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Sat 02/16/08


Total Messages Posted: 20



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     1. 04:52 AM - cracks in wing tank sealant (Catz631@aol.com)
     2. 05:16 AM -  cracks in wing tank sealant (fox5flyer)
     3. 06:52 AM - Re: Landing LightLanding Light Photos (bigboyz toyz)
     4. 07:01 AM - Re: surplus 8 (bigboyz toyz)
     5. 07:45 AM - kitfox IV 1995 Tanks (bigboyz toyz)
     6. 08:54 AM - Rudder Tab? (bigboyz toyz)
     7. 09:50 AM - Re: Rudder Tab? (Tom Jones)
     8. 10:26 AM - selling model IV (dwight purdy)
     9. 10:38 AM - Re: First Flight N35KF M7 (ron schick)
    10. 11:40 AM - Re: cracks in wing tank sealant (Lynn Matteson)
    11. 03:42 PM - Re: weight/double pin door latch (chris t gandy)
    12. 03:53 PM - Re: Rudder Tab? (Dan Billingsley)
    13. 06:01 PM - horizontal stabilizer (Mike Chaney)
    14. 06:24 PM - Bubble Doors ? (bigboyz toyz)
    15. 07:10 PM - Door Latching you really Like? (bigboyz toyz)
    16. 07:22 PM - Re: horizontal stabilizer (bigboyz toyz)
    17. 07:43 PM - Re: horizontal stabilizer (Lynn Matteson)
    18. 08:05 PM - Re: Re: horizontal stabilizer (Lynn Matteson)
    19. 08:19 PM - Re: Door Latching you really Like? (darinh)
    20. 08:37 PM - Re: weight (patrick reilly)
 
 
 


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    Time: 04:52:41 AM PST US
    From: Catz631@aol.com
    Subject: cracks in wing tank sealant
    I know this is an old subject but as a newer member perhaps someone might have an idea. Yesterday I folded the wings on my 2001 Kitfox 4-1200 to install some new fuel tank sight gauge tubes. While folded, I removed the fuel caps and took a look inside my tanks to see if the sealant Kreme had been used in my tanks as this was a recently purchased aircraft. Sure enough there was that creamy color. One tank looked OK (at least from what I could see) but the other had a small area along the bottom of the outer edge where it appeared the stuff was shrinking and cracking.It resembled a prune and had slightly pulled away from the Fiberglas. I don't think any of it has come off(yet) but I was wondering how long I might have before this happens. I will keep a constant watch. My gascolator screens were clean. Is my only solution to remove the tanks and replace them with the plastic tanks offered by another company? I sure hate cutting these tanks out as I am not an experienced fabric guy although I have watched a bunch of it being done and will of course get the books and do it if I have too. I can't see that removing the wings and filling the tanks with a solution of MEK and shaking it around would do much good to get the old stuff out as some guys have done. Any input would be greatly appreciated as you guys were the ones who alerted me to the problem in the first place. I am sure there are other Kitfoxes with the same undiscovered problem. Thanks, Dick Maddux Fox 4-1200 Pensacola,Fl. **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)


