switches.....ON
> Starter...............ENGAGE
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> It looks more complicated than it is and it started right up every
> time with no vibration.
>
> Mike G.
> N728KF
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| Subject: | Re: NGK Iridium BR8EIX Spark plug gap?? |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "David Savener" <david_savener@msn.com>
Should one gap an Iridium spark plug? Bosch says not to gap their Platinum plugs.
I know a guy who ran iridium plugs in his inverted 582 for 100 hours and they are
still running fine.
I read up on them on the net and am impressed but I can't decide whether or not
to gap them?
Any Iridium experts out there??
Do not archive
Dave S
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| Subject: | Re: NGK Iridium BR8EIX Spark plug gap?? |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Graeme Toft" <msm@byterocky.net>
No. Definately no not gap the plugs. Leave them as is.
Graeme Toft
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Savener" <david_savener@msn.com>
Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: NGK Iridium BR8EIX Spark plug gap??
> --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "David Savener" <david_savener@msn.com>
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> Should one gap an Iridium spark plug? Bosch says not to gap their
> Platinum plugs.
>
> I know a guy who ran iridium plugs in his inverted 582 for 100 hours and
> they are still running fine.
>
> I read up on them on the net and am impressed but I can't decide whether
> or not to gap them?
>
> Any Iridium experts out there??
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> Do not archive
>
> Dave S
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