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1. 02:58 AM - Re: Firefly Landing speed (Beauford T)
2. 04:02 AM - Re: Monument Valley 2007 (pat ladd)
3. 04:17 AM - Re: BiAnnual Flight Review - POH (Thom Riddle)
4. 05:10 AM - Re: Firefly Landing speed (Thom Riddle)
5. 05:54 AM - Re: Re: BiAnnual Flight Review - POH (David Key)
6. 06:24 AM - Firestar II for sale - Slocomb, AL (John Bickham)
7. 07:30 AM - Re: Re: michigan kolb pilots ()
8. 07:53 AM - Re: Firefly Landing speed (jimhefner)
9. 09:00 AM - #4 Update Ultralight Flight Oregon to MV (TheWanderingWench)
10. 09:06 AM - Insurance (Richard & Martha Neilsen)
11. 09:23 AM - Re: #4 Update Ultralight Flight Oregon to MV (John Hauck)
12. 09:30 AM - Re: Insurance (John Hauck)
13. 10:10 AM - Re: Insurance (Steven Green)
14. 02:50 PM - Re: Insurance (WhiskeyVictor36@AOL.COM)
15. 05:42 PM - Re: Insurance (planecrazzzy)
16. 06:02 PM - Re: Insurance (Richard & Martha Neilsen)
17. 06:31 PM - Re: Ms Dixie update (Paul Petty)
18. 07:06 PM - radios / helmet interface (Dana Hague)
19. 07:27 PM - Re: radios / helmet interface (Bob Noyer)
20. 08:44 PM - Re: radios / helmet interface (DAquaNut@AOL.COM)
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| Subject: | Re: Firefly Landing speed |
I'm actually quite shy and pretty much partied out...
Hope this crazy weather squares away and permits everyone to make MV
safely.... Y'all enjoy yourselves...
Beauford
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From: "jimhefner" <hefner_jim@msn.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 10:29 PM
Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Firefly Landing speed
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>Thanks for clarifying Beauford... :) I sure wish you were joining us at
>MV. You would be the life of the party I'm sure! > Jim Hefner
> Kolbless in Tucson :(
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| Subject: | Re: Monument Valley 2007 |
Cheerio everybody,
Off to MV in a few hours and facing 11 hours stuck in a seat.
I hadn`t really thought about the length of the flight, being senile, or I
would have started earlier and stopped off somewhere close to the East Coast
for a few days and made it in two hops.
Booked into Goldings for 19 and 20 so see you then.
Signing off for the duration.
Pat
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| Subject: | Re: BiAnnual Flight Review - POH |
dhkey,
Operating limitations are typically a lot of words. The ones on our Allegro, for
example, are two pages long. So you will see what I'm talking about, I'm attaching
a copy of ours. Note that the first loaded last and vice versa.
Although these are specific for each airplane, the verbiage is much the same but
not identical on many of them. So in answer to your question about putting them
on the instrument panel, in a word, no. They won't typically fit and the FEDs
are going to be looking for a "document" if you get ramp checked. Non-conformance
to their expectations is an invitation for citation since they are not
known, as a species, to be creative or individuralistic thinkers.
Thom in Buffalo
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| Subject: | Re: Firefly Landing speed |
Jim,
Don't mistake minimum reading on VSI for best glide angle speed.
Minimum reading on the VSI gives you the minimum sink speed which is
typically a lot slower than best glide angle speed. On light aircraft,
absent any better empirical data from actual testing, you can get
pretty close to the best glide angle speed by finding the speed that is
approximately 38% between the stall speed (Vs1) and max continuous
cruise speed (Vh). For example, if your Kolb stalls at 35 mph and its
Vh is 85 mph a good guess at best glide speed will be about 54 mph,
derived as follows.
Vh 85
- Vs1 35
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50
x .38
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= 19
+ Vs1 35
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= 54 Vbg approximately
Thom in Buffalo
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| Subject: | Re: BiAnnual Flight Review - POH |
Opps, I got one of those it says I can't fly more than a certian distance
until I fly off my time and I got night VFR put in it.
