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1. 03:14 AM - Re: Steel landing gear? Which models? (pat ladd)
2. 03:35 AM - Re: skate boards (pat ladd)
3. 04:53 AM - Re: help! (APilot@webtv.net)
4. 06:34 AM - EIS to intercom wire (Paul Petty)
5. 06:42 AM - Re: EIS to intercom wire (Richard Pike)
6. 06:53 AM - Re: tank troubles (George T. Alexander, Jr.)
7. 07:01 AM - Speaking of fabric (Vic Peters)
8. 08:29 AM - Re: help! (Larry Cottrell)
9. 09:06 AM - antennas (boyd)
10. 11:04 AM - Re: skate boards (Bob Noyer)
11. 12:57 PM - Re: wings (Kirby Dennis Contr MDA/AL)
12. 03:06 PM - PTT info (Bob Noyer)
13. 03:33 PM - Re: EIS to intercom wire (Paul Petty)
14. 03:38 PM - Re: antennas (Bob Noyer)
15. 04:30 PM - Re: help! (Richard Girard)
16. 04:51 PM - Kolb Road (David Kulp)
17. 04:58 PM - Re: Re: EIS to intercom wire (John Hauck)
18. 05:13 PM - Re: antennas (APilot@webtv.net)
19. 05:30 PM - Re: antennas (Herb Gayheart)
20. 05:32 PM - Re: Re: EIS to intercom wire (John Cooley)
21. 06:18 PM - Re: tank troubles (Charlie England)
22. 06:32 PM - Re: help! (Larry Cottrell)
23. 06:39 PM - Re: tank troubles (John Hauck)
24. 06:48 PM - Re: EIS to intercom wire (JetPilot)
25. 06:57 PM - Homebuilt Help DVD's (icrashrc)
26. 07:00 PM - Re: Re: EIS to intercom wire (John Hauck)
27. 07:03 PM - Re: help! (Charlie England)
28. 07:05 PM - Re: Mark III Wing Fabric Repair... Damn Cats... (R. Hankins)
29. 07:09 PM - Re: tank troubles (Charlie England)
30. 07:26 PM - Re: tank troubles (John Hauck)
31. 07:32 PM - Re: Homebuilt Help DVD's (David Key)
32. 07:48 PM - Re: Mark III Wing Fabric Repair... Damn Cats... (jerb)
33. 09:36 PM - Re: Re: EIS to intercom wire (HShack@aol.com)
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| Subject: | Re: Steel landing gear? Which models? |
>From experience he knew just how much to bend it >>
Hi Richard,
experience is a great thing. I toured a car maker some years ago and
they were straightening drive shafts exactly like that.
These were new shafts, about 5 ft long which connect the engine to the
differential gear box on the back axle. They apparently come from the
forging process with quite a curve on them. Easily discernable to the
naked eye, maybe 1/2 inch or more out of true. The guys were putting
them in a jig which held the ends down, turn the bend to face downwards,
press a pedal and a ram came up from below and pushed the shaft
straight. They just jiggled the shaft and pressed the pedal couple of
times and that was that, straight on to the assembly.
Cheers
Pat
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| Subject: | Re: skate boards |
Now I can move the FireFly with one hand, >.
Hi Bob,
visit any English gliding club and you will see thats how it is done. Try
putting a dozen gliders into a Nissen hut which, in 1940 used to be the
Sergeants mess and into which the glider will only fit sideways. Add in the
fact that it is Sunday night and most of the club have sloped off home
leaving about 3 members to put the planes away. That is when you invent
cunning devices like yours.
When you look at the finished stack with all the gliders wings overlapping
you wonder how on earth you ever managed it.
