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1. 02:34 AM - Re: Re: Grand Vortex Generator Challenge (pat ladd)
2. 04:36 AM - Re: "belly" dragger aka Flying Bathtub (Thom Riddle)
3. 04:43 AM - Re: Antenna location (Thom Riddle)
4. 05:04 AM - Re: Antenna location (planecrazzzy)
5. 08:09 AM - Re: Testing (Terry)
6. 08:33 AM - Re: Antenna location (lcottrell)
7. 12:29 PM - Fly In at the Kolb Farm (George T. Alexander, Jr.)
8. 01:42 PM - Re: Fly In at the Kolb Farm (John Hauck)
9. 02:03 PM - fly in at Kolb Farm (Arksey@aol.com)
10. 02:04 PM - Re: Re: Antenna location (John Hauck)
11. 03:29 PM - Re: FireFly Landing Gear Leg Strength Improvement (John Hauck)
12. 03:30 PM - Re: FireFly Landing Gear Leg Strength Improvement (John Hauck)
13. 04:21 PM - Re: Antenna location (Thom Riddle)
14. 05:43 PM - Re: Re: Antenna location (John Hauck)
15. 05:47 PM - Re: Fly In at the Kolb Farm (Eugene Zimmerman)
16. 06:43 PM - Rebuilding a Kolb-WANTED (Aaron Gustafson)
17. 07:17 PM - kee west vcoltage regulator?? (Malcolmbru@aol.com)
18. 07:43 PM - 2007 Fathers Day Fly-in to Homer's (Terry)
19. 08:09 PM - Mz Evelyn Johnson (Bob Noyer)
20. 08:17 PM - Re: kee west vcoltage regulator?? (R. Hankins)
21. 08:24 PM - Forum running slow? (R. Hankins)
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| Subject: | Re: Grand Vortex Generator Challenge |
Hi Lar,
great pics as usual. Annually we have the largest balloon fiesta in the
UK, and maybe in Europe at Bristol, about 20 miles from home.. Pretty
good but not as many balloons as yours . The weather usually scrubs a
couple of days out of the week too. Cameron Balloons, a major balloon
maker, is based in Bristol and I think that Cameron was instrumental in
getting the event going.
Cheers
Pat
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| Subject: | Re: "belly" dragger aka Flying Bathtub |
Old Bob,
I'm not sure you can really use this word describing a C-3 but there is a "beautiful"
C-3 about 60 miles south of me at Dart Field (D79). There is a flying museum
of sorts there and a good restaurant on field. For those Kolbers inclined
to fly all over the country, if you make it up this way again in the summer,
this place is worth a stop. They have lots of UL type and LSA type fly-ins every
summer. The last one this season was last week-end.
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N221FA Allegro 2000 912UL
N197BG FS1/447
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| Subject: | Re: Antenna location |
Dana,
My Firestar came with an antenna mounted roughly mid-point on the boom tube. Whoever
added it did not drill into the tube but ran the cable on the outside underneath
so it would not be visible. The cable is held in place with self-adhesive
cable tie anchors.
Unfortunately, I have no idea how it works because I never got around to using
my hand held radio with it before my unfortunate pothole landing incident. Once
it is flying again, I'll eventually get around to trying out the radio.
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Thom in Buffalo
N221FA Allegro 2000 912UL
N197BG FS1/447
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"Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the
only means."
Albert Einstein
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| Subject: | Re: Antenna location |
I put my antenna on my Wing-Gap seal.... ( it's aluminum )
I also have my ELT antenna on it....
My transponder antenna is sticking out the bottom where the passenger sits.....but
that one needed a grounding plane , I slipped it between the tubing and fabric....
I got rid of my rubber ducky antenna ,Bought the straight one from ACS
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"I" sure wouldn't go putting holes in my tail boom ( but that's me )
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I was told the antenna should also be "straight" up & down....
( I was going to put a Bent one on the belly )
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Gotta Fly...
