---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 12/06/13: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:23 AM - Re: Kolb-List Digest: 6 Msgs - 12/05/13 (Ted Cowan) 2. 12:04 PM - Re: Kolb-List Digest: 6 Msgs - 12/05/13 (Bob Green) 3. 04:13 PM - Re: Re: Kolb-List Digest: 6 Msgs - 12/05/13 (Dennis Rowe) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:23:23 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Kolb-List Digest: 6 Msgs - 12/05/13 From: Ted Cowan Yeah i have. I will check it out and post back to you. 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(Dennis Rowe) > > > > ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ > > > Time: 04:59:12 AM PST US > From: Bob Green > Subject: Kolb-List: RE: Kolb-List Digest: 8 Msgs - 12/04/13 > > > Skid: Have you given any thought to a Great Plains VW engine for you plane? The > 2180 with re-drive should give you 100 hp for take-off and about 70-80 for > cruise. > It is already beefed up in the crank and other areas of significance. > I do not want to obligate the folk at GPAS by stating a price but my brand new > engine built by Steve at GPAS with re-drive was less than what the Rotax two stroke, > two cyl was. > My engine is a four cyl. four stroke air-cooled with dual ignition,starter, alternator, > etc. > Just a thought. > Bob Green > MKIIIX > > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ > > > Time: 07:38:04 AM PST US > Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Change of plans > From: "Richard Pike" > > > > Carolina Flyer wrote: >> Dennis, >> Good luck with your 670 build. I know Rick real well, and I am sure he will > >> do a good job doing the Machine work for you. I have two 670's myself, but I > have decided that a Rotax 618 has plenty of enough ponies for my Firestar II >> The 618 I have needs to be rebuilt and I plan on having Rick do the work for > me. I was real lucky this summer to find a Brand New 618 exhaust on E-Bay, it > has never been used. I also plan on letting Rick doing a 670 for me as I plan > to have a Two Place side by side one day. Hopefully it will be a Mark III Extra >> or a stretched avid flyer. >> >> Anyway keep us informed on your Progress > > > Noticed that you are thinking of going big block on your FSII: feel free to contact > me if you need any ideas or pictures of how we added structure to beef up > the upper fuselage. Back before we began our conversion, Kolb was concerned about > the extra torque from the bigger engine being a potentially serious problem > for the stock tubing. > > -------- > 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=414909#414909 > > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ > > > Time: 08:31:46 AM PST US > Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Change of plans > From: Dennis Rowe > > > Richard offers some sound advice, a 582 or 618 is really getting up there for a > Firestar 2. Careful throttle control is highly advised. > Further clarification of the non 93-94 Rotax 670 engine cases that are not dual > Ducati ignition compatible and possibly not provision 8 compatible. If there > is a big hole in the top of the Magneto end housing that may have a black plastic > cover over it, the Ducati ignition will not bolt up. > > Dennis "Skid" Rowe > Mk3, 690L-70, Leechburg, PA > > >> On Dec 5, 2013, at 10:37 AM, "Richard Pike" wrote: >> >> >> >> Carolina Flyer wrote: >>> Dennis, >>> Good luck with your 670 build. I know Rick real well, and I am sure he will > >>> do a good job doing the Machine work for you. I have two 670's myself, but I > have decided that a Rotax 618 has plenty of enough ponies for my Firestar II >>> The 618 I have needs to be rebuilt and I plan on having Rick do the work for > me. I was real lucky this summer to find a Brand New 618 exhaust on E-Bay, it > has never been used. I also plan on letting Rick doing a 670 for me as I plan > to have a Two Place side by side one day. Hopefully it will be a Mark III Extra >>> or a stretched avid flyer. >>> >>> Anyway keep us informed on your Progress >> >> >> Noticed that you are thinking of going big block on your FSII: feel free to contact > me if you need any ideas or pictures of how we added structure to beef > up the upper fuselage. Back before we began our conversion, Kolb was concerned > about the extra torque from the bigger engine being a potentially serious problem > for the stock tubing. >> >> -------- >> 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=414909#414909 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ > > > Time: 09:04:17 AM PST US > Subject: Re: Kolb-List: RE: Kolb-List Digest: 8 Msgs - 12/04/13 > From: Dennis Rowe > > > Bob, > I have a local friend, "Roger Sell" who is nearing completion of an Xtra with the > GP/Valley Engineering set up. Very nice indeed. Should be a hot performer. > Really looking forward to trying it out next summer. > My fuselage is 1991 vintage and is not modified for the VW engine. I am also a > weight freak and am pretty confident I'll keep my weight within 10 pounds of the > 475 pounds my bird weighs with it's current powerplant. The 85+ hp the 670 > offers should be more than ample to hurl my light Mk-3 into the sky at a satisfying > clip. It also should make 65-70 hp in the lower 5k rpm range which will > give me a solid 65-70 mph economy cruise. As I am doing some of the work myself, > reusing my instrumentation and propeller, and starting off with the stock > single ignition, I should be able to keep the total close to $5k. If it's over > that, wifeys going to crap! Ok, she'll crap even if it's under. ;-) > Anyhow, this option offers me the easiest path to a 85hp and should it not work > out, swapping back to my 2SI will be a one day project. Can't beat that with > a stick. > > Dennis "Skid" Rowe > Mk3, 690L-70, Leechburg, PA > > >> On Dec 5, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Bob Green wrote: >> >> >> Skid: Have you given any thought to a Great Plains VW engine for you plane? > The 2180 with re-drive should give you 100 hp for take-off and about 70-80 for > cruise. >> It is already beefed up in the crank and other areas of significance. >> I do not want to obligate the folk at GPAS by stating a price but my brand new > engine built by Steve at GPAS with re-drive was less than what the Rotax two > stroke, two cyl was. >> My engine is a four cyl. four stroke air-cooled with dual ignition,starter, alternator, > etc. >> Just a thought. >> Bob Green >> MKIIIX >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ > > > Time: 09:17:03 AM PST US > Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Change of plans > From: "Carolina Flyer" > > > Hello Richard Pike, > In regards to strengthening the cage for the additional torque of a 618. I called > the Kolb Factory and they told me I should talk to Denise Jackson > (The Factory's Welder) and him and I discussed this matter and I am going to use > his advice. I am having the modification done this winter once deer > season is over. I do not Hunt but the Welder that does all of my Welding for me > is a Deer Hunter. Once the Modification has been completed I will post some > Pictures. > Joe > > -------- > Kolb Firestar II > 503 C-Box / RK400 > Soon to have a > Rotax 670 DCDI > with a C-Box and > RK 400 Clutch > > Challenger II > 503 Tall Drive > > Location : Buffalo South Carolina > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=414924#414924 > > > ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ > > > Time: 10:38:47 AM PST US > Subject: Kolb-List: Rotary valve oil reservoir. > From: Dennis Rowe > > > Does anyone have a Rotax rotary valve oil reservoir from a Rotax twin or a suitable > substitution? > I need one for my 670 project. > Dennis "Skid" Rowe > Mk3, 690L-70, Leechburg, PA > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 12:04:06 PM PST US From: Bob Green Subject: Kolb-List: RE: Kolb-List Digest: 6 Msgs - 12/05/13 Sounds great Dennis. Bob Green ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 04:13:14 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: RE: Kolb-List Digest: 6 Msgs - 12/05/13 From: Dennis Rowe Time will tell Bob. Do not archive Dennis "Skid" Rowe Mk3, 690L-70, Leechburg, PA > On Dec 6, 2013, at 3:03 PM, Bob Green wrote: > > > > Sounds great Dennis. > Bob Green > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.