The couple of times I have flown gliders in the States a glider would be
waiting on the flight line for me and I just left it there after flying and
someone else put it away. In the usual UK Club there is no paid help and you
are expected to either arrive early enough to get the machines out of the
hangar /shed or stay late enough to put them away. As one of the 3 that
were usually left at the end of the day I can tell you that there is enough
ingenuity in the average gliding club to pay off the National Debt . I saw
one gliding club which had designed and built the biggest `up and over`
hangar door I have ever seen. High enough to push a Tiger Moth under and
wide enough to accomodate most gliders wingspan the whole thing lifted in
the air driven by a chain the motive power for which was a hand turned
bicycle pedal sprocket. A child could do it.
Cheers
Pat
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Re: Push to tallk switch. I have never been able to get my ptt switch
to work with my JPH520 radio. Recently, I was told that my radio may
not have the circuit for a ptt switch. Guess that I should have bought
an Icom.
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| Subject: | EIS to intercom wire |
Anyone know what the red/blue wire from the EIS to Intercom system is for? Even
more what it does?
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Kolbra #12
Ms Dixie
painting and reassembly
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| Subject: | Re: EIS to intercom wire |
It tells your passenger what your engine is doing.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Petty" <paulpetty@myway.com>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 9:33 AM
Subject: Kolb-List: EIS to intercom wire
>
> Anyone know what the red/blue wire from the EIS to Intercom system is for?
> Even more what it does?
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> Paul Petty
> Kolbra #12
> Ms Dixie
> painting and reassembly
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Larry:
Rick's suggestion of switching caps is the most likely to find the source of
your dilemma. The way you describe the current setup and the results,
improper venting is most likely. Odds are that them 'daubers (or some
eight-legged critters) did their do before the single digits set in.
As for pickups in the bottom of the tanks..... If the grommets are installed
correctly there shouldn't be a problem.
Before I got religion and switched to a Kolb, I had 8 years in a couple of
Quicksilvers. The Quicksilver tanks hang over the root tube and have a
cross over loop to equalize the fuel in the areas below the root tube. Also
has the pickup on the bottom. As part of the spring ritual, would change
out the grommets (two on the cross over and one on the pickup), all fuel
lines and filter. (My original FS also had the feed from the bottom. Same
spring routine.) Probably overkill, but it made me feel better.
I found that a little oil on/in the grommets first, put them in the tank,
then push the elbow straight in... as opposed to twisting and turning and
yanking and cranking and pulling and cussing. Use a pair of locking pliers
to hold the elbow because it does take some force to get it into the
grommet. Never had a leak (of fuel that is) in 10 years of this routine.
Rick's method of vent/overflow is also a good ideee.
As Beauford would say..... Worth what you paid for it.
George Alexander
http://gtalexander.home.att.net
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From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Larry Cottrell
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: tank troubles
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From: "John Hauck" <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
I guess that I read it too fast and didn't understand all I read. I would
rather have two separate tanks and the attendant bull that goes with them,
rather than tap into the bottom of them. I guess I am just not that trusting
when it comes to leaking gas. If they were metal, I wouldn't have a problem.
Plastic is another thing for me.
Larry,Oregon
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| Subject: | Speaking of fabric |
How does one avoid a scalloped edge of fabric when folding over and
gluing the final edge of a fabric seam. I start with a clean cut
straight edge of fabric but going up and over any ribs that sit on top
of a tube causes it to look crooked. Their seems to be no way to cut a
crooked line that looks straight until its glued.
Any tricks?
Vic
912 Extra
Maine
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From: "Charlie England" <ceengland@bellsouth.net>
Charlie was nice enough to let me call him and this is what we found.
The micro jack has three separate contacts. The outer one is the red, (push
to talk) the next is the black wire (audio) the last is the green ( ground)
The white wire is not used on the jack. Therefore the red and the green are
connected to the momentary switch in the grip. When the button is pushed the
circuit would be completed. The white and black are connected together and
that allows the microphone to work. If this is not clear, let me know I will
try again.
I joined the areoElectric list to see if they could help me. this is the
reply that I got shown below.
Thanks
Larry, Oregon
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>From the AreoElectric list.
Correct. ALL PTT buttons are normally open, momentary
operation.
