---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 07/26/09: 11 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:39 AM - Re: GSC gets another one. (Jim Feldmann) 2. 07:41 AM - Fuel Sight Guage Material (A H) 3. 08:26 AM - Re: Fuel Sight Guage Material (Vic Baker) 4. 08:41 AM - Re: Fuel Sight Guage Material (Lowell Fitt) 5. 09:24 AM - Re: Bush Gear and new paint Scheme (Francisco Drovetta) 6. 10:23 AM - Re: Re: GSC gets another one. (mic thiessen) 7. 11:13 AM - Rotax 912 wanted (fjocampo) 8. 03:28 PM - Re: GSC gets another one. (Jim Feldmann) 9. 07:26 PM - Re: GSC gets another one. (dave) 10. 07:28 PM - Re: Rotax 912 wanted (dave) 11. 09:22 PM - Re: Re: GSC gets another one. (Mark Reupert) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:39:54 AM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: GSC gets another one. From: "Jim Feldmann" Dave: The prop was 3 years old and had a about 90 hours on it. The separation between the prop hub halves was within spec at the last condition inspection. The NTSB has the hub now, so we'll see what they think. My insurance carrier owns the airplane now. I'm anxious to finish getting my ticket and if I rebuilt her, I'd be out of the air for too long. And yes, I am looking for another Kitfox Speedster. Thanks to all of you for your kind comments. -------- Jim Feldmann, 3rd owner 1994 Kitfox IV Speedster / 912 Working on my Sport Pilot Certificate Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=254786#254786 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:41:02 AM PST US From: A H Subject: Kitfox-List: Fuel Sight Guage Material I am completing my fuel tank installation on my Series 5 (1995) and have some questions about the fuel sight guage materials and improvements that have been made over the past 14 years by the factory or builders. The original material is the stiff clear plastic that is heated and bent to shape. Is this the best material to use still? The fittings are plastic and how have they done with auto fuel? Are these the same fittings as come in the new kits? Before I finish the tanks I want to make any changes now that have been imp rovements. Thanks. Andy _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live=99 Hotmail=AE: Search=2C add=2C and share the web=92s latest s ports videos. Check it out. http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGL M_WL_QA_HM_sports_videos_072009&cat=sports ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:26:55 AM PST US From: "Vic Baker" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Fuel Sight Guage Material Andy, Get the sight gauge kit from KitfoxAircraft. I tried to use that clear plastic stuff, no good. Vic Vic Baker S7 912S Warp Carson City, Nv ----- Original Message ----- From: A H To: kitfox-list@matronics.com Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:36 AM Subject: Kitfox-List: Fuel Sight Guage Material I am completing my fuel tank installation on my Series 5 (1995) and have some questions about the fuel sight guage materials and improvements that have been made over the past 14 years by the factory or builders. The original material is the stiff clear plastic that is heated and bent to shape. Is this the best material to use still? The fittings are plastic and how have they done with auto fuel? Are these the same fittings as come in the new kits? Before I finish the tanks I want to make any changes now that have been improvements. Thanks. Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Windows Live=99 Hotmail=AE: Search, add, and share the web=92s latest sports videos. Check it out. ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:41:25 AM PST US From: "Lowell Fitt" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Fuel Sight Guage Material Andy, I liked the heat bent material. I previously used the Tygon like tubing. I did find, however that the plastic fittings were a regular and fairly predictable source of leakage. I don't know why, but I had to peroidically retighten the fittings. Lowell ----- Original Message ----- From: "A H" Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:36 AM Subject: Kitfox-List: Fuel Sight Guage Material I am completing my fuel tank installation on my Series 5 (1995) and have some questions about the fuel sight guage materials and improvements that have been made over the past 14 years by the factory or builders. The original material is the stiff clear plastic that is heated and bent to shape. Is this the best material to use still? The fittings are plastic and how have they done with auto fuel? Are these the same fittings as come in the new kits? Before I finish the tanks I want to make any changes now that have been improvements. Thanks. Andy _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail: Search, add, and share the webs latest sports videos. Check it out. http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_videos_072009&cat=sports ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 09:24:55 AM PST US From: "Francisco Drovetta" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Bush Gear and new paint Scheme Tks a lot Mr. Deke. FD ----- Original Message ----- From: fox5flyer To: kitfox-list@matronics.com Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 12:24 PM Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Bush Gear and new paint Scheme Beautiful airplane, FD. Very well done! Deke Morisse Mikado Michigan S5/Subaru/CAP 428+ TT "The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress." - Joseph Joubert do not archive ----- Original Message ----- From: dcubj3@terra.com.br To: kitfox-list@matronics.com Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 10:22 AM Subject: Kitfox-List: Bush Gear and new paint Scheme Hi! Here some photos of my aircraft. (not Kitfox, but similar) With: . Kitfox's factory "Bush landing gear" . 