Well as long as I don't need something like a POH im fine.
Thanks
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| Subject: | Firestar II for sale - Slocomb, AL |
Hello List,
While I was finishing up some T&G's last Wednesday, there was a fellow there waiting
for me as I shut down. He had recognized my Kolb MIIIC and had stopped.
He mentioned that he had a Firestar II for sale. He doesn't have access to
a computer and I told him I would post on the list. I do not know any of the
details so:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS POST WITH QUESTIONS!
For questions contact - Wendell Steed 334-248-3269
Firestar II
503 with Electric start
Radio & Headset
Good Fabric
Price - $8500
Located in Slocomb, AL
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Thanks too much,
John Bickham
Mark III-C
"Using my Repairman Certificate"
St. Francisville, LA
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| Subject: | Re: michigan kolb pilots |
I took Malcolm up on his offer and he was true to his word; he bought my
breakfast. This shindig was sponsored by his local EAA chapter and they
did a wonderful job. Very well organized, great food, and nothing but
smiling friendly faces.
Thanks, Malcolm!
-Ken Fackler
Kolb Mark II / N722KM
Rochester MI
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Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:05 PM
Subject: Kolb-List: Re: michigan kolb pilots
midland Barstow mb3 is having a pancake breakfast and I will buy
breakfast for any kolb pilot that fly's in. yes I will , just ask for
Malcolm when you get there ,,malcolm
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| Subject: | Re: Firefly Landing speed |
Thanks Thom, I haven't heard of that method before. Vh is not a number you see
published often. I don't know what those numbers work out to in a Firefly (at
std conditions) but I think it is not far from minimum sustained sink rate....
in the 45-50 range. The best glide number is typically very close to Vy (best
rate of climb), which is an easier number to figure out for starters. When
I did engine off glide practice I always carried a little over 45 on the ASI
and was amazed how well the FF glided... much better than with the engine at
2000 rpm. Point is it ain't 60... it's 45-50 in a Firefly. Everyone should be
familiar and experiment with these numbers in flight ... they might be important
to you some day when it gets unexpectedly quiet .... [Shocked]
I'm looking forward to seeing the gang at MV soon!! I hope these crazy winds we've
been having lately are all blown out by then! Today is gorgeous with very
light wind.... time to go fly!
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Jim Hefner
Kolbless in Tucson :(
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| Subject: | #4 Update Ultralight Flight Oregon to MV |
Hello all -
In Update #3, I wrote that we were going to stay with friends in Casa
Grande until the winds died down - perhaps a couple of days. Larry very much wanted
to visit his brother there, and he wasn't happy about the idea of having
less timewith him. Plus, Norm was driving to San Antonio to meet up with me
and spend a few days - he'd get there a day or two before we would, if we waited
in Casa Grande. So we agreed to leave our ultralights in Casa
Grande and drive to San Antonio, have a week-long visit there, then resume our
flight.
Before we left Casa Grande, we checked out my radio again. Neither Larry or I
liked the idea of flying any further without communication. We found that during
the flying turbulence on Tuesday, when my radio had bounced off it's velcro
backing, the tip of the transmission cable had gotten snapped off. Amazingly,
Dobsie had exactly the same type of cable, and
will let me use it for the duration of the flight!
So -
Picture 3 adults, 3 dogs, and a Subaru Station wagon full of gear.
Picture 17 hours of driving, stopping only for fuel and once for Subway sandwiches,
which we ordered and then ate as we drove. Picture me driving from 1:30
- 3:30 a.m. when Larry got tired. (During daylight hours, although Larry drove
the bulk of the way, Karen and I took occasional turns. But Karen has night
blindness and can't drive at night.) And I'm a farm girl - a "go to sleep at
9:00 p.m." type of gal. I couldn't believe that I was awake at 1:30 a.m. - much
less driving!