Mike & "Jaz" - Building a Buttercup
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Buttercup-STOL/
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possums wrote:
> At 01:14 PM 10/13/2007, you wrote:
>> Test
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> RE:Test *Everybody must be out flying.
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> * http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8138441391455398603&hl=en
> <http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8138441391455398603&hl=en>*
Thanks possums,
I'm in the middle of a forced transition to at new ISP and all of a
sudden I'm not getting any Kolb List mail. Wouldn't you know that there
would be a lull in the list at this time. Wasn't sure what was going on!
Terry - Firefly #95
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| Subject: | Re: Antenna location |
For what it is worth, I had to mount my antenna on the belly of my Firestar. I
tried it on the top of the windshield and the noise was so bad that it was unusable.
I had put a alum plate right on the bottom of the cage just behind the
pilots seat. it is 23.5 inches long and bent so that it clears the ground. I
had no problems with a 447 on the plane. When I changed to a 503 the noise was
really bad. I ended up with ferrite chokes to cut down on the noise. I believe
all that is in the archives.
Larry,Oregon
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| Subject: | Fly In at the Kolb Farm |
Kolbers & Kolbettes:
The material from the gathering at the Kolb Farm a "few months" ago
(Father's Day Weekend), has been posted to the web.
As in the past, there are a number of good excuses and far fewer good
reasons that it has taken so long. I apologize to all.
You can see the material by going to the web site at:
http://gtalexander.home.att.net
and click on the "Homer's Fan Club" link.
The 2007 material has been incorporated into the material from the previous
two gatherings (2004 & 2005). Since the material is primarily images, I
tried to strike a compromise between quality and consideration for those on
dial-up.
Many of the images were taken by others. These include Eugene Zimmerman,
John Williamson, and Dave Starbuck. Additionally, Chris and Marcus Kolb
provided a large number. To all these folks, I am grateful.
I'm sure that I can speak for those that attended when I say thanks to Clara
and Homer, their family and friends for their hospitality. Because of the
Kolb Family, participation in this event can not be matched. Terry
Frantz's efforts in coordinating are also appreciated.
I welcome any comments or questions about the material. (Particularly if I
missed including names of any of the attendees or misspelled anyone's
name.... please let me know and I will fix it.)
George Alexander
http://gtalexander.home.att.net
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| Subject: | Re: Fly In at the Kolb Farm |
| (Father's Day Weekend), has been posted to the web.
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| http://gtalexander.home.att.net
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| George Alexander
Hi George:
Thanks very much for doing such a great job on the Homer Kolb Flyin,
and the hard work you did putting together the other photo albums from
our Kolb events. I truly appreciate your work and your talent. Also
appreciate your friendship and the times we all get to spend together
all over the US at our little flyins.
I am down in Lincoln, NE. Blew a trailer tire yesterday afternoon
soon after crossing the Nebraska state line. Got it going again and 5
minutes later lost the 5th gear in the NV4500 transmission. Luckily,
still had the first four gears and reverse. Got a nice place in an RV
park with wifi, plus all the other amenities. Will start work in the
morning to get the old 1992 Dodge/Cummins up and a replacement tire
for the 5th wheel. Soon as we get things fixed, we will continue NW
to the Rock House in SE Oregon, home of Larry and Karen Cottrell.
I'll try to get to emails I have not answered, today or tomorrow.
Take care,
john h
mkIII
hauck's holler remote..................
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| Subject: | fly in at Kolb Farm |
Hat is off to you George...you did good...enjoyed the way you did the
pictures on your web site pertaining to the Kolb Farm fly in..worked good on my
dial up. thanks again for all your work that we all can enjoy.
flying here in michigan has slowed down, cool and rainy. will be back in air
1st good day.
James Swan KOLB FIRESTAR ll 503 N663S
6147 Wilcox Rd., Eaton Rapids, Mi 48827 ph 517-663-8488
FLORIDA ph 863-655-1535 email is ARKSEY@AOL.COM
GRASS STRIP E & W 2200' GPS 42deg 28.65N 084 deg 44.87 N
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| Subject: | Re: Antenna location |
| Unfortunately, I have no idea how it works because I never got
around to using my hand held radio with it before my unfortunate
pothole landing incident. |
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| Thom in Buffalo
Thom:
Was the pothole made by the nose or the wing tip when you crashed?
