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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:19 am Post subject: Ski report...off topic

First taxi test on my new skis went very well. Only snow flurries,  

blowing snow, low ceiling, and wind of 14 mph and gusts higher kept  

me on the ground. I was able to taxi at 30 mph, tail off the ground,  

at about half throttle, so there was nothing that was going to keep  

it from flying. The new skis float much better than the old  

ones....this was apparent right from the time I started out. The snow  

was a measured 8-11 inches. I measured my tracks, and the ski bottoms  

were about 2 inches above the ground, meaning the skis are lifting  

the wheels off the ground. Higher speed would have seen the skis  

climb above the snow. It takes much less power to taxi than before,  

but this is all related to snow conditions. We had a light mist  

overnight so the snow was heavy on top. The Kitfox IV turns very  

well, probably partly due to the ski bottoms being curved up for the  

last 1.5 inches on each side. Also, the plane is much easier to drag  

backwards into the hangar, as all trailing edges are curved upward.

It should only happen once a year, but after my initial installation  

of the stub "axles", the ski installation took only 11 minutes for  

the pair. Even adding the time to install the stubs, total  

installation time would be under an hour.

Lynn Matteson

Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger

Jabiru 2200, #2062, 600.2 hrs

Sensenich 62x46

flying again after engine rebuild, and new Electroair direct-fire  

ignition system;



do not archive

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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

Float Flyr

Joined: 19 Jul 2006
Posts: 2704
Location: Campbellton, Newfoundland

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:59 am Post subject: Ski report...off topic

Ski reports on airplanes are hardly off topic....  when do we get to see

some pics???



Noel



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Noel Loveys
Kitfox III-A
Aerocet 1100 Floats

msm_9949(at)yahoo.com
Guest

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:27 am Post subject: Ski report...off topic

Sounds great Lynn. Post some pictures when you get the chance. Out to shovel some snow now, we got about 6-8" last night. Got that flow indicator in yet?

  

 Marco Menezes N99KX

 Model 2 582-90 C-Box 3:1 w/clutch

  

 do not archive

  

  

 



--- On Tue, 1/13/09, Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net> wrote:



  	  Quote: 	
		  From: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net>

Subject: Ski report...off topic

To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com

Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 1:18 PM



 	  Quote: 	
		  --> Kitfox-List message posted by: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net>



First taxi test on my new skis went very well. Only snow flurries, blowing

snow, low ceiling, and wind of 14 mph and gusts higher kept me on the ground. I

was able to taxi at 30 mph, tail off the ground, at about half throttle, so

there was nothing that was going to keep it from flying. The new skis float much

better than the old ones....this was apparent right from the time I started out.

The snow was a measured 8-11 inches. I measured my tracks, and the ski bottoms

were about 2 inches above the ground, meaning the skis are lifting the wheels

off the ground. Higher speed would have seen the skis climb above the snow. It

takes much less power to taxi than before, but this is all related to snow

conditions. We had a light mist overnight so the snow was heavy on top. The

Kitfox IV turns very well, probably partly due to the ski bottoms being curved

up for the last 1.5 inches on each side. Also, the plane is much easier to drag

backwards into the hangar, as all trailing edges are curved upward.

It should only happen once a year, but after my initial installation of the

stub "axles", the ski installation took only 11 minutes for the pair.

Even adding the time to install the stubs, total installation time would be

under an hour.

Lynn Matteson

Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger

Jabiru 2200, #2062, 600.2 hrs

Sensenich 62x46

flying again after engine rebuild, and new Electroair direct-fire ignition

system;



do not archive



	
	


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akflyer

Joined: 07 May 2007
Posts: 574
Location: Soldotna AK

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:48 pm Post subject: Re: Ski report...off topic

 	  Float Flyr wrote: 	
		  Ski reports on airplanes are hardly off topic....  when do we get to see

some pics???



Noel



-- 	




X2  This is NOT off topic.  Good to hear the new skis are gonna work for you, but then again, you never really had any doubts that they wouldn't did ya? 



Finally warmed up at the house and they are calling for snow for the next week so hopefully I will get some time in on mine in and play in lots of powder.  I will have the external video camera running if I do so i hope to get some good footage!



Pics of the finished ski's would be great!



I did not forget about getting you pics of the hydraulic wheel ski's, the guy was not in town last time.  I know he is now so I will go over and get pics when I get in this time.

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DO NOT ARCHIVE
Leonard Perry aka SNAKE
Soldotna AK
Avid "C" / Mk IV
582 (147 hrs and counting on the rebuild)
IVO IFA
Full Lotus 1450
#1 snake oil salesman since 1-22-2009

I would rather die trying to live, than to live trying not to die....

Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:41 pm Post subject: Ski report...off topic

Not yet...been too busy with the skis....pics on the next post...



Lynn Matteson

Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger

Jabiru 2200, #2062, 600.2 hrs

Sensenich 62x46

flying again after engine rebuild, and new Electroair direct-fire  

ignition system;

also building a new pair of snow skis

do not archive



On Jan 13, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Marco Menezes wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   Sounds great Lynn. Post some pictures when you get the chance. Out  

 to shovel some snow now, we got about 6-8" last night. Got that  

 flow indicator in yet?



