---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 02/22/07: 16 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:55 AM - cuyunna (tc1917) 2. 06:15 AM - Re: Picture taken from a Kolb (Thom Riddle) 3. 07:00 AM - Re: Re: Picture taken from a Kolb (knowvne@aol.com) 4. 07:55 AM - Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before overhaul (John H Murphy) 5. 08:19 AM - Re: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before overhaul (Richard Girard) 6. 09:34 AM - Re: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before overhaul (John Jung) 7. 11:14 AM - Re: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before overhaul (olendorf) 8. 04:42 PM - Re: Re: Picture taken from a Kolb (possums) 9. 05:04 PM - Re: Re: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before ove rhaul (Ralph) 10. 05:19 PM - Re: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before overhaul (Roger Lee) 11. 05:24 PM - Re: Re: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before overhaul (ElleryWeld@aol.com) 12. 06:15 PM - John Hauck Landing Video (Bill Vincent) 13. 06:27 PM - JOHN WILLIAMSONS PICTURES (Bill Vincent) 14. 09:26 PM - Number of hours on engine before overhaul (knowvne@aol.com) 15. 09:40 PM - Re: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before overhaul (John H Murphy) 16. 10:55 PM - Kolb Mark III Xtra Wings & fuselage for sale (Jack Fawcett) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:55:01 AM PST US From: "tc1917" Subject: Kolb-List: cuyunna just in case someone needs it, I have a whole 430 cuyunna engine available. It has been run but I do not know much about the history. I have had it for about five years or so in my hanger. It was to be used on a mini max so I have the reversed fan for it also. I have numerous parts, mufflers, etc. if anyone would be interested. I have no doubt this would run well. I also have two brand new mukini carbs. Ted Cowan, Alabama ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:15:27 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Picture taken from a Kolb From: "Thom Riddle" Bill, The landing area of that ski jump looks like a good place to do a zero roll landing in a Kolb.... up hill of course. Just flare really hard as you are about to hit the hill and plop!, you have arrived. Thom in Buffalo definitely do not archive this nonsense Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p'646#96646 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 07:00:12 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Picture taken from a Kolb From: knowvne@aol.com And be sure to leave the power on after your PLOP 8-) Mark Vaughn -----Original Message----- From: jtriddle@adelphia.net Sent: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 9:14 AM Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Picture taken from a Kolb Bill, The landing area of that ski jump looks like a good place to do a zero roll landing in a Kolb.... up hill of course. Just flare really hard as you are about to hit the hill and plop!, you have arrived. Thom in Buffalo definitely do not archive this nonsense Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p'646#96646 ________________________________________________________________________ across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 07:55:20 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before overhaul From: "John H Murphy" My Kolb Firestar has 180 hours on the engine. Everything seems to be running fine. I have full instruments and have never noticed any deviation from normal temp. I've been told that I should have the engine sent back to CPS for a 150 hour inspection. Is this recommended? What are most of you pilots doing? Thanks. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p'676#96676 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 08:19:12 AM PST US From: "Richard Girard" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before overhaul John, First take the exhaust manifold off and take a look at the cylinders and pistons. If there's no evidence of seizure or excessive carbon buildup, fly on. This will only cost a couple of bucks for new gaskets. This will tell you everything you need to know without doing a teardown and splitting the cases. Rick On 2/22/07, John H Murphy wrote: > > > My Kolb Firestar has 180 hours on the engine. Everything seems to be > running fine. I have full instruments and have never noticed any deviation > from normal temp. I've been told that I should have the engine sent back to > CPS for a 150 hour inspection. Is this recommended? What are most of you > pilots doing? Thanks. > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p'676#96676 > > -- Rick Girard "Ya'll drop on in" takes on a whole new meaning when you live at the airport. ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 09:34:42 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before overhaul From: "John Jung" Have the engine never been decarboned? Rotax recommends that it be inspected every 50 hours and decarboned as needed. I decarbon mine at 100 hours and I have never been able to detect a ring that is stuck on the end by checking it through the exhaust port. I have never failed to find a stuck oil ring at 100 hours. My engines have always run good with stuck oil rings, I just don't want to push it too far. My last 100 hours was with Pennsoil Air cooled, injected, and even that didn't help. Here is my best advise: If you do choose to not decarbon, at least stop flying when the engine gets difficult to start. I believe that is the engines last call for help, and the next thing it will do is quit on you. Just my opinion, after 18 years of flying Rotax two cycles. -------- John Jung Firestar II N6163J Surprise, AZ Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p'688#96688 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 11:14:23 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before overhaul From: "olendorf" I had 147 hours on the 447 and it had a good amount of carbon. I'm glad I decided to decarbon it. The rings were free and It would have been OK for a while longer. I run Pennsoil for air cooled engines at 50:1 premix. After I had decarboned it I noticed some oil dripping from the front of the engine and I had to remove the engine and replace the oil seals. I did this at about 160 hours. Here is how it looked before I did any decarboning. Looking at the rings from the exhaust port always looks good. If it looks bad then it is probably really, really, bad. -------- Scott Olendorf Original Firestar, Rotax 447, Powerfin prop Schenectady, NY http://KolbFirestar.googlepages.com Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p'700#96700 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/dsc01960_364.jpg ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 04:42:24 PM PST US From: possums Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Picture taken from a Kolb At 09:14 AM 2/22/2007, you wrote: > >Bill, > >The landing area of that ski jump looks like a good place to do a >zero roll landing in a Kolb.... up hill of course. Just flare really >hard as you are about to hit the hill and plop!, you have arrived. > >Thom in Buffalo >definitely do not archive this nonsense Would look something like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a1Rc9a25Sc ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 05:04:46 PM PST US From: "Ralph" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before ove rhaul Scott, I've got about 460 hours on my 447 and it's never been overhauled. I've looked at the pistons and cylinder walls through the exhaust port and it's very clean with no carbon. I attribute that to the synthetic oil I use. My first engine had about the same hours and it looked just as good. I don't plan on doing anything for at least another 200 hours. Of course I fly at 5000 RPM which should be prime for carboning up. Ralph Burlingame Original Firestar, 447 20 years flying it -- "olendorf" wrote: I had 147 hours on the 447 and it had a good amount of carbon. I'm glad I decided to decarbon it. The rings were free and It would have been OK for a while longer. I run Pennsoil for air cooled engines at 50:1 premix. After I had decarboned it I noticed some oil dripping from the front of the engine and I had to remove the engine and replace the oil seals. I did this at about 160 hours. Here is how it looked before I did any decarboning. Looking at the rings from the exhaust port always looks good. If it looks bad then it is probably really, really, bad. -------- Scott Olendorf Original Firestar, Rotax 447, Powerfin prop Schenectady, NY http://KolbFirestar.googlepages.com Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p'700#96700 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/dsc01960_364.jpg ________________________________________________________________________ FREE Reminder Service - NEW from AmericanGreetings.com Click HERE and never forget a Birthday or Anniversary again! http://track.juno.com/s/lc?s=197335&u=http://www.americangreetings.com/products/online_calendar.pd?c=uol5752 ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 05:19:06 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before overhaul From: "Roger Lee" Hi Guys, Aren't Rotax air cooled 2 strokes supposed to be overhauled at 300 hrs.? -------- Roger Lee Tucson, Az. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p'782#96782 ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 05:24:15 PM PST US From: ElleryWeld@aol.com Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before overhaul You don't have to believe everything you read is what most of us have been proving anyway If I was selling Rotax parts I would tell you the same Ellery do not archive ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ________________________________ Message 12 ____________________________________ Time: 06:15:48 PM PST US From: "Bill Vincent" Subject: Kolb-List: John Hauck Landing Video Hi Gang Last summer I took this video at Oshkosh 2006, with my point and shoot camera. Do Not Archive Bill Vincent FS II John Hauck Kolb MKIII Oshkosh 2006 14 sec - Feb 22, 2007 Description: Miss P'fer landing at Oshkosh 2006. ideo.google.com/videoplay?docid=2479901228979429979&pr=goog-sl ________________________________ Message 13 ____________________________________ Time: 06:27:27 PM PST US From: "Bill Vincent" Subject: Kolb-List: JOHN WILLIAMSONS PICTURES Hi John Thanks for the great pics! It's neat to see a Kolb flying at night. The closest I came to flying at night was one time when I hit a head wind while trying to get home, the cars had their head light on and all the lights were on in town, I had to make 2 passes down the runway to scare the deer away and then line up between the trees and hoped for the best. :-) Bill Vincent FS II Do Not Archive ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Williamson" Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 9:04 PM Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Picture taken from a Kolb > > > Bill, the photos are great. > > Here are a couple of Winter in Texas photos I took today while out flying. > (It only got to 78 degrees today) > > -------- > John Williamson > Arlington, TX > > Kolbra, 912ULS > http://home.comcast.net/~kolbrapilot1 > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p'594#96594 > > Attachments: > > http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_0577_171.jpg > http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_0567_140.jpg > ________________________________ Message 14 ____________________________________ Time: 09:26:39 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Number of hours on engine before overhaul From: knowvne@aol.com And that SYNTHETIC OIL would Be???? 8-) Mark Vaughn -----Original Message----- From: ul15rhb@juno.com Sent: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 8:02 PM Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before ove rhaul Scott, I've got about 460 hours on my 447 and it's never been overhauled. I've looked at the pistons and cylinder walls through the exhaust port and it's very clean with no carbon. I attribute that to the synthetic oil I use. My first engine had about the same hours and it looked just as good. I don't plan on doing anything for at least another 200 hours. Of course I fly at 5000 RPM which should be prime for carboning up. Ralph Burlingame Original Firestar, 447 20 years flying it -- "olendorf" wrote: I had 147 hours on the 447 and it had a good amount of carbon. I'm glad I decided to decarbon it. The rings were free and It would have been OK for a while longer. I run Pennsoil for air cooled engines at 50:1 premix. After I had decarboned it I noticed some oil dripping from the front of the engine and I had to remove the engine and replace the oil seals. I did this at about 160 hours. Here is how it looked before I did any decarboning. Looking at the rings from the exhaust port always looks good. If it looks bad then it is probably really, really, bad. -------- Scott Olendorf Original Firestar, Rotax 447, Powerfin prop Schenectady, NY http://KolbFirestar.googlepages.com Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p'700#96700 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/dsc01960_364.jpg ________________________________________________________________________ FREE Reminder Service - NEW from AmericanGreetings.com Click HERE and never forget a Birthday or Anniversary again! http://track.juno.com/s/lc?s=197335&u=http://www.americangreetings.com/products/online_calendar.pd?c=uol5752 ________________________________________________________________________ across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ________________________________ Message 15 ____________________________________ Time: 09:40:16 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Rotax engine - Number of hours on engine before overhaul From: "John H Murphy" I should have mentioned that I have a Rotax 503, with Dual carb & ignition. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p'816#96816 ________________________________ Message 16 ____________________________________ Time: 10:55:19 PM PST US From: "Jack Fawcett" Subject: Kolb-List: Kolb Mark III Xtra Wings & fuselage for sale Fellow Kolbers, It's painful, but I have to sell my kit... The wings & flaperons & tail surfaces are done. The powder coated fuselage is on the steel gear with obrien brakes. Tail boom in. Dual controls & seats are in. Floorpan & instrument pod is done. It needs covering, instruments & engine. Wings & tail surfaces had been aligned & attached. Now they're off ready for cover. See at Barnstormers.com Search for Kolb Mark III xtra Retiring & just not enough money to finish & make house payments too. $7500 Jack Fawcett Trinidad, CA _________________________________________________________________ The average US Credit Score is 675. 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