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bakerocb
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 Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 4:54 am Post subject: Memory Lane |
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10/29/2010
Hello Jason, Thanks for the flight recap and the trip down memory lane.
You wrote:
1) ".... replace the wheels, brakes and wheel pants with RV-8 parts."
So you replaced the original Matco brakes with Cleveland? Any need to modify
the bottom end of the landing gear for that conversion? I had to extensively
modify the bottom end of my KIS TR-1 main landing gear when I converted from
Matco to Grove wheels and brakes -- it was a very good move. I now have
Van's large RV wheel pants on all three gear. See attached picture.**
2) ".....It was fun as I flew into Camarillo...."
I had seven years in that area during two tours at NAS Point Mugu flying
primarily Navy jets and also flew civilian planes extensively. Initially the
airport in Camarillo was the USAF Oxnard AFB. The name of the airport in the
city of Oxnard was Ventura County Airport. This led to some confusion when a
person just said the "Oxnard airport".
'OC' Baker Says: "The best investment we can make is the time and effort to
gather and understand knowledge."
**PS: A picture of my plane (designated as a KIS2) is in the ICAO book as
the official representative of this type.
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ftyoder(at)yoderbuilt.com
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:13 am Post subject: Memory Lane |
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Still a very pretty plane "OC"
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fredorosa(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:58 am Post subject: Memory Lane |
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OC,
Great looking plane. The paint finish doesn't seem to have that "wet" look. Is that from lack of clearcoat"
Al
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 8:53 AM, <bakerocb(at)cox.net (bakerocb(at)cox.net)> wrote:
[quote] 10/29/2010
Hello Jason, Thanks for the flight recap and the trip down memory lane.
You wrote:
1) ".... replace the wheels, brakes and wheel pants with RV-8 parts."
So you replaced the original Matco brakes with Cleveland? Any need to modify the bottom end of the landing gear for that conversion? I had to extensively modify the bottom end of my KIS TR-1 main landing gear when I converted from Matco to Grove wheels and brakes -- it was a very good move. I now have Van's large RV wheel pants on all three gear. See attached picture.**
2) ".....It was fun as I flew into Camarillo...."
I had seven years in that area during two tours at NAS Point Mugu flying primarily Navy jets and also flew civilian planes extensively. Initially the airport in Camarillo was the USAF Oxnard AFB. The name of the airport in the city of Oxnard was Ventura County Airport. This led to some confusion when a person just said the "Oxnard airport".
'OC' Baker Says: "The best investment we can make is the time and effort to gather and understand knowledge."
**PS: A picture of my plane (designated as a KIS2) is in the ICAO book as the official representative of this type.
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bakerocb
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:39 pm Post subject: Memory Lane |
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10/29/2010
Hello Jason, You wrote: "So if ATC asks what type of plane you are flying,
do you answer KIS2, KIS, TR-1, or?"
If the question appears to be an official query for flight plan data
purposes I tell them "KIS2" because that is what their computer will accept.
If it is a curious controller asking "really what kind is it?" I tell them
that it is a "KIS TR-1, sort of a poor man's fixed gear Lancair". That
answer seems to suffice.
'OC' Baker Says: "The best investment we can make is the time and effort to
gather and understand knowledge."
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richard_trickel(at)yahoo.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 5:22 am Post subject: Memory Lane |
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O.C.
I think your plane looks great. I like the wheel pants. When I first saw the RV wheel pants I was not so crazy about them but they look good on your plane.
Rich
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From: bakerocb(at)cox.net <bakerocb(at)cox.net>
Subject: Re: Re: Memory Lane
To: kis-list(at)matronics.com, "HILLS, JASON" <jason(at)hills.org>
Date: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 3:35 AM
--> KIS-List message posted by: <bakerocb(at)cox.net (bakerocb(at)cox.net)>
10/29/2010
Hello Jason, You wrote: "So if ATC asks what type of plane you are flying, do you answer KIS2, KIS, TR-1, or?"
If the question appears to be an official query for flight plan data purposes I tell them "KIS2" because that is what their computer will accept.
If it is a curious controller asking "really what kind is it?" I tell them that it is a "KIS TR-1, sort of a poor man's fixed gear Lancair". That answer seems to suffice.
'OC' Baker Says: "The best investment we can make is the time and effort to gather and understand knowledge."
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