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1. 03:08 AM - Re: Full enclosure (planecrazzzy)
2. 03:46 AM - MV (pat ladd)
3. 05:12 AM - Re: MKIII Dihedral (David Lucas)
4. 06:45 AM - Re: Christmas (David Lehman)
5. 06:54 AM - Re: MKIII Dihedral (David Lehman)
6. 07:26 AM - Re: MV (John Hauck)
7. 10:28 AM - Progress (Rick Pearce)
8. 11:23 AM - Re: Progress (David Key)
9. 11:55 AM - Re: MKIII Dihedral (Richard Pike)
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| Subject: | Re: Full enclosure |
Hi Jerb,
Thanks for the complement !
The Main shape was done buy taking a piece of Aluminum "Channel"
( square - not tapered flanges )
I put it through a "Roller" at work ....curve it alittle , lower the roller,
do it again until I got the radius that was close..... From there it was a
matter of hitting it with a deadblow hammer against wood , to get the
shape even closer.
After I got it's shape as close as I could , I then cut off one of the
flanges....and used the deadblow / wood to fit even closer....
Trying to do this with angle from the start is a mess .....
The channel really helped....
After the basic shape was done , I used my TIG to do the detailed wrap
around for bolting it in the existing holes....
I'll probly add two bolts around 10 & 2 O'clock
(Stainless bolts because of the Compass)
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. Gotta Fly...
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Hi,
can someone please confirm the MV weekend. I have a note of Friday May
18/ Sat 19th
Looks as though I may make it although there are many ends to be tied up
yet.
Cheers
Pat
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| Subject: | Re: MKIII Dihedral |
Richard,
Seems like your a little disapointed in the results after all the trouble of increasing
dihedral. Vis;
> it was still impossible to pick up a low wing with rudder
,
Have you ever heard of 'Canted Tabs'. Perhaps they would work in your situation.
Read all about it here;
If you do a Google search, you'll also find a few other entries on 'Canted Tabs'.
Happy Christmas,
David.
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Merry Christmas to you too Pat from "Lovely" fog bound Fresno, Kalifonia...
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On 12/23/06, pat ladd <pj.ladd@btinternet.com> wrote:
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> Hi Lar,
> sorry for the long silence but my confuser blew up on me around the first
> week of December and I only got back online this afternoon.
>
> Enjoyed the last lot of pics you sent. You just HAVE to get a book out
> sometime.
>
> I have been working busily through the accumulated backlog of posts, 1543
> of them, deleting merrily away when I accidentally wiped something about a
> special deal at MV. Anyone have a note of what that was?
>
> Merry Christmas to everyone on the list from a fog bound UK
>
> Cheers
>
> Pat
>
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| Subject: | Re: MKIII Dihedral |
Besides all that Rev., it looks funky...
On a different note, my original Firestar has a canopy like the FS II in the
picture and the top of the fuselage sides (under the wing) are open as
well... Thinking I might cut a little wind and noise, I covered the
openings with Lexan and went out flying... The coverings cut my airspeed
considerably, I removed them and things went back to normal... A buddy
flying beside me, said he could see the difference in AOA with and without
the coverings... My theory is that the coverings robbed air from the
prop...
Merry Christmas...
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On 12/23/06, Richard Pike <richard@bcchapel.org> wrote:
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> Since the FSII flew hands off so well with a bunch of dihedral, decided to
> try it on the MKIII and see if it could also be made to fly hands off. You
> can see from the pictures how much dihedral is in the FSII, and how much is
> in the MKIII, but the results were not at all alike. Could not come up with
> a combination of trim or throttle settings that would enable hands off
> flight. It was better than before, but just barely, it was still impossible
> to pick up a low wing with rudder. There was a small amount of turbulence,
> but very small. Perhaps if I had a passenger so that it was balanced on each
> side, and the air was glass smooth, or maybe if I had a full fuselage that
> ran up to the base of the wing - who knows?
> Anyway, my initial tests show that dihedral is of no apparent value on
> this MKIII, your results may vary. None of the other flight characteristics
> seemed any different. Will probably put it back like it was. The gap seal
> fits better that way...
>
> Richard Pike
> MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=83264#83264
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can someone please confirm the MV weekend. I have a note of Friday
May 18/ Sat 19th
Pat
Patrick/All:
MV is the weekend between Mother's Day and Memorial Day. Most of us
get there on Thurday and stay until Sunday, depending on winds and
weather. That would make the 2007 Unplanned/Unorganized Kolb Flyin,
Monument Valley, Utah, fall on 17 through 20 May 2007.
Lord willing and the creek don't rise, see ya there,
john h
mkIII
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I recieved my registration last Sat after 3 months or jacking with
paper work & one rejection. I sent off all the paper work for the
inspection Wed I hope it is not another three month wait. Rick Pearce
Mark 3 C 912
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After you pass inspection you'll have a really nice bird and wont even think
of it again. How about some photos!
>From: "Rick Pearce" <rap@isp.com>
>To: <kolb-list@matronics.com>
>Subject: Kolb-List: Progress
>Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:25:17 -0600
>
> I recieved my registration last Sat after 3 months or jacking with
>paper work & one rejection. I sent off all the paper work for the
>inspection Wed I hope it is not another three month wait. Rick Pearce Mark
>3 C 912
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| Subject: | Re: MKIII Dihedral |
This one has a tapered Lexan fairing that goes behind the factory
cockpit enclosure, and we have flown it with and with out the rear
Lexan. Without the rear lexan fairing, the speed goes down, and it loses
some rudder authority. Since we have the Lexan tapered, hopefully it
enable wind to the prop.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
dna
----- Original Message -----
From: David Lehman
To: kolb-list@matronics.com
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: MKIII Dihedral
<snip>On a different note, my original Firestar has a canopy like the
FS II in the picture and the top of the fuselage sides (under the wing)
are open as well... Thinking I might cut a little wind and noise, I
covered the openings with Lexan and went out flying... The coverings
cut my airspeed considerably, I removed them and things went back to
normal... A buddy flying beside me, said he could see the difference in
AOA with and without the coverings... My theory is that the coverings
robbed air from the prop...
Merry Christmas...
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