---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 12/04/08: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:13 AM - Re: 582 Rebuild kit questions, and ignition questions. (815TL) 2. 10:02 AM - Re: Kitfox mishap in Colorado (Guy Buchanan) 3. 10:03 AM - Re: [!! SPAM] Re: Kitfox mishap in Colorado (Guy Buchanan) 4. 12:19 PM - Re: Re: 582 Rebuild kit questions, and ignition questions. (patrick reilly) 5. 10:20 PM - Re: 582 Rebuild kit questions, and ignition questions. (akflyer) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:13:27 AM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: 582 Rebuild kit questions, and ignition questions. From: "815TL" Anyone have any opinions? Good deal, or stay away? Andrew Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=217585#217585 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:02:04 AM PST US From: Guy Buchanan Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Kitfox mishap in Colorado At 09:33 AM 12/3/2008, you wrote: >Boy, that is one obese Model IV. Even without Grove gear. That's got to be a record for a IV. I wonder if it's a miss-print. Even with the bigger engine I don't see how you could add 230# to what I have. Guy Buchanan San Diego, CA K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar. Do not archive ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:03:25 AM PST US From: Guy Buchanan Subject: Re: [!! SPAM] RE: Kitfox-List: Kitfox mishap in Colorado At 02:00 PM 12/3/2008, you wrote: >As to the 10%, I think that is speculation that the plane can be >over gross by that >amount in smooth air. Probably nothing official and definitely not >recommended. Well, being experimental you can spec the gross weight at anything you want. I wonder if it's certified at 1200 or 1320? Guy Buchanan San Diego, CA K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar. ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 12:19:46 PM PST US From: patrick reilly Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Re: 582 Rebuild kit questions, and ignition questions. Andrew=2C Looks like a good deal. The seller has a very good history of rel ated sales. I have a 582 with only 100 hrs on it. I contemplated buying the rebuild kit myself=2C But=2C my engine is such low time=2C I would probabl y forget where I put it when I needed it. do not archive Pat Reilly Mod 3 582 Rebuild Rockford=2C IL> Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: 582 Rebuild kit questions=2C and ignition questions.> From: lawrenceaw@corning.com> Date: Thu=2C 4 Dec 2008 04:12:55 -0800> To: kitfox-list@matronics.com> > --> Kitfox-List message po sted by: "815TL" > > Anyone have any opinions? Good deal=2C or stay away?> > Andrew> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > h ttp://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=217585#217585> > > > > > > > _ -======================== ==============> > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 10:20:39 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: 582 Rebuild kit questions, and ignition questions. From: "akflyer" Stay away from it. I got suckered into it, as did a buddy of mine. They are single ring pistons from a 583 snowmobile engine. At 3 hrs the rings failed on akflyerbobs. We pulled the engine down and the rings had NO spring left in them. They looked good when they went into the engine. The cylinders were precision honed and the ring end gap was fine. After the break in and a little over an hour in the air, I noticed a loss of power especially at takeoff. I made a quick turn around the airport at less than half the pattern altitude and got her back on the ground. I shut it down and jumped out and gave the prop a spin by hand and I may as well have had a turbine in the nose, there was virtually no compression. -------- DO NOT ARCHIVE Leonard Perry Soldotna AK Avid "C" / Mk IV 582 IVO IFA Full Lotus 1260 As done as any plane will ever be.... cause now the tinkeritis takes over. hander outer of humorless darwin awards Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=217722#217722 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.