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1. 03:52 AM - Re: Mark 3 in Canada (snuffy@usol.com)
2. 04:18 AM - Re: A sad day for 16UDR (Dave Rains)
3. 05:06 AM - Re: lift strut tangs and bolts (TAILDRAGGER503@aol.com)
4. 05:08 AM - Re: Re: Kolb-List Digest: 31 Msgs - 02/14/03 (Peter Volum)
5. 07:05 AM - Re: lift strut tangs and bolts (Bob Bean)
6. 07:31 AM - Kolb's eye view (William George)
7. 07:44 AM - Re: Kolb's eye view (Christopher Armstrong)
8. 07:49 AM - Re: Re: Kolb-List Digest: 31 Msgs - 02/14/03 (Larry Bourne)
9. 08:03 AM - Re: Kolb's eye view (Jeremy Casey)
10. 08:08 AM - Re: Kolb's eye view (John Hauck)
11. 08:18 AM - Re: Kolb's eye view (Richard Pike)
12. 08:20 AM - Re: Kolb's eye view (Alderson, James)
13. 09:41 AM - Re: lift strut tangs and bolts (RWilliJill@aol.com)
14. 10:32 AM - Rear attach fittings (TAILDRAGGER503@aol.com)
15. 12:30 PM - Booster Bottle & Bing - Update (Jack & Louise Hart)
16. 12:56 PM - Re: Booster Bottle & Bing - Update (Christopher Armstrong)
17. 01:47 PM - Fuel Tank (Mike Pierzina)
18. 02:14 PM - Re: Fuel Tank (Jeremy Casey)
19. 03:04 PM - Re: Booster Bottle & Bing - Update (Jack & Louise Hart)
20. 04:30 PM - BRS MODEL 4 FOR SALE!!! NO CHUTE AND NO ROCKET!!! (Gary robert voigt)
21. 07:03 PM - Re: BRS MODEL 4 FOR SALE!!! NO CHUTE AND NO (possums)
22. 07:17 PM - Re: turnbuckle components (woody)
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| Subject: | Re: Mark 3 in Canada |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: snuffy@usol.com
I know of 2 personally they have been done ( mine and a friends)
and I
> know of 2 more that will be within the year if all goes well (mine and
a
> clubs). There was no problem registering them. It will have to
registered
> as an Ultralight as there is a different building regulation here. Do
not
> mention if it has been registered in the US. . However. as an
ultralight
> you can fly where you want but if you have a passenger you had
better be a
> flight instructor or your co pilot is also a licensed pilot. Where in
> Canada are you moving?
Thanks Woody! New
Brunswick........Kirk
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| Subject: | A sad day for 16UDR |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: Dave Rains <rr@htg.net>
Yeah, the guy in the back seat (uninjured) got a good view.
Dave Rains
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From: Beauford Tuton [SMTP:beauford@tampabay.rr.com]
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: A sad day for 16UDR
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Beauford Tuton" <beauford@tampabay.rr.com>
John...
Agree... looks like it piled in hard, vice just flipping... kinda makes yer
toes curl up to look at it, don't it...?
Could be that the soft sand Will described is what saved this guy's bacon...
Wonder if anyone witnessed this entertaining occurrence... Will???
Beauford
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hauck" <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
> --> Kolb-List message posted by: John Hauck <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
>
>
> Beauford/Gang:
>> The way the upper forward longerons are bent up is
> an indication he hit the ground nose low.
>
>
He hit the ground awefully
> hard. >
> Normally, a nose over onto its back will not
> produce this kind of damage.
>
> john h
>
> DO NOT ARCHIVE
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: lift strut tangs and bolts |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: TAILDRAGGER503@aol.com
Ron ,I put them in up side down. There is nothing wrong about that and they
also can be removed and inspected.
David Snyder
Building FSII
Lakewood, N.J.
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| Subject: | Re: Kolb-List Digest: 31 Msgs - 02/14/03 |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Peter Volum" <peterv@etsmiami.com>
Sounds like Big Lar has just added another six to twelve months to his
project's completion date...
PV
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Larry Bourne
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Kolb-List Digest: 31 Msgs - 02/14/03
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Larry Bourne" <biglar@gogittum.com>
A "Long Winded Lar" story. Hit DELETE if you don't wanna
read
it.
Thanks, Gary. Do you put your camera out there in the wind with no
protection ?? Seems like there'd be bug smears on the lens fairly soon.