We got into Springbranch, TX (north of San Antonio) at 6:30 a.m. Larry's brother
and sister-in law showed me to a bedroom, where I sacked out for a couple of
hours until it was a decnt hour to call my friends in Burnet,
TX(80 miles away) that I was here. I went back to sleep until they came.
Now it's Sunday morning and I'm in Burnet, waiting for Norm to arrive. I'll be
going back to Springbranch on Friday evening, and Larry, Karen and I will begin
the drive back to Casa Grande on Saturday morning. We agreed that this time
we'll take 2 days to do the drive - stop Sat. night at a motel. We'll refuel
and get our ultralights ready Sunday once we get to Casa Grande and then fly
out early Monday morning. Weather permitting, of
course!!
Since there's no computers in Monument Valley, and no flying tales to regale you
with until then, you may not hear from me again until we get back home!
Arty
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"Life's a daring adventure or nothing"
Helen Keller
"I refuse to tip toe through life just to arrive safely at death."
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Is there anyone out there that has liability insurance on their N numbered
Kolb? Who is it with and how much?
I have a strip that a few of us want to fly at in Florida. It is perfect for
Kolb but they require N numbers and $500,000 in liagility insurance.
I have been looking for insurance and have been flabergasted with the high
prices I have been quoted. I talked to two differet people from the EAAs
sponsered insurance group. The first one at the Sebring Expo said that most
companies think of Kolbs as ultralights and really don't want to deal with
them. If he could get it it would be around $800.00 per year. At Sun N Fun I
talked to another guy and he was more positive but again quoted around
$800.00. Then as we talked more he asked who did my engine installation. He
said anything other than a professional install of a firewall forward could
only be handled by maybe one company and it would be more expensive. He also
said for that type of aircraft the strip length would have to be al least
1800 ft long. They really don't know these aircraft.
I also talked to someone at the Avemco booth at Sun N Fun. She got in to the
details of the quote but was perplexed because she had no info on the
Avemco data base on any Kolb. I think she really didn't want to insure me so
she gave me a quote of $1,320.00 for just $500,000 liability insurance.
I also checked the arcives and could find any insurance info since 1997.
Does anyone have anything more curannt.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW powered MKIIIC
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| Subject: | Re: #4 Update Ultralight Flight Oregon to MV |
to regale you with until then, you may not hear from me again until we
get back home!
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| Arty
Arty:
Not so fast.
Unless someone as absconded with the community computer in the RV Park
Laundromat, it will still be there and be operational, on a first come
first serve basis.
Best be looking over your shoulder, come Tuesday after next. Steven
Green and I will be headed that way.
john h
mkIII
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| Kolb? Who is it with and how much?
Rick:
I am insured through the Falcon Agency, affiliated with EAA. For the
past two years I have been insured for 30,000.00 hull coverage and
1,000,000.00 liability to include passengers. There is no deductible.
$1,500.00 annually.
This insurance is also good for the US, to include all of Alaska, to
Point Barrow, and Canada, to include Tucktoyaktuk, Northwest
Territories. Better coverage and cheaper than AVEMCO, who, BTW,
encouraged me to drop my coverage with them because of their super
increase of premiums. AVEMCO also charged me, in addition to the
normal premium, 1,250.00 to cover me anywhere above the Arctic Circle.
An expensive pain in the butt.
I was never asked who installed my engine or who built my airplane.
They are primarily interested in hours and experience in type and
model aircraft. The more the merrier, plus other aviation experience
thrown in for good luck.
john h
mkIII
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Falcon insurance through EAA. $600 for $1M liability. No hull coverage.
I thought it was kinda steep, but maybe not.
Steven
Bags packed
Windows waxed
Mount modified for new GPS
Awaiting departute date
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In a message dated 5/6/2007 12:07:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
NeilsenRM@comcast.net writes:
Is there anyone out there that has liability insurance on their N numbered
Kolb? Who is it with and how much?
