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1. 12:43 AM - Re: Wheel pants (icrashrc)
2. 12:50 AM - Re: FireFly for sale (icrashrc)
3. 02:20 AM - Short video of creek run (John Bickham)
4. 07:15 AM - Re: Short video of creek run (John Williamson)
5. 01:25 PM - Look! It's Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang for sale! (cristalclear13)
6. 01:38 PM - Re: Look! It's Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang for sale! (Larry Cottrell)
7. 02:08 PM - Re: UltraStar Engine tuning (jb92563)
8. 02:34 PM - Re: FAA advice (jb92563)
9. 03:12 PM - Re: Look! It's Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang for sale! (Dana Hague)
10. 03:27 PM - Re: Re: UltraStar Engine tuning (Dana Hague)
11. 03:43 PM - Re: Re: Short video of creek run (possums)
12. 03:52 PM - Re: Look! It's Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang for sale! (possums)
13. 06:48 PM - Re: UltraStar Engine tuning (jb92563)
14. 07:43 PM - Re: Re: UltraStar Engine tuning (Dana Hague)
15. 09:43 PM - Re: Re: Spark Plugs (GeoR38@aol.com)
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Mike,
Here's my understanding of the history on the xtra horizontal stab.
The xtra and the classic both have the same size tail feathers now. There were
a few of the first xtras sold with oversize horizontal stabs. It was a hedge against
the wedge nose of the plane causing a pitch change at different AOA's.
It turned out to be not needed so Kolb went with the same design for both planes.
There's nothing wrong with the larger stab, it was just found to be unnecessary.
As for your wheel pant mounting. It was obvious to me that you were not finished
at the time the pics were taken. I've seen [and remember]some pics you posted
of the rest of your work. It's been my intention to make a page on my site showing
how my wheel pants are mounted but it's still on the never ending list
on things to do.
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Scott
www.ill-EagleAviation.com
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| Subject: | Re: FireFly for sale |
Bob,
Don't give up!
I was told 6 1/2 years ago that there was a 80% chance i would lose my wife to
cancer within a year yet i kissed her goodnight just a few hours ago.
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Scott
www.ill-EagleAviation.com
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| Subject: | Short video of creek run |
Just a short video of creek run I made Sunday evening. You may make out a small
deer that crosses left to right at about the 5 second mark.
I'm trying to learn how to take better pictures and videos. Just getting started.
Long way to go to catch up to John W and Possums.
I like videos and pictures shared by others. I'm partial to the post about actual
flying vs the computer flying.
For those who are just thawing out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-iyts0ASig
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Thanks too much,
John Bickham
Mark III-C
"Using my Repairman Certificate"
St. Francisville, LA
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| Subject: | Re: Short video of creek run |
Hey John B.,
That's a tough time of day to do video but you caught the kind of flying we like.
Nice job.
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John Williamson
Arlington, TX
Kolbra, 912ULS, 1580 hours
http://home.tx.rr.com/kolbrapilot
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| Subject: | Look! It's Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang for sale! |
Oh to be a millionaire! I'd have my own Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang!
Check it out...This is about the coolest thing I've ever seen. Wonder what Mr.
Policeman would think if I drove my Mark II on the road with the wings folded
back. :D
http://www.terrafugia.com/vehicle.html
http://www.airventure.org/2006/thurjuly27/terrafugia.html
You guys have probably seen this, but I can't believe they're actually taking orders.
It sure would make my 90-mile one-way work commute trip a whole lot more
enjoyable.
Anybody got 150,000 bucks I could borrow?
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Cristal
Mark II Twinstar
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| Subject: | Re: Look! It's Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang for sale! |
----- Original Message -----
From: "cristalclear13" <cristalclearwaters@juno.com>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:22 PM
Subject: Kolb-List: Look! It's Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang for sale!
> Check it out...This is about the coolest thing I've ever seen. Wonder
> what Mr. Policeman would think if I drove my Mark II on the road with the
> wings folded back. :D
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It would take a really short propeller.
Larry C
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| Subject: | Re: UltraStar Engine tuning |
Now the saga continues.
I have 2 new CHT's installed and a bunch of jets from 270 to 310 that I tried last
weekend.
Seems that the new #300 jet is better than the old one and results in somewhat
lower temps especially on the EGT.
With all the other jets the temps go up or down as expected.
I believe the 290 or 300 jets are optimum, resulting in 1225 F on the EGT max which
is less than the 1250 F maximum recommended.
However, the rear PTO end cylinder does fine at only 320 F the front cylinder consistently
goes to about 435 F +- depending on the Jet.
I will need to take that cylinder apart and hone it, perhaps replace the rings
and improve that situation some how.
I also tightened the redrive belts since I noticed a bit of slip and now I get
6000 rpm max so I may need to trim the prop a bit to get the rpms up to the recommended
6200-6300 rpm.
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Ray
Kolb UltraStar (Cuyuna UL-202)
Moni MotorGlider
Schreder HP-11 Glider
Riverside County, CA
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I assume your not mentioning the obvious that is to make the plane comply to part
103 be being within the limitations for weight, fuel etc. by utilizing the
Parachute and Float allowances if applicable?
