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1. 02:47 AM - Re: Re: Airport Attitudes (pj.ladd)
2. 03:41 AM - Re: Re: Airport Attitudes (Dana Hague)
3. 05:21 AM - Re: $49 VG's (grantr)
4. 06:34 AM - Re: Re: Airport Attitudes (pj.ladd)
5. 07:34 AM - new wheel (robert bean)
6. 09:32 AM - Fw: Firefly (chris davis)
7. 10:12 AM - Re: Fw: Firefly (Dana Hague)
8. 10:18 AM - Re: new wheel (Mike Welch)
9. 01:29 PM - Re: new wheel ()
10. 05:51 PM - Re: new wheel (robert bean)
11. 07:22 PM - Re: Check your carb floats!! (George Alexander)
12. 07:32 PM - Firestar wings for sale on eBay (Dave Kulp)
13. 07:35 PM - Kolb List Re: check your carb floats (william sullivan)
14. 09:37 PM - Re: Re: Check your carb floats!! (WhiskeyVictor36@aol.com)
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| Subject: | Re: Airport Attitudes |
My powered parachute friend was not practicing landings. He flew
over our airport just to wave at me, as he knew I had just landed. I
thought that was a pretty good reason for him to do a low approach,
don't you? (But obviously, our airport manager did not think so.)>>
Hi Dennis,
I don`t want to get into a slanging match over something which IN THIS
INSTANCE was safe but if he wasn`t practicing landing then he had even less
reason be be where he was.
The odds may be good but you never know. For instance, last night for the
first time in about 1000 hours of flying my engine died on me on the
approach. The last thing I needed at that point was somebody dangling in
front of me traipsing down the runway at 5 mph.at 50 feet. The fact that he
had announce his intention on the radio would have been no help to me and
very little comfort to him when I smacked him between the shoulder blades at
50 mph.
I dont think this is in any way analagous to a `touch and go` that is at
least carried out at a speed similar to anyone else in the pattern and
therefore occupies the runway for a fairly short period.
Unless you have business there it is not sensible to be even messing about
in the immedate vicinity of an airfield let alone flying down the runway.
By the way I made it onto the field but the landing wasn`t very polished.
Cheers
Pat
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| Subject: | Re: Airport Attitudes |
At 05:46 AM 10/10/2008, pj.ladd wrote:
>...somebody dangling in front of me traipsing down the runway at 5 mph.at
>50 feet...
Actually they fly at about 30 mph.
Glad your landing turned out OK. Any idea why the engine quit?
-Dana
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??? [Question]
Read this topic online here:
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| Subject: | Re: Airport Attitudes |
Hi Dana
<<Actually they fly at about 30 mph.>>
Thats good. That means I would only have hit him at 30 mph.
<<Glad your landing turned out OK. Any idea why the engine quit?>>
Well, I know what caused it. It is just coming on winter here. Air is damp
and it was early evening. Consequently as I dropped down from about 1800ft I
thought it might be a good idea to use the carb. heat, just in case. Never
used it before.
I was a bit high on the approach so I throttled back to idle. The engine
coughed and died. Luckily I was still high enough to get in dead stick..
Tried it aagain on the ground and sure enough with the carb heat on at idle
the engine ran very rough although it didn`t actually stop..
We live and learn. Provided we live!
Actually I had quite an interesting flight. .With 2800rpm, 1500 ft, 70mph on
the ASI, 90 on the GPS I wandered into the bottom of a wave(I think) Steady
200ftm up showing on the vario. This persisted for about 5 miles. I lost it
once but just slid sideways until I picked it up again. Very nice.
Cheers
Pat
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I changed out the smallish ACS tailwheel for the larger version
yesterday. This morning I gave it a test run.
Handles much better, smoother, nice turn response, smaller radius too.
Beautiful weather, sneaker-soaking dew, had to wipe the condensation
from the windscreen.
Took off and headed up north a few miles to a strip that has a diner
nearby for breakfast.
Tail is noticeably heavier, had to trim down one notch but flew fine.
It has been a while since I've done a W&B. Don't think I'll like the
looks of it.
Maybe next year.
BB
MkIII, suzuki 3 cyl/4 stroke
BTW, ground attitude is noticeably different, new landing stance is
novel,
but takeoff did not seem impaired.