Has that been a problem ?? Have you - or anyone - ever seen a system
(within reason) that would let you pivot the camera while in flight
??............or am I gonna hafta build my own ?? (yah, shore, and I
know
there's those fancy systems the news agencies put on heli-chop-ters an'
all,
but I said "reasonable.") I won't have time to publish pics in
the
morning, so here's what I've done.................my digital camera (not
a
camcorder) has an A/V out port, that enables connection to any TV or
monitor
that has A/V input jacks. I thought it was just to show pics that have
already been taken, but it turns out that it will also show whatever the
camera is seeing - BEFORE you take the picture. Long distance eyes, eh
??
I've built a long (40 ft) extension cord for that, and also bought a
Digisnap 2000 remote control from Harbortronics.com in Gig Harbor, WA.,
and
built a 40 ft. long extension for that as well. (that's how much
computer
cable I had laying around) They tell me it'll work with up to 1,000 ft.
of
cord. (! ! !) The digisnap gives me full remote control of zoom and
shutter, and will also enable time lapse photography, if I should ever
(??)
need or want it. The monitor function lets me see what the camera sees,
so
that I'll know how much, if any, zoom to use; then take the picture
with
the remote when I'm ready. This is why I'm curious about pivoting the
camera remotely. Hmmmm.............maybe an electric trim control ??
Hooked to a fighter style grip ?? The possibilities are endless. I've
already tested all this, and it works extremely well. I have a 4" TFT
LCD
color monitor coming from RamPlus.com in the morning, and the extensions
I've built give me 40 ft of range from the camera. There are radio, and
infra red triggers available, but then you're getting into the very
spendy
again. The idea, aside from mounting on the plane, is to set up for
wildlife and bird photos.........from the camper, or a (comfortable)
blind,
or wherever. The 4 ah motorcycle battery in a fanny pack that I built
years
ago for my GPS & intercom will hang on the tripod, or in the plane, and
plugs right in to the camera as well, giving effectively unlimited
battery
life, and saves those expensive - and short lived - camera batteries.
Digital Lar.
Larry Bourne
Palm Springs, CA
Kolb Mk III - Vamoose
www.gogittum.com
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| Subject: | Re: lift strut tangs and bolts |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: Bob Bean <slyck@frontiernet.net>
---Which makes them match those backwards bolts on the rear attach
fittings. That's why Kolbs are safer during inverted flight.- BB
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TAILDRAGGER503@aol.com wrote:
>--> Kolb-List message posted by: TAILDRAGGER503@aol.com
>
>Ron ,I put them in up side down. There is nothing wrong about that and they
>also can be removed and inspected.
>
>David Snyder
>
>Building FSII
>Lakewood, N.J.
>
>
>
>
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: William George <wgeorge@mountainmeadowranch.com>
Gooood morning gang,
I recently put up the first batch in a series of aerial photographs taken
from my Mk-3. The site is primarily to facilitate browsing by local
businesses and residents, but I thought you Kolb drivers might enjoy them.
http://www.hawaiiscenics.com/
Bill George
Kolb Mk-3/Verner1400SVS/Powerfin 68" "F"
do not archive
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Christopher Armstrong" <cen33475@CenturyTel.net>
http://www.hawaiiscenics.com/
Bill George
Kolb Mk-3/Verner1400SVS/Powerfin 68" "F"
do not archive
You make me want to load myself into a cannon and shoot myself out of the
wisconsin frozen tundra and soar over the tropical islands of hawaii... in
other words thanks for the nice pictures, and for sending me into a deeper
mid-winter depresion then I was already in!
Topher
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| Subject: | Re: Kolb-List Digest: 31 Msgs - 02/14/03 |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Larry Bourne" <biglar@gogittum.com>
My buddies....................faith in the Lar. The
pain....................... Do not Archive.
Larry Bourne
Palm Springs, CA
Kolb Mk III - Vamoose
www.gogittum.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Volum" <peterv@etsmiami.com>
Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Re: Kolb-List Digest: 31 Msgs - 02/14/03
> --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Peter Volum" <peterv@etsmiami.com>
>
> Sounds like Big Lar has just added another six to twelve months to his
> project's completion date...
>
> PV
>
> Do not archive
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Larry Bourne
> To: kolb-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Kolb-List Digest: 31 Msgs - 02/14/03
>
> --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Larry Bourne" <biglar@gogittum.com>
>
> A "Long Winded Lar" story. Hit DELETE if you don't wanna
> read
> it.
>
> Thanks, Gary. Do you put your camera out there in the wind with no
> protection ?? Seems like there'd be bug smears on the lens fairly soon.
