---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 09/14/09: 15 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:56 AM - Re: Kitfox IV cockpit (Michael Logan) 2. 05:50 AM - Need help with Northstar F210 (Lynn Matteson) 3. 07:19 AM - Re: Kitfox IV cockpit (Pete Christensen) 4. 10:21 AM - Re: Need help with Northstar F210 (akflyer) 5. 11:59 AM - Re: Kitfox IV cockpit (beberle) 6. 01:57 PM - Re: Kitfox IV cockpit (Av8r3400) 7. 02:27 PM - Re: Hi everyone, I'm back with a -4 with NSI questions.. (fox5flyer) 8. 02:47 PM - Using small notebook to drive small external monitor (John Reinking) 9. 02:53 PM - Re: Re: Need help with Northstar F210 (Lynn Matteson) 10. 03:19 PM - Re: Re: Kitfox IV cockpit (sourdostan@aol.com) 11. 03:49 PM - Re: Re: Kitfox IV cockpit (Lynn Matteson) 12. 06:05 PM - Re: Using small notebook to drive small external monitor (wingnut) 13. 08:30 PM - Re: plastic source, toe in, Mod 3 seat (akflyerbob) 14. 08:54 PM - Re: Kitfox Factory Fly-in () 15. 11:46 PM - Re: Using small notebook to drive small external monitor (Michel Verheughe) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:56:12 AM PST US From: "Michael Logan" Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Kitfox IV cockpit The secret is for a tall person to fly with a short person, then your shoulders do not get in each others way. :^) Mike Logan -----Original Message----- From: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Guy Buchanan Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 2:04 AM Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Kitfox IV cockpit At 06:17 PM 9/13/2009, you wrote: >So, I would say it is a little too >tight for two bigger than average guys (> 200 lbs). Paul, This made me laugh, because I remembered my first flight in a Kitfox. Our own Lowell Fitt was gracious enough to offer his aircraft and flight instructor to me, a stranger, for an introductory flight. (Thanks again Lowell. It proved to be the start of more than one great friendship.) I'm about 6' and weighed about 200#. The instructor weighted about 225#. It was no problem for Lowell's Fox with the 912, but our comfort level was pretty low. I think we flew with left shoulders back and right shoulders forward. That said I know many who fly very long distances with two in their IV. (Steve Kellender just flew with a passenger from Phoenix to Homedale and back.) Guy Buchanan San Diego, CA K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 400 hrs. and counting ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:50:00 AM PST US From: Lynn Matteson Subject: Kitfox-List: Need help with Northstar F210 Does anybody know the calibration method for the Northstar F210? I can't locate my instruction manual. Lynn Matteson Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger Jabiru 2200, #2062, 767.2 hrs Countdown to 1000 hrs~233 to go Sensenich 62"x46" Wood prop Electroair direct-fire ignition system Rotec TBI-40 injection Status: flying ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 07:19:25 AM PST US From: "Pete Christensen" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Kitfox IV cockpit I weigh 220 and my son in law weighs 208. We fit tightly in my III with bubble doors. Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Franz - Merlin GT" Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:17 PM Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Kitfox IV cockpit > > > On Sun, September 13, 2009 5:17 pm, beberle wrote: > >> How wide is a Kitfox IV cockpit? Searched in vain on the web for >> dimensions. I sat >> in the Aerotek/Eurofox demo at Oshkosh, pretty comfy cabin at 44". Not >> sure I could >> fit comfortably in much smaller... > > 11 years ago, the late Miguel Ramirez and I attempted to fly together in > his KF IV. > While we could twist our bodies a little for shoulder room we could not > both be seated > and have ample clearance for the control sticks. So, I would say it is a > little too > tight for two bigger than average guys (> 200 lbs). > -- > Paul A. Franz > Registration/Aircraft - N14UW/Merlin GT > Engine/Prop - Rotax 914/NSI CAP > Bellevue WA ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 10:21:07 AM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Need help with Northstar F210 From: "akflyer" http://avidfoxflyers.com/index.php?topic=377.0 have the manual loaded to my site... no snake oil was injected into the manual. -------- DO NOT ARCHIVE Leonard Perry aka SNAKE Soldotna AK Avid "C" / Mk IV 582 IVO IFA Full Lotus 1450 #1 snake oil salesman since 1-22-2009 hander outer of humorless darwin awards Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=262967#262967 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 11:59:28 AM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Kitfox IV cockpit From: "beberle" Thanks for the info! Wish I had a kit to run out to the garage to measure :D Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=262992#262992 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 01:57:08 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Kitfox