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1. 10:49 AM - Need condition inspection in SC (wingnut)
2. 03:32 PM - Re: Throttle springs (Jim Feldmann)
3. 04:03 PM - Aligning the wings (Jim Feldmann)
4. 04:44 PM - Re: Aligning the wings (Guy Buchanan)
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| Subject: | Need condition inspection in SC |
Can anyone recommend an A&P for a condition inspection on my Model 4 in the SC
area? The guy who did it last year was a nice guy but I'd like to find someone
more familiar with the airplane and the engine (912UL).
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Luis Rodriguez
Model IV 1200
Rotax 912UL
Flying Weekly
Laurens, SC (34A)
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| Subject: | Re: Throttle springs |
I bought the correct springs from Rotax and installed them. Problem solved.
Thanks to all for your input.
Jim
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| Subject: | Aligning the wings |
I just bought my Kitfox and after I got it home, I discovered that the left wing
is straight from root to tip, but the right wing is twisted leading-edge down
(washed-out) about 2 degrees. I realize that this was probably done to make
it fly level with only the pilot on board, but it is excessive and the plane
has a built-in right roll, even flown solo.
I am also concerned about a possible stall-spin problem from the different angle
of attack from one side to the other.
The Builders Manual that I got with the airplane does not discuss wing alignment.
Can anyone tell me what the factory specs are? Should both wings be straight?
Both washed-out a degree of so? I don't know whether I should eliminate
the excess wash-out in the right wing, or twist in a little washout on the left
wing, or both?
Thanks.
Jim Feldmann
1994 Kitfox Speedster/Rotax 912
N926JB
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| Subject: | Re: Aligning the wings |
At 04:02 PM 10/15/2008, you wrote:
>The Builders Manual that I got with the airplane does not discuss
>wing alignment. Can anyone tell me what the factory specs
>are? Should both wings be straight? Both washed-out a degree of
>so? I don't know whether I should eliminate the excess wash-out in
>the right wing, or twist in a little washout on the left wing, or both?
The build manual shows about 1 degree of washout, symmetric, for the
long wing measured at the outboard and inboard ribs. It will be a
little less for the Speedster. (The long wing adds another rib bay
outside the end of the flaperon.) I'd bring it back to factory specs,
if possible.
Guy Buchanan
San Diego, CA
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
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