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1. 09:10 AM - Sun and Fun 2011 is Over (John Hauck)
2. 09:46 AM - Sun and Fun 2011 Is Over (John Hauck)
3. 09:46 AM - Kolb Firefly (Jmmy Hankinson)
4. 10:00 AM - Re: Tiny tach?? HKS (McCarthy Tom)
5. 11:25 AM - Re: Tiny tach?? HKS (Larry Cottrell)
6. 12:41 PM - Re: Sun and Fun 2011 Is Over (chris davis)
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Subject: | Sun and Fun 2011 is Over |
With impending weather in the SE US, I packed my bag, loaded the MKIII, and
took off for Alabama, Sunday morning.
Was a good flight, a little bumpy, but quick for a Kolb. Was able to fly
420 sm in less than 5 hours and two landings enroute. Cruising at 80 to 85
mph, we maintained a ground speed over 100 mph for most of the flight. The
problem was, if I climbed high enough to get out of the turbulence, I lost
my tail wind
The MKIII performed great, as usual. It was good to get back into flying
cross country.
Got to visit with many Kolb customers, old friends, and made some new ones.
Although we had some serious weather, we faired well to have survived a
tornado. My MKIII did some serious straining at her tie downs, but they
held. Luckily she did not receive any damage from flying debris as did the
factory FSII which also had the upper lift strut tangs bent from the tie
down ropes. The FF suffered a broken lower vertical stabilizer, probably
caused by the right wing which was in the folded position for display
purposes. It created a large sail and huge side load on the tail wheel
before it broke.
As far as I know this is the first time I have had rain blown into the
exhaust system. The day after the storm I was rotating the prop to check
the oil in the 912ULS. During "burping" of the oil system, I noticed water
on the tailboom as it dripped out of the silencer. After the airshow we
pushed the MKIII out to the flight line to start the engine and blew the
water out of the system. I don't know if water actually got into the engine
or not, but the silencer on the Titan exhaust system was filled to the
bottom of the exhaust outlet, and probably could have been blown into a
cylinder with an open exhaust valve.
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John Hauck
MKIII/912ULS
hauck's holler, alabama
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Subject: | Sun and Fun 2011 Is Over |
With impending weather in the SE US, I packed my bag, loaded the MKIII, and
took off for Alabama, Sunday morning.
Was a good flight, a little bumpy, but quick for a Kolb. Was able to fly
420 sm in less than 5 hours and two landings enroute. Cruising at 80 to 85
mph, we maintained a ground speed over 100 mph for most of the flight. The
problem was, if I climbed high enough to get out of the turbulence, I lost
my tail wind
The MKIII performed great, as usual. It was good to get back into flying
cross country.
Got to visit with many Kolb customers, old friends, and made some new ones.
Although we had some serious weather, we faired well to have survived a
tornado. My MKIII did some serious straining at her tie downs, but they
held. Luckily she did not receive any damage from flying debris as did the
factory FSII which also had the upper lift strut tangs bent from the tie
down ropes. The FF suffered a broken lower vertical stabilizer, probably
caused by the right wing which was in the folded position for display
purposes. It created a large sail and huge side load on the tail wheel
before it broke.
As far as I know this is the first time I have had rain blown into the
exhaust system. The day after the storm I was rotating the prop to check
the oil in the 912ULS. During "burping" of the oil system, I noticed water
on the tailboom as it dripped out of the silencer. After the airshow we
pushed the MKIII out to the flight line to start the engine and blew the
water out of the system. I don't know if water actually got into the engine
or not, but the silencer on the Titan exhaust system was filled to the
bottom of the exhaust outlet, and probably could have been blown into a
cylinder with an open exhaust valve.
john h
MKIII
Titus, Alabama
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To the person who listed a Firefly for sale from Buffalo, South Carolina and
was sold.
Please e-mail me your phone number, I would like to talk to you. Let me
know the best time to call. Thanks
Jimmy Hankinson
Rocky Ford, Ga.
