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1. 09:26 AM - Firestar Serial Number (Swampist@aol.com)
2. 11:15 AM - Re: Firestar Serial Number (Bob Bean)
3. 11:38 AM - Re: Firestar Serial Number (Robert Dorsey)
4. 12:38 PM - eBay Motors item 2419838624 (Ends Jun-23-03 12:29:18 PDT ) - Continental (Bob Bean)
5. 12:46 PM - Re:MKIII Pitch Stability (Rick & Martha Neilsen)
6. 12:49 PM - Goofy tach (Richard Pike)
7. 01:10 PM - Re: Firestar Serial Number (John J. Peters)
8. 02:51 PM - Re: Goofy tach (Jim)
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| Subject: | Firestar Serial Number |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: Swampist@aol.com
Just purchased Firestar need airframe serial number. Was told it was on
engine mount tube but no luck . Is this number stamped on tube or a placard
attached to this area ? Where exactly ? top,bottom right,left, front of engine
etc.
Was told it is 1989 but not positive. Assistance is much appreciated.
Randy
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| Subject: | Re: Firestar Serial Number |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: Bob Bean <slyck@frontiernet.net>
I was told by Dennis Souder that there is no actual serial no. affixed
to the
plane. In my case (a MkIII) there is a number stamped on the engine
mount area,
but that was just a cage identity. That number is currently being used by
the plane that had replaced my slightly bent cage with a new one. What it
comes down to, unless you have a plane that has been previously registered,
just make one up. Since it is a homebuilt you are the one who decides
what the
number is. Only one caveat, go to the FAA registration page to check if that
one is being curently used by another Kolb. No doubt it is by some other
make but that doesn't make any diff. -BB, bolted on the wings today with
the help of my good brother, during a persistent drizzle on the first ?
day of
summer????
Swampist@aol.com wrote:
>--> Kolb-List message posted by: Swampist@aol.com
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>Just purchased Firestar need airframe serial number. Was told it was on
>engine mount tube but no luck . Is this number stamped on tube or a placard
>attached to this area ? Where exactly ? top,bottom right,left, front of engine
etc.
>Was told it is 1989 but not positive. Assistance is much appreciated.
>Randy
>
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Firestar Serial Number |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: Robert Dorsey <lnc2bldr@earthlink.net>
When I completed the build on my FF, I contacted Esther Kolb and she sent
me a memo with my assigned SN.
Maybe TNK has these records?
At 12:25 PM 6/21/03 -0400, you wrote:
>--> Kolb-List message posted by: Swampist@aol.com
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>Just purchased Firestar need airframe serial number. Was told it was on
>engine mount tube but no luck . Is this number stamped on tube or a placard
>attached to this area ? Where exactly ? top,bottom right,left, front of
engine etc.
>Was told it is 1989 but not positive. Assistance is much appreciated.
>Randy
>
>
>
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| Subject: | eBay Motors item 2419838624 (Ends Jun-23-03 12:29:18 PDT ) |
- Continental
C-85-12 aircraft engine
--> Kolb-List message posted by: Bob Bean <slyck@frontiernet.net>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=26437&item=2419838624
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=26437&item=2419838624>
Here's a direct drive 4 stroke that will perform on your MkIII
-BB, do not archive
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| Subject: | RE:MKIII Pitch Stability |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: Rick & Martha Neilsen <neilsenrm@comcast.net>
Thanks John
See below I had a pitch stability issue with my MKIII nothing hard to
control but when you add bumps it became more work. I took John Hauck's
suggestion and lowered the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer .5 inch
lower than factory specifications. This isn't a complete fix but to use
John's analogy it is defiantly a bigger ball. Another plus is that this
gives my airplane more pitch up authority. This is good because at higher
passenger loading and low air speed I found on take off(high power) that I
would get close to the limit of up elevator.
At some point I may experiment with an even lower angle but for now this is
much better.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW powered MKIII
> It seems that you were one that had lowered the leading edge of your
> horizontal stabilizer. Did this improve pitch stability on your airplane?
>
> Rick Neilsen
> Redrive VW powered MKIII
Rick:
Yes, Jim and I experimented with the adjustable
leading edge, horz stab, from the get go. Mine is
adjustable from about an inch lower than what the
plans call for (even with the top of the boom
tube), in three equal increments of about 1/2 inch
each. I have flown in all three positions, but
find that the center position is the only
semi-stable position. All the way up or all the
way down and the airplane acts like it is trying
to balance on a ball. It is continually falling
off the back or front. Really annoying to try and
fly like that.
