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1. 04:27 AM - Pics of Don's mod (Dave)
2. 06:07 AM - Re: Pics of Don's mod (Don Smythe)
3. 06:21 AM - Re: Pics of Don's mod (Floran Higgins)
4. 06:39 AM - Re: Pics of Don's mod (PWilson)
5. 07:18 AM - Re: Enclosures/attachments (Michel Verheughe)
6. 07:29 AM - Re: Enclosures/attachments (Mike Crutchlow)
7. 10:31 AM - Re: Pics of Don's mod (Dave)
8. 10:31 AM - Re: Pics of Don's mod (kurt schrader)
9. 10:45 AM - Re: Pics of Don's mod (kurt schrader)
10. 11:02 AM - Re: Enclosures/attachments (Michel Verheughe)
11. 11:06 AM - Cameron Park Fly-in (Lowell Fitt)
12. 11:16 AM - Re: Pics of Don's mod (Don Smythe)
13. 11:21 AM - Re: Pics of Don's mod (Don Smythe)
14. 11:39 AM - Re: Enclosures/attachments (Roger McConnell)
15. 01:42 PM - Re: Brake Callipers (Bradley Webb)
16. 04:08 PM - Re: Pics of Don's mod (kurt schrader)
17. 09:39 PM - Re: Pics of Don's mod (Guy Buchanan)
18. 09:58 PM - Re: Enclosures/attachments (Les Chambers)
19. 10:47 PM - Attachments - New low bandwidth capability. (Don Pearsall)
20. 11:16 PM - Re: Attachments - New low bandwidth capability. (Don Pearsall)
21. 11:28 PM - Re: Attachments - New low bandwidth capability. (Matt Dralle)
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| Subject: | Pics of Don's mod |
Hi Don,
Looks interesting but the cowl being one piece must have an excersise to
get it right.
I few questions on it though-
What is your total area air intake and what is total area on air exit
from cowl alone?
I always thought that the round cowl on Kitfox has too big of an opening
and possibly could be a drag producer.
As far as you airpseed at 85 to 90 that sounds pretty decent. Do you
use a GPS for gettin corrected speeds ? I do not have an alternate
static source on mine so the ASI is just not that accurate to me. I
do plan to plumb in an alternate static port at some time.
And thanks for the pics . I checked the size and they were about 200 kb
each -- I am on wireless high speed and never notice files sizes but a
dial up user should not really notice a 1 meg file really. If I could
vote I would say keep the pics coming and i think the amount of dial up
users is dwindling by the day. Another option is to use a forum to
post messages and pictures that resize the pics automatically to say
from 200 kb to maybe 30k and you could click on picture to expand to a
larger size.
Thanks again for sharing those pics,
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Smythe
To: kitfox-list@roxy.matronics.com
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Pics of Don's mod
Mike,
I can do all pre-flight inspections, Pull carbs (a little difficult),
replace spark plugs, change fuel pump and a few other things through the
top cowl access. Anything more than that and yes, I have to pull the
prop and cowl. That only takes about 10-15 minutes tops. I think one
advantage of having a one piece cowl is, it makes all the air pass over
the engine. There is no escape of air around the nose bowl to cowl gap.
Also made the cowl much stronger by epoxing it all together.
Sounds good anyway
Don Smythe
----- Original Message -----
From: skyflyte@comcast.net
To: kitfox-list@roxy.matronics.com
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Pics of Don's mod
I have a question! Do you have to remove the prop to remove the
cowl to inspect or work on your engine? That's what it looks like, and
I would find that very inconvienent. Other wise, it looks like a neat
way to fair the radiator and make it more efficient.
Mike
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| Subject: | Re: Pics of Don's mod |
Dave,
See below
>>Looks interesting but the cowl being one piece must have an excersise
to get it right. >>
I first installed all the cowls per SS direction. Once they were right
and fitting properly, I pop riveted them together on the outside using
small alum strips from the nose bowl to the main cowl. Then, fiberglass
them together using cloth and ultralight fairing on the outside. This
enabled me to trim a lot of the insdie fiberglass flanges from around
the nose bowl. Gave more inside area. For the rest of the cowl pieces,
I just pop riveted them together and finished off with fiberglass inside
and out.