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    Time: 05:16:10 AM PST US
    From: "fox5flyer" <fox5flyer@idealwifi.net>
    Subject: cracks in wing tank sealant
    Your plight is a familiar one, Dick, and by the sound of it, you definitely have the Kreem coming loose. This was caused in many tanks by failure of the Kreem applier to properly clean away the mold release before applying the Kreem. There are a lot of them out there like this. It's possible for the Kreem to release in sheets and potentially block flow from the tank. This happened to a guy on one of the Alaska trips, but a field repair was able to be made. 1. The easiest way is to remove the wings, get a few people to help, use MEK or Acetone to remove the old Kreem, then either leave them unsloshed or reKreem using a 50/50 Kreem/MEK mixture. 2. If you don't like that option, you can remove the tanks from the wings, and do the same thing as above, then reinstall the tanks, make a fabric repair, repaint, be on your way and never look back. 3. The most expensive is to replace the tanks. It's all based on choices, but none of them are very difficult. If it were me, I'd do #2. Deke ----- Original Message ----- From: Catz631@aol.com To: kitfox-list@matronics.com Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 7:50 AM Subject: Kitfox-List: cracks in wing tank sealant I know this is an old subject but as a newer member perhaps someone might have an idea. Yesterday I folded the wings on my 2001 Kitfox 4-1200 to install some new fuel tank sight gauge tubes. While folded, I removed the fuel caps and took a look inside my tanks to see if the sealant Kreme had been used in my tanks as this was a recently purchased aircraft. Sure enough there was that creamy color. One tank looked OK (at least from what I could see) but the other had a small area along the bottom of the outer edge where it appeared the stuff was shrinking and cracking.It resembled a prune and had slightly pulled away from the Fiberglas. I don't think any of it has come off(yet) but I was wondering how long I might have before this happens. I will keep a constant watch. My gascolator screens were clean. Is my only solution to remove the tanks and replace them with the plastic tanks offered by another company? I sure hate cutting these tanks out as I am not an experienced fabric guy although I have watched a bunch of it being done and will of course get the books and do it if I have too. I can't see that removing the wings and filling the tanks with a solution of MEK and shaking it around would do much good to get the old stuff out as some guys have done. Any input would be greatly appreciated as you guys were the ones who alerted me to the problem in the first place. I am sure there are other Kitfoxes with the same undiscovered problem. Thanks, Dick Maddux Fox 4-1200 Pensacola,Fl. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. AOL Music takes you there.


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    Time: 06:52:57 AM PST US
    From: bigboyz toyz <bigboyzt0yz@yahoo.com>
    Subject: Re: Landing LightLanding Light Photos
    Photos did not attach so see if this works The plane with the Center Light Belongs to my Tec Advisor The wing tip light photo belongs to Ray Gignac a close friend and a member here The last 2 are of my Kunzelman's on my plane Lee Fritz Keep your feet on the peddels and keep reaching for the sky!!!! Lee --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.


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    Time: 07:01:16 AM PST US
    From: bigboyz toyz <bigboyzt0yz@yahoo.com>
    Subject: Re: surplus 8
    I could use them! let me know how much shipping.I will need to send you shipping cost. They will ship to 346 Pleasant Hill Rd. Owings Mills Md. 21117 that is unless you are close enough to drive o pick them up. If they are on the east coast from Fort Myers Fla. to Maryland. I have some snow birds that will be comming up sometime in march and could have them picked up. Lee Keep your feet on the peddels and keep reaching for the sky!!!! Lee ---------------------------------


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    Time: 07:45:00 AM PST US
    From: bigboyz toyz <bigboyzt0yz@yahoo.com>
    Subject: kitfox IV 1995 Tanks
    Hello All, John McBean did not own the kitfox company back then and was not sure weather i am going to be effected by the E-10. (Note: John did say that ONLY the fiberglass tanks should be in the wing they are part of the structure and the plastic tanks have not been part of the design) Does anyone know how to test the tank fiberglass construction before it gets to be a problem for me. In the old cars that my dad has he takes the tanks out and coats them with a eastwood product to gaurd against rust. The only issue is that they are metal and I am not sure weather this will stick to fiberglass. I have been watching the local fuel from the Rutters in my area and right now they have coventional fuel. They are ramping up to E10 according to the tanker guy that day I asked last month for sometime in Feb 08. Keep your feet on the peddels and keep reaching for the sky!!!! Lee --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.


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    Time: 08:54:53 AM PST US
    From: bigboyz toyz <bigboyzt0yz@yahoo.com>
    Subject: Rudder Tab?
    Does any one have any Ideas as to a tab for the Rudder I seem to have my right foot in level flight always on that peddle. Thought about a tab or a bungee to hold it at a set place. I saw a guy with a friction Knob on a bungee to slightly pull on the cable. You turn the knob and it adds tension so you can take your foot off the peddle. Lee Can some one email (Off List) me and let me know how to ad photos to my posts. I sent 2 and they did not show up. Keep your feet on the peddels and keep reaching for the sky!!!! Lee ---------------------------------


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    Time: 09:50:25 AM PST US
    Subject: Re: Rudder Tab?
    From: "Tom Jones" <nahsikhs@elltel.net>
    > Can some one email (Off List) me and let me know how to ad photos to my posts. I sent 2 and they did not show up. lee, your photos of the strobes and landing light showed up fine both times on the matronics web sight of the kitfox list. Look here http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?t=39526 -------- Tom Jones Classic IV, Phase one 503 Rotax, 72 inch Two blade Warp Ellensburg, WA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=164434#164434