> When I cut into the wire I find a red, green, white and black wire. The
> red and green show continuity when the button is pushed.
Then use these two wires.
> The white and black also are a closed circuit. I really don't want to
> screw things up, can anybody enlighten me as to the best way to hook this
> up.
Didn't your stick grip come with a schematic? If not,
contact the suppler and suggest that his product is
NOT ready for prime-time until it's shipped with
lucid, tell-all instructions.
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This is from my last email sent to Larry Cottrell, I hope someone can use
the information.
Boyd
I have a cut sheet for antenna's and it says 23.5. The part I am not sure of
is whether the center conductor at 23.5 and the braid pointed the other
direction at 23.5 is the correct way to go. As it is I mounted my old
antenna up on the top of the wind screen close to the wings, and it really
doesn't do that badly. I am going to make one of your antennas and use it on
the portable that I leave with Karen. First however I will try it on the
plane and if it performs better than the outside antenna, I will make
another for the wife.
Thanks
Larry
................
Larry
23.5 would be correct and that is what I have seen in some aircraft
magazines. But it depends on the type of wire you are using.
It seems that every piece of coax has its very own velocity factor
which is stated as .7 .75 .78 .8 etc. the velocity factor is a
percent of the speed of light. If the velocity factor is .9 my antenna
would have to be longer than an antenna of my design with a coax of velocity
factor of .7 that Is why you have to measure the swr or standing wave
ratio in order to properly tune it. In receive it wont make much
difference,,,, but in transmit the worse case is it will over temp the final
transistors and burn them out. To picture what a swr is, tie a rope to a
door knob.( visualize the rope as if it were the antenna) Stand across the
room and pull the rope almost tight and then with a flick of the wrist in an
up and down motion watch the pulse in the rope travel up the rope hit the
far end then come back to your hand. The amount of energy your hand has to
absorb would be absorbed by the final transistors. Now I suppose if you
could get the rope the exact length, when you gave your end a flip, the
pulse would travel up the rope and just as it hit the other end all of the
energy from the flip was used up and nothing come back then the antenna
would be in resonance to the frequency. Now in a rope a longer rope
would use up all the energy, but in a wire antenna longer or shorter will
cause the back lash. A longer coax between the radio and antenna would
just use up energy and be of no use.
For a handheld radio one of the easiest ways to extend the range with a
rubber duck antenna or with an telescopic antenna, { if you use a
telescopic antenna you need to figure the proper distance to telescope it
to} you could go to Ham Radio Outlet hro.com and find what is called a
tiger tail. Basically it is an eyelet with a piece of wire attached to it
that goes under the bnc connector of the antenna, it works the same as the
braid hanging out. Very nice and portable, but if you want an antenna
you can hang in the living room, my diple would work well.
Another antenna you could use at the house would be a J Pole antenna
Hope this diagram works.
.................o..............................
\
........o../
The left side is the top and the right the bottom and can be mounted to a
steel pole or direct buried into the ground. The coax hooks into the
antenna where indicated by the o. it is best if made of or inch
copper pipe. The length of the 2 upper pipes and the exact positioning
of the o is how you tune the antenna. The bottom length can be any
distance. This is a great antenna for outdoors because it is short
circuited to ground in case of lighting strikes.
Boyd
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| Subject: | Re: skate boards |
Pat,
Hangar next to me has two Rv-?s with wings overlapped. One has a
small ramp under one gear leg, which tilts the wing enough to clear
the other guy's. Another has two V-Ezs stacked in a kinda
"compromising" position.
regards,
Bob N. FireFly 070 Old Kolb
http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/ronoy/
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<< your mentioning that rivits take one man. If you are going to do it
by yourself, by all means, use rivits. If you have the luxury of a
companion to talk to while you poke the needle back and forth from one
side of the wing to the other ... rib stitching becomes more appealing.