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=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Forwarded Message ----=0AFrom: chris davis <capedavis@yah
oo.com>=0ATo: mikewelchkolb-list@matronics.com=0ASent: Friday, October 10,
2008 12:24:53 PM=0ASubject: Fw: Kolb-List: Firefly=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A----
- Forwarded Message ----=0AFrom: chris davis <capedavis@yahoo.com>=0ATo: md
nanwelch7@hotmail.com=0ASent: Friday, October 10, 2008 12:22:01 PM=0ASubjec
t: Re: Kolb-List: Firefly=0A=0A=0AMike ,Thanks for the response- , your e
xperience has been about the same as mine ,I flew for 10 years but it was b
efore the "sport pilot " came into being ! I was just wondering if the FAA
had changed its attitude sense the Sport pilot , and aircraft-- came ab
out , we were all expecting an increase in weight and speed etc. The reason
I built a KXP with a 503 was the people at Kolb showed me what it could do
and they told me that" maybe "we would get that increase.I was trying to f
ind out if the FAA is saying to themselves" we gave them the weight and spe
ed with the sport pilot, so they should be more exact on part 103" So thank
you for your input . Chris =0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom:
Mike Welch <mdnanwelch7@hotmail.com>=0ATo: kolb-list@matronics.com=0ASent:
Thursday, October 9, 2008 10:12:56 PM=0ASubject: RE: Kolb-List: Firefly=0A
=0A=0AChris,=0A=0A- It's been my experience, and pretty much most everyon
e else's, evidently, that IF you LOOK =0Alike a legal ultralight (single se
at, 5 gal., ~254 lbs.) the FAA just about doesn't care.=0A=0A- They do ca
re if you buzz the White House, interfear with legal FAA traffic, drop stuf
f onto =0Apeople down below, piss off some airport manager...and he reports
you and demands blood.- =0AIt's only when you call extreme attention (ne
gatively) to yourself that you would likely bring their=0Awrath down upon y
ou.=0A=0A- It almost sad, but the "ultralight" is of so little concern to
most FAA employees, that I'd bet=0Afew of them know exactly the rules and
parameters of a true Part 103 Ultralight, without =0Ahaving to look it up.
- I've heard several times the comment....."If it looks like an ultraligh
t, =0Athen it IS an ultralight."- =0A=0A- Now, don't misinterpret my wo
rds to say a fat (15+lbs or more) ultralight is okay.- I'm not=0Asugggest
ing we ignor the rules.- I'm only suggesting that if your UL is a couple
pounds over,=0Aand you NEVER do anything wrong, you'd probably have virtual
ly nothing to worry about.=0ALet's face it, it's easy for the FAA guys to h
ang around the FSDO and drink coffee and eat donuts,=0Athan it is to go out
sweatin' about some pour little pilot wannabe and his toy (their attitude
NOT mine).=0A=0A- That's my take on the subject.- Of course, there can
always be an exception.- =0A=0A- (Keep in mind everyone has different e
xperiences with how and where their UL's are flown.- I'm =0Aused to litll
e podunk airports, that lead to other little podunk airport, and grassy fie
lds, etc.- Some=0Amay have an entirely different exposure.- FWIW...don'
t worry...be happy!!)=0A=0AMike Welch=0AMkIII CX =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________
________________________=0A=0ADate: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 05:22:12 -0700=0AFrom:
capedavis@yahoo.com=0ASubject: Kolb-List: Firefly=0ATo: kolb-list@matronics
.com=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AListers , As you might know I am building a Fir
efly and asked about the 447 and dual ignition. Now I have another question
. Any listers out there that are flying a Firefly and have been overhauled
or ramp checked by the FAA ?- I know that TNK has gone a long way to be s
ure the firefly fits into Pt. 103 but I wonder what happens in an FAA ramp
check? And if anyone has had one did you pass? Thank you Chris=0A=0A=0A=0AF
irestar KXP 503 sc=0A=0A490 hrs=0A=0Abuilding a Firefly- ??- 447=0A=0A
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At 12:28 PM 10/10/2008, chris davis wrote:
>...I was trying to find out if the FAA is saying to themselves" we gave
>them the weight and speed with the sport pilot, so they should be more
>exact on part 103"...
At the airport where I used to fly (sold to a developer two years ago,
grrrr.) there was a LOT of ultralight activity, both legal and
"fat". Airplanes, PPC's, PPG's, a gyro, R/Cers, you name it... it could
get pretty crazy at times. The rumor (from a supposedly knowledgeable
source) that once the registration deadline was pased, the FAA would take
"potshots", descending in force on a particular airport and inspecting
every ultralight they found. The idea was that they would be making a few
examples and scaring everybody else. Due to our reputation we expected
ours to be one of the first, but of course we're not there any more.
