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I am wondering if the 'main' tube for the Fire Fly would fit inside U-Haul 10ft truck. Any help?

Oh, Ducatti SS - thank you for the offer...no, I want the entire Fir Fly kit.
I have asked Kolb if they would deliver it to me in central Colorado for the same price as they had offered to drive and ...

Thank you guys for the ideas. I am in the process of contacting Partain now to see what might be possible.

When the RV-12 wing kit from Vans arrived there were two fork lift holes through the side ...

I just received a reply from Kolb about shipping main and wing spars. It turns out they will not ship them. Helen said they no longer trust shipping companies (I can understand that) but that they wil ...

I just had UPS destroy an engine hoist (lots of big steel parts) and wonder how KOlb packages and ships the wing spars and 'fuselage' tube. Thanks for info

After exhaustive work on the Switchbox I finally gave up. I could not get it to work via cell phone call or the internet APP.

I am going to simply discard the unit after spending about $600 on it, ...

I purchased a Switchbox unit to allow me to activate my plane's heater from my home so that it would be warm by the time I got to the airport.

It worked. I let it sit tuned off for two months or so ...

I do not want to tear my prop apart to check serial numbers of which prop units are affected by the crack warnings.

My shipping documents show I have hub 'clamping' pieces
type 2A(x)R5

The ser ...

Finally with wind stopped, so I turned on the engine heater (warm air fan) and tried to fly after 20-minutes or so...temps were around 25-30 F
Engine turned over strongly but refused to start. I gave ...

The hint that seemed to work well was in the first paragraph of DHeal's post.

John

I flew this morning...25-degrees F, and used the hint given me above, and the engine fired on the first blade over. Perfect. thanks a lot...will continue using this procedure.

Thanks, DHeal..... I will try your starting technique and see how that works. I like it better than the high speed run I tried.

I always gap plugs to .025 year in and out as you do. New plugs every ...

After a lot of thought about hard starting, I took a hint from another RV-12 pilot and ran the engine on the ground at 4,000 RPM for about 4 minutes, in the hope that oil fouling of the plugs might be ...

Rotax normally started on first or second blade over. Since last annual where new plugs were installed starting takes several tries.

Battery is on a tender and strong. Fuel pressure normal. OAT mil ...

I received the new oil pressure relief spring and installed it yesterday. The actual installation only took two minutes, but I spent a miserable 1.5-hours putting back the lower cowl. Since installing ...

OK, I just ordered a replacement new spring, due in a few days, and will dig into this when its received.

FBR went just fine today...good for another two years.

thanks again, men.

Thank you, Carl,

I have a bi-annual flight review scheduled for tomorrow and then after that I will, over the next few days, pull the cowl and try the shims you suggest. I had already de-oxed and ...

Thanks again, Karl. I found a rotax service bulletin with drawings and instructions for the shim and its location, etc. All pretty straight forward. Now to find the time to open the cowling and have a ...

Thanks, Carl, now I have to figure out where the check valve is...have printed rotax manuals so I should be able to find it...so many other life-related things going on right now so its going to be a ...

No, Carl, I have not resolved the oddity yet...no time to work on it..perhaps in a few days...will post any results.
John