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1. 08:25 AM - Short take off Video (dave)
2. 09:26 AM - 582 Engine Mount (Jim Gilliatt)
3. 12:33 PM - Re: Short take off Video (Michel Verheughe)
4. 01:08 PM - Re: IFR in a kitfox (n85ae)
5. 02:46 PM - Re: IFR in a kitfox (Michel Verheughe)
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| Subject: | Short take off Video |
OK, Some one asked about operating out of a short strip.........
so....... one of my 3 runways is 550 feet long with 75' on each side.
You will see the 582 can certainly pull it's weight and do quite well clearing
those trees with 75' to 100 feet clearance. oh one more things is the spark
plugs have over 140 hours on them and the engine has over 350 hours on it and
never been apart .............
I would like to see some others doing the same thing with any engine combo, take
a video and put it on You tube........ See, I talk about it but I put my video
where my mouth is
btw winds were about 2o degrees off my left on take off at about 5 knots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itqyBYxU0lU [Laughing] :o [Shocked]
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Flying Videos and Kitfox Info
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| Subject: | 582 Engine Mount |
Is there anyone out there that might be interested in a 582 engine mount?
Jim Gilliatt
S7 IO240
In progress
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| Subject: | Re: Short take off Video |
On Nov 19, 2007, at 5:24 PM, dave wrote:
> OK, Some one asked about operating out of a short strip.........
You're da man, Dave! I can't do that with my model 3 and a Jabiru and I
couldn't do it when I had the 582. I never got the tail up as fast as
you do even if I always start with the stick full forward.
Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Norway
Kitfox 3 - Jabiru 2200
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| Subject: | Re: IFR in a kitfox |
I have a full IFR panel in my Kitfox, with all the appropriate avionics, and
intended to fly mine IFR when I built it. Since I've been flying it for a few
years, now I would never fly it IFR. It is simply not a hands off airplane.
You could fly it iFR but it would be a VERY stressfull adventure as looking
at an approach plate and back at the panel you might find yourself 30-40
degrees off attitude in almost any direction, in as much time as it took to
read this.
I think mine is reasonably stable with the heavy IO-240 up front, but it
is definetly not a good IFR platform in my opinion.
Jeff.
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| Subject: | Re: IFR in a kitfox |
On Nov 18, 2007, at 6:23 PM, Chris Budd wrote:
> And out of those how many people actually fly theirs in IMC?
Since you ask, Chris, here is my story. In Norway, with my uncertified
Kitfox, I can't fly IFR. I can't fly at night and I can't even fly
on-top. So, I have no gyro instruments except one of those cheap
solid-state turn coordinator.
Last May, I was to fly from Norway to south Germany where I was to meet
friends. I had prepared that for a long time and was looking forward to
it. The forecast was for a high pressure over most of Europe so I was
optimistic. I had a flight plan for 8 AM.
When I arrived at the airfield, there was fog. I had to delayed my
flight plan. Usually that morning fog lifts up during the morning. I
had given me 12 AM as my last chance to leave, otherwise I wouldn't
reach my first overnight in northern Germany and my rendez-vous with my
friends.
At 11 AM, the fog had lifted and a call to the nearby airport tower
confirmed that the ceiling was now 1,000 ft. That gave me enough
altitude to cross the Oslo fjord and fly toward Sweden where the METAR
was CAVOK.
I took of and levelled at 800 ft, right under the cloud cover. A few
minutes later I was over the water when I realised that I had lost
sight with the ground. Grey over me and grey under me!
That happens often early in the year. The water is still colder than
the air and fog banks drift over the fjord. I had to take a decision. I
could try to climb and fly on-top. I could try to descent and hope to
see the water. Or I could just turn around and forget about my trip.
All that thinking took me some minutes during which I was keeping a
straight course, looking at the turn coordinator and my GPS with moving
map. I knew that it was only maybe ten minutes before I would be again
over land and certainly the fog will be gone. I didn't know how deep
was the cloud cover so I decided not to climb. I stayed at the same
altitude and heading.
After ten minutes I saw a dark shape under me, it was the first island
from the other side of the fjord. It got better with time and arrived
to the Swedish border I saw a timid sun from above, piercing in the fog
that soon dissipated to a CAVOK situation.
Those ten minutes with no visual reference were very tense. I had no
problem to keep the plane on en even keel, the turn coordinator (a
TruTrak) was responding very fast. But as time went, I noticed that I
had problems to keep a straight course. With time, I lost concentration
and was not flying any longer in a straight line. I don't think I could
have done that for much longer. High pulse rate, etc. you easily loose
concentration with time.
Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Norway
Kitfox 3 - Jabiru 2200
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