Ronin

Contributing Member
 View profile  See their activity

  • Content count

    62

  • Joined

  • Last visited


Everything posted by Ronin



  1. Ronin added a post in a topic Kitfox 3 Project #2!   

    So I received a check from a guy that has been texting me back and forth. The checks for 10,850.00 not the 7,500.00 I was asking.  (That’s my shocked face) I'm debating on how to better troll this clown? I already texted him and told him he can pick up the cash (extra) in person when he gets the plane. We'll see how it goes. 
    • 1


  2. Ronin added a post in a topic Kitfox 3 Project #2!   

    It is at Z-hills. 
     
    • 1


  3. Ronin added a post in a topic Kitfox 3 Project #2!   

    No blue marks on it, got it from a guy in Washington state. 
    • 0


  4. Ronin added a post in a topic Kitfox 4 for sale on Barnstormers   

    Well, and there will be a complete III kit up for sale soon. 
    • 0


  5. Ronin added a post in a topic Kitfox 4 for sale on Barnstormers   

    It's gone. 
    Somebody upgraded their 3 to a 4 in one fell swoop. 
    • 2


  6. Ronin added a post in a topic Ronin's KFIII Build Thread   

    Got most of the control system removed along with the floorboards. The flap lever bolt seems to hit the frame tube, not sure how it got put in but it sure doesn't want to come out. 


    • 0


  7. Ronin added a topic in Kitfox III   

    Ronin's KFIII Build Thread
    Finally got the half hanger sorted out, lights installed etc, and actually did some work on (removed) the rudder pedals. Floor plywood is starting to crumble due to age and lack of finish. Going to remove all the controls, brace the fuselage sides, reshape/enlarge the tail feathers and build new rudder pedals with proper geometry and re-powdercoat everything, Going to make the tail similar to Av8r3400's and copy his fuselage and rudder pedal mods.
    I want to update the controls and wing to KF4 but every time I talk to KF about it I seem to get the hard sell "buy the whole 4 wing quick-build" instead of these are the parts you need to swap out and this is the cost.  Same thing with the control system. They act like they don't want to sell the parts. I may have to flatten the wing and build a 4 control system the hard way?
     




    • 8 replies
    • 1,855 views


  8. Ronin added a post in a topic Model 1 Kitfox   

    TJay, I'm about to widen my 3 and would like to copy what you have done rather than simply order the Murle kit. Could you post some additional pictures of it? Top weld, middle, front back and what tube size(s)? Pretty please?
    • 0


  9. Ronin added a post in a topic 1986 XT600 Survivor   

    Want.
    • 0


  10. Ronin added a post in a topic Polishing scratches out of windshield   

    I used this years ago to take a really nasty scratch out of a Europa windscreen. (spinner departed in flight, don't ask) works well but follow the tutorial. 
    http://micro-surface.com/
    • 1


  11. Ronin added a post in a topic Cut down an ivo prop   

    I would not run that prop on any engine. But I wouldn't let an Ivoprop near any engine I own anyway. 
    • 0


  12. Ronin added a post in a topic Triangle Side Windows   

    Will call KF tomorrow. 
     
    • 0


  13. Ronin added a post in a topic Triangle Side Windows   

    EDMO,
    I'll take them if nobody else wants them.
     
    • 0


  14. Ronin added a post in a topic Poly Fiber Cleaners and Solvents Substitutes   

    When it comes to water based cleaners yes, most substitutions will work. but some evaporate differently then others, some may leave a residue that could act like a release agent on your topcoats.  Read the product sheets carefully.  I worked in the paint industry for twenty years as a painter, tech rep and factory sales rep, for Akzo, (Sikkens), Standox, PPG, Sherwin Williams and Poly Fiber. I'll just say this, gun cleaner is usually made from recycled solvents, it can have silicone, glycol, oil, water and other nasties in it that I would't want anywhere near any my paint work.  There's a reason it's cheaper than a pure solvent. Same reason I wont use recycled rags on anything I'm painting.  Your el-cheapo lacquer thinners, (the 5 gallon pail types) are also usually recycled and contains the same crap. Even after washing a gun out with the cheap crap, I'll still put a few ounces of $50+ a gallon thinner/reducer thru the gun just to clear the crap out. 
    I left some el-cheapo gun cleaner type thinner in a cup of a not-so-cheap Devilbiss spray gun for about a month once and opened the cup to find the bottom of it all corroded. That can only happen to an aluminum cup from water!  
    A blending solvent is usually the purest virgin solvent you can get. 
    • 1


  15. Ronin added a post in a topic Poly Fiber Cleaners and Solvents Substitutes   

    Any substitution is asking for trouble. It might work, it might not. Doesn't matter if somebody else got away with it before either. MEK, Acetone and lacquer thinner are very different solvents!
    • 1


  16. Ronin added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    Kitfox 3 Engine Mount
    New mount for a KF3 with a 582.  Also have the aluminum plate. $350 OBO 

    • 4 replies
    • 1,749 views


  17. Ronin added a post in a topic Lights   

    Look in the classifieds, there is a guy (me) selling a complete Whelen set as supplied by Kitfox for quite a bit less than new. 
    • 0


  18. Ronin added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    Model 3 Tube gear (Gear sold)
    Selling my unused model 3 gear legs, wheels, axles and calipers. $800 OBO SOLD
    Also a engine mount for a 582, $350 OBO  Still available



    • 3 replies
    • 701 views


  19. Ronin added a post in a topic CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEP SITE GOING   

    Small one on the way today, thanks for the upkeep!
     
    • 1


  20. Ronin added a post in a topic Model 3 Tube gear (Gear sold)   

    Added another photo ^^
    • 1


  21. Ronin added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    Whelan lighting
    Original Whelan lighting system as supplied by Kitfox. $500.00

    • 0 replies
    • 482 views


  22. Ronin added a post in a topic Hello from Valrico, FL   

    You can bet on that!
    • 0


  23. Ronin added a post in a topic Hello from Valrico, FL   

    That was my original thought too. The question is if I use the KF4 wing what are the limitations to it going past 100mph? What exactly is the limiting issue(s) with the KF3 VNE, windscreen, spars, wing construction, spar carry-through, tail, wing struts? 
    James
    • 0


  24. Ronin added a post in a topic Hello from Valrico, FL   

    That is my intention. I thought of sealing the one I have but I'm not too keen on slosh sealers. 
    • 0


  25. Ronin added a topic in Introduce yourself   

    Hello from Valrico, FL
    Hello, 
    Just picked up a pretty much untouched K3 kit #807. I'm the 4th owner. Controls are in the fuselage and that's about it. I plan on a 912, 80 or 100hp whichever I find at the right time. I'll also be going with a Grove gear setup. Planning on the widebody mod, 4 control system, increased area rudder & elevator, electric pitch trim and a glass panel. The covering will be Stewarts glues, Superflite cloth, Airtech primer and likely Aerothane topcoat. This is the same system Ran's uses and Randy's planes always look great. I may just go all waterborne too so who knows right now. Will have a few parts for sale shortly, 13g fiberglass right wing tank, 6g aluminum left wing tank and the bungee gear. 
     James

    • 7 replies
    • 749 views