---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 07/19/10: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:05 AM - Re: LOP!! (Vic Baker) 2. 01:31 PM - Re: Barefoot on the Brakes (jridgway) 3. 02:13 PM - Re: Another Kitfox hits 1000 hours (Patrick Reilly) 4. 03:01 PM - Re: Another Kitfox hits 1000 hours (Lynn Matteson) 5. 07:10 PM - Re: Another Kitfox hits 1000 hours (Patrick Reilly) 6. 08:21 PM - Re: Another Kitfox hits 1000 hours (Lynn Matteson) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:05:44 AM PST US From: "Vic Baker" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: LOP!! Lynn, Sounds like the Rotec throttle body does a good job. Thanks for the clarification, Vic do not archive Vic Baker S7 912S Warp Carson City, Nv ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Matteson" Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 3:37 PM Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: LOP!! > > Vic- > Bing does a fine job of "hands off" flying, but once you leave the > ground with a particular fuel mixture....according to whatever jet > and metering needle you have on board...that's about what you've got, > and you can't change it on the fly like you can with a mixture- > controllable throttle body injector (TBI), or other such fuel > metering system. > > Lynn Matteson > Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger > Jabiru 2200, #2062, 1007.1 hrs (since 3-27-2006) > Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer) > Electroair direct-fire ignition system > Rotec TBI-40 injection > Status: flying...1000 hrs. plus... > > > > > On Jul 18, 2010, at 4:41 PM, Vic Baker wrote: > >> >> Thanks Ted, >> >> Sounds right. Of course we with the humble Rotax 912 trust Bing to >> do the job.... >> >> Vic >> >> do not archive >> >> Vic Baker >> S7 912S Warp >> Carson City, Nv >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Palamarek" >> >> To: >> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 1:00 PM >> Subject: Kitfox-List: LOP!! >> >> >>> >>> >>> Vic >>> >>> I think Lynn means Lean Off Peak --- which is his carb setting to >>> get the >>> most efficient cruise. If it's not right he'll probably be on >>> later and >>> correct the meaning of LOP. >>> >>> Ted >>> Edmonton, Ab >>> Model IV/912 >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com >>> [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Vic >>> Baker >>> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 1:10 PM >>> To: kitfox-list@matronics.com >>> Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Another Kitfox hits 1000 hours >>> >>> >>> Ok, Lynn, >>> >>> What's LOP? Using celestial navigation it's "Line of Position", >>> don't >>> think your doing that. >>> >>> lost in carson city >>> >>> Vic >>> >>> >>> >>> do not archive >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:31:46 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Barefoot on the Brakes From: "jridgway" I tried the blocks with little success. I ended up raising (welding) the brake bar 2 inches. Made all the difference in the world. NOTE: you may have to bend the copilot bar down (20deg) some as it may hit the starter. Jack Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=305479#305479 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 02:13:26 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Another Kitfox hits 1000 hours From: Patrick Reilly Lynn, See you in Oshkosh. If you are betting on Red's class, I'd bet on him. He's got a hopped up 0-320 with I think 10 to 1 pistons and a Catto prop. If you get a chance to talk to Red, you have to be standing in front of him. The poor guy can't hear very well and the 1st time I met him I thought he was preoccupied when I asked him a question and he didn't answer. Then I figured out he didn't hear me. They say that the Tailwind is noisy as Hell. Pat On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Lynn Matteson wrote: > > It starts in Mitchell, South Dakota. > Yes, I see Red Hamilton and another person listed in the Tailwind. There > are 5 others in his class. I'm the lone plane in what they call the > Sprint-LSA class, so I guess I've "won" my class already...*IF* I can get to > Mitchell, and IF I can finish, that is. I've got a hunch there'll be others > joining up for next years' race...I don't know why there aren't more LSA's > this year. > > > Lynn Matteson > Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger > Jabiru 2200, #2062, 1007.1 hrs (since 3-27-2006) > Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer) > Electroair direct-fire ignition system > Rotec TBI-40 injection > Status: flying...1000 hrs. plus... > do not archive > > > On Jul 18, 2010, at 8:59 PM, Patrick Reilly wrote: > > Lynn, Good luck in the race. Look for Red Hamilton. He has a white >> Tailwind. He averaged over 200 mph last year to win his class. That class is >> a hot class populated with RV's and the canard pushers. I would imagine he >> will be there this year. Last year he flew to Baraboo and then the race. >> Where does the race originate this year? >> >> >> Pat Reilly >> Kitfox Mod 3 582 REBUILT >> Rockford, IL >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Lynn Matteson wrote: >> >> Ok, Pat, I got my schedule worked out....I fly outta here on Thursday, >> 7-21-2010, and head for Mitchell, SD, to take part in the AirVenture Cup >> Race.....yeee--haaa! >> >> Then on Sunday, the 25th, we all...about 60 planes...head for Oshkosh. So >> I'll be in Oshkosh (hopefully) Sunday afternoon, and will probably stay for >> 4-5 days. >> >> I guess