Buckchop

Well Dad,myself,and my buddy John spent an hour or so removin the wings off Dads pa12 yesturday, and gettin fuseloge ready to recover in white Oratex  6000.  Will make a nice winter project for me to do while Dads in Louisianna fishin this summer. Hahhaaaaaa thought the pic where good to share on how the Alaska Gold Miner does it.   Enjoy

Dont forget me. Hahahaaaa gettin cold up here and mayb need some extra clothes this winter. Looks like Dad picked up a KF4 yesturday with a 912 in it.  So i will take 2 Grey Tshirts in Large.  Thanks!!!!

Hey mike which ivo hub u lookin tor? I have an extra one its the old style one where u move the plate from infront to behind the prop blades. 

Well here i go i guess. Hahahaaaa bought 2 more planes, picked up Kitfox number 0038, with all her paperwork, needs a good amount of TLC, 55hrs total time.  (I have already bought the 582with C drive that was planned for upgrade into 0038 by prevs owner, and the 503 with A drive which was in 0038, plus the 3blade ground ajustable ivo prop) And so im told Avid number 0074 but she is just a parts machine. But lots of good stuff for sure.  Have brought home all except for the 4 wings,  1 fuseloge,and a few odds and ends.  Very happy to have them not sure what the plan is with them yet but open to ideas.  Hahahaaaaa here a few pic, and more to come. Hahhaaaa Thanks to all u out there for the help. 

Ohhh yea buddy that was a hell of a great day!!! No rain and good company, i enjoyed showin u two around. Let me know when u r back in fairbanks again we will do a tour again someplace eles. Hahhaaaaaaa

Cool tshirt b good one for alaska huh? Ill take 2 large one for me and one for dad. Thanks Bucky. 

Tcj thats what im thinkin to do for a repair, if u look at a gastank outlet on most snowmachines they have a metal clamp around the plastic boss to keep it from spreadin when u screw in fitting.  Thanks for the help 

Yea im sure its overtourge in the begining of the problem. I was leakin there when i got the plane. And thought i had it fixed but guess needs a little more work. Hahahaaaa still workin on gettin motor back in and started, been workin the mine and busy busy. But im gettin close. Mayb get lucky enough to have a friend of mine thats good with flyin KF fly it b4 end of this month. 

Have anyone here had a problem gettin the outlet strainer fittin in a model 1 KF to stop leakin? The plastic boss where u thread the fittin into on bottom of tank keeps spreading out so the fitting doesnt want to seal up.  I can probably glue it in perminet but then if have a problem down the road the tank mayb not b able to fix.  Just thought id ask if anyone had the problem befor and if so ur ideas on the fix.  Cant have gas/oil mix leakin inside the cabin while flyin. Hahhaaaaaaa 

I like the idea, makes sence, ill turn mine around, thanks. 

Well after more thought on those tires on my plane..... Not going to do it, think ill just take the good advice of a friend and buy the Dresser tundra tires i c some of u have.   Guess the good deal isnt always a good deal. Hahahaaa

Well as of yesturday i droped my 532 motor off at Darby' Performance and Machine, just to have it regasketed and internals checkout, figured the thing to do since i started having an antifreeze leak out the weep hole. Only 141hrs TT but she been sittin (course Leni had to kick me and remind me not to b stupid, Thanks Leni).   as much as i want to fly her its best to b safe than sorry.  Should have it back next week, so now doing other things to it. Just finished gas struts on my doors last night.  And oh ill tell u thats the best cheap upgrade so far. Thanks everyone for the info,pic's, and part#s on the gas struts! Here a few pic 

oh here a pic of one of the tundra tires i picked up for way to cheap. Thinkin about tryin to fit them on mine.  They r 25x11x4.  Have a few things to do to get them on and c if even worth the effort for these. Dics brake conv, and turn down a set of solid cessna axels from 1.50 to 1.25 on the lath. 

