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Tue 12/30/08


Total Messages Posted: 12



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     1. 08:11 AM - Re: Kolb Flying Vids (cristalclear13)
     2. 08:41 AM - Re: Re: Kolb Flying Vids (Bob Dalton)
     3. 09:14 AM - Re: What is your Altitude loss in a 180 degree turn? (JetPilot)
     4. 09:17 AM - removing fod from crank case (dale whelan)
     5. 09:53 AM - Re: Re: What is your Altitude loss in a 180 degree turn? (John Hauck)
     6. 10:19 AM - Re: What is your Altitude loss in a 180 degree turn? (JetPilot)
     7. 10:47 AM - Re: Re: What is your Altitude loss in a 180 degree turn? (John Hauck)
     8. 02:17 PM - Oshkosh 2003 (Richard & Martha Neilsen)
     9. 02:41 PM - Re: Oshkosh 2003 (John Hauck)
    10. 02:48 PM - Re: Oshkosh 2003 (John Hauck)
    11. 05:15 PM - Re: Re: video's (possums)
    12. 06:22 PM - Re: Re: Kolb Flying Vids (possums)
 
 
 


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    Time: 08:11:43 AM PST US
    Subject: Re: Kolb Flying Vids
    From: "cristalclear13" <cristalclearwaters@gmail.com>
    Here is a video I took the day after Christmas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwKBr06ws0M The video was poor quality to begin with but after posting to you tube it is worse. -------- Cristal Waters Kolb Mark II Twinstar Rotax 503 DCSI Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=221787#221787


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    Time: 08:41:12 AM PST US
    From: "Bob Dalton" <wiserguy@comcast.net>
    Subject: Re: Kolb Flying Vids
    Cristal, The quality looks good to me, about the same as typically seen on UTube. Bob D. Do not archive -----Original Message----- From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of cristalclear13 Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:11 AM Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Kolb Flying Vids <cristalclearwaters@gmail.com> Here is a video I took the day after Christmas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwKBr06ws0M The video was poor quality to begin with but after posting to you tube it is worse. -------- Cristal Waters Kolb Mark II Twinstar Rotax 503 DCSI Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=221787#221787


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    Time: 09:14:35 AM PST US
    Subject: Re: What is your Altitude loss in a 180 degree turn?
    From: "JetPilot" <orcabonita@hotmail.com>
    If you are high enough, it is far better to do a 180 degree back to the runway than needlessly glide straight ahead into trees and powerlines. A friend of mine flying a Rans at our airport had a total and sudden engine failure over the end of the runway over the summer, and successfully turned 180 degrees and landed back on the runway instead of going into houses and trees. GrantR has the right idea on this one, if you have a long enough runway like he does, with really bad options straight ahead and to the sides, a 180 degree turn back to a safe landing would be the smartest and safest thing to do. Of course this requires practice and extra skill, but from Grants practicing this, I am sure he is up to the challenge if it ever happens. It is important to practice and be proficient with this maneuver if that is part of your engine out plan. Every situation is different, if the runway is short an you try a turn back to the runway, you will kill yourself. If you do not have enough altitude and attempt this, you will kill yourself. If the pilot has never practiced this maneuver, he will again most likely kill himself. Like most situations in aviation, you must use good judgment depending on the airport, considering: runway length, and obstacles ahead and to the sides, and YOUR SKILL LEVEL. 270 degrees of turn is not needed to make a turn back to the airport, my friend in the Rans turned about 200 degrees total, a very tight 200 with put him a bit off centerline but angling back to the runway, which resulted in landing in a slight angle across our wide runway which he straightened out once rolling on the ground. My friend is a good pilot, and flew his return perfectly, with no damage to the plane or himself. There were no good landing options straight ahead or to the sides as in Grants case. The problem is that we only hear about the cases of returns to airports that went horribly wrong, but almost never hear about successful returns back to the field. It is far easier to " Parrot " the popular statement of NEVER attempt a return to the field than it is to analyze the facts, and acquire the skills to make the correct choice depending on the situation. The attached picture below shows a 10,500 foot runway with nothing but trees at the end and to the sides, only a total idiot would glide straight ahead for miles into trees rather than turn back to this airport in the case of an engine failure over the end of the runway. EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT, there are no hard and fast rules here. Mike -------- &quot;NO FEAR&quot; - If you have no fear you did not go as fast as you could have !!! Kolb MK-III Xtra, 912-S Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=221796#221796 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/ultralightaerialfloridahomesteadtoevergladescity_2008_184_564.jpg


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    Time: 09:17:47 AM PST US
    From: dale whelan <dalewhelan@earthlink.net>
    Subject: removing fod from crank case
    I would put the piston @ TDC and use my air blower nozzle to blast it out. I have used this to get stuff to go out the exhaust port of four strokes as well.


