---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 11/24/17: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 0. 07:20 AM - Value of the List... (Matt Dralle) 1. 12:38 AM - Re: Happy Thanksgiving! (Bill Berle) 2. 07:03 AM - Re: Happy Thanksgiving! (Richard Pike) 3. 04:33 PM - Re: Happy Thanksgiving! (Richard Pike) 4. 06:35 PM - Re: Re: Happy Thanksgiving! (william sullivan) ________________________________ Message 0 _____________________________________ Time: 07:20:41 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: Kolb-List: Value of the List... If you look forward to checking your List email everyday (and a lot of you have written to say that you do!), then you're probably getting at least $20 or $30 worth of Entertainment from the Lists each year. You'd pay twice that for a subscription to some magazine or even a dinner out. Isn't the List worth at least that much to you? Wouldn't it be great if you could pay that amount and get a well-managed media source free of advertising, SPAM, and viruses? Come to think of it, you do... :-) Won't you please take a minute to make your Contribution today and support these Lists? http://www.matronics.com/contribution Or, drop a personal check in the mail to: Matt Dralle / Matronics 581 Jeannie Way Livermore CA 94550 USA I want to say THANK YOU to everyone that has made a Contribution thus far during this year's List Fund Raiser!! These Lists are made possible exclusively through YOUR generosity!! Thank you for your support! Matt Dralle Email List Admin. ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:38:21 AM PST US From: Bill Berle Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Turkey Day you turkeys ! :) I hope everyone in the Kolb community had a wonderful and meaningful day today. We all have something to be thankful for. Richard, if it is too chilly there, bring your airplane to Los Angeles to test fly it.... it was only 92 degrees here today! Bill Berle www.ezflaphandle.com - safety & performance upgrade for light aircraft www.grantstar.net - winning proposals for non-profit and for-profit entities -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 11/23/17, Richard Pike wrote: Subject: Kolb-List: Happy Thanksgiving! To: kolb-list@matronics.com Date: Thursday, November 23, 2017, 3:02 PM Pike" Happy Thanksgiving to all the Kolbers and Kolbettes on the list, piddled with the FF a bit today and then took it flying for about 15 minutes. Had a good little breeze today, and up to now had only flown it in calm conditions. Flew good, ailerons are heavy as sin, feels way heavier than my MKIII, so the next part of the project will be to change the bellcrank arms for less throw and more leverage. Otherwise it flew fine. The 277 now vibrates no more than any other 2 stroke above 5,000, and it is slightly worse but still acceptable from 4,500 to 5,000 so will quit worrying about that. Also, on the other thread; Bill Sullivan asked about the effect of the exhaust pipe heating the wing fabric - now that the outlet is at the front I could hold my hand at the exhaust outlet and was quite surprised that at 6" away there is no heat at all. You have to get to within 2" before it starts to get hot. Wouldn't have guessed that. It is supposed to get up to 60 tomorrow, so will rejet it a tad richer and try it again. The EGT kept flirting with 1200 today, that is a bit too hot. -------- Richard Pike Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) Kingsport, TN 3TN0 Forgiving is tough, being forgiven is wonderful, and Grace really is amazing. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=475482#475482 The Kolb-List Email Forum - Navigator to browse List Un/Subscription, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS - via the Web Forums! - NEW MATRONICS LIST WIKI - Email List Wiki! - List Contribution Web Site - support! -Matt Dralle, List Admin. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:03:06 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Happy Thanksgiving! From: "Richard Pike" victorbravo(at)sbcglobal. wrote: > Richard, if it is too chilly there, bring your airplane to Los Angeles to test fly it.... it was only 92 degrees here today! > > Bill Berle NP; let me go change the jetting again... -------- Richard Pike Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) Kingsport, TN 3TN0 Forgiving is tough, being forgiven is wonderful, and Grace really is amazing. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=475504#475504 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 04:33:52 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Happy Thanksgiving! From: "Richard Pike" Got home this afternoon around 4:30, just enough time to swap in the next bigger main jet and go for a short hop before sunset. EGT's are ideal, barely nudges 1150 once in a while, the rest of the time stays around 1050-1100. Lowered the nose and then BRAKKKKKK! Horrific racket from just above and behind my head, scared the fool out of me! Turned out the gap seal was weakened from where we cut it to fit the new muffler mount, and now whenever you get it over 50, it flutters. LOUDLY! Anyway, now that the engine is behaving, I can work on a new gap seal. -------- Richard Pike Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) Kingsport, TN 3TN0 Forgiving is tough, being forgiven is wonderful, and Grace really is amazing. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=475595#475595 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 06:35:34 PM PST US From: william sullivan Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Happy Thanksgiving! Before I let go of my Firestar, I made a gap seal out of a wide piece of flashing, reinforced with some hardware store aluminum angle. The front was secured with bolts and nylock nuts through the leading edge tubing extensions. There was a hinged piece that was cut out to go around the engine, and it could be flipped forward for fueling. I had tried using fabric and velcro, but the glue on the velcro slipped out in the sun. Bill Sullivan -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 11/24/17, Richard Pike wrote: Lowered the nose and then BRAKKKKKK! Horrific racket from just above and behind my head, scared the fool out of me! Turned out the gap seal was weakened from where we cut it to fit the new muffler mount, and now whenever you get it over 50, it flutters. LOUDLY! Anyway, now that the engine is behaving, I can work on a new gap seal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.