---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 07/11/12: 11 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:59 AM - Re: Kolb-List Digest: 4 Msgs - 07/10/12 (Bob Green) 2. 06:15 AM - MKIIIx Seat Belt Attachments (John Hauck) 3. 07:03 AM - Re: Kolb List - Social Media? (thomason@scrtc.com) 4. 08:11 AM - Re: Re: Kolb-List Digest: 4 Msgs - 07/10/12 (b young) 5. 09:51 AM - Re: 2 stroke carb synchronizing (Jeffrey Dill) 6. 10:55 AM - Re: Re: 2 stroke carb synchronizing (John Hauck) 7. 11:20 AM - Kolb Homecoming, London, Kentucky, 16, 17, 18 November 2012 (John Hauck) 8. 12:19 PM - Re: Kolb List - Social Media? (George Alexander) 9. 05:56 PM - Re: Kolb Homecoming, London, Kentucky, 16, 17, 18 November 2012 (Arksey@aol.com) 10. 06:25 PM - Re: Re: 2 stroke carb synchronizing (Gary Aman) 11. 06:29 PM - Re: Kolb Homecoming, London, Kentucky, 16, 17, 18 November 2012 (John Hauck) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:59:10 AM PST US From: Bob Green Subject: Kolb-List: RE: Kolb-List Digest: 4 Msgs - 07/10/12 John keep the "Hauck" posts coming. Your flights encourage those of us that are building and looking forward to flying. Technical question: Can anyone send a photo of where and how your seat belts are attached in the floor area of the MKIIIX? My drawings do not show the seat belt installation. Do you have them wrapped around a cross-member tube? I know where the shoulder ones attach, just not sure about the lap belts. Bob G MKIIIX, 830PB Making progress. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:15:15 AM PST US From: "John Hauck" Subject: Kolb-List: MKIIIx Seat Belt Attachments Can anyone send a photo of where and how your seat belts are attached in the floor area of the MKIIIX? Bob G Bob G/Kolbers: We welded 4130 tabs to attach seat belt hardware in my MKIIIc. Not sure what the plans/instructions call for. john h mkIII Titus, Alabama ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 07:03:01 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Kolb List - Social Media? From: thomason@scrtc.com If the post is anything Kolb related I want it on the list. Videos, pictures, reports of cross country flights, and especially building, maintaining or any issue dealing with safety and Kolb aircraft. I go to the archives to get answers for technical questions SO please put DO NOT ARCHIVE for those things that are more social in nature and I remain a very happy camper. I agree with John H that the social stuff keeps our list alive. It adds a sense of comradeship that is beneficial to most human endeavors this list included. Keep the Archives pure. Use DO NOT ARCHIVE generously. DO NOT ARCHIVE Mike Thomason Glasgow, KY Kolb Firefly ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:11:43 AM PST US From: "b young" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: RE: Kolb-List Digest: 4 Msgs - 07/10/12 i wrapped mine around and attached to the landing gear socket tubes, then looped them under the cage tube at the bottom of the seat. boyd y >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Technical question: Can anyone send a photo of where and how your seat belts are attached in the floor area of the MKIIIX? My drawings do not show the seat belt installation. Do you have them wrapped around a cross-member tube? I know where the shoulder ones attach, just not sure about the lap belts. Bob G ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 09:51:14 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: 2 stroke carb synchronizing From: "Jeffrey Dill" <1dillfamily@gmail.com> This is an old but excellent post. I dont recall seeing the pasted Rotax synch procedure before. I have seen similar suggestions, just not the Rotax procedure; what book is it in?. I am running a 503 on a model 2 Kitfox and so far have not used a manometer. I guess you could say I was using a pencil jig to equal throttle position at idle, and then at high rpm. The engine has been running great except I saw somewhere that the EGTs are supposed to be within 40 degrees of each other. I am usually slightly outside of that window at high rpm. At low RPM the higher EGT is actually the opposite cylinder, does that make any sense? I operate at wide open throttle a lot. When I looked at my carbs at WOT, they were both beyond fully opened, so I dont know what else I could do even if I put a manometer on it. If they are both open all the way, what else can be adjusted to balance the EGTs? Comments? -------- Jeff Dill Model 2 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=378015#378015 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 10:55:29 AM PST US From: "John Hauck" Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Re: 2 stroke carb synchronizing If they are both open all the way, what else can be adjusted to balance the EGTs? Comments? -------- Jeff Dill Model 2 I wouldn't bet the farm on instrumentation found in Kolb Aircraft. They are by no means precision instruments. john h mkIII Titus, Alabama ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 11:20:02 AM PST US From: "John Hauck" Subject: Kolb-List: Kolb Homecoming, London, Kentucky, 16, 17, 18 November 2012 Hi Kolbers: Just got off the phone with Travis Brown and Brian Milburn, Kolb Aircraft Company. We decided to have another Kolb Homecoming this year. Dates are: 16, 17, 18 November 2012. Here are the directions to the Kolb Factory whether you come by air or by land: http://www.kolbaircraft.com/contactingus.htm This will not be the same type flyin that The New Kolb Aircraft Company sponsored through 2009, where all the food and drinks for all meals was free to the attendees. Like a lot of other folks in today's world, Kolb Aircraft is a little stretched for funds. We are asking that those that attend drop a generous donation into the cookie jar that will be available on site, to help defray expenses for food and drinks for the weekend. It is the only way we can do this. I assured Travis and Brian that us Kolbers were more than willing to do our part to pay our own way and enjoy a great Kolb weekend. I am sure that Homer Kolb will be observing the activities from above with interest as he did for many years when he attended our past Homecomings. Would be nice to get some of you Kolbers that have not attended the Kolb Homecomings in the past to show up so we can put a face with those names on the Kolb List. Now's your chance. You have 4 months to plan on attending. john h mkIII Titus, Alabama ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 