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1. 08:28 AM - Re: Check your carb floats!! (George Alexander)
2. 08:53 AM - Re: Re: Airport Attitudes (chris davis)
3. 09:17 AM - Re: Re: Airport Attitudes (Larry Cottrell)
4. 01:53 PM - Re: Re: Airport Attitudes (chris davis)
5. 02:38 PM - Re: Airport Attitudes (lucien)
6. 03:58 PM - Looking to buy (John T. Schmidt)
7. 04:47 PM - Re: Looking to buy (Mike Welch)
8. 05:05 PM - Re: Re: Airport Attitudes (Dana Hague)
9. 06:47 PM - Re: Re: Airport Attitudes (Mike Welch)
10. 07:17 PM - Re: Airport Attitudes (Jack B. Hart)
11. 07:41 PM - Re: Looking to buy (John T. Schmidt)
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| Subject: | Re: Check your carb floats!! |
WhiskeyVictor36(at)aol.co wrote:
>
> 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
> Do Not Archive
>
>
> 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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>
>
>
Bill:
You win the prize... now I have to figure out what it is....
Your theory as to the reason is one that I had thought and also one offered up
by "The Man" at THE Rotax Service Center in Central FL.
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George Alexander
FS II R503 N709FS
http://gtalexander.home.att.net
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| Subject: | Re: Airport Attitudes |
Jack , I Know you have been paying attention . I have been to your web site
and know how you Love to explain things.Maybe I could pick your brain a li
ttle . Have you ever had a ramp check? and lf so was it before or after the
"sport pilot ".If so what was the attitude of the FAA?And what was the edu
cation of the agent mean does -he know- a Firefly from a Kolb mkIII?
=0A--- Next I understand that you are- using an engine other than t
he 447---with an electric starter and only one cylinder.How- do you
like it does it instill confidence like the 503 or 447 I flew 10 years in
front of a 503 with know fear of my engine quiting. If you have already dis
cussed this on your website you can just tell to go there or you can answer
here. The reason I want tknow about the engine is being disabled I'm not s
ure I can deal with a pull-starter I remember that before I put the electri
c start on my 503 it was a job sometimes to start . =0A---- Jack I
was interrupted by my grandchildren when I was on your website, I know how
thorough you were on your site!I will go back there but as I remember it wa
s along time ago that you put that engine on you firefly so maybe you could
give us an update.-- Thank you-- Chris=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original M
essage ----=0AFrom: Jack B. Hart <jbhart@onlyinternet.net>=0ATo: kolb-list@
matronics.com=0ASent: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 10:15:03 PM=0ASubject: Re: K
B. Hart" <jbhart@onlyinternet.net>=0A=0AAt 06:54 PM 10/7/08 -0400, you wro
=0A>=0A>completely.- Unlike in the UK, there is no minimum altitude or di
stance =0A>from people for ultralights (save that you can't fly over conges
ted areas =0A>at ANY altitude), so we can approach the airport at 200' alti
tude or =0A>whatever seems reasonable.=0A>=0A=0ADana=0A=0AAre you sure abou
t this?- I remember reading that UL pilots are supposed to =0Aobey all of
the rules for airmen.- And one of those rules, if I remember =0Acorrectl
y, states that you must remain 750 feet from everything except when =0Aland
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| Subject: | Re: Airport Attitudes |
Maybe you could get a equilivent "Disabled parking permit". :-) If it
was me I wouldn't worry about it, and if checked and the over weight was
only due to the addition of a starter, I would think that you would have
a very good case to defend.
For what its worth
Larry CO, Oregon
----- Original Message -----
From: chris davis
To: kolb-list@matronics.com
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Airport Attitudes
Jack , I Know you have been paying attention . I have been to your web
site and know how you Love to explain things.Maybe I could pick your
brain a little . Have you ever had a ramp check? and lf so was it before
or after the "sport pilot ".If so what was the attitude of the FAA?And
what was the education of the agent mean does he know a Firefly from a
Kolb mkIII?
Next I understand that you are using an engine other than the 447
with an electric starter and only one cylinder.How do you like it
does it instill confidence like the 503 or 447 I flew 10 years in front
of a 503 with know fear of my engine quiting. If you have already
discussed this on your website you can just tell to go there or you can
answer here. The reason I want tknow about the engine is being disabled
I'm not sure I can deal with a pull-starter I remember that before I put
the electric start on my 503 it was a job sometimes to start .