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    Time: 10:26:38 AM PST US
    From: dwight purdy <dpurdy@comteck.com>
    Subject: selling model IV
    Any lurkers wanting a good deal that could be done by spring? It is a 1996 model IV classic with all the fairings of a speedster. Dual tanks dual brakes. gear step. pvc leading edge addition,lower false ribs. Factory built wings. Check out my ad on Barnstormers. http://www.barnstormers.com/ad_manager/ad_detail.php?ID=225570 dwight model II --


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    Time: 10:38:42 AM PST US
    From: ron schick <roncarolnikko@hotmail.com>
    Subject: First Flight N35KF M7
    Cool! Nothin better than the first time! Congrads. Ron NB Ore> Subject: Kitfox-List: First Flight N35KF M7> From: david@kelm.com> Date: Fri, 15 Fe b 2008 06:55:29 -0800> To: kitfox-list@matronics.com> > --> Kitfox-List mes sage posted by: "dcsfoto" <david@kelm.com>> > got a good morning to fly and made my first flight.> > Went great ! only need another flight to make adj ustment of tailplane.> I have the old manual trim.> > sure is fast !!!!> do not arcive.> > David Model 3 and 7> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=164197#164197> > > > > > > ==> > > _________________________________________________________________ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail=AE-get yo ur "fix". http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx


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    Time: 11:40:42 AM PST US
    From: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt@jps.net>
    Subject: Re: cracks in wing tank sealant
    Hi Dick- I disagree with your assessment of taking the wings off and sloshing, as a means of cleaning out the old Kreem. It works, and works well, apparently. I've got about 475 hrs on mine and going on 2-1/2 yrs since I did my tanks...already in the wings. I had called the former Skystar Co. for advice and they told me that since the tanks were, at that time, about 11 years old and had had nothing in them (don't know whether this makes any difference), that I should slosh with acetone and re-Kreem. I had a set of wing rotators which made it pretty easy to get the tops and bottoms of the tanks, but getting the ends was another matter, but not impossible. The acetone completely dissolved the old Kreem, and I kept draining and re-sloshing with newer acetone until it ran clear. Same method for re-coating with Kreem, diluted with MEK 50/50. Now, I've got to preface my no problem status...I have used nothing but 100LL except for about 9 gallons of premium. I can't speak to using anything but 100LL, as I don't know how the Kreem will perform if using autofuel w/E-whatever. Lynn Matteson Grass Lake, Michigan Kitfox IV Speedster w/Jabiru 2200 flying w/470+ hrs On Feb 16, 2008, at 7:50 AM, Catz631@aol.com wrote: > I know this is an old subject but as a newer member perhaps someone > might have an idea. Yesterday I folded the wings on my 2001 Kitfox > 4-1200 to install some new fuel tank sight gauge tubes. While > folded, I removed the fuel caps and took a look inside my tanks to > see if the sealant Kreme had been used in my tanks as this was a > recently purchased aircraft. Sure enough there was that creamy > color. One tank looked OK (at least from what I could see) but the > other had a small area along the bottom of the outer edge where it > appeared the stuff was shrinking and cracking.It resembled a prune > and had slightly pulled away from the Fiberglas. I don't think any > of it has come off(yet) but I was wondering how long I might have > before this happens. I will keep a constant watch. My gascolator > screens were clean. > Is my only solution to remove the tanks and replace them with the > plastic tanks offered by another company? I sure hate cutting these > tanks out as I am not an experienced fabric guy although I have > watched a bunch of it being done and will of course get the books > and do it if I have too. I can't see that removing the wings and > filling the tanks with a solution of MEK and shaking it around > would do much good to get the old stuff out as some guys have done. > Any input would be greatly appreciated as you guys were the ones > who alerted me to the problem in the first place. I am sure there > are other Kitfoxes with the same undiscovered problem. > Thanks, > Dick Maddux > Fox 4-1200 > Pensacola,Fl. > > > The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. > AOL Music takes you there. > www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List _- > www.matronics.com/contribution _- > ===========================================================


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    Time: 03:42:16 PM PST US
    Subject: Re: weight/double pin door latch
    From: chris t gandy <jusplanefun@juno.com>
    if you still have the door latches, i would be interested in them. i have am building a model 5 and that is the type on there. thanks chris


