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1. 12:41 AM - Re: A flight to Belgium (Michel)
2. 04:52 AM - marco ? (Malcolm Brubaker)
3. 09:55 AM - Re: Kitfox-List 08/26/11 (EMAproducts@aol.com)
4. 04:35 PM - Re: Sugar Springs fly-in (Lynn Matteson)
5. 08:13 PM - Re: Sugar Springs fly-in (Malcolm Brubaker)
6. 08:21 PM - Re: Re: tricycle conversion (Lloyd & Lorrie Cudnohufsky)
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| Subject: | Re: A flight to Belgium |
lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Odense is an ancestral home, at least for a fourth part - father's mother.
... which reminds me: I did a typo, Lowell; Odense is the native town of H.C. Andersen,
and not Christiansen, as I wrote. Andersen, being the famous Danish children
tales author, as you know.
Cheers,
Michel
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Kitfox 3 - Jabiru 2200
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Marco do you know a guy that has a Wrecked cgs hawk in your area?=0A=0Awe w
ill not be going to sugar springs . just-a reminder kikw sep 10 sat =0Ami
dland- barstow dawn patrol.-=0AMalcolm & Jeanne Brubaker =0AMichigan Sp
ort Pilot Repair =0ALSRM-A, PPC, WS=0AGreat Sails - Sailmaker =0Afor Ultral
ight & Light Sport=0A(989)513-3022=0A=0AFrom: Lloyd & Lorrie Cudnohufsky <7
suds@Chartermi.net>=0ATo: kitfox-list@matronics.com=0ASent: Friday, August
26, 2011 10:10 PM=0ASubject: RE: Kitfox-List: Sugar Springs fly-in=0A=0A-->
Kitfox-List message posted by: "Lloyd & Lorrie Cudnohufsky" <7suds@charter
mi.net>=0A=0AGuys I'm jealous, I love to see the videos and hear of the eve
nts that=0Aeveryone is heading to, it keeps me going, have fun and be safe!
! I was=0Ahoping to be in the air by mid-summer but it is going to be more
like late=0Afall at the earliest. I look forward to being able to attend so
me fly-ins=0Anext year. If anyone is interested our EAA Chapter 439 will be
having our=0AAnnual "Ford Airport Days" on Sept 17th. Our event theme for
this year is=0A"The Year of the Builder" we will have our event poster on o
ur website soon=0Aat www.eaa439.org would love to see a Kitfox or 2 there.
- =0A=0ALloyd Cudnohufsky=0AMod 5 Rebuild 912 IVO IFA=0ANorthern Mi.=0A
=0A-----Original Message-----=0AFrom: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.co
m=0A[mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Lynn Matte
son=0ASent: Friday, August 26, 2011 6:51 PM=0ATo: kitfox-list@matronics.com
=0ASubject: Re: Kitfox-List: Sugar Springs fly-in=0A=0A--> Kitfox-List mess
age posted by: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt@jps.net>=0A=0AI'm heading out for SS
R/0MI1 about 9 am, Marco. I plan on getting there a=0Abit before the 11am s
tart, and get outta Dodge about 1pm.- =0AStill want to make the memorial
get-together for a fallen aviator=0A(cancer)...but I'm sure he'd understand
if I don't make it back in time.- :=0A)=0A=0ABy the way the WX shows a 3
0% chance of t'storms sometime tomorrow for=0AGladwin, but this is Michigan
, right? What else would we expect?=0A=0ALynn Matteson=0AKitfox IV Speedste
r, taildragger=0AJabiru 2200, #2062=0APrince prop 64 x 30, P-tip=0AElectroa
ir direct-fire ignition system=0ARotec TBI-40 injection (sleeved to 36mm)
=0AStatus: flying with "Ramcharger" intake manifold...1163 hrs (since=0A3-2
7-2006)=0Ado not archive=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AOn Aug 26, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Mar
co Menezes wrote:=0A=0A> Any Michigan Kitfoxers going to BBQ fly-in at Suga
r Springs Resort=0A> (0MI1) tomorrow?=0A>=0A> Marco Menezes N99KX=0A> Model
2 582-90 C-Box w/clutch=0A> Hersey, MI=0A> www.matronics.com/contribution
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Matt Dralle, L
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| Subject: | Re: Kitfox-List 08/26/11 |
Dave,
Get a GOOD !! QUALIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR with lots of taildragger time !