> Has that been a problem ?? Have you - or anyone - ever seen a system
> (within reason) that would let you pivot the camera while in flight
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Jeremy Casey" <jrcasey@ldl.net>
Gooood morning gang,
I recently put up the first batch in a series of aerial photographs
taken
from my Mk-3. The site is primarily to facilitate browsing by local
businesses and residents, but I thought you Kolb drivers might enjoy
them.
http://www.hawaiiscenics.com/
Bill George
Kolb Mk-3/Verner1400SVS/Powerfin 68" "F"
Kolbers,
Forget that Monument Valley thing...we have a new destination!!!
;-)
(This one will require LOOOOOONG range tanks to complete... and a raft
incase things get silent.)
On a more realistic note...there is a small group considering a flight
over to the Bahamas right before Sun-n-Fun. A rag-tag bunch I'm telling
you...a few from Wisconsin and a few from Georgia. This Alabama boy has
his reservations about that 60 miles of water...
Jeremy Casey
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| Subject: | Re: Kolb's eye view |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: John Hauck <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
> other words thanks for the nice pictures, and for sending me into a deeper
> mid-winter depresion then I was already in!
>
> Topher
Topher/Gang:
I'll second that!
Thank God we do not have the snow they are having
in the NE........
john h
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| Subject: | Re: Kolb's eye view |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: Richard Pike <rwpike@charter.net>
Gorgeous pictures. Would it be possible to use some of them in our EAA
chapter's next newsletter? (I am the newsletter editor)
I used some of Will Uribe's Monument Valley pictures in the February
newsletter, coming out this Thursday. (Notice to Will - you will be getting
a copy -with a link to your website) Trying to drum up local interest in
the May 19-20 flight. Besides, it has been miserable weather here lately,
we needed to see some sun and heat...
I would like to use four or six pictures at about 1/4th full size, with a
link to your page. Thanks.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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At 05:26 AM 2/18/03 -1000, you wrote:
>--> Kolb-List message posted by: William George
><wgeorge@mountainmeadowranch.com>
>
>Gooood morning gang,
>
>I recently put up the first batch in a series of aerial photographs taken
>from my Mk-3. The site is primarily to facilitate browsing by local
>businesses and residents, but I thought you Kolb drivers might enjoy them.
>
>http://www.hawaiiscenics.com/
>
>Bill George
>
>Kolb Mk-3/Verner1400SVS/Powerfin 68" "F"
>
>do not archive
>
>
Help Stop Spam!
Delete all address information (especially mine) off everything you
forward, and make Blind Carbon Copy a way of life.
Thanks! And have a blessed day.
rp
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Alderson, James" <James_Alderson@jdedwards.com>
Its not the water that bothers me, its the things in the water that consider
me a tasty snack that bothers me...
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Casey [mailto:jrcasey@ldl.net]
Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Kolb's eye view
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Jeremy Casey" <jrcasey@ldl.net>
Gooood morning gang,
I recently put up the first batch in a series of aerial photographs
taken
from my Mk-3. The site is primarily to facilitate browsing by local
businesses and residents, but I thought you Kolb drivers might enjoy
them.
http://www.hawaiiscenics.com/
Bill George
Kolb Mk-3/Verner1400SVS/Powerfin 68" "F"
Kolbers,
Forget that Monument Valley thing...we have a new destination!!!
;-)
(This one will require LOOOOOONG range tanks to complete... and a raft
incase things get silent.)
On a more realistic note...there is a small group considering a flight
over to the Bahamas right before Sun-n-Fun. A rag-tag bunch I'm telling
you...a few from Wisconsin and a few from Georgia. This Alabama boy has
his reservations about that 60 miles of water...
Jeremy Casey
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| Subject: | Re: lift strut tangs and bolts |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: RWilliJill@aol.com
David
That's a good point about being able to remove the bolt for inspection if the
need ever arises. Plus I'll be able to use the 4 AN4-7's (drilled) that that
were sent in my kit in lew of AN4-7A's (undrilled) . I would feel better
anyway since the bolts are inverted having a drilled bolt with castle nut and
cotter pin. After having owned 3 Harley Davidson's I've learned that if
things aren't properly installed, loctied, and torked they are going to
vibrate the H-- off. The same applies to aircraft, no matter what type. I
owned and flew a C-150 for several years, then bought a Commanche 250-B and
flew it several more. I also got to fly my sons Firefly for about 10 hours
before he destroyed it. You know what, they all vibrate and tend to shed
parts just like the space shuttle if they aren't put together right. I always
tend to ere on the cautious side, maybe to a fault, but hey, we all see
things differently. The bottom line is, "I asked for information, I received
information, and now I'm going to go rivet this '"mother" together and get to
the next task. Thanks again for all the input I received.