>>What is your total area air intake and what is total area on air exit
from cowl alone? I always thought that the round cowl on Kitfox has too
big of an opening and possibly could be a drag producer.>>
You are probably right. I think little in and big out is the rule of
thumb (maybe 3 to 1)?? I reduced the input slightly by adding the
seperate chamber for the muff heat. The side outputs total
approximately 50 square inches. This is not 3 to 1 but all I could
really get and end up looking OK.
>>as far as you airpseed at 85 to 90 that sounds pretty decent. Do
you use a GPS for gettin corrected speeds ? I do not have an alternate
static source on mine.>>
My static source is right at the ASI and I've never seen it go so
erratic that it disturbed me. Yesterday, the morning winds were dead
calm. The ASI and GPS speed were very close. Again, I don't worry
about 2-3 miles per hour difference.
>>And thanks for the pics . I checked the size and they were about 200
kb each -->>
Thanks, I thought I did good but seems I need to bone up on pictures and
get them smaller.
Don Smythe
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| Subject: | Re: Pics of Don's mod |
Some of us have no choice but to use a very slow dial up.
It sometimes takes 10-15 minutes to download these pictures.
Floran H.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave
To: kitfox-list@roxy.matronics.com
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 5:23 AM
Subject: Kitfox-List: Pics of Don's mod
Hi Don,
Looks interesting but the cowl being one piece must have an excersise
to get it right.
I few questions on it though-
What is your total area air intake and what is total area on air exit
from cowl alone?
I always thought that the round cowl on Kitfox has too big of an
opening and possibly could be a drag producer.
As far as you airpseed at 85 to 90 that sounds pretty decent. Do
you use a GPS for gettin corrected speeds ? I do not have an alternate
static source on mine so the ASI is just not that accurate to me. I
do plan to plumb in an alternate static port at some time.
And thanks for the pics . I checked the size and they were about 200
kb each -- I am on wireless high speed and never notice files sizes but
a dial up user should not really notice a 1 meg file really. If I could
vote I would say keep the pics coming and i think the amount of dial up
users is dwindling by the day. Another option is to use a forum to
post messages and pictures that resize the pics automatically to say
from 200 kb to maybe 30k and you could click on picture to expand to a
larger size.
Thanks again for sharing those pics,
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Smythe
To: kitfox-list@roxy.matronics.com
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Pics of Don's mod
Mike,
I can do all pre-flight inspections, Pull carbs (a little
difficult), replace spark plugs, change fuel pump and a few other things
through the top cowl access. Anything more than that and yes, I have to
pull the prop and cowl. That only takes about 10-15 minutes tops. I
think one advantage of having a one piece cowl is, it makes all the air
pass over the engine. There is no escape of air around the nose bowl to
cowl gap. Also made the cowl much stronger by epoxing it all together.
Sounds good anyway
Don Smythe
----- Original Message -----
From: skyflyte@comcast.net
To: kitfox-list@roxy.matronics.com
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Pics of Don's mod
I have a question! Do you have to remove the prop to remove the
cowl to inspect or work on your engine? That's what it looks like, and
I would find that very inconvienent. Other wise, it looks like a neat
way to fair the radiator and make it more efficient.
Mike
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| Subject: | Pics of Don's mod |
Unreliable based on my neighbors experience.
=============================
At 08:18 PM 6/17/2006, you wrote:
>A bit off topic
>
>I was thinking of going the satellite route but there is still a
>dialup for the uplink. Any one used satellite and with what results?
>
>
>Noel
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com
>[mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Dan Billingsley
>Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 3:14 PM
>To: kitfox-list@roxy.matronics.com
>Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Pics of Don's mod
>
>Best to get rid of Norton (Turn it off)...It slows my computer down
>using a cable modem.
>Dan
>
>Noel Loveys <noelloveys@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>I feel like the Salmon.... always going against the stream. I'm
>using MS Outlook so I can download only the headers for the emails
>than I decide exactly what I want to download and what will be
>deleted directly off the server. No viruses for a few years now.
>
>I do tend to use the web mails though the ISP mailbox is so small
>and my E-Mail client (Outlook) also checks the web mails.
>
>I am using Norton AV and yes I sure have seen it load the computer
>I'll get a copy of AVG and give it a try.
>
>As for slow I think my dialup ISP has three monkeys typing at a
>fearsome rate of knots ;^)
>
>
>Noel
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com
>[mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of John Anderson
>Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:54 PM
>To: kitfox-list@matronics.com
>Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Pics of Don's mod
>
>--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "John Anderson"
>
>
>Hey, an idea for you dial up guys is to get a Hotmail or Yahoo
>address just for list/s, then you just get the mail and your choice
>if you want to d/load attachments. Keeps you safe from dirty viral
>ones too. Don, you're att were not large. John A.
