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esteuber(at)rochester.rr.
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:45 am Post subject: 3 topics

#1.... A redrive for a Cuyuna powered Ultrastar can  be had at ZDE in Flat Rock Illinois or any  Challenger dealer for the Rotax  ( with the tensioning type).

 #2....Fuel Pumps on standard category general  aviation FAA approved aircraft , either electric or mechanical , are not nearly  as dependable as the small electric facets you guys are "discussing"...If you  overhaul a standard category Lycoming or Continental to the book you must  overhaul or replace with all new  components such as carbs , magnetoes  or FUEL PUMPS...the overhaul times can range from 2500 down to 1800 or as little  as 1200 or less on other types such as radials....... SOOOOO.......John Hauck  ,IMHO, is correct with his assumption that the inline electric and mechanical  pumps are the best simple fuel delivery system and as safe as you can get for  our little Kolbs. If you don't trust the small Facet electrics , then get an $  FAA  $ approved electric pump and see how far you get with that.... Or  throw the units away at 500 hours and put new ones on ....or just taxi it around  on the ground...or don't even start the engine...just sit in it and then you  won't have to "risk " a failure...etc.

  #3....Rigging or out of rig  ..try  measuring from the same point on the rear spar on each wing tip to the same  point on the vertical fin post and you should have the same distance for correct  alignment of the boom and wings ...I have found  GA and exp.  planes  with rigging problems caused by poor repairs or initial building  mistakes....(made a few myself)

                                                                       Know it all Ed in Western NY

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John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:12 am Post subject: 3 topics

#2....Fuel Pumps on standard category general aviation FAA approved 

aircraft , either electric or mechanical , are not nearly as 

dependable as the small electric facets you guys are "discussing"...



 #3 I have found  GA and exp.  planes with rigging problems caused by 

poor repairs or initial building mistakes....(made a few myself)

                                                                     Know 

it all Ed in Western NY



Morning "Know it all Ed in Western NY":



While I was doing a little nonprofessional reasearch about our little 

Facet fuel pumps, ran across a Swift Aircraft Email List.  Guess what? 

Major topic of discussion was multitude of problems with certified 

fuel pumps and using Facets as "boost" pumps.  Some were running 

Facets, even though they were not certified, at the risk of getting 

snagged on an inspection, etc.  I know Rotax 912 certified engines and 

parts are identical in quality, because they are the same parts, with 

the exception that certified parts have a serial number and are 

tracked with a paper trail.  I imagine this is also probably true in 

GA aviation.



As imprecise as building, rigging and flying an experimental airplane 

is, not surprised at all the trim problems we encounter.  Doesn't take 

much to get an imbalance in an airplane.  First off, in a side by side 

seating arrangement, the fat pilot with no passenger is going to cause 

the wing on that side of the aircraft to drop and require quite a bit 

of opposite stick to maintain level flight, especially on a cross 

country flight.  Lot's of times, flying around the patch, we do not 

notice we have rigging problems.  However, get out and fly for an hour 

or two, maintaining something like a semblance of a heading, and all 

kinds of trim and rigging problems will raise their ugly little heads.



In addition, I have never encountered a Kolb expert (someone who knows 

all about Kolb aircraft), including the designer, and don't think I 

ever will.  There's too much to learn about these little airplanes to 

ever consider anyone as an expert on them.  Some of us have been 

building and flying them a little longer than others, thereby 

providing us with a lot more time to make a lot more mistakes and 

discover a lot more question marks, but don't think we will ever find 

a Kolb expert.  I try to capitalize on mistakes and ideas of others, 

and myself, to keep me and my mkIII flying enjoyably.  If it ain't 

fun, don't think I want to waste my time doing it.



Take care,



john h

mkIII (Going to try and find that crew from South Alabama that is 

flying near my area today. Weather will be accentuated with normal 

thunderstorms here in the South).

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esteuber(at)rochester.rr.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:39 am Post subject: 3 topics

John, 

          Interesting about the problems with the certified fuel pumps.......only kidding  about the "know it all "stuff....that's my wife !

            Thin skinned  and humbled Ed in Western NY

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