Richard Pike >>
I was able to stitch both wings solo. It's easiest done with the wing
hanging from the ceiling, trialing edge up. In looking back at my
builder's log, the first wing took about 4.5 hours to rib stitch; the
second one, a little more than half that time. And it was STILL
appealing for me!
As Richard also pointed out, I used quarter-inch wide reinforcing tape
(at Jim & Dondi's recommendation) over the 5/16" rib tubes. This did an
excellent job of minimizing any pucker at each stitch, while still
providing adequate surface area for the stitch to grip. You can sleep
peacefully now, John H. ;-)
Dennis Kirby, with orangutan arms, in
Cedar Crest, NM
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Last msg should have gone to Larry C., but my thumbs got in the way.
regards,
Bob N. FireFly 070 Old Kolb
http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/ronoy/
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| Subject: | Re: EIS to intercom wire |
FYI,
Talked to Sany at grand rapids today and yes the red/blue wire is a audio warning
input if anything is out of limit. It goes beep beep beep. Rather anoying to
most pilots as she mentioned and most folks dont hook it up however if you acklowdege
the signal the beeping stops but the red light stays on untill things
are within limits. Sandy and the gang at grand rapids are great folks and have
a great sence of humor. I asked Sandy why not have the sexy girl say "Your
to low" or "You have a oil temp out of range" hehe she replied "That girl quit!"
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Paul Petty
Kolbra #12
Ms Dixie
painting and reassembly
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Several years ago there was a great hue and cry about trimming/
adjusting VHF antennas and their associated transmission lines/coax
for exact SWRs. This so-called "problem" is greatly overrated at the
transmitter power levels found in our powerful 1-5 watters. And the
same obtains with the associated receiver. SWRs of 2:1, even 3:1
won't "blow" the final amp in the xmtr; nor will there be much
perceived loss of rcvr sensitivity. Antenna placement and altitude
are much larger factors.
Of course it's been almost 58 years since BSEE...could be rong.
regards,
Bob N. FireFly 070 Old Kolb
http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/ronoy/
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Well, it certrainly isn't definitive, but it truly focuses on who caused the
problem. It certainly wasn't you, Larry. Bob is right, that info should have
been forthcoming from the manufacturer. If we as consumers don't push back
we will always be left to our own devices to fix what the manufacturer has
left undone. It's one that should be proceeded with. You paid their asking
price and they have let you down. If no one holds their feet to the fire
they will never improve.
Rick
On 1/29/07, Larry Cottrell <lcottrell@fmtcblue.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charlie England" <ceengland@bellsouth.net>
>
>
> Charlie was nice enough to let me call him and this is what we found.
>
> The micro jack has three separate contacts. The outer one is the red,
> (push
> to talk) the next is the black wire (audio) the last is the green (
> ground)
> The white wire is not used on the jack. Therefore the red and the green
> are
> connected to the momentary switch in the grip. When the button is pushed
> the
> circuit would be completed. The white and black are connected together and
> that allows the microphone to work. If this is not clear, let me know I
> will
> try again.
>
> I joined the areoElectric list to see if they could help me. this is the
> reply that I got shown below.
> Thanks
> Larry, Oregon
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >From the AreoElectric list.
>
> Correct. ALL PTT buttons are normally open, momentary
> operation.
>
> > When I cut into the wire I find a red, green, white and black wire. The
> > red and green show continuity when the button is pushed.
>
> Then use these two wires.
>
> > The white and black also are a closed circuit. I really don't want to
> > screw things up, can anybody enlighten me as to the best way to hook
> this
> > up.
>
> Didn't your stick grip come with a schematic? If not,
> contact the suppler and suggest that his product is
> NOT ready for prime-time until it's shipped with
> lucid, tell-all instructions.
>
>
--
Rick Girard
"Ya'll drop on in"
takes on a whole new meaning
when you live at the airport.
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Hey Kolbfolks. My cuz just got back from Tucson, AZ. She visited the
Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Center, AMARC, and told me
there's a Kolb Rd. there. I Googled it and check out what I found
http://www.amarcexperience.com/AMARCVGuide.asp
Has anyone (or maybe almost everyone) visited this place, and does
anyone know; is Kolb Road a coincidence??