>
>
>From: "Don Smythe" <dosmythe@cox.net>
>To: <kitfox-list@matronics.com>
>Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Pics of Don's mod
>Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:07:55 -0400
>--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Don Smythe" <dosmythe@cox.net>
>
>Sorry Joe and others.
> No more attachments until I become educated.
>
>Don Smythe
>----- Original Message ----- <joe@arin.k12.pa.us>
>To: <kitfox-list@matronics.com>
>Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 7:32 PM
>Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Pics of Don's mod
>
>
> >--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "joe" <joe@arin.k12.pa.us>
> >
> >++++ Please.... too many and too large. I have dial up that
> >auto-loads =========================Navigator to Photoshare, and
> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List
> =========================List Wiki!
> =========================http://www.matronics.com/contribution
> ===================================
>
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| Subject: | Re: Enclosures/attachments |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Michel Verheughe <michel@online.no>
On Jun 17, 2006, at 1:19 PM, Fox5flyer wrote:
> "2) SCALE YOUR PICTURES DOWN!!! I don't want to see huge 3000 x 2000
> pictures getting posted that are 3 or 4MB each. This is just
> unacceptable. Use a program such as Photoshop to scale the picture
> down
Photoshop is an excellent program I have been using for 18 years.
However, it is costly if the only purpose of it is to scale down a
photo. I would suggest the following:
1) Check the software that came with your digital camera. Chances are
that it can resize and crop photos.
2) Check for photographic freeware programs. There are some out there.
Unfortunately, I work on Macintosh and I don't know much about PC
freeware. If anyone knows of a good one, please tell the list.
3) IMHO, any good photo can be reduced to under 100 Kb without loosing
information. When I get a bit of time, I'll try to write a simple
example of photo reduction as an HTML page.
Cheers,
Michel
do not archive
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| Subject: | Enclosures/attachments |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Mike Crutchlow" <mcrutchlow@cogeco.ca>
I've found that IRFANVIEW is one of the best viewers for the price (it's
free). It will also let you resize pictures among other things.
Mike Crutchlow
-----Original Message-----
[mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Michel
Verheughe
Sent: June 18, 2006 10:17 AM
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Michel Verheughe <michel@online.no>
On Jun 17, 2006, at 1:19 PM, Fox5flyer wrote:
> "2) SCALE YOUR PICTURES DOWN!!! I don't want to see huge 3000 x 2000
> pictures getting posted that are 3 or 4MB each. This is just
> unacceptable. Use a program such as Photoshop to scale the picture
> down
Photoshop is an excellent program I have been using for 18 years.
However, it is costly if the only purpose of it is to scale down a
photo. I would suggest the following:
1) Check the software that came with your digital camera. Chances are
that it can resize and crop photos.
2) Check for photographic freeware programs. There are some out there.
Unfortunately, I work on Macintosh and I don't know much about PC
freeware. If anyone knows of a good one, please tell the list.
3) IMHO, any good photo can be reduced to under 100 Kb without loosing
information. When I get a bit of time, I'll try to write a simple
example of photo reduction as an HTML page.
Cheers,
Michel
do not archive
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| Subject: | Re: Pics of Don's mod |
Don thanks.
My ASI reads with doors closed about 5 to 10 mph different .
With doors open it reads 4 to 8 mph high
If I stick arm out door and it seems to equalize the pressure some what
then the gps and ASI seem to be about the same.
Your Cowl looks great !! I think 3 to 1 would be good Don for exit of
cowl air. I bet that where you closed in your nose ring gap you just
lost about 40 sq inches of cooling exit. Next time you near your Fox
, take a tape and see how much exit you got after all.
Pictures-- keep em coming, I hate to inconvenience anyone but picture
is worth a thousand words and it certainly on topic for us to all learn
from. Now if the pics were 3 meg each Ithink it would be excessive
perhaps . Your pics wer only 200 kb but i think you had 4 or 5 pics in
that mail and that is what probably upset the apple cart.