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    Time: 03:53:25 PM PST US
    From: Dan Billingsley <dan@azshowersolutions.com>
    Subject: Re: Rudder Tab?
    Lee, Many of the guys just rivet an aluminum tab off the back of the rudder and bend it to compensate. Dan bigboyz toyz <bigboyzt0yz@yahoo.com> wrote: Does any one have any Ideas as to a tab for the Rudder I seem to have my right foot in level flight always on that peddle. Thought about a tab or a bungee to hold it at a set place. I saw a guy with a friction Knob on a bungee to slightly pull on the cable. You turn the knob and it adds tension so you can take your foot off the peddle. Lee Can some one email (Off List) me and let me know how to ad photos to my posts. I sent 2 and they did not show up. Keep your feet on the peddels and keep reaching for the sky!!!! Lee


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    Time: 06:01:22 PM PST US
    From: Mike Chaney <poasttown@yahoo.com>
    Subject: horizontal stabilizer
    This concerns the horizontal stabilizer struts on a Model IV. I purchased the beefed up horizontal stabilizer struts from Kitfox and was installing them and ran into a problem. When they made the struts they flatten one end ot the tubing to provide a flat area to attach to the single tab on the fuseledge. I attached the rod ends to the horizontal stabilizer but when I tried to attach the struts to the fuseledge tab the rounded portions of the struts touched preventing the flattened areas to go together. I suppose I could add washers to fix this problem but I would think the flattened areas of the struts should go together and touch the tab. Any suggestions? Mike Chaney ---------------------------------


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    Time: 06:24:01 PM PST US
    From: bigboyz toyz <bigboyzt0yz@yahoo.com>
    Subject: Bubble Doors ?
    I just got some Bouble doors and am looking for the frames to mount them to. I thought about building them my self and having the side rails follow the bubbles contour. It would give even more space ti the cabin and keep it from flexing at all when you slip in for a landing. That is unless someone has some NOS to sell and the shipping is not going to be off the charts. I ordered some strut covers and the shipping was 1/3 more than the parts cost. Any ideas are welcome. Keep your feet on the peddels and keep reaching for the sky!!!! Lee ---------------------------------


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    Time: 07:10:32 PM PST US
    From: bigboyz toyz <bigboyzt0yz@yahoo.com>
    Subject: Door Latching you really Like?
    OK Group, Yes I have posted a lot because there is no sense in re inventing the wheel, there are so great Kitfox minds to pull from on the list. So what is the VERY best way to make, build, adapt some type of latching unit for the doors? I saw a really cool setup on a helicopter it has pins that came out and was operated from a central turning latch doohickey. I am getting ready to install some bubble doors and was looking for some kind of latching unit that is going to keep the door in place and sealed tight. I am thinking of building the door frames either from scratch or by altering a set that some one might have and wants to part with reasonably. I could Tig, Machine, ETC. something together that would not be any problem so there is no limit to your creativity. Thanks to All Lee Keep your feet on the peddels and keep reaching for the sky!!!! Lee --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.


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    Time: 07:22:20 PM PST US
    From: bigboyz toyz <bigboyzt0yz@yahoo.com>
    Subject: Re: horizontal stabilizer
    Mike Chaney, Mine has a adjustment at the outboard end only. Just make sure you put a A/N washer under the head of the bolt on the adjustment end in case the joint fails it can not come completely off. If it fails in flight it might be a real problem getting back on the ground safely. If you need me to send you a photo I will be at the hanger tomorow and could send it when I get back in the afternoon. Lee Keep your feet on the peddels and keep reaching for the sky!!!! Lee --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.


