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1. 02:15 AM - The things you find on the hangar floor ! (David Lucas)
2. 04:46 AM - Re: The things you find on the hangar floor ! (Dana Hague)
3. 05:55 AM - fixing tear in wing - duct tape solution? (Charles Davis)
4. 06:58 AM - Re: Update #9 FINALLY Made It Home! (Terry)
5. 12:48 PM - Update #10 Final Stats for MV flight (TheWanderingWench)
6. 04:19 PM - flight to MV (Larry Cottrell)
7. 07:56 PM - Re: fixing tear in wing - duct tape solution? (Dave Rains)
8. 08:09 PM - Re: Re: fixing tear in wing - duct tape solution? (ElleryWeld@aol.com)
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| Subject: | The things you find on the hangar floor ! |
Now who was it that wanted a twin engine Kolb ?
Well OK, Not a twin but single engine driving twin props.
Interesting eh ?
David.
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| Subject: | Re: The things you find on the hangar floor ! |
At 05:15 AM 5/26/2007, David Lucas wrote:
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>Now who was it that wanted a twin engine Kolb ?
>Well OK, Not a twin but single engine driving twin props.
Interesting... what is it, what's it for?
-Dana
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Okay, who put a "stop payment" on my reality check?
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| Subject: | fixing tear in wing - duct tape solution? |
John - google INTEX. They make swimming pools and parts, including patches
for above ground pools. Before I got comfortable with fabric repair, I used
a few of their "peel and stick" vinyl patches to repair a tear or two. 4 or
5 years latter, still going strong. The one I have is clear, so to visual
impact is minimized.
Chuck
Firefly
Time: 03:58:33 PM PST US
Subject: Kolb-List: fixing tear in wing - duct tape solution?
From: "John H Murphy" <jhm9812@yahoo.com>
I have a couple of small holes in my FS II's wing. About the size of a half
dollar.
Is there any reason (besides not looking good) that duct tape cannot fix
this? The tears are at the end of the wing tip area.
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| Subject: | Re: Update #9 FINALLY Made It Home! |
TheWanderingWench wrote:
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>It is SO GREAT to be home! In spite of weather and
>other aggravations, the joy and exhilaration of the
>trip definitely outweighed any negatives. Now I'm
>looking forward to flying up to Arlington, WA in July
>for the EAA airshow.
>
>Arty
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Arty,
Wow, what an adventure! I have a friend that recently had to give up
his single seat Drifter because of health issues. He helped me get
started with my ultralight and I miss flying with him. I have been
telling him of your adventure and we are both quite impressed. He
really likes the paint scheme of your Drifter. A "little" different
than his mostly black one.
Thank you much for taking the time to share with us. Here I am
concerned about our little hills in the east. It was a real impressive
accomplishment on your part!!!
Terry - FireFly #95
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| Subject: | Update #10 Final Stats for MV flight |
Just finished my totals, and here they are:
3528 miles in 19 days of flying.
59 hours, 10 minutes total time
258 gallons of gas
Whew - makes me tired just to read this!
I haven't figured out the total cost yet - not sure I
want to know. :>)
Arty
DO NOT ARCHIVE
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I just finished the totals for the flight to Monument Valley via Deming
New Mexico, from South Eastern Oregon.
My flight was 2495.3 miles long, using 122.2 gallons of fuel @ $458.09
taking 39.1 hours of flying. Top speed of 106 MPH, slowest as seen on
my GPS was 33 MPH. Maximum altitude was 10,107. This altitude was not
intended, but the result of violent up and down drafts. We actually
needed to maintain about 9000 feet to clear the mountain tops, but the
winds were quite interesting to say the least.
There were two areas after I left Arty at Wells, Nv. that I thought that
I was going to have to taxi over the hwy passes rather than fly. I
approached a Mt Pass between Wells, NV and Elko at about 2500 feet above
the Mt Pass elevation. The closer I got, the bigger the down draft.
Losing about 500 feet a minute. When I got to the point that I would
have to abort the attempt, the down would stop and I would get some lift
again. It is a bit interesting to be at full throttle, holding as much
up elevator as you dare and still be sinking at 500 feet a min.
I have to say that with only one exception, every one that I met on the
trip was an outstanding individual and very helpful in the extreme. I
really expected that most of the GA pilots and FBO's would have a bit of
an attitude regarding us and our planes. I did not find that to be so.
Of course Arty charmed every one that we met. Making things much easier.
We really didn't meet any strangers at all.
As far as the trip itself goes, it was interesting to say the least. If
I were to do it again I would wait until the weather was a lot more
settled. There were a lot of days that we got to fly very little due to
the natural restrictions of the planes. 62 MPH with a headwind can be
very tiring. I hate it when the bugs are on the trailing edge of my
wing. It appeared to me that we had headwinds most of the way, but the
Thunder storms were the worst. On the way back especially the storms
would start popping by 10:00am. On the days that we could fly, we made
excellent time.
As for the Firestar itself, it was great. The toll on my plane from the
trip, is a bit of damage to the gap seal on the aileron tubes where the
Warp drive prop pulse hits the tubes, I lost some rivets in the
enclosure due to the violent pounding that we took is some of the areas.
( a tool kit levitated over my shoulder to land in my lap on one of
them) Also for what ever reason I seemed to have a prop blade rotate a
bit. Now to be honest, I did set them before the trip, and I did torque
them to specifications, and they did not vibrate until I left Wells,Nev.
I also seem to have some problem with my remote antenna after Wells
also. I of course had the antenna that comes with the unit, so it was a
non event. I changed my plugs here after arrival and found that one of
the rear plugs was fouled, and the others were coated with the lead from
the AV gas to the point that the gap was significantly reduced. I had a
total of 65 hours on the plugs. I could have cleaned them and reused
them again if necessary. Of course I did not.
I am very glad that I took the time to install my heater before I left.
Wells Nev had a morning temp of 24 degrees. Arty may be able to take
that kind of stuff, but I for one, prefer comfort to basic. I did find
after I got home and went flying with John H and W that after taking off
the rear wrap around part of the enclosure that I lost about 8 MPH by
having it on. I couldn't have done without it on the trip though, I
needed something to hold my stuff in the plane.
Larry, Oregon
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| Subject: | Re: fixing tear in wing - duct tape solution? |
Metal wings don't tear [Rolling Eyes]
Regards,
Dave Rains
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Dave Rains
N8086T
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| Subject: | Re: fixing tear in wing - duct tape solution? |
if they do tear you cant fix them with duct tape and the rest of the plane
wont be worth much
Ellery in Maine
do not archive
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