Rick,
I recently received an update about insurance available thru the USUA
(United States Ultralight Association). They have increased the weight limit
to
1150 lbs @ $427. You have to be a member in order to purchase from them. See
all the details at their web site. _www.usua.org/Insurance_
(http://www.usua.org/Insurance)
Bill Varnes
Original Kolb FireStar
Audubon NJ
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I'm with Falcon....
Cheapest I can git.....$450 annually....BUT....I store my plane in the Winter....Last
year cost me $179.00
I started it up again May ( haven't flown yet ) and I'll cancel it around Oct
.....All depends on how cold it gets...
I'm a Private Pilot w/ Tailwheel endorsment...
Gotta Fly...
Mike & "Jaz" in MN
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It is truly super to have at our fingertips the power/knowledge of the
Kolb group. Thanks Bill Vames this information will save us a bundle.
Check it out that's $1,000,000 liability for $427 if over 992lbs and
under 1150lbs or $376 if under 993lbs plus $30 for USGA membership. This
does include those of us that have N numbered Experimentals with a FAA
license. They also talk about other optional aircraft insurance.
George I think this more than covers the minimum necessary to fly our
Kolbs (had to keep this post Kolb related) out of the Buchan airport in
Florida.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW powered MKIIIC
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From: WhiskeyVictor36@aol.com
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Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Insurance
In a message dated 5/6/2007 12:07:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
NeilsenRM@comcast.net writes:
Is there anyone out there that has liability insurance on their N
numbered
Kolb? Who is it with and how much?
Rick,
I recently received an update about insurance available thru the USUA
(United States Ultralight Association). They have increased the weight
limit to 1150 lbs @ $427. You have to be a member in order to purchase
from them. See all the details at their web site.
www.usua.org/Insurance
Bill Varnes
Original Kolb FireStar
Audubon NJ
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| Subject: | Re: Ms Dixie update |
GET-ER-DONE!
Gang, Charley and I moved the Interstate home today and mounted the wings on Ms
Dixie. What a work out! We spent 1.5 hrs on the left wing before we got smart
and cleaned the holes of excess paint before the second round! right wing took
15 minutes [Rolling Eyes] Only good thing to report is I lost 8lbs of body
fat in the process!
http://groups.msn.com/AerialWorld/kolbra012.msnw?Page=Last
Moving to the airport next weekend!
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Paul Petty
Kolbra #12
Ms Dixie
Final assembly!
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| Subject: | radios / helmet interface |
Can't seem to find this info online (in the list archives or elsewhere)...
I just got an Icom A24 radio (yup, went for the one with VOR after all). I
also have a Comtronics helmet that I won in a raffle a couple of years
ago. Anyway: The Icom comes with a headset adapter, which has 3 plugs
(one for earphones, one for mike, and one for PTT, standard GA I
guess). The Comtronics has a single 3 conductor plug. Now, it's a trivial
matter to make a patch cable to connect them together, or Comtronics sells
an interface cable with PTT for $99, which is ridiculous if it's just a
couple of plugs, a switch, and some wire. If there's an amplifier or some
such as well to interface the Comtronics mike with the Icom radio it makes
more sense to pay the price. Comtronics was vague when I asked a similar
question some time ago, possibly because they'd rather sell the $99 cable...
Anybody know?
-Dana
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Okay, who put a "stop payment" on my reality check?
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| Subject: | Re: radios / helmet interface |
Dana,
Give me a bit of time..tomorow if I can..I think I have that ckt
diagram.
regards,
Bob N. FireFly 070 Old Kolb
http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/ronoy/
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| Subject: | Re: radios / helmet interface |
In a message dated 5/6/2007 9:07:20 PM Central Standard Time,
d-m-hague@comcast.net writes:
> Comtronics was vague when I asked a similar
> question some time ago, possibly because they'd rather sell the $99 cable...
>
> Anybody know?
>
> -Dana
>
Dana, I just purchased the interface cable from I-com for
my IC-A5. There does not seem to be any amp involved, But it plugs straight
into my radio without the I-com adapter. Hope this helps.
Ed Diebel FF62 <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR>
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