;-) Was my understanding you were finished flying long before you hit
the "pothole".
We aren't going to let you get away with thinking a pot hole did all
that damage.
john h
mkIII
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| Subject: | Re: FireFly Landing Gear Leg Strength Improvement |
home?
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Hi Will:
Because I had fouled a BR8ES early on with the new FS, I was running
BR8EV fine wire plugs. Remember, this was 1988. Ran great on the
EV's until halfway across the Niagra River from Grand Island to the
mainland north of Buffalo, NY. All the sudden the 447 shut down on
one cylinder. I new there was no need to try and nurse a one cylinder
447, so I elected to glide back over Grand Island where I had seen
some overgrown weed fields near the highway. Decided to land on the
highway right of way, but changed my mind at the last moment to land
over the fence in the field. Was concerned I was over Canada, because
I had seen Canadian flag flying at a toll booth on the highway, had
diversion of attention, stalled the airplane about 10 or 15 feet above
the ground.
Was saved by a young man that heard my plea on a local radio station.
The crash site was covered up with law enforcement, reporters, TV and
radio, newspaper, straphangers, and on and on.
I rented a uhaul truck, dismantled the aircraft and hauled it to
Niagra International Airport. A gentleman there had a hanger and
repair shop. We patched the FS back together enough to fly. The
airplane controls were out of rig, the landing gear was bent, both of
them, the nose cone was busted up and taped back together with duct
tape. Fabric on the fuselage was patched and replaced. Polybrushed
and not paint or polyspray. I flew it out of Niagra International
Airport and back to Gantt International Airport, Alabama. Took me
three days to get home.
Take care,
john h
mkIII
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| Subject: | Re: FireFly Landing Gear Leg Strength Improvement |
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| Why did you loose your engine and how did you get your FS back
home?
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| Regards,
| Will Uribe,
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Will:
Forgot to mention how I lost the engine. An electrode tip off the
BR8EV seperated and failed that plug. The tips were fine wire and
fused or cemented to the plug core. I never ran another EV plug after
that.
john h
mkIII
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| Subject: | Re: Antenna location |
John H,
I appreciate your humor about my pothole landing.
>From my own estimate, my eye level was probably about 7-8 feet above the ground
when I stalled. According to Bob Bean who witnessed the whole thing, he said
the wheels were perhaps 2-3 feet above the ground which jibes well with my eye-level
assessment. No argument about having stalled before hitting the pothole.
I firmly believe that if I had not hit the pothole after stalling from 2-3
feet the damage would have been a lot less. The pot hole made a bad landing far
worse than it otherwise would have been. If I had already landing properly
and then hit the pothole the results would likely have been far less damaging
too. The combination of my admittedly bad landing (stalling too high) and the
bad luck of hitting the pothole upon hard touch down was more than the axle weldment
could withstand.
On a positive note, not having built a Kolb, I'm learning a lot more about the
Firestar than I would have without this incident.
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Thom in Buffalo
N221FA Allegro 2000 912UL
N197BG FS1/447
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| Subject: | Re: Antenna location |
The pot hole made a bad landing far worse
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| Thom in Buffalo
Thom:
Been there and done that, minus the stall.
It was a large rut on a dirt trail across the gravel strip that took
off my left wheel and axle at Muncho Lake, BC, 1 July 2000. That is
what initiated it. The gear leg/axle socket had many thousand
landings on it, was waiting on a trigger. If I had not gotten it at
Muncho Lake, it would have failed some place else on down the line.
It failed at a place that had food, lodging, and a telephone.
