JR, If you would like to see a picture of Don's lead sled, go to the following site <www.idrive.com/kitfox1>. I put a pic in the shared folder last night. As...
Michael Harter
kitfoxflyer@...
Apr 1, 2000 1:05 pm
7807
Has anyone done spin testing on a Kitfox IV with the battery mounted in the tail? I suppose a simple 'yes' will tell me 90% of what I want to know....
Steve Zakreski
szakreski@...
Apr 1, 2000 2:06 pm
7808
Is spin testing required?...
FlyCy@...
Apr 1, 2000 2:09 pm
7809
I have not tried barefooted, but I can attest to the dangers of heavy shoes. On one landing in Auburn (CA) I caught a toe on the bottom of the battery box and...
Lowell Fitt
lcfitt@...
Apr 1, 2000 3:05 pm
7810
WOW, it is battleship gray. Nice job, Don. Don't you think you could arrange for a web cam. Then you could save all that typing. Anxiously waiting the...
Lowell Fitt
lcfitt@...
Apr 1, 2000 3:14 pm
7811
Lowell, Ever looked at wrestling shoes? They fit tight to your feet and have a real thin sole. Just a thought. Keith Grimm Classic IV Speedster Still under...
Kitfox86@...
Apr 1, 2000 3:52 pm
7812
... Yessiree, that 2-20 is a long one (76526). You can even file a flight plan and make position reports! :-) Seriously Michael - all the best on your, and...
william mills
courierboy@...
Apr 1, 2000 4:04 pm
7813
No. ... From: FlyCy@... <FlyCy@...> To: kitfox@... <kitfox@...> Date: Saturday, April 01, 2000 6:10 AM Subject: Re: Spin...
Bruce Harrington
aerowood@...
Apr 1, 2000 5:02 pm
7814
Yes, and there is a lurking danger of embrittlement caused by the plating process, and this in turn could lead to eventual material failure. Johannes...
Johannes Czernin
jcz@...
Apr 1, 2000 5:06 pm
7815
Is Very High Bond (VHB) tape different from the 3M heavy duty foam mounting tape I see at the hardware store? If so, does anyone know of a mail order source...
John Bonewitz
bonewitz@...
Apr 1, 2000 7:45 pm
7816
Yes, that triple cable attachment is a bitch. Same thing you described happened to me once, too, right during one of my first flights. Just as anyone else I...
Johannes Czernin
jcz@...
Apr 1, 2000 8:08 pm
7817
Steve, Good question, and one I went through a year ago. I was very paranoid about the battery being in the tail, and hearing about not being able to get out...
Michael Harter
kitfoxflyer@...
Apr 1, 2000 10:41 pm
7818
It would seem to me that what is in the tail is of no importance unless the worry is that the battery might sling out of its mount during the spin. If the CG...
Lowell Fitt
lcfitt@...
Apr 1, 2000 11:53 pm
7819
Lowell, CG is the important consideration in spin dynamics but the location of that weight also is important, very important, when the aircraft begins to ...
JRWillJR@...
Apr 2, 2000 1:02 am
7820
Hey Don, GREAT JOB on the Fox! I just looked at the pic Micheal posted on I-Drive. If it flies as good as it looks, you'll be in for a great time. All these...
Kevin Grimm
kagrimm@...
Apr 2, 2000 2:59 am
7821
Don't know if anyone cares, but found this in a document filed at Oklahoma City about a kitfox V. Jimmy Arnold http://www.fedworld.gov/pub/faa-asi/altmay95.txt...
J. Arnold
j_arnold@...
Apr 2, 2000 5:39 am
7822
As a Canadian Flight Instructor I have done hundreds of spins. It is a requirement to get a Canadian licence. The most important thing that you must remember...
gigabyte@...
Apr 2, 2000 6:07 am
7823
The battery slinging out of the support should be a real concern. The centrifigal forces for a battery in the tail could be many times greater than near the...
James Shumaker
JimShumaker246@...
Apr 2, 2000 6:26 am
7824
Now you know another reason for the header tank low fuel waning light. The residual fuel in the header tank will give you much more than 5 minutes of flight...
PWilsonwcr@...
Apr 2, 2000 2:19 pm
7825
And so many pilots fly without a proper "warning system"! And I don't mean on the header tank! Bruce H. ... warning...
Bruce Harrington
aerowood@...
Apr 2, 2000 4:13 pm
7826
If anyone has any Young Eagle Credits they are not using? One gets them from flying Young Eagles. We have a airport rat who wants to go to the EAA Air...
Jim Hakes
jhakes@...
Apr 2, 2000 6:11 pm
7827
To all interested parties, It is a little more than two months to the 2nd Ever Cameron Park Kitfox Fly-in and BBQ which is scheduled for Saturday June 10th...
Lowell Fitt
lcfitt@...
Apr 2, 2000 8:04 pm
7828
Where in Cameron Park???? Cy Series 5/Outback Australia...
FlyCy@...
Apr 2, 2000 8:05 pm
7829
Cy - do you mean where "in" Cameron Park or where "is" Cameron Park? If the latter, the wiseacre answer is: about 8000 statute miles northeast of Canberra....
Leo B. Rice
leorice@...
Apr 2, 2000 10:32 pm
7830
Thanx Leo I'll be in the states in June on my way to AK for a bit of salmon fishing -- will see if the dates are copmpatable -- no, not bring the...
FlyCy@...
Apr 2, 2000 11:24 pm
7831
Cy - Hope you do make it to the 2nd Ever. It will be a great time for all. You can see from the pictures on Lowell's web site that there was a great ...
Leo B. Rice
leorice@...
Apr 2, 2000 11:39 pm
7832
yep the fox is in top notch condition Jeff took it up last weekend for a hour or so, lets do the meet and eat thing one of these nice days. Lloyd ... From:...
lforrer
lforrer@...
Apr 3, 2000 12:48 am
7833
Cy, Thanks for your question. Sometimes I am a little too brief. Cameron park is in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California - about 30 miles East...
Lowell Fitt
lcfitt@...
Apr 3, 2000 1:17 am
7834
In a message dated 03/04/2000 9:30:57 Sydney Standard Time, leorice@... writes: << (And if I didn't tell you before - I lived in Geelong for almost...
FlyCy@...
Apr 3, 2000 1:26 am
7835
Tom Anderson has the battery in the tail, sitting on top of 15 lbs of lead. To my knowledge he did no spin testing. Herbert, 4-1200, 912UL....
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