Since then, I haven't heard of it happening anywhere else. I don't know if
the information was wrong, or if they just didn't have the staff, or what.
-Dana
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How about a photo, Brother Bob?? So's we can see the "before and after". I wasn't
aware there was a different wheel you could use...
Mike Welch
MkIII CX
> I changed out the smallish ACS tailwheel for the larger version
> yesterday.>
> Maybe next year.
> BB
> MkIII, suzuki 3 cyl/4 stroke
>
> BTW, ground attitude is noticeably different, new landing stance is
> novel,
> but takeoff did not seem impaired.
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> How about a photo, Brother Bob?? So's we can see the "before and after". I
wasn't
> aware there was a different wheel you could use...
>
>
> Mike Welch
> MkIII CX
Mike W:
I haven't run a stock tailwheel on my MKIII since 1993. Since then I have experimented
with Scott and Maule tailwheels, from 6" solide to 8" pneumatic. Presently
flying with a Maule Tundra Tailwheel, 8" pneumatic. It has tapered roller
bearings on the pivot. Has been an excellent piece of equipment. Installed
it in 2004. Weighs nearly 12 lbs. No way a "normal" weight and balance will
work. On paper, my MKIII should not fly. After thorough flight testing, it
flies quite well.
john h
mkIII
Rock House, Oregon
PS: Larry and I rode the ATVs cross country to the Alvord Desert and up on the
Steens Mountain yesterday. Round trip: 112.9 miles. Took us a lot longer to
do it on the ATVs than it does to fly it. ;-)
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In the ACS catalog here, second pic down:
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/lgpages/homebuilder_tailwheel.php
select the round spring version which has a 5/8" socket and drill it
to 3/4"
There surely must be other sources but this one was handy.
BB
On 10, Oct 2008, at 1:18 PM, Mike Welch wrote:
>
>
> How about a photo, Brother Bob?? So's we can see the "before and
> after". I wasn't
> aware there was a different wheel you could use...
>
>
> Mike Welch
> MkIII CX
>
>
>> I changed out the smallish ACS tailwheel for the larger version
>> yesterday.>
>> Maybe next year.
>> BB
>> MkIII, suzuki 3 cyl/4 stroke
>>
>> BTW, ground attitude is noticeably different, new landing stance is
>> novel,
>> but takeoff did not seem impaired.
>
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| Subject: | Re: Check your carb floats!! |
grantr wrote:
>
>
> ----SNIP----
> I pulled my float bowls the other day and examined the floats and found one that
was literally flaking apart!
>
>
After Grant's findings, pulled my carb bowls to examine the floats more closely
than I do when I pull the bowls checking for stuff that ought not to be in the
bowl.
Floats were not flaking and seem to be pretty solid.
However, thought I noticed one was lower in the fuel than the other. Set the bowl
on a level surface and it was almost a 1/4 inch lower in the fuel. Pulled
the other bowl and found exactly the same thing. The rear most float in both
bowls was not sitting as high in the fuel as the forward ones.
Replaced the two that were down with new ones and all are about the same now.
Pictures are attached.
Dual carb, R503, Firestar II
Anyone want to speculate as to the reason just the left ones seem to be affected????
--------
George Alexander
FS II R503 N709FS
http://gtalexander.home.att.net
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| Subject: | Firestar wings for sale on eBay |
Folks,
In case any of you FireStar owners are interested, there's a pair of
wings up for auction on eBay, auction #200261887757.
They're in S. IL and are currently $1,499. Auction ends Oct. 16
Dave Kulp
Bethlehem, PA
FireFly 098
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| Subject: | Kolb List re: check your carb floats |
- George- I have heard of some types of carb floats getting saturated.-
Also, the older type of soldered copper float could leak.- I have no exp
erience with Bings, so this may not apply.- Did you wipe and weigh a pair
?
-
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-------------- Bill Sullivan
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| Subject: | Re: Check your carb floats!! |
Hi George,
When the Kolb is parked, the rear of the engine is slightly lower than the
front and the carbs are tilted toward the rear. Thus the rear floats are
sitting in more fuel than the front ones, albeit a very small difference. While
the Kolb is sitting in storage, the fuel in the float bowls evaporates and
the rear floats are exposed to the fuel longer than the front ones. They get
saturated with fuel and then don't float as high as the front ones which are
more dried out. I have no idea if this is the case, but it sounds good, don't
you think?
Bill Varnes
Original Kolb FireStar
Audubon NJ
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In a message dated 10/10/2008 10:22:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
gtalexander@att.net writes:
Anyone want to speculate as to the reason just the left ones seem to be
affected????
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