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colind

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 32
Location: Sydney, Australia

Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 7:29 am Post subject: Wing types KF IV

Typical, just clicked on the send button and then remembered what I meant

to ask in the last email...



I have noted comments on thenlist re the different wings types that were

available for the KF IV (and probably the 5, etc), namely 1050lb and

1200lb (?).



What is the difference between the two, and how to I tell what type I have

in my kit? ( I bought it part finished, and can't find any reference to

which one it is in either the manual, or the Skystar documentation. The

kit was originally shipped in mid 1994.

Regards



Colin Durey

Sydney

+61-418-677073 (M)

+61-2-945466162 (F)

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torgemor(at)online.no
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 1:15 pm Post subject: Wing types KF IV

Hi Collin,



Model IV 1050 was from serial number 1400 through 1722.



Model IV 1200 is from serial number 1723 and on.

Torgeir.

For more details, see this link:



http://www.sportplanellc.com/model_iv.htm





On Tue, 23 May 2006 01:29:07 +1000 (EST), Colin Durey <colin(at)ptclhk.com> 

wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   



 Typical, just clicked on the send button and then remembered what I meant

 to ask in the last email...



 I have noted comments on thenlist re the different wings types that were

 available for the KF IV (and probably the 5, etc), namely 1050lb and

 1200lb (?).



 What is the difference between the two, and how to I tell what type I 

 have

 in my kit? ( I bought it part finished, and can't find any reference to

 which one it is in either the manual, or the Skystar documentation. The

 kit was originally shipped in mid 1994.

 Regards



 Colin Durey

 Sydney

 +61-418-677073 (M)

 +61-2-945466162 (F)








	


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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:03 am Post subject: Wing types KF IV

Torgeir,

         What does it mean if your serial number is HCU089?!?!?!? =-O

Guy Buchanan

K-IV 1200 / 582 / 99.9% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.



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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:31 am Post subject: Wing types KF IV

Torgeir,

         What does it mean if your serial number is HCU089?!?!?!? =-O

Guy Buchanan

K-IV 1200 / 582 / 99.9% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.



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roncarolnikko(at)hotmail.
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:41 am Post subject: Wing types KF IV

Mine is GBS 033  G=7th month B=1992  S= speedster  033 is serial  ???   

Skystar said it was a Denny aircraft, but I think it is their serial system. 

  Right on the Denney/ Skystar sale time frame.

  Ron NB Or

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Reply-To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com

To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com

Subject: Re: Wing types KF IV

Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 17:31:59 -0700






Torgeir,

          What does it mean if your serial number is HCU089?!?!?!? =-O

Guy Buchanan

K-IV 1200 / 582 / 99.9% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.



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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 10:57 am Post subject: Wing types KF IV

Hi Ron, Just as a point of intrest, the M4 speedster I am building is number GBS032 I purchased it from a gentlemen in California who took delivery from SS in 92 and never finished it. I just started to cover the wings yesterday. Don



Don Stevenson, Caledon, Ontario Canada

M4/1200 Speedster -912S



ron schick <roncarolnikko(at)hotmail.com> wrote: 



Mine is GBS 033  G=7th month B=1992  S= speedster  033 is serial  ???   

Skystar said it was a Denny aircraft, but I think it is their serial system. 

  Right on the Denney/ Skystar sale time frame.

  Ron NB Or

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		  From: Guy Buchanan 

Reply-To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com

To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com

Subject: Re: Wing types KF IV

Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 17:31:59 -0700






Torgeir,

          What does it mean if your serial number is HCU089?!?!?!? =-O

Guy Buchanan

K-IV 1200 / 582 / 99.9% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.



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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 2:55 pm Post subject: Wing types KF IV

My experience agrees with Ron's.  I ordered my kit from Denney in late 2002 

and it was deiliverd from Skyster in March 2003 - CCU 008.  The "U" is long 

wing as I understand it.



Lowell



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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 4:23 pm Post subject: Wing types KF IV

Hi Guy,



You've already got lot's of good response on this one. However, this is an 

old topics -and it's Skystar's production numbers as far as I'll know.