I've checked a couple out in the KitFox and found it was a very honest
tailwheel aircraft. A good experienced tailwheel flight instructor will
resolve your problems in no time & have you loving your Kitfox
Elbie, 50 years instructing all sorts of tailwheels
In a message dated 8/27/2011 12:09:01 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
kitfox-list@matronics.com writes:
Time: 01:19:29 PM PST US
From: "Dave " <occom@ns.sympatico.ca>
Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Re: tricycle conversion
I wouldn't say I have reservations as such. My 582 works quite well, but I
have not had enough hours behind it to allow me to completely dismiss all
the horror stories people like to tell. As far as the tricycle gear goes, I
am having a little trouble learning to cope with the tailwheel on landing
and am a little frustrated. The plane flies fine and any landing problem
are
with me not the aircraft. OTOH two of the major differences between this
and
the little Cessna I used to rent are tailwheel and the screaming little
motor, I'm still coming to grips with both of them.
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| Subject: | Re: Sugar Springs fly-in |
Well, at least one Kitfox made it to SS today. I thought I heard a
Kitfox calling for a landing as I was leaving...I'm not sure. Did
anyone else get there besides me?
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062
Prince prop 64 x 30, P-tip
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
Rotec TBI-40 injection (sleeved to 36mm)
Status: flying with "Ramcharger" intake manifold...1167 hrs (since
3-27-2006)
do not archive
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| Subject: | Re: Sugar Springs fly-in |
ther is a mod 3 at gladwin I herd the airport manger went and probbly the u
n registered mod 3 of paul Berkleys from DElaware went up ther we wher flyi
ng a chalanger in saginaw today mal-=0A=0A=0AMalcolm & Jeanne Brubaker
=0AMichigan Sport Pilot Repair =0ALSRM-A, PPC, WS=0AGreat Sails - Sailmaker
=0Afor Ultralight & Light Sport=0A(989)513-3022=0A=0AFrom: Lynn Matteson <
lynnmatt@jps.net>=0ATo: kitfox-list@matronics.com=0ASent: Saturday, August
27, 2011 7:32 PM=0ASubject: Re: Kitfox-List: Sugar Springs fly-in=0A=0A-->
Kitfox-List message posted by: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt@jps.net>=0A=0AWell,
at least one Kitfox made it to SS today. I thought I heard a Kitfox calling
for a landing as I was leaving...I'm not sure. Did anyone else get there b
esides me?=0A=0ALynn Matteson=0AKitfox IV Speedster, taildragger=0AJabiru 2
200, #2062=0APrince prop 64 x 30, P-tip=0AElectroair direct-fire ignition s
ystem=0ARotec TBI-40 injection (sleeved to 36mm)=0AStatus: flying with "Ram
charger" intake manifold...1167 hrs (since 3-27-2006)=0Ado not archive=0A
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| Subject: | Re: tricycle conversion |
Tommy,
When I did my Model 4 it was done exactly as Lowell is describing, brute
force. I snapped a line on the floor of my garage and dropped 2 plumb bobs
from the fuselage to the line to square the plane over it. I then used two
8' aluminum angles against the ends of the axles and squared with a
machinist's square (I did this with my tires off), then measured to the
center line fore and aft. Then you know what axle needs to go what way and
how much, I used a piece of solid shaft that fit snuggly through the tube
where the axle is attached, (I had to pull the axle out each time), I would
slip it through so I had several feet out each side, then as Lowell
mentioned, start pulling. I had to tweak on them several times and each time
I would have to slip the axle back in, re-plumb and check. Once I had it I
put the plane in flight attitude and checked again (Wheel landing position).
I was not looking for perfection but I wanted them close and toed out both
at both 3-point and wheel landing attitudes. If you are having trouble with
darting on landing, this may be your problem.
Lloyd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Lowell Fitt
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: tricycle conversion
Tommy,
You are correct providing the airplane has either the Grove aluminum spring
gear or their new Bush Gear with the bolt on axles. The original factory
gear came with a welded tube that the axle is inserted into and fastened
with a single bolt through the butt end. The only way to correct the
alignment on these gear legs is to secure the airplane solid and muscle them
into alignment with brute force. It can be done. Denney in the old days
wrote an article on it in the Kitrox Times, their quarterly builders
newsletter.
Lowell
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From: "Tommy Walker" <twalker@cableone.net>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 2:46 PM
Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: tricycle conversion
>
> Excuse me for butting in....
>
> I know nothing! (As Shultz used to say) about tail draggers, but I noticed
> in the Kitfox catalog they sell some shims to correct that problem. Or at
> least that's what it looked like to me.
>
> Tommy Walker in Alabama
> Do Not Archive.....
>
> [quote="dave.go"]I emailed the factory and confirmed that a nose wheel
> conversion is available for my Model IV - 1050. It's pricey enough to
> discourage me for just now but I might follow up in a few months. Has
> anyone actually tried and flown a Model IV with the tricycle gear? I
> understand I be giving up landing on sandbars, farmers fields, and all
> sorts of out of the way places. I can live with all that. I would be
> interested in how the nose wheel affects flight, eases landings etc. Just
> for info.
>> [b]
>
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> Tommy Walker
> N8701 - Anniston, AL
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=350673#350673
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