Was wondering where u found the sweet little heater in ur plane at? Been a chilly winter here and thats an upgrade i need so can enjoy mine more next winter. Does it have a blower fan? 

I really like the green and black!!!! Mine being black it really loves the sun in winter, thaws out quick!!!!

KF1 #0021

Well not part of that Pietenpol Club yet but looking good so far. And wife caught wind of me wantin to buy the planes, and so far im not sleepin in the garage.  Hahahaaaaaa 

I also say a GREAT read!!!! Good info and history for a new guy like me.  Thanks Bucky

Well dont tell the wife, but i may have made a deal on 2 Pietenpol Air Campers.  One is still an unfinished kit that was started with all the wood fuse, wing ribs, and tail work done. And all paperwork/build prints,  Other one was a reg and flyin plane, that had been updated to a continental motor, but has been in storage for close to ten years and still looks pretty good and complete. It was used at one time to haul potatos from Delta Alaska to outlieing villages around there long ago the pass seat is built to haul cargo with a nice snap on cover for cockpit opening.  Hope to look at it again this weekend or middle of this comin week. Ill snap some pic also.  Oh and they belong to same buddy i bought my KF1 from. The complete one was sittin next to my kitfox when i bought it but wasnt for sale then.  Not sure what ill do with them if i end up with them yet.  Hahahahaaaaaa 

Cool great info to have Jim, Thanks.  I just havent tried to rev it up more than about 3500 yet since i resync the carbs. Had some cold weather, then snowed like hell for 3-4days got a good 14" in that time, and now its -26 again, airport here says we have had total of 74.8" of snow so far this winter, But anyways,  I will get to that soon i hope with some warmer weather and sunshine. 

No i just reved it up to around 3500 with tied to durango just to test it at moment. Ill test it farther without it tied down while i taxi up and down runway. 

Well not sure on that havent looked to b honest.  But in callin manufacture they said to try wrapin red wire around plugwire 1 time then wrap redwire around black part of wiring where red wire comes out of 3 times and try.  So far looks to b workin right with just a startup and revs to 3500 with plane tied off to my durango. Hope to try more today after i resync carbs.  Problem i was having was seemed tach was reading WAY higher rpm than engine was running, but only above 3000.  Manufacture tech said to try that and if that not work its mayb because i have a 2B tiny tach and my plane has a 532 with points ign i may need an older model tiny tach.  

Well weather has warmed up some here, so got the plane intown playin with it taxin on the new skis ect.  Seams found out why my tiny tach dont seem to read right after chattin with manufacture yesturday. But didnt get to start her up and try so thats my plan today after a few hunny-do's. Hahhaaaaa 

Don't know if this will help much. Or if correct. But I was informed not to follow the sec 43 for ski riggin in ruff/wilderness flyin.     I was told once u set all ur riggin to put 60lbs of pull on bungies to keep ski tip up in flight and rear cable tight.   And for my riggin I followed Atle Dodge paperwork.  Does that sound right or wrong? 

Well guess I'm a little late on sayin hello, welcome. As u can c I'm pretty new here also, and I've got more help and info from the people here than I've been able to find here in town.   Don't seem to b very may avid/kitfox owners/flyers in Fairbanks that I've meet yet.  Well I'm in Ester which is 6 miles other side of Fbks from u. mayb can BS sometime, I have my Kitfox #0021 parked at Metro Airfeild getting use to taxin and keeping her straight.  Lol  

My skis are NOT ATLEE DODGE SKI's. (Only the paperwork for riggin basics that i didnt follow)  They r stock 1980's-90's vintage SkyStar Skis.   And MY install of the ski's was reason ski broke NOT the ski or the ski makers fault.  

Buckly S. Largent  

Well really messed up here and i forgot the top cable from the top landingear mount to the top of the spring.  Max strech is 3"-3.5" and i had it streched to 12". So was WAY to much preload and a bad turn spot around mayb.  Hahhaaaaa so make sure u check your cables for your skis guys!!!! This could have been way bad!!!!