 Marco Menezes N99KX

 Model 2 582-90 C-Box 3:1 w/clutch



 do not archive





 --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net> wrote:

 From: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net>

 Subject: Ski report...off topic

 To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com

 Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 1:18 PM



 

 First taxi test on my new skis went very well. Only snow flurries,  

 blowing snow, low ceiling, and wind of 14 mph and gusts higher kept  

 me on the ground. I was able to taxi at 30 mph, tail off the  

 ground, at about half throttle, so there was nothing that was going  

 to keep it from flying. The new skis float much better than the old  

 ones....this was apparent right from the time I started out. The  

 snow was a measured 8-11 inches. I measured my tracks, and the ski  

 bottoms were about 2 inches above the ground, meaning the skis are  

 lifting the wheels off the ground. Higher speed would have seen the  

 skis climb above the snow. It takes much less power to taxi than  

 before, but this is all related to snow conditions. We had a light  

 mist overnight so the snow was heavy on top. The Kitfox IV turns  

 very well, probably partly due to the ski bottoms being curved up  

 for the last 1.5 inches on each side. Also, the plane is much  

 easier to drag backwards into the hangar, as all trailing edges are  

 curved upward. It should only happen once a year, but after my  

 initial installation of the stub "axles", the ski installation took  

 only 11 minutes for the pair. Even adding the time to install the  

 stubs, total installation time would be under an hour. Lynn  

 Matteson Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger Jabiru 2200, #2062, 600.2  

 hrs Sensenich 62x46 flying again after engine rebuild, and new  

 Electroair direct-fire ignition system; do not archive



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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:41 pm Post subject: Ski report...off topic

Thanks for remembering, Leonard....I am posting pics right now, on  

another posting, including flight pics...yup, had to fly her!

Lynn Matteson

Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger

Jabiru 2200, #2062, 600.2 hrs

Sensenich 62x46

flying again after engine rebuild, and new Electroair direct-fire  

ignition system;

also building a new pair of snow skis

do not archive

On Jan 13, 2009, at 3:48 PM, akflyer wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

 Float Flyr wrote:

> Ski reports on airplanes are hardly off topic....  when do we get  

> to see

> some pics???

>

> Noel

>

> --

 X2  This is NOT off topic.  Good to hear the new skis are gonna  

 work for you, but then again, you never really had any doubts that  

 they wouldn't did ya?

 Finally warmed up at the house and they are calling for snow for  

 the next week so hopefully I will get some time in on mine in and  

 play in lots of powder.  I will have the external video camera  

 running if I do so i hope to get some good footage!

 Pics of the finished ski's would be great!

 I did not forget about getting you pics of the hydraulic wheel  

 ski's, the guy was not in town last time.  I know he is now so I  

 will go over and get pics when I get in this time.

 --------

 DO NOT ARCHIVE

 Leonard Perry

 Soldotna AK

 Avid &quot;C&quot; / Mk IV

 582 IVO IFA

 Full Lotus 1260

 As done as any plane will ever be.... cause now the tinkeritis  

 takes over.

 hander outer of humorless darwin awards

 Read this topic online here:

 http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p 24559#224559

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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

jcrowder(at)lpbroadband.n
Guest

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: Ski report...off topic

Good report Lynn.  I look forward to hearing more.



Jim Crowder



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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject: Ski report...off topic

You mean like how I measured the front cable distance in order to  

triangulate the 25 degree pitch-down angle of the skis, and then cut  

the cable too short, and had to make up two new ones because I was  

hurrying to try to get a flight in yesterday? Or how I burned my left  

hand while grabbing onto a red-hot section of weld that I had just  

annealed/normalized?...and the two huge blisters still haven't popped  

4 days later? Or how I hooked up one of the bungee cords, pulled it  

to test it and the terminal ring popped loose, and I nearly fell on  

my pratt...and a friend helping me did the same thing? (can't believe  

that in two years since making the last set of skis that I forgot how  

much those rings have to be tightened) Or......oh, that's enough for  

now. : )



Lynn Matteson

Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger

Jabiru 2200, #2062, 600.2 hrs

Sensenich 62x46

Electroair direct-fire ignition system

New skis done and flying

do not archive



On Jan 13, 2009, at 9:11 PM, Jim Crowder wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   

 <jcrowder(at)lpbroadband.net>



 Good report Lynn.  I look forward to hearing more.



 Jim Crowder

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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

calvin(at)mlgc.com
Guest

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:10 am Post subject: Ski report...off topic

Lynn, or who ever,

 Since I get my Kitfox messages via list digest I  never get any pictures.  I am very interested in seeing the pictures of  Lynns skis. Could somebody please send them to me at calvin(at)mlgc.com (calvin(at)mlgc.com). Since I am building a set  also I'd really like to see them.

 Thanks

 Cal Anderson

   [quote][b]

Paul A. Franz, P.E.

Joined: 02 Dec 2008
Posts: 280
Location: Bellevue WA

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:50 am Post subject: Ski report...off topic

On Wed, January 14, 2009 7:08 am, Cal Anderson wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   Lynn, or who ever,

 Since I get my Kitfox messages via list digest I never get any pictures.  I am very

 interested in seeing the pictures of Lynns skis. Could somebody please send them to me

 at calvin(at)mlgc.com. Since I am building a set also I'd really like to see them.

 Thanks

 Cal Anderson


	


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