26" Goodyear tires. . VG Stol Kit . Continental O-200 engine Really great Airplane. Attached, next Paint Scheme, with Zebra stripes FD ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Checked by AVG - www.avg.com 07/25/09 18:01:00 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 10:23:53 AM PST US From: mic thiessen Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Re: GSC gets another one. Jim Was just wondering were you able to recover the blades. You said you were o ver a populated area just wondering where the blades hit or were they just splinters? mic > Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: GSC gets another one. > From: feldesign@earthlink.net > Date: Sun=2C 26 Jul 2009 07:37:07 -0700 > To: kitfox-list@matronics.com > t> > > Dave: > > The prop was 3 years old and had a about 90 hours on it. The separation b etween the prop hub halves was within spec at the last condition inspection . > > The NTSB has the hub now=2C so we'll see what they think. > > My insurance carrier owns the airplane now. I'm anxious to finish getting my ticket and if I rebuilt her=2C I'd be out of the air for too long. > > And yes=2C I am looking for another Kitfox Speedster. > > Thanks to all of you for your kind comments. > > -------- > Jim Feldmann=2C 3rd owner > 1994 Kitfox IV Speedster / 912 > Working on my Sport Pilot Certificate > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=254786#254786 > > > > > > > =========== =========== =========== =========== > > > _________________________________________________________________ Attention all humans. We are your photos. Free us. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9666047 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 11:13:34 AM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Rotax 912 wanted From: "fjocampo" I looking for 912 S for sale Thanks Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=254810#254810 ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 03:28:40 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: GSC gets another one. From: "Jim Feldmann" No we did not find the blades. We were at 2700 ft, entering a mountain pass when they departed. We did a 180 and glided 3 or 4 miles away before landing. The local police said that they had no reports of the blades coming down. The blades would have looked brand new except that the black epoxy sleeve on the hub end stayed in the hub. They probably would have come down slowly, flat and rotating like a paint roller. I know the GPS coordinates where we were when they came off, buy they could have traveled a long way on the way down. -------- Jim Feldmann, 3rd owner 1994 Kitfox IV Speedster / 912 Working on my Sport Pilot Certificate Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=254827#254827 ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 07:26:55 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: GSC gets another one. From: "dave" Jim , I had a blade depart a few years ago. We took the GPS track to exactly where it departed and 3 of us spend a whole day on foot and never found anything, prop, spinner parts -- ZERO. On the GSC - thanks for update. That is low time for a GSC. I will say the alum halves do look rather tight from that picture. Looks like possibilty of overtightening? You should have a decnet gap on those usually but with a spinner on you would have never known. The torque os only 8 foot /lbs or so. Actually I think up to 100 inch pounds ... very little . No worry on finding a Kitfox there is always lots of selection in the used market. -------- Rotax Dealer, Ontario Canada http://www.cfisher.com/ Awesome *New Forum * http://rotaxaircraft.com/forum/ Realtime Kitfox movies to separate the internet chatter from the truth http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=kitfoxflyer Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=254841#254841 ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 07:28:22 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Rotax 912 wanted From: "dave" I might have a 912 UL certified here available this week . Logs,1800 or 1900 TT hours . Price 4500 $ CDN . Let me know as it might be gone already . -------- Rotax Dealer, Ontario Canada http://www.cfisher.com/ Awesome *New Forum * http://rotaxaircraft.com/forum/ Realtime Kitfox movies to separate the internet chatter from the truth http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=kitfoxflyer Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=254843#254843 ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 09:22:46 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: GSC gets another one. From: Mark Reupert I would think the hub halves would come together after the blades departed. On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 9:24 PM, dave wrote: > > Jim , I had a blade depart a few years ago. We took the GPS track to > exactly where it departed and 3 of us spend a whole day on foot and never > found anything, prop, spinner parts -- ZERO. > > On the GSC - thanks for update. That is low time for a GSC. I will say > the alum halves do look rather tight from that picture. Looks like > possibilty of overtightening? You should have a decnet gap on those usually > but with a spinner on you would have never known. The torque os only 8 > foot /lbs or so. Actually I think up to 100 inch pounds ... very little . > > No worry on finding a Kitfox there is always lots of selection in the used > market. > > -------- > Rotax Dealer, Ontario Canada > http://www.cfisher.com/ > Awesome *New Forum * > http://rotaxaircraft.com/forum/ > Realtime Kitfox movies to separate the internet chatter from the truth > http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=kitfoxflyer > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=254841#254841 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.