I take it we should not be senidng movies this way ? ( just joking
)
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Smythe
To: kitfox-list@roxy.matronics.com
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Pics of Don's mod
Dave,
See below
>>Looks interesting but the cowl being one piece must have an
excersise to get it right. >>
I first installed all the cowls per SS direction. Once they were
right and fitting properly, I pop riveted them together on the outside
using small alum strips from the nose bowl to the main cowl. Then,
fiberglass them together using cloth and ultralight fairing on the
outside. This enabled me to trim a lot of the insdie fiberglass flanges
from around the nose bowl. Gave more inside area. For the rest of the
cowl pieces, I just pop riveted them together and finished off with
fiberglass inside and out.
>>What is your total area air intake and what is total area on air
exit from cowl alone? I always thought that the round cowl on Kitfox has
too big of an opening and possibly could be a drag producer.>>
You are probably right. I think little in and big out is the rule of
thumb (maybe 3 to 1)?? I reduced the input slightly by adding the
seperate chamber for the muff heat. The side outputs total
approximately 50 square inches. This is not 3 to 1 but all I could
really get and end up looking OK.
>>as far as you airpseed at 85 to 90 that sounds pretty decent. Do
you use a GPS for gettin corrected speeds ? I do not have an alternate
static source on mine.>>
My static source is right at the ASI and I've never seen it go so
erratic that it disturbed me. Yesterday, the morning winds were dead
calm. The ASI and GPS speed were very close. Again, I don't worry
about 2-3 miles per hour difference.
>>And thanks for the pics . I checked the size and they were about 200
kb each -->>
Thanks, I thought I did good but seems I need to bone up on pictures
and get them smaller.
Don Smythe
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| Subject: | Re: Pics of Don's mod |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: kurt schrader <smokey_bear_40220@yahoo.com>
This is why I use Yahoo. The pics come up as
thumbnails and I can download them full size, if I
want to. The thumbnails allow me to pick nly the ones
I want.
I am usually using hotel or library computers as I
travel and need to deal with all kinds of computer
problems. Having it all come thru Yahoo screens the
viruses and keeps my download times better too.
There are other solutions mentioned. We each just
need to find one that works for us. I think Matt`s
solution to make attachments selectable, will fix it
in the end for all.
Kurt S.
--- joe <joe@arin.k12.pa.us> wrote:
> > I finally made a couple pics of my cowl/radiator
> mods
>
> ++++ Please.... too many and too large. I have dial
> up that auto-loads all
> e-mails and attachments.
>
> Joe
__________________________________________________
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| Subject: | Re: Pics of Don's mod |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: kurt schrader <smokey_bear_40220@yahoo.com>
Thanks Don,
I have been waiting to see your work for a while.
Great as expected!
Your biggest pic came as 267k. Not too bad for me. I
can download each seperately in Yahoo.
Very nice plane and scoop too.
I think you may need a variable outlet to cover the
hot day climb temps, or a spraybar and washer pump to
spray water on the radiator for climb. Seems you only
need about 5 more degrees of cooling? Very close!
Mine is almost that close too. I have a fixed door I
add to my scoop for hot days right now. Need to
convert it to variable - cockpit adjustable to make it
really flyable. It does add extra drag and slows me
down in cruise when it runs a little cold fixed open,
but is needed for climb on hot days.
It seems to work best to have the door right aft of
the radiator for my scoop and not all the way at the
back. Your`s could be different.
Kurt S.
__________________________________________________
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| Subject: | Re: Enclosures/attachments |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Michel Verheughe <michel@online.no>
On Jun 18, 2006, at 4:29 PM, Mike Crutchlow wrote:
> I've found that IRFANVIEW is one of the best viewers for the price
> (it's
> free). It will also let you resize pictures among other things.
Thank you, Mike. I just "googled" it and the URL is:
http://www.irfanview.com/
So, if you guys want to try it ... go ahead! If you still have any
question regarding computer graphic, send me a private email, I'll be
please to answer. I got so much help with my Kitfox from this list in
the past years, that it is only normal for me to pay back in answering
computer graphic questions, since it is my profession.
Cheers,
Michel
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| Subject: | Cameron Park Fly-in |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Lowell Fitt" <lcfitt@sbcglobal.net>
A look at the pictures suggests that we had 17 Kifoxes at the 8th annual
Cameron Park Kitfox fly-in. I enjoyed it a lot this year, probably more
than any previous year. Maybe that has to do with the fact that many
attendees are now familiar faces as are their airplanes. One thing special
this year, however is the number of non owners that are seriously interested
in owning a Kitfox. I think this bodes well for all of us as it brings in
a new enthusiasm that will help energise the Kitfox factory recovery effort.