Dave Kulp
Bethlehem, PA
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| Subject: | Re: EIS to intercom wire |
audio warning input if anything is out of limit. | --------
| Paul Petty
Paul:
When do you guys with EIS, audio and video warnings, flashing red
lights, etc., find time to fly the plane?
john h
mkIII
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I gave up trying to transmit. I could hear okay with my exterior
antenna, but most could not hear me very good.. Recently, I purchase an
inside antenna from a place in Canada. I think that it is called a
magic air. Anyway, it is suppose to be pre-tuned and is mounted inside
the fiberglass nose cone. If anyone has tried one let me know how it
worked. I will be installing mine and testing it next week. Fingers
are crossed. Vic in Sacramento
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Vic
As I recall.. poor range even with a good antenna, can sometimes
indicate a blown final...ie: output stage transistor.. What one is
hearing at short range is some small amount of radiation from the driver
transistor.. FWIW Herb
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:12:55 -0800 APilot@webtv.net writes:
>
> I gave up trying to transmit. I could hear okay with my exterior
> antenna, but most could not hear me very good.. Recently, I
> purchase an
> inside antenna from a place in Canada. I think that it is called a
> magic air. Anyway, it is suppose to be pre-tuned and is mounted
> inside
> the fiberglass nose cone. If anyone has tried one let me know how
> it
> worked. I will be installing mine and testing it next week.
> Fingers
> are crossed. Vic in Sacramento
>
>
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: EIS to intercom wire |
Hi John/Gang,
John, with the EIS it really is nice to just fly and enjoy the scenery. You
don't have to scan a dash full of steam gauges to know every thing is ok. If
some parameter is about to be violated the flashing red light will catch
your attention. You can set it up to warn you as early as you want or as
late as you want. Of course you know this and your just needling Paul but
some other folks might not know that.
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Have a Great Day,
John Cooley in the deep freeze south (24 degrees this morning)
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From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of John Hauck
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: EIS to intercom wire
audio warning input if anything is out of limit. | --------
| Paul Petty
Paul:
When do you guys with EIS, audio and video warnings, flashing red
lights, etc., find time to fly the plane?
john h
mkIII
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| Subject: | Re: tank troubles |
John Hauck wrote:
>
> I really don't want to, still trying to follow the KISS principal.
>
>I am at a loss.
>Larry, Oregon
>
>Hi Larry:
>
>I never had an airplane with this "screwy" system of pulling fuel from
>two tanks through one line.
>
>If I did have two tanks, you can be assured I would be pulling from
>the bottom of both into a T. I can assure you you will then be
>getting equal draw from each tank.
>
>There is a neoprene grommet and elbow fitting available from Kolb or
>most any UL parts house for tapping a plastic or metal tank. I have
>used them for many years and many hours with great success.
>
>If you still want to pull fuel from the top of the tank, then tap the
>bottoms, tie them together so gravity can do its job for you.
>
>Why switch back and forth between tanks with your fuel level sender
>when you are working with a flow system that doesn't work logically?
>
>My thoughts for what they are worth. 2 cents.
>
>john h
>mkIII
>
I don't know didly about Kolbs, but most high wing Cessnas with 2 wing
tanks & the selector on 'both' feed unevenly. Others have mentioned
venting issues; that's usually the cause of uneven feeds. It's very
difficult to set up the tank vents where both tanks pressurize evenly.
Add in inadvertent slip angles in flight, slight differences in fuel
line length, routing, etc & It would be more surprising if they *did*
feed evenly. :-)
One technique in the homebuilt community (the Bede BD-4 is a good
example) to work around the problem is to feed both tanks into the top
of a small low mounted 'sump' tank & feed the engine from the bottom of
that tank. Bear in mind that no homebuilt I'm aware of uses a syphon
type feed out of the primary tanks; all draw from the bottom of the tanks.