Rebuilding a Kolb is a good way to learn about how they are built. It
is also a good time to make changes to them that you did not know
about until you have flown them for a while. We did a major overhaul
update on my FS after the accident in 1988. Next year we flew it back
up through all the New England states, Sault Saint Marie, Canada, and
south into OSH. The updates and rebuild paid off. Made all that work
worthwhile, plus the little airplane was set up the way I wanted it.
Was a neat little bird that eventually flew in all the States east of
the Mississippi, some west of the Big Muddy, and Canada. Not bad with
a little 447 point ignition Rotax and a wooden prop.
john h
hauck's holler remote, Lincoln, Nebraska
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| Subject: | Re: Fly In at the Kolb Farm |
Hey George!
You have done it again! You have graphically captured the essence
of the "Fly In at the Kolb Farm ".
Fantastic KOLB PEOPLE, at the fantastic KOLB PLACE, with
fantastic KOLB AIRPLANES!
Your web site is "second best " only to actually being there, seeing
the planes, hearing the sounds, tasting the food, and visiting with
the people.
Thanks,
Gene
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| Subject: | Rebuilding a Kolb-WANTED |
>>>John Hauck wrote "Rebuilding a Kolb is a good way to learn about how
>>>they are built"
I am looking for a MK 3 to rebuild, most any condition, crashed, storm
damaged etc
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I built a FS in the 90's and flew it for 450 hours. Then I scratch built a
Zenith 601 and began flying it this past summer. But I miss looking straight
down. So I am looking for a MK 3 project so I can look down with a
passenger.
If anyone knows of such a project, preferably in the central US, please let
me know or put someone in touch with me.
Aaron Gustafson
Iron Mountain Michigan
906 774 0683
agustafson@chartermi.net
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| Subject: | kee west vcoltage regulator?? |
any body had a bad experiences with the kee west regulator ? malcolm
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| Subject: | 2007 Fathers Day Fly-in to Homer's |
George,
Like they say about good wine and Bourbon, it takes time to produce
quality results and I can wait! You do a super job of documenting the
event each time and I know all of those who attended it appreciate your
efforts, other wise much of the memories would be lost with time. I
know Homer and Clara will appreciate this as well! We are fortunate to
have you do this for us as I know I'm not capable of doing it.
Thank you again,
Terry - FireFly #95
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| Subject: | Mz Evelyn Johnson |
You may recall I previously wrote about Mz Evelyn's induction into
the Class of 2007 in the Aviation Hall of Fame, Dayton OH 7/21/07,
and her previous car accident, resulting in a partial leg amputation,
ending a flying and instructional career starting in '44, having
given more than 9000 check rides, and more than 60,000 flight hours.
Just had a very long call from my friend Mz Evelyn. She could hear
quite well, and seemed very perky. Has accommodated well to her
prothesis, and has been back working at the airport, as Manager, for
several months, and very glad to be back. Not driving, though. And
not flying.
She was so set up by her recent award, getting Three standing
ovations...while others got none! Well deserved me thinks. Got taken
there/back in a new twin...I missed type. She will be honored by
Stinson 108 nat. group in DC, but wisely won't try the miserable A/
Ls. They said they'd mail the award. She has lots of time in the 108.
She still hasn't returned to her home, staying at rehab(?) or at
least in a place that will do for her what she shouldn't have to do.
She will be NINETY-EIGHT 11/4! Since she's back at the airport:
Box1013, Morristown TN 37816 will reach her.
How about sending her a card?
regards,
Bob N. FireFly 070 Old Kolb
http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/ronoy/
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| Subject: | Re: kee west vcoltage regulator?? |
I've got 440 hrs on mine so far. No problems. It doesn't have a lot of load on
it though. I only use it to power the Hobbs hour meter, 12V fuel pump, and tachometer.
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1992 KXP 503 - N1782C
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| Subject: | Forum running slow? |
Is it my connection, or is the Matronics forum site moving much slower than normal?
It took about 30 seconds for the inital startup and each thread is taking
many seconds to load. I'm on DSL and it is usually almost instantaneous.
Anyone else notice a slowdown?
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Roger in Oregon
1992 KXP 503 - N1782C
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