I was in my hangar yesterday with the doors partly open as I was satisfying
my addiction - tinkering on my Model IV and a couple came in to talk. They
had just finished his first hour of dual instruction in a C-172 - he in the
left seat and she in the back. They had grins on their faces like you can
imagine. He has a friend with a RV of some sort who wishes he had a Kitfox.
He wanted to talk Kitfox. I learned he had been at the fly-in and spent a
lot of time with John and Debra as well as the guys up from the Desert Fox
Squadron - Phil Laker and Stan Foster - who also happen to be in on the new
Kitfox with the Mc Beans. His wife was beaming as they talked. I like that
and had to comment on her support as I know guys whose wives say a firm NO
when the idea of a home built airplane comes up. This couple have a place
at a closed gold mining operation - sort of like a ghost town - between
Bishop and Death Valley and want the airplane to travel there, landing on a
dirt strip that was constructed during the Second World War to get a downed
B-25 out. It is rough and perfect for a Kitfox. It would be about a 3 hour
flight from here but longer if a more favorable route over the Sierras is
chosen.
In numbers attending - still a guess. By the number of name badges
remaining it looks like about 83 people wore them. We had a few less sign
in, but considering the couple mentioned in the previous paragraph not
haveing signed in - who knows. We served 90 hamburgers and an unknown
number of hot dogs.
It looks like we had 17 Kitfoxes - a bit down from past years, the high
being 22 last year by my count and 23 by John McBeans count. A beautiful
Luscome came as did Three RVs - one a 6A built by Gary VanRemortel who had
built 2 Kitfoxes, a I and II. An 8A built by Robert Oliver who built a
Kitfox Model 6 and before that was finished came to the first Cameron Park
event in his Midget Mustang. The other RV is of unknown pedigree that
delivered an Oregon 5-7 Kitfox builder, Bruce Hoisington from Bend. We had
the neighbor's award winnig Stearman, a Model IV owners Bonanza - he was
fogged in at his home base in Southern California and had to depart IFR. A
workhorse C-150 came. It is being used to train the owners two sons and
when that mission is accomplished it will be on to a Kitfox. We also had
Ken Couey's, for sale, Glastar.
Last but not least were the 7 Rans, a mix of S-6s and S-7s. The Rans thing
started with Ken Couey that flew a Rans S6 Coyote with us on our Idaho back
country flights then came Hal Stockman that began flying with us including
our 2004 trip to Oshkosh. Word sort of got out about to the Rans community
about our fly-in and the competition was on. One of their guys was
determined to take the thing over promoting the event to his Rans
compatriots. One woman pilot - Mimi Steel flying a very nice LSA Rans S-7
was heard to complain on her arrival that she had been told that it was a
Rans Fly-in. For the new Factory's sake it was nice to see the two
competing airplanes here together. I am confidedent the Kitfox will hold
its own in the market place with a fair side by side comparison.
The Kitfoxes:
Alan and Nancy Arthur's 912 UL powered Series 5
Mark Ferkin's 912 UL powered Model IV
Lowell Fitt's 912 UL powered Model IV
Wray Flemming's 912 UL powered Model IV
Stan Foster's 912 ULS powered Vixon
Tim and Teresa Glenn's 912 UL powered round cowl Series V - one of my
favorite looking Kitfoxes
Brian Kirk's 912 UL powered Model IV - it was Brian that drove the Oshkosh
trip in 2004
Terry Kobylczak's 582 powered Model IV
Phil Laker's 912 ULs powered Vixon
Thomas Lee's 912 UL powered Vixon - Thomas began building in Honk Kong while
awaiting a visa
John and Debra McBeans 912 ULS powered Series 6/7
Eric Nolls 912 ULS powered Series 7
Jud and Clarissa Parker's 912 UL powered award winning Round cowl Series 5
Larry Rhoades 912 UL powered Model IV.
Dan Van Norman's 912 ULS powered Model IV
Jack White's 582 powered Model IV
I know this list is only 16 airplanes long. This illustrates the difficulty
making a count. The photos indicate 17, the sign in sheets indicate 16,
however some do not indicate flying status and I am then not sure if they
are flying - here or still building - in the hangar or garage. New people
come every year and my feeble old brain just can't keep up without notes.
