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1. 02:49 AM - Re: Northstar F210 fuel flow gauge transducer (Catz631@aol.com)
2. 05:57 AM - Re: starter wire breaking (bob noffs)
3. 11:15 AM - Kitfox flyer lost....to a woman! May be off topic (Lynn Matteson)
4. 11:15 AM - Re: Northstar F210 fuel flow gauge transducer (Lynn Matteson)
5. 11:33 AM - Re: Northstar F210 fuel flow gauge transducer (SkySteve)
6. 12:21 PM - Re: Re: Northstar F210 fuel flow gauge transducer (Lynn Matteson)
7. 01:52 PM - gauge (Mike Chaney)
8. 02:21 PM - Kitfox 5 FOR SALE (alnanarthur)
9. 04:35 PM - Re: Re: Old Lexan wind shield material (Malcolm Brubaker)
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| Subject: | Re: Northstar F210 fuel flow gauge transducer |
Naahh Lynn, the Northstar folks said they would not take the old transducer
back because it had gas in it. They are sending me a new one when they are
caught up with the demand.
Yeah that old transducer was looking at me like a pair of "Geico eyes"
sitting on a pile of money. A good wacking was needed ! At least I now have a
useful electrical cord and when they have "show and tell" I can show how a
sending unit is made (along with my disassembled Rotax oil filter which was
suppose to be so much better)
Dick Maddux
Milton,Fl
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| Subject: | Re: starter wire breaking |
jerry,
fine stranded wire from a welding supply is a must if you dont already have
it. also, some place along the wire you can attach it to the starter will
help. last, a lot of solder following the strands out of the attach fitting
i think makes the wire more likely to fail from movement.
bob noffs
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Paul Franz <paul@eucleides.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, August 30, 2009 4:31 pm, jerry evans wrote:
> > This is the second time my starter positive wire has broke at the
> connection on the
> > starter bolt, has anyone had this happen to them? I'm thinking of adding
> a zip tie
> > around the wire and the starter to stop the vibration that makes the wire
> connector to
> > break off just before the nut that tightens it on the starter.
>
> That will probably do it. If you can restrain the vibrating cable at half
> the
> unrestrained length that will roughly double the natural frequency of
> vibration as
> well as restrict the amplitude. Both effects will likely extend the
> connector life
> considerably if not totally eliminate the problem. On the downside, it
> might just
> break in a different place next time. The restraint needs to be tight and
> the clamping
> stress spread out enough to prevent crushing and insulation damage.
> --
> Paul Franz
> 425.440.9505 (O)
> 425.241.1618 (C)
>
> "Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as
> rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But
> such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it
> wants, is the liberty of appearing."
> -- Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1791
>
> "The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be
> in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse."
> -- James Madison
>
> "[J]udges, therefore, should be always men of learning and experience
> in the laws, of exemplary morals, great patience, calmness, coolness,
> and attention. Their minds should not be distracted with jarring
> interests; they should not be dependent upon any man, or body of
> men."
> -- John Adams
>
> "When a business or an individual spends more than it makes, it goes
> bankrupt. When government does it, it sends you the bill. And when
> government does it for 40 years, the bill comes in two ways: higher
> taxes and inflation. Make no mistake about it, inflation is a tax and
> not by accident."
> -- Ronald Reagan
>
> If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read
> the newspaper you are misinformed.
> -- Mark Twain
>
> "Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come
> from the subjects of government. The history of liberty is the
> history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the
> limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it."
> -- President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
>
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| Subject: | Kitfox flyer lost....to a woman! May be off topic |
I was flying aimlessly this morning, and I decided to fly into
Lakefield (CQA), which is in Ohio, near Celina, OH, and Grand Lake.
The airport manager came out to see what this fine airplane was that
was gracing his tarmac,and we got to talking about Kitfoxes, and he
mentioned that there was one on his field, but he hadn't seen the
owner in a long time. It seems that this Kitfox owner had succumbed
to the passions of a "girlfriend", and wasn't coming around the
airport much any more. If anybody knows this former aviator, please
help bring him back to his senses, and get him back on the well-worn
path of clear thinking. Maybe an intervention is in order.
Maybe this aviator will see this and recognize himself and come out
of his stupor....all so, maybe he will take the girlfriend to the
hangar, and then they'll both be happy-er.
