---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 12/29/07: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:57 PM - Re: Flight of Eight. (Lowell Fitt) 2. 08:32 PM - Re: changing bungees (Guy Buchanan) 3. 08:32 PM - Re: Re: bungee replacement (Guy Buchanan) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:57:13 PM PST US From: "Lowell Fitt" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List:Flight of Eight. Thanks Gary, Kay and I have been out of town - St Augustine area for a week. The last segment was posted two days before our hard landing. I haven't gotten back to the postings yet, but hope to soon. I have a lot more video and hope to eventually get the rest of it on line a bit at a time. For those interested, it requires Flash Player - free download. Lowell ----- Original Message ----- From: "kitfoxjunky" Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 4:48 AM Subject: Re: Kitfox-List:Flight of Eight. > Great Video archive Lowell. Spent most of the morning looking it over. > Bookmarked it for future reference. If others have not seen this it is > worth a peak. > > http://highwingllc.com/videoarchive.html > > > Gary Walsh > KF IV Anphib 912S > C-GOOT > www.decisionlabs.com/kitfox > > do not archive > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:32:23 PM PST US From: Guy Buchanan Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: changing bungees At 02:53 PM 12/27/2007, you wrote: >I have a Kitfox 4-1200 and need to change the landing gear bungees. Tools: Vice grips Chunk of leather BIG channel locks Personnel: 1 Procedure: 1. Tie wheels together. (It doesn't take much as friction does most of the work. You'll want to put in a trucker's hitch to snug gear hard against the fuselage.) 2. CAREFULLY unwind the old bungee. Don't just cut it unless you like doing fabric work. 3. Put on new bungee getting as many wraps as you can without working hard. Attach loop to peg. 4. Tape the leather to the vice grip jaws. 5. Take channel locks and CAREFULLY pull slack out of the bungee, starting at the "inboard" end and working out. When you get to the last loop, pull the slack then clamp the bungee where it goes over the upper tube. DO NOT TRY TO GET ALL THE SLACK OUT, JUST ENOUGH TO GET ANOTHER WRAP. The remaining bungee will go around the lower tube and back to the peg. This remainder will have a lot of slack in it. 6. Using the slack, take another wrap around the fuselage tubes. 7. Repeat 5 and 6 until you get six wraps. It turns out to be quite easy. Just be careful not to shred the bungee with the channel locks or vice grips. It doesn't take much pressure to get a grip and you don't have to pull hard. Guy Buchanan San Diego, CA K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar. ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:32:23 PM PST US From: Guy Buchanan Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: bungee replacement At 05:24 AM 12/28/2007, you wrote: >With new bungess did the gear droop at all or was it right up >against the stops. Mine is against the stops when empty. Guy Buchanan San Diego, CA K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kitfox-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kitfox-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kitfox-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kitfox-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.