To all: thanks for coming, it was a great event with all the airplanes and
friends. The offer is still on the table for a CD with the photos - $2 -
disk including postage.
Lowell
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| Subject: | Re: Pics of Don's mod |
Dave,
Actually, the gap between the nose bowl and main cowl is pretty much
on the front side of the engine. Any air escaping that gap is not
cooling air. My two side exits are right at 4"X6" or, 24 square inches
X 2.
>>for exit of cowl air. I bet that where you closed in your nose ring
gap you just lost about 40 sq inches of cooling exit. Next time you
near your Fox , take a tape and see how much exit you got after all.
>>
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| Subject: | Re: Pics of Don's mod |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Don Smythe" <dosmythe@cox.net>
Kurt,
I have two independent doors aft of the radiator that are cockpit
operated. During takeoff they are both open. I thought of the spray rig
but decided it was too bothersome. Tomorrow I'm going to remove the
thermostat and change the coolant mixture to 70/30 (water/antifreeze) plus
add a dash of the product Waterwetter.. Sneak up on that last few degrees a
little at a time.
> I think you may need a variable outlet to cover the
> hot day climb temps, or a spraybar and washer pump to
> spray water on the radiator for climb. Seems you only
> need about 5 more degrees of cooling? Very close!
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| Subject: | Enclosures/attachments |
I second Michel's comments. I use a rather inexpensive Kodak digital
camera
and it came with software that will resize it for use on the Web, took a
while to find it but it will take a 400+ Kb file down to less than a
hundred. The resolution isn't the best but at least it will download
faster
and you can see what my 'baby' looks like. If anyone wants to see more
you
can e-mail me off list.
Roger Mac
-----Original Message-----
[mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Michel
Verheughe
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 9:17 AM
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Michel Verheughe <michel@online.no>
On Jun 17, 2006, at 1:19 PM, Fox5flyer wrote:
> "2) SCALE YOUR PICTURES DOWN!!!- I don't want to see huge 3000 x
2000
> pictures getting posted that are 3 or 4MB each.- This is just
> unacceptable.- Use a program such as Photoshop to scale the picture
> down
Photoshop is an excellent program I have been using for 18 years.
However, it is costly if the only purpose of it is to scale down a
photo. I would suggest the following:
1) Check the software that came with your digital camera. Chances are
that it can resize and crop photos.
2) Check for photographic freeware programs. There are some out there.
Unfortunately, I work on Macintosh and I don't know much about PC
freeware. If anyone knows of a good one, please tell the list.
3) IMHO, any good photo can be reduced to under 100 Kb without loosing
information. When I get a bit of time, I'll try to write a simple
example of photo reduction as an HTML page.
Cheers,
Michel
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| Subject: | Re: Brake Callipers |
Rex,
I've have the MC-1 on my M2, and my calipers are the are the older PH1.
You can check the Matco webpage, under Technical Support, to see
drawings and pictures of the different styles.
THe MC1 has been replaced by the MC5, and the older calipers are cast
units, while the newer ones are machined. If they're cast, they are the
older version (PH1).
I just sent mine to Matco for rebuild. They rebuild the master cylinder
for about $30, and they said they'd install a new o-ring in the caliper
for free.
Mine had been filled with DOT automotive brake fluid at some point, so
the seals were trashed. I messed with them for about a month, but
couldn't get them to work.
Call Matco, and ask what they can do. They've been very helpful to me.
Bradley
----- Original Message -----
From: Rex Shaw
To: kitfox-list@matronics.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 8:49 PM
Subject: Kitfox-List: Brake Callipers
I have a MKIV with dual differential braking and Douglas 8" chromed
steel rims. The master cylinders are Matco MC-1 but does anybody have
any idea what the calippers are likely to be as my right hand one is
slowly leaking and I would like to get a kit before I actually touch it
if possible. I do have the Grove undercarriage too if that alters the
situation. The callipers are mounted on the inside of the disc. Any
advice would be much appreciated. Thankyou,
Rex Shaw
Australia.
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| Subject: | Re: Pics of Don's mod |
The attachment was larger than 10 bytes.
It was removed, but may be accessed at this URL:
http://www.matronics.com/enclosures/6195416c1c4b25f61b0b96d9b0ea4ec7d2bef3b6.txt
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| Subject: | Re: Pics of Don's mod |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Guy Buchanan <bnn@nethere.com>
At 10:27 AM 6/18/2006, you wrote:
>I think 3 to 1 would be good Don for exit of cowl air.
