Re: Feb '09 KOTM - John King
John, Congrats. on another beautiful aircraft. Your first Kitfox was spectacular and you sure topped yourself with this Model 6. John early on you set the benchmark on not only how beautiful a Kitfox can be but on how much fun you can extract from one with the adventures you've taken and generously shared with the rest of us. I hope you get to log many more trips in the future. Enjoy every flight.:)
Re: Feb '09 KOTM - John King
John,
I was sooo impressed with the looks of your first Kitfox that when it came time to paint mine your Model IV colors and scheme was in the back of my mind. I had heard you were building another airplane, but imagine my surprise when I opened the KOTM today and saw your beautiful Series VI, and in the same paint!!! What a magnificent airplane!!! Very well done.
Your attention to detail tells me alot on how this airplane will perform for you. Thanks for sharing your story and your photo's. I am sure you have wonderous trips already in the planning stage. Please be sure to share them also when time permits. :)
Joe Meyeres
Re: Feb '09 KOTM - John King
Re: Feb '09 KOTM - John King
What an impressive build.
I am curious about your radiator modification. From your two pictures I can tell where your radiator is located. The radiator sort of looks like it is positioned on the bottom-rear where exhaust is coming out. Is this true?
I am also curious about how big a range of CHT temp you were getting. Couldn't you just change the mixture of the engine if you didn't like the CHT?
I ask because I will soon be entering the engine installation phase of my project and where the radiator goes is a rather large decision.
Once again, beautiful plane.
Tyler
Re: Feb '09 KOTM - John King
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Originally Posted by
mcguif0a
What an impressive build.
I am curious about your radiator modification. From your two pictures I can tell where your radiator is located. The radiator sort of looks like it is positioned on the bottom-rear where exhaust is coming out. Is this true?
I am also curious about how big a range of CHT temp you were getting. Couldn't you just change the mixture of the engine if you didn't like the CHT?
I ask because I will soon be entering the engine installation phase of my project and where the radiator goes is a rather large decision.
Once again, beautiful plane.
Tyler
Tyler,
The radiator cowl flap is mounted directly onto the rear side of the radiator and covers its entire rear surface. All of the outside air that passes through the radiator must flow through the cowl flap. If you fly in extreme weather where temperatures can vary between -10°F to 90°F, and you have a water cooled engine, there has to be a way to control the cooling effects of the radiator. When I flew to Maine in February of 2006 I had the cowl completely closed down in flight at 3000 feet MSL. The CHT was barely 180°F and that was with the cabin heater shut down. When I turned on the cabin heater the CHT dropped down further. I also have flown in Florida in the summer and the Bahamas where you need all the radiator you can get. It is much easier to control the air through the radiator with a cockpit control than have to land and cover up the radiator in cold temperatures. As the temperature varies in flight, I use the radiator cowl flap control to maintain a constant CHT.
If interested I can send you a lot more pictures of the cowl flap in the construction phase to your e-mail address.
John
Warrenton, VA
Re: Feb '09 KOTM - John King
My email address is mcguif0a@erau.edu
I would be very interested to see these pictures.
Tyler