Jack I was interrupted by my grandchildren when I was on your
website, I know how thorough you were on your site!I will go back there
but as I remember it was along time ago that you put that engine on you
firefly so maybe you could give us an update. Thank you Chris
----- Original Message ----
From: Jack B. Hart <jbhart@onlyinternet.net>
To: kolb-list@matronics.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 10:15:03 PM
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Airport Attitudes
<jbhart@onlyinternet.net>
At 06:54 PM 10/7/08 -0400, you wrote:
>
>completely. Unlike in the UK, there is no minimum altitude or
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>from people for ultralights (save that you can't fly over congested
areas
>at ANY altitude), so we can approach the airport at 200' altitude or
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| Subject: | Re: Airport Attitudes |
Larry , thanks for the responce .Sounds like a plan. Are you a lawyer? What
are you flying? Thanks again-,Chris=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message --
--=0AFrom: Larry Cottrell <lcottrell@fmtcblue.com>=0ATo: kolb-list@matronic
s.com=0ASent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 12:17:21 PM=0ASubject: Re: Kolb-Li
st: Re: Airport Attitudes=0A=0A=0AMaybe you could get a equilivent "Disable
d parking permit". :-) If it was me I wouldn't worry about it, and if check
ed and the over-weight was only due to the addition of a starter, I would
think that you would have a very good case to defend.=0A-=0AFor what its
worth=0ALarry CO, Oregon=0A----- Original Message ----- =0AFrom: chris dav
is =0ATo: kolb-list@matronics.com =0ASent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 9:52
AM=0ASubject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Airport Attitudes=0A=0AJack , I Know you h
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ant tknow about the engine is being disabled I'm not sure I can deal with a
pull-starter I remember that before I put the electric start on my 503 it
was a job sometimes to start . =0A---- Jack I was interrupted by my
grandchildren when I was on your website, I know how thorough you were on
your site!I will go back there but as I remember it was along time ago that
you put that engine on you firefly so maybe you could give us an update.
-- Thank you-- Chris=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom:
Jack B. Hart <jbhart@onlyinternet.net>=0ATo: kolb-list@matronics.com=0ASen
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| Subject: | Re: Airport Attitudes |
NeilsenRM(at)comcast.net wrote:
> Dana/All
>
> The Sport Pilot rule came about because the rules were SOOOOOO badly abused.
Wrong.
Believe it or not, the rate of abuse of the exemptions was not terribly higher
than the rate of abuse of any other of FnAA's rule sets. You'd be amazed at what's
flying around up there among the big iron, pilots with no medicals, some
with no certificates, planes out of annual for years and years and CFI's who don't
teach.
Also, the BFI program brought about one of the largest increases in safety in all
of aviation. Inexpensive and proximal training UL's and fat UL's was all over
the place. It did more than any program to eliminate the self-taught syndrome
with all the attendent bent metal and broken bones.
Abuse of the rules had nothing to do with it, as anyone who followed the development
of SP rule knows.
>
> The FAA did a unusually kind thing by allowing Ultralight pilots to be
> trained free of their usual regulations. The Ultralight community literally
> shot themselves in the foot by flying the so called fat Ultralights as
> tongue in cheek trainers. The only surprise was the FAA let it go on for so
> long.
>
Wrong again.
FnAA never likes ruling by exemption. They, as much as anyone else, wanted an appropriate
rule set to cover fat UL's - they knew part 103 was too restrictive
and Experimental was too difficult for many fat UL's, particularly those that
were pretty close to 103 compliant.
SP was the intended solution, but of course it got completely sidetracked by special
interest effort.
The UL community did very little to bring this on - it was a foregone conclusion
all on its own.
>
> Your right, there is no specific rule about 500' separation in part 103.
> That doesn't mean it is OK. I don't fly under part 103 anymore (it has been
> 25 years) but I have stepped down from Private Pilot to Sport Pilot and it
> is wonderful. If people do stupid things and start killing people there
> surely will be those rules and many more. I think that a airport manager's
> concerns if real and not just prejudice should be taken very seriously.
>
Maybe I should look back in the thread again but I don't see how overflying a runway
at 50' is irresponsible? Airplanes do that all the time and it's perfectly
fine....
LS
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LS
Titan II SS
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Greetings: I am in the market for a Kolb Mk III extra. My needs are specific and
the perfect ship is essential, the Mk III extra will be used for Sport Pilot
Flight Instruction and tail wheel endorsements. I am looking for a Rotax powered
912ULS as optimum, the 912UL will also be considered. Please provide all information
via my private E-mail as listed with all pertinent information.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
John T. Schmidt, CFI
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John,
And WHERE do you plan on giving flight instruction in the "XTRA" (not extra)??