The 3:1 will only assure that all the air that comes in meets least
resistance going out. However there's no requirement that you have such a
ratio. Indeed, you will have far less drag if you only allow the bare
minimum to exit, and therefore enter, the cowl. This is how cowl flaps
work. With the Kitfox's nice rounded cowl the drag will be far lower if you
discourage air from entering than if you had a huge exit to try to pass all
the air that hits that big inlet. Indeed it would be an interesting
experiment to close off all exits, (smoothly, of course,) and see what
speed results. (I know that a little in-cowl cooling is desirable,
particularly if you have the voltage regulator forward of the firewall,
like I do, but I'll bet it's extremely small. Ever seen a snowmobile
installation?)
Guy Buchanan
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 99.9% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
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| Subject: | Re: Enclosures/attachments |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Les Chambers" <l_chambers@ckt.net>
The easiest way to resize pictures for fast downloading, (using Windows XP)
is to right-click the picture which opens a "Send To>" menu. which offers a
"Mail Recipient" option.
Windows then offers to make the pics smaller or send then original size,
whichever you choose. It then opens a new e-mail message with your
picture(s) already attached, ready for your typing. All this with only 3
clicks of the mouse.
For example my machine reduces a 663k .jpg file to 58k for sending. A 420k
to 37k These shrunk files still display almost full screen when received.
Les Chambers
Classic IV
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 1:01 PM
> --> Kitfox-List message posted by: Michel Verheughe <michel@online.no>
>
> On Jun 18, 2006, at 4:29 PM, Mike Crutchlow wrote:
>> I've found that IRFANVIEW is one of the best viewers for the price (it's
>> free). It will also let you resize pictures among other things.
>
> Thank you, Mike. I just "googled" it and the URL is:
>
> http://www.irfanview.com/
>
> So, if you guys want to try it ... go ahead! If you still have any
> question regarding computer graphic, send me a private email, I'll be
> please to answer. I got so much help with my Kitfox from this list in the
> past years, that it is only normal for me to pay back in answering
> computer graphic questions, since it is my profession.
>
> Cheers,
> Michel
>
> do not archive
>
>
> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List
> http://wiki.matronics.com
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Attachments - New low bandwidth capability. |
Matt Dralle has heard your comments about attachments and slow connections.
He has worked it out so that attachments get stored on his servers and there
are links to the attachments that are clickable. I am giving it a try with
this post. There should be a link to my attachment within this message.
Don Pearsall
Attachment: http://www.matronics.com/enclosures/9d288337e2ec3a62d873e9abd2a97d7ba35c4a51.JPG
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--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Don Pearsall" <donpearsall@comcast.net>
OK, it looks like it worked! On my Outlook mail client, I had an attachment
called ATT00082.txt. That is just a simple text attachment that contains a
link to the photo. Copy and paste that to your browser and it should open
the photo.
Don Pearsall
-----Original Message-----
[mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Don Pearsall
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 10:45 PM
Matt Dralle has heard your comments about attachments and slow connections.
He has worked it out so that attachments get stored on his servers and there
are links to the attachments that are clickable. I am giving it a try with
this post. There should be a link to my attachment within this message.
Don Pearsall
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| Subject: | Attachments - New low bandwidth capability. |
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Matt Dralle <dralle@matronics.com>
Hey Don,
Those URL links are suppose to be showing up INLINE with your message, not as a
separate text enclosure. Check your Outlook configuration for something about
viewing [text] enclosures inline. I think there's an option for that.
In Eudora, I just have the URL at the bottom of the message...
Matt
At 11:14 PM 6/18/2006 Sunday, you wrote:
>--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Don Pearsall" <donpearsall@comcast.net>
>
>OK, it looks like it worked! On my Outlook mail client, I had an attachment
>called ATT00082.txt. That is just a simple text attachment that contains a
>link to the photo. Copy and paste that to your browser and it should open
>the photo.
>
>
>Don Pearsall
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>[mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Don Pearsall
>Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 10:45 PM
>
>Matt Dralle has heard your comments about attachments and slow connections.
>He has worked it out so that attachments get stored on his servers and there
>are links to the attachments that are clickable. I am giving it a try with
>this post. There should be a link to my attachment within this message.
>
>Don Pearsall
>
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