---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 05/03/11: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:57 AM - Re: Re: windshield.... (aerobatics@aol.com) 2. 05:22 AM - Re: windshield.... (Tommy Walker) 3. 05:49 AM - Re: Re: windshield.... (aerobatics@aol.com) 4. 07:38 AM - Re: windshield.... (Lowell Fitt) 5. 10:08 AM - Re: windshield.... (Marco Menezes) 6. 11:14 AM - Re: windshield.... (Rexinator) 7. 01:03 PM - Re: windshield.... (Dee Young) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:57:41 AM PST US Subject: Re: Re: Kitfox-List: windshield.... From: aerobatics@aol.com Thanks! Off to Sears Dave -----Original Message----- From: gebuchanan@cox.net Sent: Tue, May 3, 2011 12:57 am Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: windshield.... On 5/2/2011 6:38 PM, aerobatics@aol.com wrote: Im replacing the windshield one my kf2.. again. Cutting the lexan was never easy... any suggestions? Dremel with diamond wheel. The wheel's expensive, but boy does it make cutting plastic easy. Just make sure you go slow enough that the wheel doesn't get hot. #AOLMsgPart_2_fce477e8-a478-4ca1-a79f-25040e438579 td{color: black;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:v ariable; mso-font-signature:-520092929 1073786111 9 0 415 0;} #AOLM sgPart_2_fce477e8-a478-4ca1-a79f-25040e438579 p.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_fc e477e8-a478-4ca1-a79f-25040e438579 li.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_fce477e8-a4 78-4ca1-a79f-25040e438579 div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-sty le-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0i n; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pa gination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-s erif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin ; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; ms o-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} #AOLMsgPart_2_fce477e8-a478-4ca1-a79f-25040e438579 a:link,#AOLMsgPart_2_ fce477e8-a478-4ca1-a79f-25040e438579 span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-nosho w:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; mso-themecolor:hyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} #AOLMsgPart_2_fce 477e8-a478-4ca1-a79f-25040e438579 a:visited,#AOLMsgPart_2_fce477e8-a478-4c a1-a79f-25040e438579 span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperli nk; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} #AOLMsgPart_2_ fce477e8-a478-4ca1-a79f-25040e438579 .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:expo rt-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size :10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif" ; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso -bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in ; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0 ;} #AOLMsgPart_2_fce477e8-a478-4ca1-a79f-25040e438579 div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} Guy Buchanan Ramona, CA Kitfox IV-1200 / 592-C / Warp 3cs / 500 hrs. and grounded ======================== =========== ======================== =========== ======================== =========== ======================== =========== ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:22:48 AM PST US From: "Tommy Walker" Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: windshield.... Hi, I cut lexan door windows with an Olfa Knife, available at Home Depot. It worked great and the Olfa Knife has plenty other uses too. The cuts were mostly straight lines though. Tommy Walker in Alabama ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:49:32 AM PST US Subject: Re: RE: Kitfox-List: windshield.... From: aerobatics@aol.com Never heard of that.... will definitely check it out Thanks Dave -----Original Message----- From: twalker@cableone.net Sent: Tue, May 3, 2011 7:18 am Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: windshield.... Hi, I cut lexan door windows with an Olfa Knife, available at Home Depot.It worked greatand the Olfa Knife has plenty other uses too. The cuts were mostly straight lines though. Tommy Walker in Alabama ======================== =========== ======================== =========== ======================== =========== ======================== =========== ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 07:38:38 AM PST US From: "Lowell Fitt" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: windshield.... Trimming windshield. I like to use tin snips - within about an eighth of an inch of the final line and finish up with an electric planer. Lowell From: aerobatics@aol.com Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 6:38 PM Subject: Kitfox-List: windshield.... Im replacing the windshield one my kf2.. again. Cutting the lexan was never easy... any suggestions? Thx Dave Kf 2 582 about 500 hours -----Original Message----- From: gebuchanan@cox.net Sent: Mon, May 2, 2011 3:52 pm Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: airframe grounding On 5/2/2011 8:27 AM, WurlyBird wrote: > Should the airframe also be connected to this? Where is a good place for airframe attachment if so? Thanks for any input. > I have this 3/8" brass bolt that goes through the firewall, location irrelevant. On the engine side I have a braid strap that connects it to the engine. On the passenger side it goes through a brass "forest-of-tabs" ground bus I got from B&C specialty products. The battery negative connects to the passenger side of the bolt. All powered items are grounded at this bus. Nothing goes through the airframe. Audio grounds are to a separate bus near the audio stack, which is then grounded to the firewall bus. This helps isolate the communications grounds from power. Guy Buchanan Ramona, CA Kitfox IV-1200 / 592-C / Warp 3cs / 500 hrs. and grounded =========== target=_blank>http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List =========== p://forums.matronics.com =========== _blank>http://www.matronics.com/contribution =========== ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 10:08:32 AM PST US From: Marco Menezes Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: windshield.... Tin snips worked fine for me. - Marco Menezes N99KX Model 2 582-90 C-Box w/clutch Hersey, MI --- On Mon, 5/2/11, aerobatics@aol.com wrote: From: aerobatics@aol.com Subject: Kitfox-List: windshield.... Im replacing the windshield one my kf2.. again. Cutting the lexan was never easy... any suggestions? Thx Dave Kf 2 582 about 500 hours -----Original Message----- From: gebuchanan@cox.net Sent: Mon, May 2, 2011 3:52 pm Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: airframe grounding - On 5/2/2011 8:27 AM, WurlyBird wrote:- > Should the airframe also be connected to this? Where is a good place for airframe attachment if so? Thanks for any input.- > I have this 3/8" brass bolt that goes through the firewall, location irre levant. On the engine side I have a braid strap that connects it to the eng ine. On the passenger side it goes through a brass "forest-of-tabs" ground bus I got from B&C specialty products. The battery negative connects to the passenger side of the bolt. All powered items are grounded at this bus. No thing goes through the airframe. Audio grounds are to a separate bus near t he audio stack, which is then grounded to the firewall bus. This helps isol ate the communications grounds from power.- - Guy Buchanan- Ramona, CA- Kitfox IV-1200 / 592-C / Warp 3cs / 500 hrs. and grounded- - - ===========- target=_blank>http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List- ===========- p://forums.matronics.com- ===========- _blank>http://www.matronics.com/contribution- ===========- - - ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 11:14:47 AM PST US From: Rexinator Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: windshield.... It may not make as much difference with polycarbonate vs acrylic, but I suggest heating the plastic ahead of your cuts or drilling with a heat gun. The heat gun could be mounted so that it heats the work area just before it is fed into the cutting blade or drill bit. It makes the cuts so much easier as the plastic will be softer and much less prone to fracturing as you cut or drill. Just be very careful you don't get it too hot. Experiment with scrap first. Rexinator Model 2, 582 Colorado On 5/2/2011 7:38 PM, aerobatics@aol.com wrote: > Im replacing the windshield one my kf2.. again. Cutting the lexan was > never easy... any suggestions? > Thx > Dave > Kf 2 582 about 500 hours > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gebuchanan@cox.net > To: kitfox-list@matronics.com > Sent: Mon, May 2, 2011 3:52 pm > Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: airframe grounding > > > > > On 5/2/2011 8:27 AM, WurlyBird wrote: > > Should the airframe also be connected to this? Where is a good place > for airframe attachment if so? Thanks for any input. > > I have this 3/8" brass bolt that goes through the firewall, location > irrelevant. On the engine side I have a braid strap that connects it > to the engine. On the passenger side it goes through a brass > "forest-of-tabs" ground bus I got from B&C specialty products. The > battery negative connects to the passenger side of the bolt. All > powered items are grounded at this bus. Nothing goes through the > airframe. Audio grounds are to a separate bus near the audio stack, > which is then grounded to the firewall bus. This helps isolate the > communications grounds from power. > > Guy Buchanan > Ramona, CA > Kitfox IV-1200 / 592-C / Warp 3cs / 500 hrs. and grounded > > > =================================== > target=_blank>http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List > =================================== > p://forums.matronics.com > =================================== > _blank>http://www.matronics.com/contribution > =================================== > > > * > > > * ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 01:03:28 PM PST US From: Dee Young Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: windshield.... Tin snips work real well - but of course you will hear all kinds of horror stories to the contrary. Dee Model II N345DY From: msm_9949@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: windshield.... Tin snips worked fine for me. Marco Menezes N99KX Model 2 582-90 C-Box w/clutch Hersey=2C MI --- On Mon=2C 5/2/11=2C aerobatics@aol.com wrote: From: aerobatics@aol.com Subject: Kitfox-List: windshield.... Im replacing the windshield one my kf2.. again. Cutting the lexan was never easy... any suggestions? Thx Dave Kf 2 582 about 500 hours -----Original Message----- From: gebuchanan@cox.net Sent: Mon=2C May 2=2C 2011 3:52 pm Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: airframe grounding On 5/2/2011 8:27 AM=2C WurlyBird wrote: > Should the airframe also be connected to this? Where is a good place for airframe attachment if so? Thanks for any input. > I have this 3/8" brass bolt that goes through the firewall=2C location ir relevant. On the engine side I have a braid strap that connects it to the e ngine. On the passenger side it goes through a brass "forest-of-tabs" groun d bus I got from B&C specialty products. The battery negative connects to t he passenger side of the bolt. All powered items are grounded at this bus. Nothing goes through the airframe. Audio grounds are to a separate bus near the audio stack=2C which is then grounded to th e firewall bus. This helps isolate the communications grounds from power. 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