Ron Williams
Firestar II
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| Subject: | Rear attach fittings |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: TAILDRAGGER503@aol.com
Bob , are you referring to the strut fittings and universal joint that
attaches the main wing to the cage? I also have an inverted bolt there to
avoid binding when I fold the wings.
David Snyder
Building FSII
Lakewood, N.J.
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| Subject: | Booster Bottle & Bing - Update |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: Jack & Louise Hart <jbhart@ldd.net>
I cleared snow from the hangar doors so I could get them open. I installed the
modified Bing carburetor parts but made no changes to the carburetor jets. I
started the engine, and promptly blew the FireFly on its nose. I should have
tied the tail to the pickup. No damage other than a few scratches to the bottom
side of the nose cone. I backed out the slide screw to let the throttle slide
valve come the whole way down. Started the engine and it would run no slower
than 2,300 rpm. I let it warm up and watched the fuel flow meter. It was
indicating .4 to .5 gph. Then I took out the modified slide valve and reinstalled
the original. Started the engine, and the fuel low meter indicated 1.2
to 1.5 gph. With the modified slide valve, the engine did not slobber gasoline
out of the air filter. When I put the original slide valve back in and started
the engine, gasoline dripped from the air filter at an idle.
I will be purchasing some smaller idle jets to try and get the idle back down to
1000 rpm. This is really quite exciting because of the drop in fuel flow and
the pick up in idle speed with only a 100 cc volume increase on the manifold
side of the engine. I will have to make another modification to the throttle
valve slide. Bing for some reason make a small separate chamber in the slide
that faces the carburetor inlet side. I will have to drill a hole to drain
the bottom of this chamber into the spring chamber because gasoline and oil get
caught in it.
Must order some idle jets.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Jackson, MO
Jack & Louise Hart
jbhart@ldd.net
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| Subject: | Booster Bottle & Bing - Update |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Christopher Armstrong" <cen33475@CenturyTel.net>
Jack,
as always, some of the coolest stuff comes out of your skunk works. once
you get re-tuned across the powerband it is going to be real interesting to
hear the overall results. I would recommend a significant test period on
simply whether the modified slide slides in and out of the carb reliably,
and that there isn't an oscilation in mixture with time. wouldn't want you
to try to advance throttle and have the port catch on something in there!
I coud see a possible build up of fuel in the chamber at partial settings
that drops down as the port shuts or opens. Am I right that this first test
was only the slide port not the external port or volume?
I think it is too funny that you set her on the nose... it's always the ones
you don't think of that get you. glad there wasn't significant damage.
Topher
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Mike Pierzina" <planecrazzzy@lycos.com>
Hey Guys,
On the subject of fuel tanks.... I've got the set-up for two
5 gal jugs.....
If I ever wanted to carry more fuel , would it be legal to carry some sorta
belly drop tank...?
Not that I would drop the tank after it's empty. It would just be when I needed
a bigger fuel load for cross country..... It would also have a VERY LOW center
of gravity....
Is anybody using something like this already ?
Gotta Fly...
Mike in MN , FSII
- 1st & 2nd coats ,spray polybrush (tail)
---
Sometimes you just have to take the leap
and build your wings on the way down...
Gotta Fly...
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Jeremy Casey" <jrcasey@ldl.net>
There was a guy a couple of years ago from Italy that flew a Kitfox
around the world. He had a torpedo shaped tank on the bottom of it.
Look back threw some of the EAA magazines. Name was Michel Gordilio or
something like that...
Jeremy
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Mike Pierzina
Subject: Kolb-List: Fuel Tank
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Mike Pierzina"
<planecrazzzy@lycos.com>
Hey Guys,
On the subject of fuel tanks.... I've got the set-up
for two 5 gal jugs.....
If I ever wanted to carry more fuel , would it be legal to carry some
sorta belly drop tank...?
Not that I would drop the tank after it's empty. It would just be
when I needed a bigger fuel load for cross country..... It would also
have a VERY LOW center of gravity....
Is anybody using something like this already ?
Gotta Fly...
Mike in MN
---
Sometimes you just have to take the leap
and build your wings on the way down...
Gotta Fly...
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| Subject: | Booster Bottle & Bing - Update |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: Jack & Louise Hart <jbhart@ldd.net>
At 02:56 PM 2/18/03 -0600, you wrote:
>--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Christopher Armstrong" <cen33475@CenturyTel.net>
>
>Jack,
>
>as always, some of the coolest stuff comes out of your skunk works. once
>you get re-tuned across the powerband it is going to be real interesting to
>hear the overall results. I would recommend a significant test period on
>simply whether the modified slide slides in and out of the carb reliably,
>and that there isn't an oscilation in mixture with time. wouldn't want you
>to try to advance throttle and have the port catch on something in there!
