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1. 04:47 AM - Re: Fuel Sight Guage Material (Tom Jones)
2. 01:09 PM - Re: Today's flight (Tom Jones)
3. 03:26 PM - Re: Re: Today's flight (Lowell Fitt)
4. 03:30 PM - Re: Today's flight (SkySteve)
5. 04:25 PM - 582 stuck - Udpdate II (Cecil Stokesberry)
6. 08:13 PM - nose gear model II (charles cook)
7. 08:45 PM - Model II radiator (Bryan Quinton)
8. 10:25 PM - Re: Model II radiator (Trey Moran)
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| Subject: | Re: Fuel Sight Guage Material |
Andy,
I would recommend you get the new sight gage kit. If you decide to use the one
you have let me know as there are some things you can do to reduce the chance
of leaks. I replaced mine with material and parts similar to the kit but would
just get the kit if I did it today.
It saves a lot of figuring out and finding parts needed and is relatively inexpensive.
It is much easier to install than fabricating the one supplied with the
original wing kit.
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Tom Jones
Classic IV
503 Rotax, 72 inch Two blade Warp
Ellensburg, WA
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| Subject: | Re: Today's flight |
I went out flying early this morning. I had the airport all to my self so did
a few touch and goes then cruised around the valley.
Here's some photos to show what the valley looks like now, one month later.
The dark green fields and those with a little brown and green mix are timothy hay.
The brown ones are wheat. It is irrigated and doesn't dry enough to combine
so they cut it, let it dry a week or so then they combine it. The light green
patches in the corn circle are where it has tasseled out and the dark green
hasn't tasseled yet. That's my neighborhood on the right across the road to
from the corn field.
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Tom Jones
Classic IV
503 Rotax, 72 inch Two blade Warp
Ellensburg, WA
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| Subject: | Re: Today's flight |
Thanks Tom,
Your area looks a lot like where we are. Though most agriculture is in the
central valley, the foot hills of the Sierras are very similar. As some
have posted in the past, it does give one a sense of urgency to finishing
the old project. We crossed Nevada by car last week and saw from the ground
what had been so common from the air. That helped with the urgency as well.
Lowell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Jones" <nahsikhs@elltel.net>
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 1:04 PM
Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Today's flight
>
> I went out flying early this morning. I had the airport all to my self so
> did a few touch and goes then cruised around the valley.
>
> Here's some photos to show what the valley looks like now, one month
> later.
>
> The dark green fields and those with a little brown and green mix are
> timothy hay. The brown ones are wheat. It is irrigated and doesn't dry
> enough to combine so they cut it, let it dry a week or so then they
> combine it. The light green patches in the corn circle are where it has
> tasseled out and the dark green hasn't tasseled yet. That's my
> neighborhood on the right across the road to from the corn field.
>
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> Tom Jones
> Classic IV
> 503 Rotax, 72 inch Two blade Warp
> Ellensburg, WA
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=254916#254916
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> http://forums.matronics.com//files/tail_shot_148.jpg
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| Subject: | Re: Today's flight |
Tom,
Nice pics. Some of my old stompin' grounds are just south of you over Umtanum
pass in the Yakima area. I was up flying early this morning over the Great Salt
Lk in Utah. Here's a short vid of an early morning flight about 10 days ago.
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Steve Wilson
Huntsville, UT
Kitfox Model 1- 85DD
912A / 3 Blade Warp Drive
Convertible Nosewheel & Tailwheel
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| Subject: | 582 stuck - Udpdate II |
I disassembled the engine but did not split the case.
Don't have the very expensive tools to do so.
I cleaned all I could get to using carb cleaner and it
did a very good job removing the gunk. Except for the stuck
bottom ring - that required soaking for 2 days. I was very careful
not to let the carb cleaner stay very long in the crankcase
so as not to swell up the o-rings. The gunk in the crankcase
dissolved very quickly. I cleaned out the card cleaner using
WD40 I didn't want to use water due to the rust possibility.
The pistons in the carbs were stuck so solid that I had to use
force to remove them.
The carbs cleaned up like new in carb cleaner.
Every thing I inspected was normal with no wear. Oil in RV
and gear box was full and very clean. All on/off valves and
quick drains were stuck also. The tanks look clean and
no evidence of the kreem pealing.
Which makes me think that the gas was the culprit.
As many of you thought also.
I reassembled the engine and started it today.
Started with no problem and ran smoothly.
Egt's seemed normal but water temp gage is not working.
Oh well.....but I am still happy to have it running again -
now back to taxi testing and getting ready for first flight.
Thank you all for your helpful comments - what a great
group to be a part of.
Cecil
Kitfox 4 1050 582 C
N161CP in N. Idaho
OT is 94 degrees
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| Subject: | nose gear model II |
I have some family that wants to learn to fly and I can't see paying the hi
gh dollar to rent a aircraft when I have the fox. Why chance a ground loop
-and- they will progress into nose gear aircraft anyway for instrument
etc. Is there a kit, I could not find any pictures or other ideas in the ar
chives. I have a model II and the main gear has the attachments ready it is
the nose gear I need the help on.--
Charles Cook
N363KF -582
ATL=0A=0A=0A
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| Subject: | Model II radiator |
I need a new radiator for my model II and was looking for the best place
to get one. Looking for any good ideas.
Bryan
Model II 582
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| Subject: | Re: Model II radiator |
Bryan,
What size radiator are you looking for and in what configuration. I have
a never-used radiator that I would like to sell.
Trey Moran
Model 5, EA-81 Subaru
----- Original Message -----
From: Bryan Quinton
To: kitfox-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 9:43 PM
Subject: Kitfox-List: Model II radiator
I need a new radiator for my model II and was looking for the best
place to get one. Looking for any good ideas.
Bryan
Model II 582
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