Part 103 has not gone away, so that is always an option.
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Ray
Kolb UltraStar (Cuyuna UL-202)
Moni MotorGlider
Schreder HP-11 Glider
Riverside County, CA
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| Subject: | Re: Look! It's Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang for sale! |
At 04:22 PM 4/7/2008, cristalclear13 wrote:
>You guys have probably seen this, but I can't believe they're actually
>taking orders. It sure would make my 90-mile one-way work commute trip a
>whole lot more enjoyable.
Hah! Well, Moller's been taking orders... er, deposits... for years now
without delivering a single aircraft. Why should these guys be any different?
As with Moller's, I'll believe it when I see one actually fly.
-Dana
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Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country is doing
to you.
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| Subject: | Re: UltraStar Engine tuning |
At 05:06 PM 4/7/2008, jb92563 wrote:
>However, the rear PTO end cylinder does fine at only 320 F the front
>cylinder consistently goes to about 435 F +- depending on the Jet.
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>I will need to take that cylinder apart and hone it, perhaps replace the
>rings and improve that situation some how.
Assuming you've done the obvious and swapped the CHT's, something's
definitely wrong. How do the plugs look?
I doubt it's ring related. A crankshaft seal seems a more likely culprit,
have you done a pressure test? Could be the intake manifold or cylinder
base gaskets on that cylinder, too, check the cylinder base nut torques.
Another far out possibility... where did this engine come from? If it was
previously set up as a tractor engine instead of as a pusher, it could have
the wrong fan installed... in which case it'd be trying to pull air from
the rear (PTO) end of the engine and fighting the prop blast, instead of
pushing it from the front, so the front cylinder could well be running
hotter (though that's a LOT hotter!)
-Dana
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to you.
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| Subject: | Re: Short video of creek run |
At 10:12 AM 4/7/2008, you wrote:
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>Hey John B.,
>
>That's a tough time of day to do video but you caught the kind of
>flying we like. Nice job.
>
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It is tough to get the light right, cloudy, foggy - etc,
I've got a lot more like this than good ones.
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2328554/7304597
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| Subject: | Re: Look! It's Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang for sale! |
At 06:06 PM 4/7/2008, you wrote:
>As with Moller's, I'll believe it when I see one actually fly.
>
>-Dana
>
>do not archive
We bought the one off ebay - ha!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8558932262133094065&hl=en
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| Subject: | Re: UltraStar Engine tuning |
What kind of pressure test? Crank case ? Cylinder pressure?
What is the procedure?
I'll check the plugs tomorrow.
Jack Hart suggested the carb could be rotated incorrectly.
I did rotate the carb so that it would be level in flight.
Maybe it should just be mounted in line with the crank shaft as it probably comes
from the factory.
Is yours rotated at all?
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Ray
Kolb UltraStar (Cuyuna UL-202)
Moni MotorGlider
Schreder HP-11 Glider
Riverside County, CA
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| Subject: | Re: UltraStar Engine tuning |
At 09:46 PM 4/7/2008, jb92563 wrote:
>What kind of pressure test? Crank case ? Cylinder pressure?
>
>What is the procedure?
See the Cuyuna service manual in the Kolbultrastar Yahoo group files
section. Basically you seal off the intake and exhaust ports, pressurize
the crankcase, and see that it holds pressure for several minutes.
>I did rotate the carb so that it would be level in flight.
>
>Maybe it should just be mounted in line with the crank shaft as it
>probably comes from the factory.
>
>Is yours rotated at all?
No, mine's square with the engine. If it was a carb issue it would affect
both cylinders equally.
Another quick test is to get a can of spray carburetor cleaner. While the
engine's running, spray it on the gaskets (cylinder base, intake
manifold). If the rpm changes, that gasket is leaking.
-Dana
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"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing
left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." -Antoine de
Saint-Exup,ry
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In a message dated 4/7/2008 12:39:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
rphanks@grantspass.com writes:
received a bunch of screw top B8ES plugs from Aircraft Spruce over a year
ago. I got on the phone to customer service and they took them back. I wrote
them an e-mail about the safety issue of solid vs screw tops and included the
correct NGK stock number. I got absolutely no response. Interesting that
they have chosen to add a legalese warning instead of stocking the right
plugs. I hope this isn't indicative of a change of attitude for the worse at
AC
Spruce. Probably just standard CYA.
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Roger in Oregon
1992 KXP 503 - N1782C
the caps on the plugs are a big danger....ask me how I know....I just
happened to be coming in for a landing one day (several years ago) and all of a
sudden the engine felt like it was going to try to break awayfrom the firestar.
Almost without looking around for a place to land which I was already doing, I
killed the engine and just glidded in. Just added a lil fun to the flight
. On the ground it was evident that one plug was not firing as pulling on
the lead pulled it off of the plug....looking down inside the rubber boot I
could see the cap still hooked into the distribution wire. at the bottom of the
cap.
It happens.
George Randolph
Firestar driver (447) from The Villages, Fl
(http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)
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