I'm the only Kitfox in the "race"....I put that in quotes because >> I won't be racing anybody but the fuel gauge in my plane, figuring I can >> make it easily on the on-board fuel, if I run LOP, and maybe even if I >> didn't. But I'm determined to make the distance...about 443 sm....to Snow >> Crest (this years' finish line) running just the way I always run it these >> days...LOP. >> >> So no Baraboo for me this year.... >> >> >> Lynn Matteson >> > > -- Pat Reilly Mod 3 582 Rebuild Rockford,IL ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:01:04 PM PST US From: Lynn Matteson Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Another Kitfox hits 1000 hours He sounds like me...hard of hearing from getting the ears too close to BIG motors (Chrysler Hemi's in my case). I'll be sure to look him up when I get to Mitchell. My hangar mate has a nephew who is running in the Sport Class with an SX-300, and he's pretty fast too. I just hope there's some beer left for me when I come crawling across the finish line. : ) The way the weather is looking for the week around here, I'm starting to think the "Lynn is traveling" jinx is coming up again. I have ordered numbers for the left side of the plane and for under the left wing, and they are supposed to get here Wednesday, so I couldn't possibly leave earlier than Thursday....without leaving about $80 worth of numbers and shipping behind....bummer. Lynn Matteson Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger Jabiru 2200, #2062, 1007.1 hrs (since 3-27-2006) Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer) Electroair direct-fire ignition system Rotec TBI-40 injection Status: flying...1000 hrs. plus... do not archive On Jul 19, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Patrick Reilly wrote: > Lynn, See you in Oshkosh. If you are betting on Red's class, I'd > bet on him. He's got a hopped up 0-320 with I think 10 to 1 pistons > and a Catto prop. If you get a chance to talk to Red, you have to > be standing in front of him. The poor guy can't hear very well and > the 1st time I met him I thought he was preoccupied when I asked > him a question and he didn't answer. Then I figured out he didn't > hear me. They say that the Tailwind is noisy as Hell. > > Pat > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Lynn Matteson > wrote: > > It starts in Mitchell, South Dakota. > Yes, I see Red Hamilton and another person listed in the Tailwind. > There are 5 others in his class. I'm the lone plane in what they > call the Sprint-LSA class, so I guess I've "won" my class > already...*IF* I can get to Mitchell, and IF I can finish, that is. > I've got a hunch there'll be others joining up for next years' > race...I don't know why there aren't more LSA's this year. > > > Lynn Matteson > Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger > Jabiru 2200, #2062, 1007.1 hrs (since 3-27-2006) > Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer) > Electroair direct-fire ignition system > Rotec TBI-40 injection > Status: flying...1000 hrs. plus... > do not archive > > > On Jul 18, 2010, at 8:59 PM, Patrick Reilly wrote: > > Lynn, Good luck in the race. Look for Red Hamilton. He has a white > Tailwind. He averaged over 200 mph last year to win his class. That > class is a hot class populated with RV's and the canard pushers. I > would imagine he will be there this year. Last year he flew to > Baraboo and then the race. Where does the race originate this year? > > > Pat Reilly > Kitfox Mod 3 582 REBUILT > Rockford, IL > > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Lynn Matteson > wrote: > > Ok, Pat, I got my schedule worked out....I fly outta here on > Thursday, 7-21-2010, and head for Mitchell, SD, to take part in the > AirVenture Cup Race.....yeee--haaa! > > Then on Sunday, the 25th, we all...about 60 planes...head for > Oshkosh. So I'll be in Oshkosh (hopefully) Sunday afternoon, and > will probably stay for 4-5 days. > > I guess I'm the only Kitfox in the "race"....I put that in quotes > because I won't be racing anybody but the fuel gauge in my plane, > figuring I can make it easily on the on-board fuel, if I run LOP, > and maybe even if I didn't. But I'm determined to make the > distance...about 443 sm....to Snow Crest (this years' finish line) > running just the way I always run it these days...LOP. > > So no Baraboo for me this year.... > > > Lynn Matteson > > ubscription, > www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List" target="_blank">http:// > www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List > ronics.com/" target="_blank">http://forums.matronics.com > Matt Dralle, List Admin. > ==== > > > -- > Pat Reilly > Mod 3 582 Rebuild > Rockford,IL > www.matronics.com/contribution _- > =========================================================== ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 07:10:48 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Another Kitfox hits 1000 hours From: Patrick Reilly Lynn, $80 worth of #'s? Haven't you got a 2" paint brush and some paint? Pat Reilly On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Lynn Matteson wrote: > > He sounds like me...hard of hearing from getting the ears too close to BIG > motors (Chrysler Hemi's in my case). I'll be sure to look him up when I get > to Mitchell. My hangar mate has a nephew who is running in the Sport Class > with an SX-300, and he's pretty fast too. I just hope there's some beer left > for me when I come crawling across the finish line. : ) > > The way the weather is looking for the week around here, I'm