12:19:07 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Kolb List - Social Media? From: "George Alexander" jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne wrote: > > > S N I P > > To accommodate these interesting but non > technical topics, it might be useful to start a social media kolb list on > Facebook, so that these posts have a place to go with out corrupting the > Kolb List. > > Jack B. Hart FF004 > Winchester, IN There IS a Kolb group on Facebook. Currently has 52 members, most of whom are frequent contributors to this (the Kolb Matronics) list. DO NOT ARCHIVE -------- George Alexander FS II R503 N709FS http://www.oh2fly.net Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=378029#378029 ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 05:56:30 PM PST US From: Arksey@aol.com Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Kolb Homecoming, London, Kentucky, 16, 17, 18 November 2012 good idea John....also cookie jar makes sense...will pass the word to my Kolb friends...will try and make it ...will sure be good time and good to see people again...thanks for letting us know...blue sky's and safe flying to all...Jswan Jim Swan Kolb Firestar ll, 503 Rotax , 6147 Wilcox Rd., Eaton Rapids, Mi 48827 ph 517-663-8488 GPS GPS FOR MY RUNWAY N 42 deg 28.581 W084deg 44.825 In a message dated 7/11/2012 2:20:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jhauck@elmore.rr.com writes: --> Kolb-List message posted by: "John Hauck" Hi Kolbers: Just got off the phone with Travis Brown and Brian Milburn, Kolb Aircraft Company. We decided to have another Kolb Homecoming this year. Dates are: 16, 17, 18 November 2012. Here are the directions to the Kolb Factory whether you come by air or by land: http://www.kolbaircraft.com/contactingus.htm This will not be the same type flyin that The New Kolb Aircraft Company sponsored through 2009, where all the food and drinks for all meals was free to the attendees. Like a lot of other folks in today's world, Kolb Aircraft is a little stretched for funds. We are asking that those that attend drop a generous donation into the cookie jar that will be available on site, to help defray expenses for food and drinks for the weekend. It is the only way we can do this. I assured Travis and Brian that us Kolbers were more than willing to do our part to pay our own way and enjoy a great Kolb weekend. I am sure that Homer Kolb will be observing the activities from above with interest as he did for many years when he attended our past Homecomings. Would be nice to get some of you Kolbers that have not attended the Kolb Homecomings in the past to show up so we can put a face with those names on the Kolb List. Now's your chance. You have 4 months to plan on attending. john h mkIII Titus, Alabama ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 06:25:02 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: 2 stroke carb synchronizing From: Gary Aman Jeff, The slides clear the throttle bore by about 1/4" at full throttle.They can' t let more air in by going past the bore but they allow the needles to be p ulled out of the jets to the max,for richest mixture at full load.You can a djust for closed with slides bottomed with the screws backed out,then do th e pencil thing to adjust cables to sync off idle movement after turning the idle speed screws in until they contact the slides.Then just turn the spee d screws in the same amount for correct idle speed.I could get smooth idle below 1800rpm without using a manometer.The slow idle speed really shortene d the landing distance,like having a drag chute on the FS-2 G.Aman FS-2 503dcdi MK-3 jabiru 2200A -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Dill <1dillfamily@gmail.com> Sent: Wed, Jul 11, 2012 12:51 pm Subject: Kolb-List: Re: 2 stroke carb synchronizing This is an old but excellent post. I don=C3=A2=C2=C2=99t recall seeing t he pasted Rotax synch procedure before. I have seen similar suggestions, just not the Rotax procedure; what book is it in?. I am running a 503 on a model 2 Kitfox and so far have not used a manometer. I guess you could say I was using a pencil j ig to equal throttle position at idle, and then at high rpm. The engine has been running great except I saw somewhere that the EGTs are supposed to be withi n 40 degrees of each other. I am usually slightly outside of that window at high rpm. At low RPM the higher EGT is actually the opposite cylinder, does that make any sense? I operate at wide open throttle a lot. When I looked at my carbs at WOT, they were both beyond fully opened, so I don=C3=A2=C2=C2=99t know what e lse I could do even if I put a manometer on it. If they are both open all the way, what else ca n be adjusted to balance the EGTs? Comments? -------- Jeff Dill Model 2 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=378015#378015 ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 06:29:19 PM PST US From: "John Hauck" Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Kolb Homecoming, London, Kentucky, 16, 17, 18 November 2012 good idea John....also cookie jar makes sense...will pass the word to my Kolb friends...will try and make it ...will sure be good time and good to see people again...thanks for letting us know...blue sky's and safe flying to all...Jswan Jim Swan Kolb Firestar ll, 503 Rotax , 6147 Wilcox Rd., Eaton Rapids, Mi 48827 ph 517-663-8488 GPS FOR MY RUNWAY N 42 deg 28.581 W084deg 44.825 Jim S/Kolbers: Before I forget again. The Kolb Homecoming is a way for the Kolb Family to get together, hopefully, at least once a year. However, it is not exclusively a flyin for Kolbs and Kolb people. I will take this opportunity to invite everyone who is interested in Kolb Aircraft, Kolb People, and Kolb History. Doesn't matter if you have an airplane or not, if it is a Kolb or not. Everyone is welcome in the spirit of the Kolb Family. We also decided on November for the month of this year's Homecoming. It will be much better weather then than in the heat of summer. Should be cool at night and warm during the day, but don't hold me to that. Looking for some good camping weather. We have had some miserable weather at previous Kolb Homecomings, but still had a good time. john h mkIII Titus, Alabama ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kolb-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kolb-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kolb-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kolb-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.