>I coud see a possible build up of fuel in the chamber at partial settings
>that drops down as the port shuts or opens. Am I right that this first test
>was only the slide port not the external port or volume?
>
>I think it is too funny that you set her on the nose... it's always the ones
>you don't think of that get you. glad there wasn't significant damage.
>
>Topher
Topher,
I always use some small chocks made out of 1/2 inch OD plastic water pipe. Normally,
I start the engine with the brakes set, and after the engine warms up,
I release the brake and taxi over the chocks. In this case, I did not have time
to get the brake off, I just killed the engine. As I did so, the FireFly over
balanced on the chocked and locked wheels and it gently rotated on to the
nose cone. I will have to touch up the paint on the bottom front where the nose
cone hit the asphalt.
There should not be much to do to re tune the engine across the power band because
the port on the induction side of the throttle slide valve will be completely
closed from 4,000 rpm on up. The build up of fuel and oil in side the throttle
valve slide can drain out of two holes that Bing already provides for that
purpose in the bottom of the spring chamber. These holes are directly over
the venturi where the air pressure is its lowest.
Yes, this was the first test and it was with just the inside volume of the throttle
slide valve (about 100 cc) and no external volume connected. That is what
is so exciting about the results. If I can get the low rpm fuel flow down below
.5 gph, I will be happy with it just the way it is, and I will not add any
additional external volume. Also, in cold weather I will not have to worry
about cleaning gasoline and oil off the wing after every flight.
My biggest fear was that with the throttle valve closed and with the engine idling
with the vacuum in the intake manifold and inside the throttle valve slide
that the air pressure on the bottom of the slide may force it up and the return
spring compressed. This did not seem to be the case. There was no slack in
the throttle linkage to indicate the slide had been forced up.
At this point I blame the fast idle to leaning out the mixture. When the new smaller
idle jets get here, I will run another test to see if I can get the idle
back down to 1,000 rpm with the tail tied down. If I can do this, then I will
be ready to try it out in flight, and take some rpm and gph readings.
I wish I had thought of this when I had the Rotax 447. It would be fun to see
if it would have smoothened it out in the lower rpms. But I was getting too old
to pull a rope to get it started, and so for that reason the change has been
good.
Side note:
I got an e-mail from Speedwing, the people I purchased the engine from in Canada.
They have been having problems with the Victor 2s slobbering from the carburetors.
They were asking for help. I sent them the jump to the web page, and
some more explanation. It will be interesting to see if they and/or Simonini
can come up with something too.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Jackson, MO
Jack & Louise Hart
jbhart@ldd.net
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| Subject: | BRS MODEL 4 FOR SALE!!! NO CHUTE AND NO ROCKET!!! |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Gary robert voigt" <johndeereantique@qwest.net>
Fellow flyers, i have decided to sell my BRS model 4 !!!!! check it
out on ebay!!!!! this is a 1991 model and it does not contain the chute
or rocket...only hardware and canisters.
please bid high....I NEED MONEY!!!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11742&item=3116087685
do not archive
thanks,
Gary r. voigt
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| Subject: | Re: BRS MODEL 4 FOR SALE!!! NO CHUTE AND NO |
ROCKET!!!
--> Kolb-List message posted by: possums <possums@mindspring.com>
At 06:30 PM 2/18/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Gary robert voigt"
><johndeereantique@qwest.net>
>
> Fellow flyers, i have decided to sell my BRS model 4 !!!!! check it
>out on ebay!!!!! this is a 1991 model and it does not contain the chute
>or rocket...only hardware and canisters.
>please bid high....I NEED MONEY!!!!!
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11742&item=3116087685
>
> do not archive
>
> thanks,
> Gary r. voigt
Been thinkin' about selling my setup - 1999 Kolb half-breed. Check it out at:
http://www.mindspring.com/~possums/
Does not include the airframe, engine, instruments or chute.
But it's the thought that counts - right?
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| Subject: | Re: turnbuckle components |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: woody <duesouth@govital.net>
At 09:27 PM 2/17/03 -0600, you wrote:
>--> Kolb-List message posted by: John Hauck <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
>
>
> > You have a non foldable KOlb so you can adjust them just right and stay
> > there :).
>
>Now Woody/Gang:
>
>That ain't quite correct. I have a very foldable
>Kolb. I just don't have to fold it except when I
>break it. hehehe
>
>john h
I stand corrected. How about mine are tighter than most Kolbs that are
folded every flight and I have no turnbuckles. I modified these wires
because I am lazy and putting that one tail wire bolt in was always a pain
in the butt. So I simplified.
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