FWIW,
Charlie
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----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Girard
To: kolb-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: help!
Well, it certrainly isn't definitive, but it truly focuses on who
caused the problem. It certainly wasn't you, Larry. Bob is right, that
info should have been forthcoming from the manufacturer. If we as
consumers don't push back we will always be left to our own devices to
fix what the manufacturer has left undone. It's one that should be
proceeded with. You paid their asking price and they have let you down.
If no one holds their feet to the fire they will never improve.
Rick
I guess you could look at it like that, but the fact remains that it
damn sure didn't help me worth didly!
By the way I did it like Charlie told me to and it works just fine.
Larry, Oregon
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| Subject: | Re: tank troubles |
fuel
| line length, routing, etc & It would be more surprising if they
*did*
| feed evenly. :-)
|
| Charlie
Charlie:
Pull the fuel off the bottom of both tanks, siamese the vents to one
line, and I bet the fuel will drain evenly from both tanks.
john h
mkIII
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| Subject: | Re: EIS to intercom wire |
With EIS there is no scanning guages, it really lets you give more of your attention
to the scenery outside. I never have to look to see if my oil pressure,
temperature, etc is ok. If anything gets out of range, the flashing red light
along with the flashing number that is out of range gets my attention immidately.
With my luck, the oil pressure would start to fall exactly when I am not
looking at the guage... With an EIS, it gets my attention as soon as it happens.
Talk about taking a load off, not to have to monitor engine instruments,
and spending more time looking outside is what flying a Kolb is all about
:)
Michael A. Bigelow
--------
"NO FEAR" - If you have no fear you did not go as fast as you could
have !!!
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| Subject: | Homebuilt Help DVD's |
Homebuilthelp.com has a few interesting DVD's. I was wondering if anyone on the
list has watched them. If so, are they worth the cost?
I'm looking at;
Rotax 912 Installation Tips & Techniques,
Weight & Balance101 for Homebuilts,
Electrical Wiring101 for your Homebuilt Aircraft,
and How to License your Homebuilt Aircraft.
All look like they could be helpful. They could also be a waste of time and money.
Any thoughts, used copies for sale, etc.?
--------
Scott
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| Subject: | Re: EIS to intercom wire |
Talk about taking a load off, not to have to monitor engine
instruments, and spending more time looking outside is what flying a
Kolb is all about :)
|
| Michael A. Bigelow
Mike:
A good pilot can scan his gauges in a split second. Learned how to do
that in Primary Training, and can still do it.
Don't think I have lost any time lately enjoying the beautiful places
I get to fly my old bird.
I have flown with the EIS enough to know what I am comfortable with.
Besides, what would I do with my old collections of gauges if I
upgraded to a blinking light and a beeper in my headset?
john h
mkIII Old fashioned, but it still gets away from home occassionally.
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Larry Cottrell wrote:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Girard <mailto:jindoguy@gmail.com>
> To: kolb-list@matronics.com <mailto:kolb-list@matronics.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 5:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Kolb-List: help!
>
> Well, it certrainly isn't definitive, but it truly focuses on who
> caused the problem. It certainly wasn't you, Larry. Bob is right,
> that info should have been forthcoming from the manufacturer. If
> we as consumers don't push back we will always be left to our own
> devices to fix what the manufacturer has left undone. It's one
> that should be proceeded with. You paid their asking price and
> they have let you down. If no one holds their feet to the fire
> they will never improve.
>
> Rick
>
> I guess you could look at it like that, but the fact remains that
> it damn sure didn't help me worth didly!
>
> By the way I did it like Charlie told me to and it works just fine.
>
> Larry, Oregon
> do not archive
>
In Bob's defense (I monitor that list too) he misunderstood your
question. He thought the problem was with the stick grip instead of the
PTT adaptor. He has a full time day job & answers dozens of requests for
help with electrical problems for the personal satisfaction of improving
the craft of designing/implementing a/c electrical systems. He would
have arrived at the same solution, once he understood the problem.
