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- Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:46 pm
- Forum: Hangar Chat
- Topic: Battery article Jun 21 LA Magazine
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7046
Re: Battery article Jun 21 LA Magazine
All interesting stuff, Personally I have faith in good quality high end LIPO4 batteries. I used them for 10 years in my racebikes and roadbikes using charging and total loss with no problems whatsoever. I will be fitting one of the Earth X ones to my Kitfox soon. One important point is to get the co...
- Wed Sep 29, 2021 5:54 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: recovering a fuselage with Oratex
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2349
Re: recovering a fuselage with Oratex
Cheers Mark,
I think I have a decent idea of what to do now.
What could possibly go wrong...
Skelly.
I think I have a decent idea of what to do now.
What could possibly go wrong...
Skelly.
- Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:37 am
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: recovering a fuselage with Oratex
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2349
recovering a fuselage with Oratex
Hi everyone, Soon I will be looking to recover my Kitfox Mk2 fuselage with Oratex 600UL with backside coating. May I ask what the preferred method is regarding what size and shape pieces to use ? the bit that confuses me is the top piece from the turtledeck back to the vertical stabiliser where it t...
- Tue Jun 15, 2021 10:25 pm
- Forum: Hangar Chat
- Topic: Malcolm McBride's Safety Spot -- thanks
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2222
Re: Malcolm McBride's Safety Spot -- thanks
What everyone else said,
Thankyou Malcolm, always very interesting and insightful and like someone mentioned, somewhat alarming.
All the best,
Jon Skelson.
Thankyou Malcolm, always very interesting and insightful and like someone mentioned, somewhat alarming.
All the best,
Jon Skelson.
- Tue Jun 15, 2021 10:17 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Design - General
- Topic: Editing LAA Forms
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8686
Re: Editing LAA Forms
I agree with Tony, I have recently been boggling with a Mod5 form which loads as a PDF that you can fill in then send but its a bit of a strange process. Life would be a lot easier if they were in word format then I could download it, fill it in and send it off, then it would be much easier for the ...
- Tue Jun 15, 2021 7:06 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4342
Re: Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition
Thanks Mike, That sounds exactly as the instructions in the Leberg manual. That setup would work fine but I also need a battery with enough oomph to crank the engine. I'm seriously looking at a LiFePo4 main battery with mosfet reg-rec and a back up battery that isn't connected to the charging system...
- Tue May 18, 2021 10:54 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Oratex covering.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3412
Re: Oratex covering.
Hi Laurie, I looked into the Stewart system but I settled on Polyfibre as the guys at Aircraftcoverings who sell this stuff are absolutely spot on and have been really helpful. https://aircraftcoverings.com Also it does seem to be the preferred system among many people so I thought, yep, that'l do f...
- Tue May 11, 2021 10:42 am
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4342
Re: Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition
Interesting stuff, My KFM engine has a single phase generator which is exactly the same as some Ducati motorcycles. To be honest I don't think it has the sufficient output to successfully charge a lithium battery so that sorts that out. So now I just have to decide on which gel batteries to use with...
- Tue May 11, 2021 10:17 am
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Rebuilding Kitfox Mk2 wings
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3898
Re: Rebuilding Kitfox Mk2 wings
Hi Lauire,
Yes Hal is a pretty clued up guy.
I will be doing everything as the book says for a start.
Then see how I get on.
Cheers,
Skelly.
Yes Hal is a pretty clued up guy.
I will be doing everything as the book says for a start.
Then see how I get on.
Cheers,
Skelly.
- Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:46 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Rebuilding Kitfox Mk2 wings
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3898
Re: Rebuilding Kitfox Mk2 wings
That's interesting, I must say I don't like the droop tips very much. Someone once told me that they were only there to protect the wing in the case of a wing strike/ground loop. I'm not sure how true that is. I would like to remove mine as it would certainly save weight. I wonder how many have done...
- Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:44 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Kitfox II bungees
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9597
Re: Kitfox II bungees
I'm following this as I also have a Kitfox Mk2.
Skelly.
Skelly.
- Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:42 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Oratex covering.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3412
Re: Oratex covering.
I can't really help much but I have been looking at Oratex myself.
The conclusion that I arrived at was:
I'm a complete amateur at aircraft covering, so I will use the cheaper stuff ie polyfibre.
I'll be following this thread as I may learn something.
Cheers,
Skelly.
The conclusion that I arrived at was:
I'm a complete amateur at aircraft covering, so I will use the cheaper stuff ie polyfibre.
I'll be following this thread as I may learn something.
Cheers,
Skelly.
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:02 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4342
Re: Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition
Hi Jim, Thanks for that, very informative. I think I will go for 2 x 7AH gel batteries to take care of the ignitions and a split charger. I may then use a non charged lipo4 battery just for engine cranking with short wires but I am not 100% decided yet. I'll keep you posted on how things pan out. Ch...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:27 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4342
Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition
Hi everyone, I have a conundrum regarding batteries and could do with some inspiration if poss please. I am rebuilding a kitfox mk2 and it has a KFM112M engine which utilises a Leberg dual ignition system. Now.. In the Leberg info it says I need 2 batteries, one for each ignition A&B. However, in th...
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:35 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Rebuilding Kitfox Mk2 wings
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3898
Re: Rebuilding Kitfox Mk2 wings
I think I will set them up as std at first n see how things go.
Cheers.
Cheers.