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jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne
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 Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject: FireFly Photos |
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FireFlyer's & Kolbers,
A nephew took some photos of the FireFly during any annual 4th of July fly
by. They are the best I have of the FireFly in flight. I thought you may
like to see them. I put them up at:
http://www.thirdshift.com/jack/firefly/firefly137.html
If you click on the smaller images it will take you to a larger detailed
image that are up to 205kb in size. I cropped them to keep the size down.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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John Hauck
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject: FireFly Photos |
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> A nephew took some photos of the FireFly
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Jack:
Those are some great photos of your FF.
You look like you are enjoying yourself.
john h
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gaman(at)att.net
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:27 pm Post subject: FireFly Photos |
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DAquaNut(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject: FireFly Photos |
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Jack,
Nice pics of the fly! What is the difference in weight with the simonini instead of the 447 Rotax? Do you have to have an electric starter. How many hours do you have on the simonini ? I am contemplating putting a 37 HP 1/2 vw from Scott Cassler on my Fire fly, but I am nor sure how to get in contact with the fellow mentioned on the list who is currently flying with one on his Firefly?
Ed Diebel
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jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:25 am Post subject: FireFly Photos |
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From: DAquaNut(at)aol.com
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Nice pics of the fly! What is the difference in weight with the simonini
instead of the 447 Rotax? Do you have to have an electric starter. How many
hours do you have on the simonini ? I am contemplating putting a 37 HP
1/2 vw from Scott Cassler on my Fire fly, but I am nor sure how to get in
contact with the fellow mentioned on the list who is currently flying with
one on his Firefly?
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Ed,
Yes I got it on for the same weight as the Rotax 447. Yes, I have electric
start. I am too old to manually pull or prop start anything. The battery
is what you see behind my head up under the tube that supports the engine
mount holders. This keeps the cables short and the weight down. The Victor
has 156+ hours on it.
About the 1/2 VW, get a hold of Herb at herbgh(at)juno.com. He has the name
and the telephone number.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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John Hauck
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:43 am Post subject: FireFly Photos |
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> About the 1/2 VW, get a hold of Herb at herbgh(at)juno.com. He has the name
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Jack B. Hart FF004
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Jack H/Ed D:
I didn't pay much attention to the FS with 1/2 VW at the Kolb Homecoming,
except to watch it fly. It seemed to fly well. However, Homer spent some
time with the owner. Homer commented to me that the engine produced an
excessive amount of vibration. I recall seeing Homer helping the owner hold
down the FS while he ran up the 1/2 VW.
Might be worthwhile to check into possible vibration problem.
john h
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herbgh
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:23 pm Post subject: FireFly Photos |
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Hey All
Yep! The half vw ,even with a good balance job still has pistons that go in and out together..I did not think the vibration was excessive . More than a Rotax however..  My Global versions are not well balanced and run in a tractor airplane(N3 Pup) .. It is necessary to shock mount the instruments . New motor mounts and a balance job of the rotating and reciprocating parts is in the plans.
The half vw at the show was a hasty configuration, since the engine was on loan from a fellow in East Tenn. Normally installed on a firefly..
IMHO.. VW's and half vw's are decent "poor folk" alternatives to the more expensive power plants..
An up side is that my N3 could fly a 200 mile round trip to the Ky state EAA gathering without taking on additional fuel(illegal at abt 8 gals ) .. my Firefly required a top off at Glasgow,Ky where I met Mike Thomason in his Fly, and more fuel at the state park..topped off again at Glasgow and flew home to Scottsville,Ky..
Additionally, two Piston,Jug sets, including wrist pins and rings is about 100 dollars. Hard to spend more than 200 bucks for a full over haul.. doing it yourself.. Herb
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herbgh
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject: FireFly Photos |
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Ed
My fault...I called Keith and failed to clear it with him. If he is willing, I will sent his phone number to you...
That said...the half vw list at Yahoo is a place to get the info that you need to have a successful installation.. The engine mount is the
only thing specific to the Firefly or Firestar.. Herb
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