IV cockpit From: "Av8r3400" I'm 5'-9" and about 230#, my CFI who is doing my transition training with me is 6' and 190#. We are not uncomfortable in the plane with the bubble doors. It's cozy, but not uncomfortable. Of course it's not a Cirrus or anything, but it is functional with two "real" adults in it. Much better than a C150, IMO. -------- Thanks, Av8r3400 Kitfox Model IV-1200 912UL IVO-IFA Grove Gear Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=263010#263010 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 02:27:22 PM PST US From: "fox5flyer" Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Hi everyone, I'm back with a -4 with NSI questions.. Howard, I scanned the schematic for you and attached. Let me know if you can read it OK. If not, I can snail mail you a copy of it. Deke ----- Original Message ----- From: "fox5flyer" Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 2:38 PM Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: Hi everyone, I'm back with a -4 with NSI questions.. > > Give me a few days, Howard. I'm away from home and as soon as I return > I'll take care of it. > I'm pretty sure the plug wires are a little out of whack. > Deke Morisse > Mikado Michigan > S5/Subaru/CAP 433+ TT > "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara > Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand." > -- Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman (1912-2006) ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 02:47:45 PM PST US From: John Reinking Subject: Kitfox-List: Using small notebook to drive small external monitor Have any of you taken a handheld GPS and used it to drive a small external monitor ( like the kind used for backseat displays for dvd players? Have an old Lowrance 500 and am wondering if it could be used to display on a larger separate monitor (6-7"). Any thoughts? Thanks fellas. John/Woodinville, WA ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 02:53:37 PM PST US From: Lynn Matteson Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: Need help with Northstar F210 Thanks, Snake....I finally figured out that downloading the manual, making 6 copies and nailing one each to the interior walls, ceiling and floor of my hangar was the only way to insure that one would be handy when I needed it...well, maybe THAT'S a bit of a stretch, but you get the idea. Lynn Matteson Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger Jabiru 2200, #2062, 767.2 hrs Countdown to 1000 hrs~233 to go Sensenich 62"x46" Wood prop Electroair direct-fire ignition system Rotec TBI-40 injection Status: flying do not archive On Sep 14, 2009, at 1:18 PM, akflyer wrote: > > http://avidfoxflyers.com/index.php?topic=377.0 > > have the manual loaded to my site... no snake oil was injected into > the manual. > > -------- > DO NOT ARCHIVE > Leonard Perry aka SNAKE > Soldotna AK > Avid "C" / Mk IV > 582 IVO IFA > Full Lotus 1450 > #1 snake oil salesman since 1-22-2009 > > hander outer of humorless darwin awards > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=262967#262967 > > ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 03:19:38 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: Kitfox IV cockpit From: sourdostan@aol.com Thanks,?Av8r3400, for the information. However, could you and others on the list please tell us? your name when you post? Would even be nice to know where you're located. I think this would make the list much more interesting for many of us.? Thanks,? Stan Specht Denver, Colorado Kitfox Model IV Speedster? 912ul (1570+ hours) -----Original Message----- From: Av8r3400 Sent: Mon, Sep 14, 2009 2:53 pm Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Kitfox IV cockpit I'm 5'-9" and about 230#, my CFI who is doing my transition training with me is 6' and 190#. We are not uncomfortable in the plane with the bubble doors. It's cozy, but not uncomfortable. Of course it's not a Cirrus or anything, but it is functional with two "real" adults in it. Much better than a C150, IMO. -------- Thanks, Av8r3400 Kitfox Model IV-1200 912UL IVO-IFA Grove Gear Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=263010#263010 ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 03:49:10 PM PST US From: Lynn Matteson Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: Kitfox IV cockpit Amen! ( do not archive ) Lynn Matteson Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger Jabiru 2200, #2062, 767.2 hrs Countdown to 1000 hrs~233 to go Sensenich 62"x46" Wood prop Electroair direct-fire ignition system Rotec TBI-40 injection Status: flying do not archive On Sep 14, 2009, at 6:10 PM, sourdostan@aol.com wrote: > Thanks, Av8r3400, for the information. However, could you and > others on the list please tell us > your name when you post? Would even be nice to know where you're > located. I think this would make the list much more interesting for > many of us. > > Thanks, > > Stan Specht > Denver, Colorado > Kitfox Model IV Speedster > 912ul (1570+ hours) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Av8r3400 > To: kitfox-list@matronics.com > Sent: Mon, Sep 14, 2009 2:53 pm > Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Kitfox IV cockpit > > I'm 5'-9" and about 230#, my CFI who is > doing my transition training with me is 6' and 190#. We are not > uncomfortable in the plane with the bubble doors. It's cozy, but > not uncomfortable. Of course it's not a Cirrus or anything, but it > is functional with two "real" adults in it. Much better than a > C150, IMO. -------- Thanks, Av8r3400 Kitfox Model IV-1200 912UL IVO- > IFA Grove Gear Read this topic online here: http:// > forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=263010#263010 > www.matronics.com/contribution _- > =========================================================== ________________________________ Message 12 ____________________________________ Time: 06:05:57 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Using small notebook to drive small external monitor From: "wingnut" Portable devices don't usually use any kind of standard interface to talk to its own internal display so you can't just tap into it and route it to an external display. The maker of the device must build in extra circuitry to produce some kind of standard external signal output. It would be an extra cost for a feature that most people wouldn't use so they don't usually bother. I took a look at the specifications for the Lowrance 500 and it doesn't mention anything like that so I think you're out of luck. -------- Luis Rodriguez Model IV 1200 Rotax 912UL Flying Weekly Laurens, SC (34A) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=263061#263061 ________________________________ Message 13 ____________________________________ Time: 08:30:07 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: plastic source, toe in, Mod 3 seat From: "akflyerbob" Pat, I also bought some of that material and have looked thru my receipts from hell and cant find the company. However I have a lot left and could ship you some. Let me know how much you need. Seems like I bought 16' or 18' X 14". I split of 3" strips for gap seals. By the way, got the tires. Bob -------- Bob Wolfe..Soldotna, Alaska KF Mod I and III Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=263087#263087 ________________________________ Message 14 ____________________________________ Time: 08:54:49 PM PST US From: Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Kitfox Factory Fly-in Kitfox Factory Fly-in =93 SUCCESS Celebrating 25 years of Kitfox !! Thank you to all that helped make the Kitfox Fly-in 2009 a great success !! Over 35 aircraft and almost 100 people descended on S66 We have the best kit aircraft in our class and it follows with the class of the individuals that choose to make the Kitfox their aircraft of choice. With almost 5000 kits sold worldwide, it is very exciting when one gets the opportunity to view one of the earliest Kitfox=99s, N85DD, to the latest kit, the S7 Super Sport and the latest development the Kitfox S-LSA joined by Dan Denney and his =9CSpecial Effects=9D at the same time in one place. Followed by the individuals that offer their time and expertise to aid a fellow Kitfoxer get back in the air quickly when misfortune strikes. We had Kitfox=99s fly-in from Southern California, Washington, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and as far as Austin Texas. All are home safe. Local area flights to the Owyhees were abundant and flights into Smiley Creek and Sulpher Creek are trips not to be missed. The smoked bbq food was great, the live music a pleasure and most important the Kitfox family had a great time Great Fun!! Great Food !! Great Flying !! Debra & I thank you for taking the time to join us in celebrating 25 years of Kitfox !! ________________________________ Message 15 ____________________________________ Time: 11:46:20 PM PST US From: Michel Verheughe Subject: Kitfox-List: RE: Using small notebook to drive small external monitor > From: John Reinking [reinkings@comcast.net] > Have any of you taken a handheld GPS and used it to drive a small > external monitor In a perfect world, it could, John. But not in this one. I collaborate to the PocketFMS software which gives a moving map and flight planner on small devices like PocketPC and carNav with GPS. It's hell! Each device has its own way to do things, own operative sytem, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, etc. Everyone is trying to get all the others to adopt their standard, they want to be the new rulers of the world. Even here, in Norway, they have started with a pocket TV. It works on a system that is only used by three providers, here in Norway. You can't use it anywhere else in the world. Needless to say; I am not buying that stuff. Years ago, I asked a good friend who is also the director for JVC Norway why the hi-fi industry can't get around to standard types of cables. He answered: Well, we make money selling hi-fi equimpment but we also like to make money selling cables. Cheers, Miche Verheughe Norway Kitfox 3 - Jabiru 2200 Do not archive
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