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1. 08:53 AM - Ethanol/Gasoline Mixture (boyd)
2. 11:09 AM - Jabiru (ray anderson)
3. 06:24 PM - Stits products (planecrazzzy)
4. 07:50 PM - Re: Jabiru (Dennis Souder)
5. 09:05 PM - Re: Jabiru (Richard & Martha Neilsen)
6. 09:45 PM - Re: Jabiru (JetPilot)
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| Subject: | Ethanol/Gasoline Mixture |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "boyd" <by0ung@brigham.net>
Interesting idea, Boyd.
I wonder if the water grabs all the alcohol, or leaves some behind. I
remember
reading about this test 15 or 20 years ago in Untralight Flying magazine
when
"gasohol" was the rage. Actually, the idea of using a 50 gallon drum to
separate
out a supply of real gas might just work.
So, the question remains about what to do with the ethanol/water mixture
left over?
Could you drink it? Perhaps you could sell it to the "Sea Foam" company?
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Dave Bigelow
Kamuela, Hawaii
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I would be quite sure the ethanol would be de natured. So I would not drink
it. maybe you could sell it back to the gas station. however a contract
with the fine folks at SF would be good if the shipping cost did not run
more than the purchase price. maybe they could find a use for it.
Seriously,,, the amount of alcohol it would remove would depend on the
contact time and the level of mixing. If you could pick up the container
and give it a good shake I am sure it would separate faster/more completely.
I have thought that if you could find a half gallon of 10% ethanol gas and
pour into 16 gal of gas dropping the % of ethanol to less than 1%. That
way it would remove any condensation that may have accumulated in the fuel
system. And hopefully it would not affect the components in the carb.
Boyd
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: ray anderson <rsanoa@yahoo.com>
Just a bit of trivia. For you guys that have given any thought to the Jabiru engine.
Down at their facility here at the Shelbyville airport, they released
sales figures for 2005 and 45 aircraft have been assembled and flown away by happy
owners in the year. They have one model using the 120 HP engine that cruises
at 185 mph. Their 85 HP is getting a good play also. Back logged now on
new orders and asking the airport for larger space.There should be a KOLB usage
somewhere in there.
Can't use one on the UltraStar I'm afraid.
Ray
Tenn ..UltraStar
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: "planecrazzzy" <planecrazzzy@yahoo.com>
I found a site that shows ALOT of places that sells Stits Products....
There's a place just down the road from me ( saves shipping )
http://www.polyfiber.com/where/
Gotta Fly...
Mike in MN N381PM
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Dennis Souder" <flykolb@pa.net>
Well, it would be lighter than a Soobie, and who says you need to use full
power anyway?
Dennis
Just a bit of trivia. For you guys that have given any thought to the
Jabiru engine ...
Can't use one on the UltraStar I'm afraid.
Ray
Tenn ..UltraStar
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Richard & Martha Neilsen" <neilsenrmf@comcast.net>
Ray
There is a reason we don't see many Jabiru's on Kolbs. They just don't have
the thrust to make a Kolb a great STOL airplane. They are really great
engines and maybe a 85 HP Jabiru on a smaller Kolb or a 120 on a MKIII or
Kolbra might work but why not use a reduction drive engine that would
produce the same thrust at lower weight and use less fuel. It takes a lot
more horse power to produce the same thrust when your engine is turning the
prop in the 3000 plus RPM range.
I flew my Kolb MKIII for four years with a direct drive VW. The plane flew
but just didn't have that effort less climb out and spirited overall
performance that you get with a high thrust engine. The same engine with a
reduction drive (an apples to apples comparison) transformed my MKIIIc from
a OK airplane to a KOLB. Put a reduction drive on a Jabiru and you might
have some serious competition for Rotax.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW powered MKIIIc
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From: "ray anderson" <rsanoa@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 2:06 PM
Subject: Kolb-List: Jabiru
> --> Kolb-List message posted by: ray anderson <rsanoa@yahoo.com>
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> Just a bit of trivia. For you guys that have given any thought to the
> Jabiru engine. Down at their facility here at the Shelbyville airport,
> they released sales figures for 2005 and 45 aircraft have been assembled
> and flown away by happy owners in the year. They have one model using the
> 120 HP engine that cruises at 185 mph. Their 85 HP is getting a good play
> also. Back logged now on new orders and asking the airport for larger
> space.There should be a KOLB usage somewhere in there.
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> Can't use one on the UltraStar I'm afraid.
> Ray
> Tenn ..UltraStar
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: "JetPilot" <orcabonita@hotmail.com>
You could not give me the Jabiru engine. Just looking at it and it looks like
it has been machined and manufactured in someones garage. The technology used
in that engine is downright primitive compared to the Rotax 912-S. Reading
reports from owners, the Jabiru has a lot more problems than the Rotax 912-S.
There are lots of disadvantages to the Jabiru, and I cant find even one thing that
engine does better than the Rotax.
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