Today's Message Index:
----------------------
1. 02:25 AM - Re: Kolb-List Digest: 9 Msgs - 09/18/12 (George Bearden)
2. 06:36 AM - Re: Kolb Seat Question (Richard Pike)
3. 08:29 AM - Re: Rotax 503 Oil question (planecrazzzy)
4. 09:36 AM - Re: Kolb Seat Question (Dennis Thate)
5. 01:46 PM - Re: rotax377 (wakataka)
6. 06:39 PM - Re: Re: rotax377 (Richard Girard)
7. 09:22 PM - New video (Larry Cottrell)
Message 1
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
| Subject: | RE: Kolb-List Digest: 9 Msgs - 09/18/12 |
> I'm looking for a seat that conforms and supports the body better
My Firestar seat is looking pretty natty these days. I have been kinda
keeping my eyes out for a replacement. I also have shorter legs.
Magnificent, but shorter. I ride recumbent bicycles a lot and have looked at
the construction of those. LOTS more comfortable than what I have. Durable
and feather light. Some are way too expensive, if you can imagine something
more expensive than aviation stuff. Some too narrow. But lots to choose
from, many styles. Just an idea. It would take some imagination to get it
all mounted.
Message 2
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| PREVIOUS | Skip to PREVIOUS Message |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
| Subject: | Re: Kolb Seat Question |
Or you could invest a lot more time, money, and effort and do one of these.
http://www.bcchapel.org/pages/0003/FSII%20seat%20page.html
--------
Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
richard (at) bcchapel(dot)org
Kingsport, TN 3TN0
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=383504#383504
Message 3
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| PREVIOUS | Skip to PREVIOUS Message |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
| Subject: | Re: Rotax 503 Oil question |
Wow, Spendy stuff...
I was going to use some expensive two stroke oil at first...
But as I thought about it... I couldn't get it just anywhere...
So instead I bought Walmart two stroke...
Cheap , Fly anywhere and you'll find some...
Seems to run/burn just fine... ( 7 yrs )
Although , I do have the oil injector...
I don't mix the gas.
.
Gotta Fly...
--------
.
.
.
.
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=383515#383515
Attachments:
http://forums.matronics.com//files/18_baraboo_07_400.jpg
http://forums.matronics.com//files/20_baraboo_07_585.jpg
http://forums.matronics.com//files/my_x_country_flight_to_baraboo_wi_001_749.jpg
Message 4
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| PREVIOUS | Skip to PREVIOUS Message |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
| Subject: | Re: Kolb Seat Question |
Richard... that's very extravagant and nice.
I'm going to try this bass fish boat 3.5 pound Indestructible heavy duty plastic
polyurethane contoured seat at only $11.96 on sale at Wal mart. I'll let you
know how it works out. No more slip/sliding around in turbulence, I hope !
--------
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents
the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=383524#383524
Attachments:
http://forums.matronics.com//files/wal_mart_seat_004_402.jpg
http://forums.matronics.com//files/forum_1_603.jpg
Message 5
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| PREVIOUS | Skip to PREVIOUS Message |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
I've just recently purchased an original model Firestar with a 377. Empty weight
is about 325# and I weigh about 200#. I need to take some pitch out of the prop
because the engine is only turning about 6100 rpm at full throttle, but I'm
still getting better than 600 feet per minute on climb. It's the smoothest running
2-stroke I've ever flown. Also, it runs cool compared to a 447. Even in
the current over-propped condition CHT is about 315 in cruise and never exceeds
400 in climb out. On cross country flights, my fuel burn is just slightly more
than my buddy who flies a 277. From my experience so far, I don't believe
I would want to trade it for a 447.
--------
There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of
conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
Mark Twain
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=383552#383552
Message 6
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| PREVIOUS | Skip to PREVIOUS Message |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
You don't say what your engine's EGT's are running, but if you take out
some pitch your CHT will go down. Is your full throttle reading on climb or
in level flight? If you're getting that RPM in climb you might want to
consider just leaving it alone. The numbers you're getting are very similar
to the last 447 I did the break in and first flights on.
Rick Girard
do not archive
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 3:44 PM, wakataka <wakataka@charter.net> wrote:
>
> I've just recently purchased an original model Firestar with a 377. Empty
> weight is about 325# and I weigh about 200#. I need to take some pitch out
> of the prop because the engine is only turning about 6100 rpm at full
> throttle, but I'm still getting better than 600 feet per minute on climb.
> It's the smoothest running 2-stroke I've ever flown. Also, it runs cool
> compared to a 447. Even in the current over-propped condition CHT is about
> 315 in cruise and never exceeds 400 in climb out. On cross country flights,
> my fuel burn is just slightly more than my buddy who flies a 277. From my
> experience so far, I don't believe I would want to trade it for a 447.
>
> --------
> There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale
> returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
>
> Mark Twain
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=383552#383552
>
>
--
Zulu Delta
Mk IIIC
Thanks, Homer GBYM
It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.
- Groucho Marx
Message 7
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| PREVIOUS | Skip to PREVIOUS Message |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
https://vimeo.com/49812874
Will take you to the video and the password is - owyheeflyer
Grace, my neighbors' daughter turned 13 today and it was my pleasure to
take her for a ride in my Firestar II. I am not sure which one of us
enjoyed it more. She asked to see the Pillars of Rome. She had of course
seen them on the ground, but the sight of them from the air elicited a lot
of "Whoa's". She is a rancher's daughter after all. :-)
The video covers a lot of the same ground that have been in my video's
before, but the light was much better today due to the calm weather that we
get in the fall here. We were able to schedual our takeoff to a bit later
in the morning, that allowed both warmer temps, ( its a bit nipply in
the early mornings.) and better light for the camera. The flight was 1 hour
and 12 minutes. I believe that you will agree that she was a satisfied
customer.
Larry
--
*If you forward this email, or any part of it, please remove my email
address before sending.*
Other Matronics Email List Services
These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.
-- Please support this service by making your Contribution today! --
|