912 863 7384
N6007L, Firefly
JYL Sylvania, Ga.
jhankin@planters.net
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Subject: | Re: Tiny tach?? HKS |
Larry,
Just a few tidbits on the HKS and tach's. You mentioned that you had a "EIS",
but not the brand. If it's a Grand Rapids EIS, it should be sent in to them for
a modification for accuracy. I believe they remove a diode and resistor for
HKS only. If it's a MGL EIS, it will never read accurate. Depending on how
you set it up, it will either read about 300 rpm too low, or 500 rpm too high.
I ended up adding a tiny tach to my set up and verifying it with a hand held
digital tach. A call to TIny Tach will tell you which one to use, I had it laying
around and believe it was off a Rotax Ducate previously. I hope this helps,
it sure would have saved me bunch of time last year.
Tom McCarthy
N514TM Zeinth 601
N414TM Firestar
N863GB Slingshot
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Subject: | Re: Tiny tach?? HKS |
The EIS was a Grand Rapids, and it was sent to them to convert to a four
stroke. Thanks for the reminder.
Larry
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which includes my email address.
----- Original Message -----
From: McCarthy Tom
To: kolb-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Tiny tach?? HKS
Larry,
Just a few tidbits on the HKS and tach's. You mentioned that you had
a "EIS", but not the brand. If it's a Grand Rapids EIS, it should be
sent in to them for a modification for accuracy. I believe they remove a
diode and resistor for HKS only. If it's a MGL EIS, it will never read
accurate. Depending on how you set it up, it will either read about 300
rpm too low, or 500 rpm too high. I ended up adding a tiny tach to my
set up and verifying it with a hand held digital tach. A call to TIny
Tach will tell you which one to use, I had it laying around and believe
it was off a Rotax Ducate previously. I hope this helps, it sure would
have saved me bunch of time last year.
Tom McCarthy
N514TM Zeinth 601
N414TM Firestar
N863GB Slingshot
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Subject: | Re: Sun and Fun 2011 Is Over |
John , Glad that you and missPfer survived the tornado ! Soundslike you had a
quick trip home , did you get to do any flying at the show? Im sure you put on
a
great show as usual . Becky and I couldnt make it but I am still holding on to
the hope that we will go south sometime soon maybe by the end of April the
weather will alow our fishing boat to get out enough to make some money then we
will go for a few weeks Glad you are okay! Was wondering how the weekend went.
See you --- maybe in OSHKOSHChris Davis
KXP 503 492 hrs
Glider Pilot
Disabled from crash building Firefly
----- Original Message ----
From: John Hauck <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 8:51:42 AM
Subject: Kolb-List: Sun and Fun 2011 Is Over
With impending weather in the SE US, I packed my bag, loaded the MKIII, and
took off for Alabama, Sunday morning.
Was a good flight, a little bumpy, but quick for a Kolb. Was able to fly
420 sm in less than 5 hours and two landings enroute. Cruising at 80 to 85
mph, we maintained a ground speed over 100 mph for most of the flight. The
problem was, if I climbed high enough to get out of the turbulence, I lost
my tail wind
The MKIII performed great, as usual. It was good to get back into flying
cross country.
Got to visit with many Kolb customers, old friends, and made some new ones.
Although we had some serious weather, we faired well to have survived a
tornado. My MKIII did some serious straining at her tie downs, but they
held. Luckily she did not receive any damage from flying debris as did the
factory FSII which also had the upper lift strut tangs bent from the tie
down ropes. The FF suffered a broken lower vertical stabilizer, probably
caused by the right wing which was in the folded position for display
purposes. It created a large sail and huge side load on the tail wheel
before it broke.
As far as I know this is the first time I have had rain blown into the
exhaust system. The day after the storm I was rotating the prop to check
the oil in the 912ULS. During "burping" of the oil system, I noticed water
on the tailboom as it dripped out of the silencer. After the airshow we
pushed the MKIII out to the flight line to start the engine and blew the
water out of the system. I don't know if water actually got into the engine
or not, but the silencer on the Titan exhaust system was filled to the
bottom of the exhaust outlet, and probably could have been blown into a
cylinder with an open exhaust valve.
john h
MKIII
Titus, Alabama
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