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Sat, 12/29/12, Dana Hague <d-m-hague@comcast.net> wrote:

From: Dana Hague <d-m-hague@comcast.net& ...

I wonder what risks a diaphragm carb suffers with carb ice? ( I.e. a Tillotson ) At least there's no slide to stick. Perhaps just reduced air intake, resulting in higher oil-to-fuel ratio?

Assuming ...

$9.95 ugly green Bass Boat seat (painted white), trimmed of all ribs and perimeter: 14oz. Hardware: probably one oz.

Phil H.
FF11-4-76

--- On Tue, 9/18/12, Dennis Thate <retroman@frontier.c ...

My solution? An ugly green $9.95 Walmart / KMart / Academy Sports bass boat seat trimmed of all ribbing and edging. This produces a nice rear-end-shaped bucket that the Kolb Firefly sling then support ...

You might want to try a less-than-$10 alternative, first. I recently taxied the tailwheel into a small mud rut and lost an S hook (and steering). I spent a few bucks at Ace and beefed up the linkage. ...

I have three Dewalt 12v cordless packs. I took each apart and zapped each cell individually with an old UPC 12v gel cell - pos to pos and neg to neg. I barely touched about 20 times, but held the conn ...

Isn't that the same as attaching it across the positive terminal of the key ignition and negative battery terminal (or ground)? So that the cap is across the battery positive and negative terminals, b ...

Essentially, if I can only find 10.9 (metric) and not 8.8 (metric), I'll gladly take it. This leads me to ask (rhetorically) if 8.8 is preferred over 10.9 as a prop bolt. My other prop's bolts (thinne ...

Hi Jerry:

You have "hit the bolt on the head", so to speak.

You are correct - I have determined I need the 8 x 1.25 x 80mm 10.9 grade bolt. They are very close indeed. Thank you for co ...

I need six AN5H-31A prop bolts where the threads length is at least 7/8" and 20 threads-per-inch. I cannot find them after days of searching. Any ideas?

Phil H. [quote][b]

The new pwd worked just fine. Try copy/pasting rather than typing manually.

Phil H

--- On Sat, 7/7/12, chris davis <capedavis@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: chris davis <capedavis@yahoo.c ...

I have Black Max hydraulics and was told by them that any hydraulic fluid (not brake fluid) is ok. I asked "Hydraulic Jack Oil from Ace?" (black plastic 20 oz squeeze bottle with a capped sn ...

I'm pretty sold on getting a David Clark headset. I'll be flying an open cockpit Kolb (no windshield, no nuthin').

Do I want high or low impedance earphones? What's the difference?

Who owns ...

I pretty much followed page 10 of the Firefly plans.
Thu, 5/31/12, James, Ken <KDJames@berkscareer.com> wrote:

From: James, Ken <KDJames@berkscareer.com>
Subject: RE: Kolb-List Dig ...

Speaking of insurance...

1. Who uses what insurance company?
2. What type of insurance do you subscribe to, or recommend?
3. What class bird? FAR-103? Other?

Phil H.
FF11-4-00076
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You can test for ethanol laden gas (if you should ever doubt the source you bought from) by adding 10% water to a small, tall, thin container of gas, shaking, and watching to see if the 10% mark incre ...

Speaking of batteries, here is my choice for my Kolb Firefly and mz201. Only 5.14# and they claim 130 CCA.
http://avantispowersports.com/shop/viewitem.php?productid=775

--- On Sat, 4/21/12, Dennis ...

Hi Dan:

I'm building a FireFly right now - just finished putting the first (brush) coat of PolyBrush on this evening. I'm roughly six weeks away from flying (my 2nd Kolb).

If you want to refuel ...

I am a couple of months (maybe sooner) away from firing up my CRE mz201 for my new Firefly, which I've been building all winter. Here's a page I posted a month or two back:
http://phactor.com/Kolb/20 ...

I'm looking for a SLA battery for the CRE mz201 engine. It's 626cc with 9.1:1 compression and has a 450 watt starter motor. Given the 450w starter motor size, what AH battery would be large enough, 5A ...