Charlie
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| Subject: | Re: Mark III Wing Fabric Repair... Damn Cats... |
Try the .17 HMR. It is a wonderful cat tonic. It is very effective and makes much
less mess than a 12GA. or a .223REM.
--------
Roger in Oregon
1992 KXP 503
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| Subject: | Re: tank troubles |
John Hauck wrote:
>
>
>fuel
>| line length, routing, etc & It would be more surprising if they
>*did*
>| feed evenly. :-)
>| Charlie
>
>
>Charlie:
>
>Pull the fuel off the bottom of both tanks, siamese the vents to one
>line, and I bet the fuel will drain evenly from both tanks.
>
>john h
>mkIII
>
It might, but it might not. Some of the previously mentioned Cessnas
have the tank vents siamesed together. They still don't feed evenly.
Charlie
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| Subject: | Re: tank troubles |
together. They still don't feed evenly.
|
| Charlie
Charlie:
Impossible to compare Cessnas and Kolbs. ;-)
john h
mk III
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| Subject: | Homebuilt Help DVD's |
I watched the setting up the Rotax 912. I thought it good and worth the
money, everything was covered in the Rotax manuals but I needed to hear it
two or three times.
>From: "icrashrc" <icrashrc@aol.com>
>To: kolb-list@matronics.com
>Subject: Kolb-List: Homebuilt Help DVD's
>Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:56:58 -0800
>
>
>Homebuilthelp.com has a few interesting DVD's. I was wondering if anyone on
>the list has watched them. If so, are they worth the cost?
>I'm looking at;
>Rotax 912 Installation Tips & Techniques,
>Weight & Balance101 for Homebuilts,
>Electrical Wiring101 for your Homebuilt Aircraft,
>and How to License your Homebuilt Aircraft.
>All look like they could be helpful. They could also be a waste of time and
>money. Any thoughts, used copies for sale, etc.?
>
>--------
>Scott
>
>
>do not archive
>
>
>Read this topic online here:
>
>http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=91483#91483
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Mark III Wing Fabric Repair... Damn Cats... |
First things first, cat soup is real good, taste just like rabbit.
Seeing what you have there I don't think you got that big of problem
other than just the pain of doing the repair. The biggest issue is
what kind of color top coat (paint) do you have on the fabric?
If it Aero-thane or enamel it may be more work, if it's Poly-tone, it
shouldn't be as bad. It gets down to if you have to remove the top
coat or if you can glue the repair fabric patch to it, if poly-tone,
it would be easier. As John Hauck indicated, talk to the Millers
about what they suggest to prepare the surface for the patch and what
to use to adhere the patch to the original fabric, poly-tac cement or
poly-brush based upon the type of top coat. Really it's not that
bad. Once you get into it, you'll have it done in no time.
jerb
At 04:45 PM 1/28/2007, you wrote:
>
>I have had an incident with the son-in-laws cats... please don't get
>me started on that.....
>
>See the attached photo. one of them jumped up to get on the wing
>that was hanging in the garage and sliced the fabric.
>
>Question: can these slices be repaired or should i recover the entire wing???
>
>Thanks a bunch...
>
>--------
>The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine...And why
>shouldn't it be?-
>--It is the same the angels breathe.
> Mark Twain,
> Roughing it' 1886
>
>Mike
>
>
>Read this topic online here:
>
>http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=91133#91133
>
>
>Attachments:
>
>http://forums.matronics.com//files/cimg3809_380.jpg
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| Subject: | Re: EIS to intercom wire |
In a message dated 1/29/2007 7:59:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jhauck@elmore.rr.com writes:
When do you guys with EIS, audio and video warnings, flashing red
lights, etc., find time to fly the plane?
john h
\
My red light, after about 600 hrs., has neve blinked except for a second when
ai turn it on.
Howard Shackleford
FS II
SC
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