Posted in good fun, Ste, I mean unknown aviator....: )
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 749.6 hrs
Sensenich 62"x46" Wood prop
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
Rotec TBI-40 injection
Status: flying
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| Subject: | Re: Northstar F210 fuel flow gauge transducer |
Speaking of the fine Northstar flow gauge, I decided to shorten up
the wire from the transducer to the gauge, and started to whack away
at the molded-in wire connector at the connection to the pigtail. Now
mind you, I was doing this in the afternoon, and my brain goes on
vacation in the afternoon on most days. So I'm whittling away at this
rubber, trying to be very careful not to cut into the wires where
they connect to the socket (for want of a better word), and finally I
get down to the connection points, and realize that there are only 3
wires in the 5-wire connector, and then the light bulb turned
on.....why the hell didn't I just chop the wire in half, take out
what I didn't want, and then do a butt splice of the 2 wires and the
shield....DUH! That's what I finally did, but I ruined the nice
connector that Northstar had made in the meantime. I'm not the
brightest bulb when it comes to 'lectrics, but I'm even dimmer in the
afternoon.
(A little shrink tubing and hiding the buggered connector under other
stuff made the ugly sight go away.)
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 749.6 hrs
Sensenich 62"x46" Wood prop
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
Rotec TBI-40 injection
Status: flying
do not archive
On Aug 31, 2009, at 5:42 AM, Catz631@aol.com wrote:
> Naahh Lynn, the Northstar folks said they would not take the old
> transducer back because it had gas in it. They are sending me a new
> one when they are caught up with the demand.
> Yeah that old transducer was looking at me like a pair of "Geico
> eyes" sitting on a pile of money. A good wacking was needed ! At
> least I now have a useful electrical cord and when they have "show
> and tell" I can show how a sending unit is made (along with my
> disassembled Rotax oil filter which was suppose to be so much better)
> Dick Maddux
> Milton,Fl
>
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| Subject: | Re: Northstar F210 fuel flow gauge transducer |
I did the exact same thing, Lynn. Then I got this wild idea: "Why do I need the
plug, anyway"? So I cut the wire on both sides of the plug and hard wired
it together, then to a panel fuse and "Walla" it works!!!
--------
Steve Wilson
Huntsville, UT
Kitfox Model 1- 85DD
912A / 3 Blade Warp Drive
Convertible Nosewheel & Tailwheel
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| Subject: | Re: Northstar F210 fuel flow gauge transducer |
Isn't it amazing what we can do when we think about these things? : )
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 749.6 hrs
Sensenich 62"x46" Wood prop
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
Rotec TBI-40 injection
Status: flying
do not archive
On Aug 31, 2009, at 2:30 PM, SkySteve wrote:
>
> I did the exact same thing, Lynn. Then I got this wild idea: "Why
> do I need the plug, anyway"? So I cut the wire on both sides of
> the plug and hard wired it together, then to a panel fuse and
> "Walla" it works!!!
>
> --------
> Steve Wilson
> Huntsville, UT
> Kitfox Model 1- 85DD
> 912A / 3 Blade Warp Drive
> Convertible Nosewheel & Tailwheel
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=260659#260659
>
>
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About ten yeas ago somone on the list mentioned using small floating balls
in their fuel gauge as a way to easly read the fuel level.- I thought the
y said they used the balls out of an antifreese tester but I tried this and
none of them would float.
-
Anyone rmember this?
-
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| Subject: | Kitfox 5 FOR SALE |
Hi All,
My Kitfox Series 5 is for sale. Sport Pilot ready!
See my ad on Barnstormers.com.
Tell your friends.
Anyone interested, e-mail me for stats and pictures.
Allan Arthur
Kitfox 5, N40AA
Rotax 912ULS, Warpdrive 3 blade
Byron Airport, CA (C83) Hanger C8
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| Subject: | Re: Old Lexan wind shield material |
my corners where not heated they crazed. my kit was about a 87- ser no347
not finished till 99 and the bungees went limp quicker than the new ones i
installed.- I need to find some lexan that i can pick up in Oshkosh whil
e I am at the 120 hr course next week.-- mal mod 2
--- On Sun, 8/30/09, PMorel <pmorel@bellsouth.net> wrote:
From: PMorel <pmorel@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Old Lexan wind shield material
Larry
No, I didn't heat the corners, and looking back, that is something I should
have done.- My kit was also purchased in 92' but not completed until 09'
.- 17 years is a long time for lexan, hoses, bungee cords, and other plas
tic items to be sitting idle.- I'm not saying that these items aren't per
fectly usable, but just keep that in the back of your head as you're buildi
ng.
Paul
912 Speedster
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