The purpose of developing the adjustable mounts
was to be able to compensate for different
passenger/pilot loads, and to experiment with how
the aircraft would react to the different
positions. I leave the horz stab in the middle
position all the time now.
Strange, that my MK III would not want to settle
down except in the middle position.
john h
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: Richard Pike <rwpike@charter.net>
When I changed from a 532 to a 582 on my MKIII, I kept the same tach, it is
the one that is normally used for a late style 582. It became erratic, so I
sent it to Westach, they sent it back, said it was OK, the problem is in my
system.
Here are the symptoms: at idle, it reads 2200, which is OK. At full
throttle, tied down, turning 6200, (determined by electric eye tach) it
reads 7000-7500 erratic. Flip on the landing lights, and it drops down to
6000-6500. Now turn the landing lights off, and it might drop to 5800-6200,
or it might go back to 7500.
Took off from a local fly-in today, tach read 7500, throttled back to
cruise (guesstimate of 5400-5600?) tach read 7000, flipping the landing
lights on made the tach drop to 5000. Flipping the landing lights off and
on gave me a variety of readings, some of them maybe close, others
obviously bogus.
There is obviously some relationship between electrical load and tach
readings but electronically I am a klutz & need help. The battery is at
full charge and spins the starter well, the voltmeter reads a consistent
13.8 to 14 volts at cruise.
I am using a Key West regulator, and have noticed a lot of negative
comments on the list about them lately. Anybody have any ideas what is
happening and what I might do to make things behave?
Thanks
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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| Subject: | Re: Firestar Serial Number |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "John J. Peters" <TopGunPI@att.net>
On my FS II , the # is stamped on the rear tube end cap of the
engine mount tube .
do not archive
----- Original Message -----
From: <Swampist@aol.com>
Subject: Kolb-List: Firestar Serial Number
> --> Kolb-List message posted by: Swampist@aol.com
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> Just purchased Firestar need airframe serial number. Was told it was on
> engine mount tube but no luck . Is this number stamped on tube or a
placard
> attached to this area ? Where exactly ? top,bottom right,left, front of
engine etc.
> Was told it is 1989 but not positive. Assistance is much appreciated.
> Randy
>
>
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Jim" <flykolb@carolina.rr.com>
Richard, I had a similar problem when I went from a 503 to a 532. Tried
different tachs, sent the new one back to Westach who said it was ok. It was
driving me crazy. Finally spoke to a tech at Westach who solved the problem
for me. It was (for me) simply a matter of changing which wires I had hooked
up to the tach from the engine. I do not remember now which wires I changed,
but perhaps they could help you with your problem.
Jim
Mark III
Charlotte, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Pike" <rwpike@charter.net>
Subject: Kolb-List: Goofy tach
> --> Kolb-List message posted by: Richard Pike <rwpike@charter.net>
>
> When I changed from a 532 to a 582 on my MKIII, I kept the same tach, it
is
> the one that is normally used for a late style 582. It became erratic, so
I
> sent it to Westach, they sent it back, said it was OK, the problem is in
my
> system.
>
> Here are the symptoms: at idle, it reads 2200, which is OK. At full
> throttle, tied down, turning 6200, (determined by electric eye tach) it
> reads 7000-7500 erratic. Flip on the landing lights, and it drops down to
> 6000-6500. Now turn the landing lights off, and it might drop to
5800-6200,
> or it might go back to 7500.
>
> Took off from a local fly-in today, tach read 7500, throttled back to
> cruise (guesstimate of 5400-5600?) tach read 7000, flipping the landing
> lights on made the tach drop to 5000. Flipping the landing lights off and
> on gave me a variety of readings, some of them maybe close, others
> obviously bogus.
>
> There is obviously some relationship between electrical load and tach
> readings but electronically I am a klutz & need help. The battery is at
> full charge and spins the starter well, the voltmeter reads a consistent
> 13.8 to 14 volts at cruise.
>
> I am using a Key West regulator, and have noticed a lot of negative
> comments on the list about them lately. Anybody have any ideas what is
> happening and what I might do to make things behave?
>
> Thanks
> Richard Pike
> MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
>
>
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