---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 10/25/06: 11 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 11:57 AM - Re: Trailer Jacks (JR) 2. 11:57 AM - 701 at MV? (UNCLASSIFIED) (Kirby Dennis Contr MDA/AL) 3. 03:04 PM - Indian Summer & Harvest Flight (Jack B. Hart) 4. 03:19 PM - MK III X 582 TO 912ULS CONVERSION (Jim Ballenger) 5. 03:58 PM - Re: FS II for sale (planecrazzzy) 6. 05:31 PM - Re: MK III X 582 TO 912ULS CONVERSION (Denny Rowe) 7. 06:54 PM - Re: 701 at MV? (UNCLASSIFIED) (Roger Lee) 8. 06:54 PM - Re: 701 at MV? (UNCLASSIFIED) (Roger Lee) 9. 07:04 PM - Sold My Kolb (Roger Lee) 10. 07:36 PM - Just for fun (possums) 11. 07:43 PM - Vamoose For Sale (Larry Bourne) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 11:57:36 AM PST US From: "JR" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Trailer Jacks --> Kolb-List message posted by: "JR" yes they come through fine... thank you! neat setup trailer and screw jack w/nut ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Wolf" Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:48 PM Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Trailer Jacks > --> Kolb-List message posted by: Chris Wolf > > On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:02:15 -0700, you wrote: > >>Guys, >> >>A few of you asked for pics of my trailer jack set up. Sent them and it >>looks like they appeared on the list, but I did get a message saying they >>were refused or something like that (don't remember exactly). Sent them >>yesterday and no one has commented. Now I don't need a lot of praise and >>stuff like that but it seems to me unusual that there are no comments and >>I wonder if the pics got there. Also, is it me or is it quiet out there. >> >>I have stuck with "the old way" of the list and am happy with that and I >>wonder if maybe the pictures printed on the "old" version of the list but >>not the new. >> >>???????? >>AzDave >> >>Do Not Archive > > Just got home and checked my mail. Pics came through fine. Looks like a > great system. Thanks for posting! > > Chris Wolf > cwolf41@comcast.net > > > -- > 10/24/2006 > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 11:57:36 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: 701 at MV? (UNCLASSIFIED) From: "Kirby Dennis Contr MDA/AL" --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Kirby Dennis Contr MDA/AL" Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE I am trying to contact the owner of the Zenith CH-701 with the Arizona paint job (obviously copied from Uncle Craig) that attended the Monument Valley fly in this past May. Does anyone have contact information for this fellow? Many Thanks - Dennis Kirby do not archive Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:04:57 PM PST US From: "Jack B. Hart" Subject: Kolb-List: Indian Summer & Harvest Flight --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Jack B. Hart" Kolbers, It has been cold, windy and wet for several weeks. Today the sun was out and so I took a spin around the local area. The harvest is late this year due to a wet spring. Every where I looked there was a combine in the field harvesting beans or corn. Flew at 1,000 feet agl through a sea of spider webs. When I got back on the ground the FireFly was covered by spider silk. With the sun going down one can see the sun light making the spider silk glow like frost on the top of the grass. Did not stay up very long as I was not dressed for 40 degrees F. But it was great. Tomorrow it is supposed to be colder and rain or sleet or snow. Jack B. Hart FF004 Winchester, IN Do not archive ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:19:56 PM PST US From: "Jim Ballenger" Subject: Kolb-List: MK III X 582 TO 912ULS CONVERSION Hello to all I wanted to share some information I have learned since upgrading from a 582 to a 912uls with a 72" 3 bladed WARP prop on my MK III X. It is not cheap to upgrade but I got a break on the engine when I bought John Hauck's old 912uls. It is a strong running engine well proven in the most extreme of conditions and I am very happy with it. I ended up lowering the leading edge of the wing by about 5/8" to keep from getting airborne before the plane was ready to fly and lowering the leading edge of the horizontal stab to 1/4" above the centerline of the boom tube. I added a trim tab to the elevator to give it some down pressure and a large rudder trim tab to hold right rudder. I also removed my trim tab from the left aileron that I needed with the 582 installed. My empty weight increased from 564 to 602 lbs and the cg ranges from 26 to 34.8 so it falls within the limits. I have the prop pitched for straight and level WOT at 5500 rpm. This give me a take off climb of about 1200 fpm at 70 mph IAS with 5400 rpms. So far some rough performance numbers are at 5500 rpm in level flight IAS is 95 mph, 5000 rpm give me a little more than 85 mph IAS and 4500 is a little less than 80 mph IAS. The plane trims out nicely with the way it is set up. I do not have to use the cockpit trim control while solo to maintain level flight at 5000rpm. This will allow me to trim the airplane with a passenger and maintain level flight with in limits I hope. Time will tell as I have not taken a passenger up yet. I also had to change out my Kunztleman HotBox and EIS and I am very happy with them. I want to thank Brian and Travis at TNK for all the advice and time they spent on the phone with me during the conversion and certainly John Hauck for going out of his way to remove and deliver the engine to me in a timely manner so I could get back in the air. Jim Ballenger MK III X 912ULS N46319 Virginia Beach, Virginia ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 03:58:21 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: FS II for sale From: "planecrazzzy" --> Kolb-List message posted by: "planecrazzzy" Where is the trailer located...? -------- .. .. .. .. .. Do Not Archive Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=70212#70212 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 05:31:05 PM PST US From: "Denny Rowe" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: MK III X 582 TO 912ULS CONVERSION Jim, Congrats on your new powerplant. Thanks for the info, sounds like you have many hours of fun and dependable flying ahead of you. Keep us posted on your adventures. Denny ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Ballenger