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    Time: 09:53:17 AM PST US
    From: "John Hauck" <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
    Subject: Re: What is your Altitude loss in a 180 degree turn?
    only a total idiot would glide straight ahead for miles into trees rather than turn back to this airport in the case of an engine failure over the end of the runway. > Mike Mike: I'll try to remember that. I see many options for emergency landings in your photo without doing a 180 and returning to the field. I am familiar with this airport. Flew to Key West during my 1994 flight to Alaska and around the border of CONUS. 10,500 feet is a lot longer than my 750 feet. I think I could handle it. ;-) BTW: Not too many trees around that airstrip. john h mkIII


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    Time: 10:19:56 AM PST US
    Subject: Re: What is your Altitude loss in a 180 degree turn?
    From: "JetPilot" <orcabonita@hotmail.com>
    John Hauck wrote: > > > 10,500 feet is a lot longer than my 750 feet. I think I could handle it. > ;-) > > > john h > mkIII :D After seeing your landing video in Louisiana, I think you could pull it off, just be careful not to blank out your elevator on the flare ! And your " Air Taxi " technique would be very useful at this field :) Mike -------- &quot;NO FEAR&quot; - If you have no fear you did not go as fast as you could have !!! Kolb MK-III Xtra, 912-S Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=221805#221805


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    Time: 10:47:10 AM PST US
    From: "John Hauck" <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
    Subject: Re: What is your Altitude loss in a 180 degree turn?
    just be careful not to blank out your elevator on the flare ! > > Mike Mike: Not flying fast enough to blank out anything. However, if you push the nose over into a very steep dive with full flaps, then pull back hard on the stick, the MKIII will not acknowledge that you have pulled by on the stick. It will keep on heading earthward. Retract flaps, pull hard on stick, and she comes right out of that. First time I did that one was with a chunky passenger, well over 200 lbs. Shocked me, but I had plenty altitude to recover. john h mkIII


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    Time: 02:17:35 PM PST US
    From: "Richard & Martha Neilsen" <NeilsenRM@comcast.net>
    Subject: Oshkosh 2003
    John/All This is a photo of the flyers in the gaggle. We had just landed at Oshkosh. John Williamson on the right had just landed in his 48th state after he finished building his Jabiru powered Kolbra in April that year. Also my first flight into Oshkosh. Rick Neilsen on the left, John Hauck second from left, Scott Trask in middle. John W wouldn't let us land on the way because he wanted his first landing in Wisconsin to be at Oshkosh. Shortly after the photo we were running for the port-0-lets. Also of the 503 powered Kit Fox. He said he flew the 150? miles at full throttle to keep up with our Kolbs. I can't remember his name either. Rick Neilsen Redrive VW powered MKIIIC > Several years ago, Rick Neilsen, Scott Trask, John W and I flew from Iron > Mountain, MI, in a gaggle that included a 503 powered Kit Fox. Can't > remember the man's name that flew it, but he was a very big man. Kit Fox > did ok, but would not keep up with the MKIII and Kolbra. > > john h > mkIII


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    Time: 02:41:48 PM PST US
    From: "John Hauck" <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
    Subject: Re: Oshkosh 2003
    > Also of the 503 powered Kit Fox. He said he flew the 150? miles at full > throttle to keep up with our Kolbs. I can't remember his name either. > > Rick Neilsen Rick N: Your are right. This photo was taken by John W on the way from Iron Mtn to OSH. I don't remember how fast we were cruising, but not breaking any records. john h mkIII


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    Time: 02:48:45 PM PST US
    From: "John Hauck" <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
    Subject: Re: Oshkosh 2003
    > This photo was taken by John W on the way from Iron Mtn to OSH. > > john h > mkIII Rick N: That little speck over my right wing tip is you or Scott Trask leading the way south. john h mkIII


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    Time: 05:15:43 PM PST US
    From: possums <possums@bellsouth.net>
    Subject: Re: video's
    At 10:21 PM 12/28/2008, you wrote: > >For good video on Youtube, upload it in High >Definition. DIVX, which shows up as an MPEG 4 >file seems to be the best quality for the >size. I upload my videos in full High >Definition, which is 1080=C3=971920 in size. My 10 >minute Kolb video in HD was around 500 mb, it >takes a while to upload, but its worth the >effort. It took about a week, but the magic " >Watch in HD " appeared at the bottom :) I like Google better. Save as a MPEG 4 file like JP says. There are two ways to upload video to Google: 1. Web-Based Uploader Use for files smaller than 100 MB Upload using a web-based form Instantly view your video online 2. Desktop Uploader Use for files larger than 100 MB Upload using the Google Video Uploader. OK.....but nothing is as good as the original file - got to remember it free and most people aren't going to download a 100 MB file unless it's you mother. This is a 9 MB file uploaded to Google I'll e-mail you the original if you want to see the difference in quality - there is a lot. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4600043392041186975&hl=en


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    Time: 06:22:35 PM PST US
    From: possums <possums@bellsouth.net>
    Subject: Re: Kolb Flying Vids
    At 11:40 AM 12/30/2008, you wrote: > >Cristal, > >The quality looks good to me, about the same as typically seen on UTube. > >Bob D. >Do not archive What we ought to do is chip in and buy some "bandwidth" on a server. Then we could upload and "stream" this quality of video that Herb sent. Don't ask me how. I already tried to figure it out. I'm not that computer savvy, but I'd guess it might cost less than $40 month split however many ways & hold lots of videos. It would be worth $20 a month just to me. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1




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