I'll be your first customer.
Mike Welch
MkIII CX
> Greetings: I am in the market for a Kolb Mk III extra.> Thank you.
> Sincerely,
> John T. Schmidt, CFI
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| Subject: | Re: Airport Attitudes |
At 05:37 PM 10/11/2008, lucien wrote:
>Abuse of the rules had nothing to do with it, as anyone who followed the
>development of SP rule knows.
The _origin_ of the SP rule came about because of the abuses and the
clamoring for an increased UL weight. Then it was hijacked by the aircraft
manufacturers who saw a cheap way to get planes into production and became
something entirely different, so the final rule looked nothing like what we
all wanted.
-Dana
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| Subject: | Re: Airport Attitudes |
> The _origin_ of the SP rule came about because of the abuses and the
> clamoring for an increased UL weight. Then it was hijacked by the aircraft
> manufacturers who saw a cheap way to get planes into production and became
> something entirely different, so the final rule looked nothing like what we
> all wanted.
>
> -Dana
Dana,
Is this your knowledgeable of experience, or are you just stating a WAG (wild
ass guess)??
I'm not arguing your point, but it was always "MY" understanding that rather than
the UL
problems being the reason Sport Pilot was suggested, I thought it was the countless
thousands of (much) older regular pilots (VariEZ, LongEZ, GlasAirs, Lancairs, etc.,
no disrespect
intended to the UL crowd) that lobbied the EAA to push the FAA into doing away
with the
"Medical".
Eventually, the FAA's position was IF the medical requirement is dropped, then
there WILL
be several flight restrictions, aircraft limitations, etc, etc..........
That's just what I was under the impression of. Again, I'm arguing with you.
I just wonder
if you have a document or two to back up your consensus.
Any truth to this basis??
Mike Welch
MkIII CX
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| Subject: | Re: Airport Attitudes |
From: chris davis <capedavis@yahoo.com>
>
Jack , I Know you have been paying attention . I have been to your web site and
know how you Love to explain things.Maybe I could pick your brain a little .
Have you ever had a ramp check? and lf so was it before or after the "sport pilot
".If so what was the attitude of the FAA?And what was the education of the
agent mean does he know a Firefly from a Kolb mkIII?
>
Chris,
If you fly into an airport that is hosting an "Air Show" there is a good
chance that an FAA representative will be there. I have attended three or
four of these at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. I have never been ramp checked.
I believe the primary reason, is that there is an agreement that the
FAA will not ramp check because it would greatly reduce the number of ga
and experimental aircraft and utralight vehicles that would attend. I
believe what is true of Cape Girardeau, is true for many rural areas of the
country, in that, there are many ga and experimental aircraft flying that
are flown by people with out current medicals, and with out current paper
work. These are old guys like me who love to fly, have little money with
which to fly, and they do the best they can with what they have. Most of
them seem to be responsible pilots, because they know if they mess up it
will effect all the rest of us.
When I go to a flyin or air show, I do carry "sufficient proof" that my
FireFly is legal, and that document can be seen at:
http://www.thirdshift.com/jack/firefly/fireflylegal.html
>
Next I understand that you are using an engine other than the 447 with an electric
starter and only one cylinder. How do you like it does it instill confidence
like the 503 or 447 I flew 10 years in front of a 503 with know fear of my
engine quiting. If you have already discussed this on your website you can just
tell to go there or you can answer here. The reason I want tknow about the
engine is being disabled I'm not sure I can deal with a pull-starter I remember
that before I put the electric start on my 503 it was a job sometimes to start
.
>
The Simonini Victor 1+ engine is a very good engine. Since I have mounted
an in the cockpit air/fuel mixture control, I like it even better. I
mounted a weed wacker carburetor push bulb on the Bing float bowl as a
primer. Two squirts and two pulls over compression to move the fuel into
the case and the cylinder, and it will start every time on the next pass of
the piston, cold or hot. I would not go back to a 447.
I hope this helps.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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| Subject: | Re: Looking to buy |
Mike Welch: Thanks, for the xtra, however, I am looking for that extra xtra, something
special, a true labor of Love that someone is in need of letting go.
I am located in the Charleston and Trenton, SC.
Sincerely,
John T. Schmidt, CFI
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