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    Time: 07:43:16 PM PST US
    From: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt@jps.net>
    Subject: Re: horizontal stabilizer
    Were there four individual struts, or two struts V'd together? From your description it sounds like they sent you four struts/tubes. My Model IV struts came from the factory as two V-shaped struts...one left side and one right side. These V-shaped struts are welded together such that the front one goes onto the fuselage tab, and the rear tube gets cut at an angle to fit snugly up against the front tube, then they are welded together. At least that's how mine were received from the factory back in 1994. The result is that the flattened part of one strut tube lays onto the fuselage tab, and is bolted to it. Try looking at it in this way, and see if it makes sense. Did they send you two or four rod ends? Mine has just two rod ends, and they go to the front of the hort. stab. The rear connections to the hort. stab are both the flattened tubes, as I remember it. Lynn Matteson Grass Lake, Michigan Kitfox IV Speedster w/Jabiru 2200 flying w/470+ hrs On Feb 16, 2008, at 8:58 PM, Mike Chaney wrote: > This concerns the horizontal stabilizer struts on a Model IV. I > purchased the beefed up horizontal stabilizer struts from Kitfox > and was installing them and ran into a problem. When they made the > struts they flatten one end ot the tubing to provide a flat area to > attach to the single tab on the fuseledge. I attached the rod ends > to the horizontal stabilizer but when I tried to attach the struts > to the fuseledge tab the rounded portions of the struts touched > preventing the flattened areas to go together. I suppose I could > add washers to fix this problem but I would think the flattened > areas of the struts should go together and touch the tab. > > Any suggestions? > > Mike Chaney > > > www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List _- > www.matronics.com/contribution _- > ===========================================================


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    Time: 08:05:53 PM PST US
    From: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt@jps.net>
    Subject: Re: horizontal stabilizer
    And make sure that the washer you use is an AN 970 washer, which is a "large area" washer. A normal AN960 washer won't do any good. I think that an AN960 washer will pull right through a failed rod end bearing, if I'm not mistaken. My parts list calls for two AN 970 washers <L.A.> in this application. The larger 970 washer won't let the failed rod end escape. Lynn Matteson Grass Lake, Michigan Kitfox IV Speedster w/Jabiru 2200 flying w/470+ hrs On Feb 16, 2008, at 10:19 PM, bigboyz toyz wrote: > Mike Chaney, > > Mine has a adjustment at the outboard end only. Just make sure you > put a A/N washer under the head of the bolt on the adjustment end > in case the joint fails it can not come completely off. If it fails > in flight it might be a real problem getting back on the ground > safely. > > If you need me to send you a photo I will be at the hanger tomorow > and could send it when I get back in the afternoon. > > Lee > > > Keep your feet on the peddels and keep reaching for the sky!!!! > > Lee > > > Be a better friend, newshound, and _- > www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List _- > www.matronics.com/contribution _- > ===========================================================


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    Time: 08:19:20 PM PST US
    Subject: Re: Door Latching you really Like?
    From: "darinh" <gerns25@netscape.net>
    Lee, Here is how my Series 7 latches are done. Don't know what model you have but something like this could be fitted to any door with some thought. These are the optional door latches that Skystar supplied with the kits...I would assume John McBean is still using this same setup and so you could get them from him. -------- Darin Hawkes Series 7 (under Construction) 914 Turbo Kaysville, Utah Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=164513#164513 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/dscf1530_203.jpg


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    Time: 08:37:16 PM PST US
    From: patrick reilly <patreilly43@hotmail.com>
    Subject: weight
    Lynn, Thanks for the pics. I don't have the double tube in the center of th e door. But, when I saw the bell crank the lights came on. I closed up the legs on a 3" pc of 1/16th x 1 1/2" alum angle to grip the sides of my sing le mid door bar, drilled a hole in it, installed a 10-24 rivet nut for a 1/ 4" shoulder bolt for the bell crank pivot and riveted it to that mid door b ar 6 1/4 " back from the existing sprung front door latch. The bell crank i s 1/4"x 1" alumninum stock. I left it 4" longer on the bottom, bent it in t o match the door angle and drilled it full of lightening holes to use as th e interior door handle. I'll run 1/8 x 3/4 aluminum actuator rods fore and aft after I drill them full of lightening holes, and add a pin in the botto m of the handle sticking out a slot in the door for an exterior knob. Us old guys that cut our teeth fabricating motorcycle, streetrod, and racer car parts have it easy with these experimental airplanes, don't we? Old cars are fun, motorcycles are crazy, but airplanes they"re insane! Lovin it in Rockford! Pat Reilly Mod 3 Rebuild > From: lynnmatt@jps.net> Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: weight> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:11:59 -0500> To: kitfox-list@matronics.com> > Here are two sho ts that I have, Pat. The kit that I had required > several parts to be made from stock that was furnished. Instructions > came with the kit as supplie d in 1994.> >




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