To: kolb-list@matronics.com Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 6:19 PM Subject: Kolb-List: MK III X 582 TO 912ULS CONVERSION Hello to all I wanted to share some information I have learned since upgrading from a 582 to a 912uls with a 72" 3 bladed WARP prop on my MK III X. It is not cheap to upgrade but I got a break on the engine when I bought John Hauck's old 912uls. It is a strong running engine well proven in the most extreme of conditions and I am very happy with it. I ended up lowering the leading edge of the wing by about 5/8" to keep from getting airborne before the plane was ready to fly and lowering the leading edge of the horizontal stab to 1/4" above the centerline of the boom tube. I added a trim tab to the elevator to give it some down pressure and a large rudder trim tab to hold right rudder. I also removed my trim tab from the left aileron that I needed with the 582 installed. My empty weight increased from 564 to 602 lbs and the cg ranges from 26 to 34.8 so it falls within the limits. I have the prop pitched for straight and level WOT at 5500 rpm. This give me a take off climb of about 1200 fpm at 70 mph IAS with 5400 rpms. So far some rough performance numbers are at 5500 rpm in level flight IAS is 95 mph, 5000 rpm give me a little more than 85 mph IAS and 4500 is a little less than 80 mph IAS. The plane trims out nicely with the way it is set up. I do not have to use the cockpit trim control while solo to maintain level flight at 5000rpm. This will allow me to trim the airplane with a passenger and maintain level flight with in limits I hope. Time will tell as I have not taken a passenger up yet. I also had to change out my Kunztleman HotBox and EIS and I am very happy with them. I want to thank Brian and Travis at TNK for all the advice and time they spent on the phone with me during the conversion and certainly John Hauck for going out of his way to remove and deliver the engine to me in a timely manner so I could get back in the air. Jim Ballenger MK III X 912ULS N46319 Virginia Beach, Virginia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- 10/16/2006 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 06:54:43 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: 701 at MV? (UNCLASSIFIED) From: "Roger Lee" --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Roger Lee" Hi Dennis, Hi name is Ken Smalley. He was in my hanger here in Tucson, but he sold his plane last month to someone in Farmington, NM. -------- Roger Lee Tucson, Az. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=70239#70239 ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 06:54:46 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: 701 at MV? (UNCLASSIFIED) From: "Roger Lee" --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Roger Lee" Hi Dennis, Hi name is Ken Smalley. He was in my hanger here in Tucson, but he sold his plane last month to someone in Farmington, NM. -------- Roger Lee Tucson, Az. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=70240#70240 ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 07:04:25 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Sold My Kolb From: "Roger Lee" --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Roger Lee" Hi All, Sorry to say that I sold my Kolb Mark III today. A gentleman from Miami, Fl. came out to see it and jumped on it. I will truley miss flying my Kolb. I take the last flight tomorrow. [Crying or Very sad] I have a Flight Design CT coming in 5 weeks. I need not say good-bye to my friends on this list, because I plan to continue visiting you all. AZDAVE, you missed a really good plane. :D -------- Roger Lee Tucson, Az. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=70242#70242 ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 07:36:05 PM PST US From: possums Subject: Kolb-List: Just for fun Have deleted my other videos on YouTube per advice from Mol---er Int. However have posted this one on Goggle! Has better resolution anyway - guess their "auction" didn't fair so well?? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8558932262133094065&hl=en ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 07:43:31 PM PST US From: "Larry Bourne" Subject: Kolb-List: Vamoose For Sale OK, it's official. I listed Vamoose on Barnstormers today. I listed the plane itself for $12,500.00, with no engine or reduction drive. This price includes the gull wing doors, tall spring steel landing gear, heavy duty tapered roller wheel bearings, 8:00 tires, Narco aircraft radio, transponder and altitude encoder. The engine is listed separately for $2500.00, and is a 2110cc high performance VW with electronic wasted spark ignition and computer controlled fuel injection. To the best of my knowledge, the engine is great, and started every time I hit the ignition. Engine price includes Warp Drive 3 bladed 72" prop, My problems were with the reduction drive, that now lives at the Palm Springs city dump. The engine is mounted and I would prefer to sell it with the plane, but if necessary I could separate them. I also have an enclosed trailer for it that needs a little work on the modified front end, and have listed the trailer for $2500.00. A complete description of Vamoose is online at: http://www.biglar.homestead.com/BUILDINGVAMOOSE.html A combination of factors brought this about. The primary one is that I've just lost interest, and not just in Vamoose. In the first 6 years that I had my pilot's license, I flew over 300 hours in rental planes. In the last 5 years, just 30 hours. The flightseeing tour at Bella Coola, B.C. this summer got me jazzed for a bit, but it fell flat again. Second, I've just accepted a position as Director of Engineering at a luxury hotel in Santa Fe, NM and 1) I'm not going to have much, if any, time for hobbies for quite a while, and 2) I'm just not up for dragging it along and trying to find a place to store it, let alone work on it. I don't really think that awful redrive was much of a factor, tho' it surely did p..... me off big time. That's mechanical and was poorly designed from the get go, and I think I gave it a helluva go. I'm very thankful it caused its' problems on the ground. I still enjoy the Kolb List and my many friends here, and figure on keeping on with it, Vamoose or no. Lar. Larry Bourne Palm Springs, CA Building Kolb Mk III Vamoose www.gogittum.com