The plain number is Denney's production series, and the alpha numeric is 

Skystars, -hmmm wonder about the next generations numbering scheme..  

John, can you fill in here?



The only place there is some "official" info about; "there is some other 

numbers", is in the SB's (service bulletins) and SL's (service letters).



So-, Skystars S/N is "unique" and give all the info about your plane.



Maybe someone know the exact meaning (or coding) of this numbering scheme?



Torgeir.



On Tue, 23 May 2006 08:29:59 -0700, Guy Buchanan <bnn(at)nethere.com> wrote:



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 Torgeir,

          What does it mean if your serial number is HCU089?!?!?!? =-O

 Guy Buchanan

 K-IV 1200 / 582 / 99.9% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.



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Mo

Joined: 29 Jan 2006
Posts: 14
Location: Massachusetts

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 5:44 pm Post subject: Wing types KF IV

Skystar's serial number means the following for my serial number,S70505081:

S7 indicates series 7

0505 indicates fuselage fabricated in the 5th month of 2005

081 indicates the 81st S7 built

Mo

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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:57 pm Post subject: Wing types KF IV

At 05:21 PM 5/23/2006, you wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		  The only place there is some "official" info about; "there is some other

numbers", is in the SB's (service bulletins) and SL's (service letters).


	


That's the problem. The SB's and SL's all reference a four digit number 

serial number. I have to go by the manufacturing date. I'd like to 

correlate my number to the four digit number. (Although it really doesn't 

matter, since I answered every SL and SB that remotely applied.)

Guy Buchanan

K-IV 1200 / 582 / 99.9% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.



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torgemor(at)online.no
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject: Wing types KF IV

OK., Guy,

Well lets look at the SB's. They are made based on reports / feedback / 

incident reported by owners / operators of aircrafts.

When the factory find "common" failures in the basic construction or parts 

used herein (parts del. with the kit) that must be corrected, they issue a 

Service Bulletin to address mandatory or recommended changes to the 

aircraft.

The involved aircraft is listed here by serial numbers, groups of numbers, 

or in some cases valid for all aircraft of that type, I.E.  Kitfox Model 

IV 1050 (this latter is only valid for all S/N of the model IV 1050, and 

if Skystar ever made this model their alpha numeric numbers is also valid 

here).

There's no need for you to convert this number in any way for use in the 

SB matter. When a SB is valid for your plane, your number is stated there 

(yes your alpha numeric), either as valid ALL serial numbers or as a 

listed group of serial number.

There is two different dates we must be aware of, the delivery date from 

the factory and the construction date (year of manufacture).

The manufacturer of Kitfox kit use the deliv. date as reference for their 

own records, and this is the basement for specific individs when dealing 

with SB's and SL's.

Remember, the model IV 1200 is based on all the prev. models, all the way 

 from the very first model 1.

Most of the corrections / improvements is already built into the model IV 

1200 by Skystar, and this is the main reason for that your S/N is not 

present in the SB list, however, any valid for all S/N "model IV 1200" 

will include your Kitfox.

Have a look at the newer Skystar models, series 5, 6 and 7 -you'll find 

plenty of alphanumeric numbers there, now you know why.

Hope this help.

Regards

Torgeir

On Tue, 23 May 2006 20:41:06 -0700, Guy Buchanan <bnn(at)nethere.com> wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

 At 05:21 PM 5/23/2006, you wrote:

> The only place there is some "official" info about; "there is some other

> numbers", is in the SB's (service bulletins) and SL's (service letters).

 That's the problem. The SB's and SL's all reference a four digit number

 serial number. I have to go by the manufacturing date. I'd like to

 correlate my number to the four digit number. (Although it really doesn't

 matter, since I answered every SL and SB that remotely applied.)

 Guy Buchanan

 K-IV 1200 / 582 / 99.9% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.

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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:39 pm Post subject: Wing types KF IV

At 02:40 PM 5/24/2006, you wrote:

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		  OK., Guy,

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		  Torgeir


	


Thanks Torgeir!

Guy Buchanan

K-IV 1200 / 582 / 99.9% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.



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