starting to > think the "Lynn is traveling" jinx is coming up again. I have ordered > numbers for the left side of the plane and for under the left wing, and they > are supposed to get here Wednesday, so I couldn't possibly leave earlier > than Thursday....without leaving about $80 worth of numbers and shipping > behind....bummer. > > > Lynn Matteson > Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger > Jabiru 2200, #2062, 1007.1 hrs (since 3-27-2006) > Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer) > Electroair direct-fire ignition system > Rotec TBI-40 injection > Status: flying...1000 hrs. plus... > do not archive > > > On Jul 19, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Patrick Reilly wrote: > > Lynn, See you in Oshkosh. If you are betting on Red's class, I'd bet on >> him. He's got a hopped up 0-320 with I think 10 to 1 pistons and a Catto >> prop. If you get a chance to talk to Red, you have to be standing in front >> of him. The poor guy can't hear very well and the 1st time I met him I >> thought he was preoccupied when I asked him a question and he didn't answer. >> Then I figured out he didn't hear me. They say that the Tailwind is noisy as >> Hell. >> >> Pat >> >> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Lynn Matteson wrote: >> >> It starts in Mitchell, South Dakota. >> Yes, I see Red Hamilton and another person listed in the Tailwind. There >> are 5 others in his class. I'm the lone plane in what they call the >> Sprint-LSA class, so I guess I've "won" my class already...*IF* I can get to >> Mitchell, and IF I can finish, that is. I've got a hunch there'll be others >> joining up for next years' race...I don't know why there aren't more LSA's >> this year. >> >> >> Lynn Matteson >> Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger >> Jabiru 2200, #2062, 1007.1 hrs (since 3-27-2006) >> Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer) >> Electroair direct-fire ignition system >> Rotec TBI-40 injection >> Status: flying...1000 hrs. plus... >> do not archive >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jul 18, 2010, at 8:59 PM, Patrick Reilly wrote: >> >> Lynn, Good luck in the race. Look for Red Hamilton. He has a white >> Tailwind. He averaged over 200 mph last year to win his class. That class is >> a hot class populated with RV's and the canard pushers. I would imagine he >> will be there this year. Last year he flew to Baraboo and then the race. >> Where does the race originate this year? >> >> >> Pat Reilly >> Kitfox Mod 3 582 REBUILT >> Rockford, IL >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Lynn Matteson wrote: >> >> Ok, Pat, I got my schedule worked out....I fly outta here on Thursday, >> 7-21-2010, and head for Mitchell, SD, to take part in the AirVenture Cup >> Race.....yeee--haaa! >> >> Then on Sunday, the 25th, we all...about 60 planes...head for Oshkosh. So >> I'll be in Oshkosh (hopefully) Sunday afternoon, and will probably stay for >> 4-5 days. >> >> I guess I'm the only Kitfox in the "race"....I put that in quotes because >> I won't be racing anybody but the fuel gauge in my plane, figuring I can >> make it easily on the on-board fuel, if I run LOP, and maybe even if I >> didn't. But I'm determined to make the distance...about 443 sm....to Snow >> Crest (this years' finish line) running just the way I always run it these >> days...LOP. >> >> So no Baraboo for me this year.... >> >> >> Lynn Matteson >> >> ubscription, >> www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List" target="_blank"> >> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List >> ronics.com/" target="_blank">http://forums.matronics.com >> Matt Dralle, List Admin. >> >> ==== >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Pat Reilly >> Mod 3 582 Rebuild >> Rockford,IL >> > > -- Pat Reilly Mod 3 582 Rebuild Rockford,IL ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 08:21:01 PM PST US From: Lynn Matteson Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Another Kitfox hits 1000 hours I was going to paint them myself (after all, I did the whole plane) but opted to call an aircraft graphics place, and bit the bullet, and ordered the numbers. I'm getting 18"+ tall numbers, in the Dale Earnhardt #3 style, in white with red trim around the outside, and self adhesive. The numbers are $30 each, and 2-day shipping will b at least $20, I'm thinking. The main man at the race headquarters liked my #3 on the tail (they request pictures of the planes for their race program) and said that the number 3 was already given out, but he would ask the guy if he'd give it up....I guess the guy did, because I was assigned the number. So the "sort of 3" on the right side of the plane stays as is, and the numbers I'm getting will go on the left side and under the left wing for easy identification from the ground. I figure that I've got enough to do to get ready, so I popped for the (hopefully) good-lookin' numbers. Besides, I would want to leave the 2" brush for painting the fence, and spend a day masking and taping, and all the attendant agony of doing the job right. Lynn Matteson Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger Jabiru 2200, #2062, 1007.1 hrs (since 3-27-2006) Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer) Electroair direct-fire ignition system Rotec TBI-40 injection Status: flying...1000 hrs. plus... On Jul 19, 2010, at 10:09 PM, Patrick Reilly wrote: > Lynn, $80 worth of #'s? Haven't you got a 2" paint brush and some > paint? > > Pat Reilly > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.