---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 08/14/05: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:07 AM - Re: Sensor Gap (Herbert R Gottelt) 2. 06:45 PM - Rib Templates - Classic 4 Empennage (Colin Durey) 3. 07:27 PM - Dynon (Jim Gilliatt) 4. 08:15 PM - Re: Rib Templates - Classic 4 Empennage (Lowell Fitt) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:07:52 AM PST US From: Herbert R Gottelt Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Sensor Gap --> Kitfox-List message posted by: Herbert R Gottelt The gap should be between .016" and .020". Herb Gottelt John King wrote: --> Kitfox-List message posted by: John King Roger, I thought it was .017", but call Lockwood to be sure. -- John King Warrenton, VA Donna and Roger McConnell wrote: >--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Donna and Roger McConnell" > >Can someone tell me, what is the correct gap between the magnetic sensor and >the pickup on the flywheel on a Rotax 912S for the engine tach? I think I >read somewhere .018. Is this correct? Thanks > > Roger Mac > > N619RM > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:45:24 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Rib Templates - Classic 4 Empennage From: "Colin Durey" --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Colin Durey" Hi folks, Have just taken over a Classic IV kit which has lain unfinished for a few years. All is in good condition, but am having a few issues trying to pick up where the previous owner left off, so I guess I will be asking a few more questions as time goes by. I have been reviewing the instructions for finishing the Tail/Rudder and Horizontal Stabiliser/Elevators, and note that the manual also shows instructions for fitting ribs to streamline these parts for reduced drag etc, as for a "Speedster". My kit is a "Standard" so I don't have these bits. Does anyone have templates/drawings, etc, for the ribs and stiffeners required for this option? I would like to see if I can manufacture them? Regards Colin Durey Sydney - Australia ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 07:27:22 PM PST US From: Jim Gilliatt Subject: Kitfox-List: Dynon --> Kitfox-List message posted by: Jim Gilliatt Hi Everyone, I am interested in a Dynon EFIS, and I would like to see an example of an instrument panel with a Dynon. If anyone has a picture such as this, could you email it to jim.gilliatt@att.net? Thanks in advance, Jim Gilliatt Series 7 in progress IO240 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:15:15 PM PST US From: "Lowell Fitt" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Rib Templates - Classic 4 Empennage --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Lowell Fitt" Colin, I added ribs and used lightweight glass laminated foam. The airfoil was my design, for what that's worth. The factory used aircraft plywood and I think about 1.8" thick. Some added a rib to the side of each rib to give a little stiffening as they do have a tendency to warp longitudinally. I don't think SS published templates as the ribs came in the kit pre cut. Actually, I believe the ribs in the speedser tail came from the necessity of providing room - about one inch in thickness - in the elevator to accommocate the electric trim servo. That is why I put in the ribs. I added electric trim to my "standard" IV and found I needed the room. The wood ribs provided, began on the leading edge the width of the leading edge tubing on both the orizontal stab and the elevator. The trailing edge of both corressponded with the trailing edge tubing. The design didn't provide for a gap seal as it resulted in essentially two airfoul shapes joined by the hinge. I have a drawing and some photos of my set-up at: http://www.sportflight.com/cgi-bin/uploader.pl?action=view&epoch=1041348095 I might say it added about two months of part time work to engineer and fabricate my set-up. Lowell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Durey" Subject: Kitfox-List: Rib Templates - Classic 4 Empennage > --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Colin Durey" > > Hi folks, > > Have just taken over a Classic IV kit which has lain unfinished for a few > years. All is in good condition, but am having a few issues trying to pick > up where the previous owner left off, so I guess I will be asking a few > more questions as time goes by. > > I have been reviewing the instructions for finishing the Tail/Rudder and > Horizontal Stabiliser/Elevators, and note that the manual also shows > instructions for fitting ribs to streamline these parts for reduced drag > etc, as for a "Speedster". My kit is a "Standard" so I don't have these > bits. Does anyone have templates/drawings, etc, for the ribs and > stiffeners required for this option? I would like to see if I can > manufacture them? > > > Regards > > Colin Durey > Sydney - Australia > > >