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1. 03:48 AM - Re: more pictures (N111KX (Kip))
2. 07:47 AM - Trailering a Kolb (George Alexander)
3. 08:17 AM - Re: more pictures (JetPilot)
4. 08:27 AM - Re: Re: more pictures (John Hauck)
5. 09:09 AM - Re: Re: more pictures (Larry Cottrell)
6. 09:42 AM - Alaska 2009 (John Hauck)
7. 12:36 PM - Re: Alaska 2009 (robcannon)
8. 12:47 PM - Re: Re: Alaska 2009 (John Hauck)
9. 02:27 PM - Re: Alaska 2009 (Richard & Martha Neilsen)
10. 04:34 PM - Re: Alaska 2009 (John Hauck)
11. 07:50 PM - warp drive extension again - bolts this time (lucien)
12. 08:38 PM - Re: Alaska 2009 (JetPilot)
13. 08:39 PM - Re: warp drive extension again - bolts this time (Larry Cottrell)
14. 08:43 PM - Re: warp drive extension again - bolts this time (JetPilot)
15. 09:43 PM - Re: Re: Alaska 2009 (John Hauck)
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Subject: | Re: more pictures |
Wow :)
Wish that I could fly over terrain like that for a day or two...
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Kip
Firestar II, N111KX
Waiex, N111YX
Quickie 1, N111QX
Atlanta
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Subject: | Trailering a Kolb |
Added material on Gary Aman's trailer for his MK IIIC to the others on the web
site.
Click on http://gtalexander.home.att.net
and then click on "Trailering a Kolb"
Fun, Safe Flying.
DO NOT ARCHIVE
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George Alexander
FS II R503 N709FS
http://gtalexander.home.att.net
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Subject: | Re: more pictures |
Beautiful pictures Larry, what a great place to go flying and exploring. I especially
liked the canyon and the horses.
Mike
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have !!!
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Subject: | Re: more pictures |
> Beautiful pictures Larry, what a great place to go flying and exploring.
I especially liked the canyon and the horses.
>
> Mike
Mike B/Gang:
The photos do not do the area justice. That part of our country, SE Oregon,
is much bigger and and sparsely populated than appears in the photos. A
flight up or down the Owyhee River Canyon is guaranteed to charge your
battery.
Be back out there in a couple months.
john h
mkIII - waiting to get some warmer weather to go flying. 27F at hauck's
holler this morning.
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Subject: | Re: more pictures |
----- Original Message -----
From: N111KX (Kip)
To: kolb-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 4:48 AM
Subject: Kolb-List: Re: more pictures
<n111kx@mindspring.com>
Wow :)
Wish that I could fly over terrain like that for a day or two...
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Kip
No problem- 42 40 419N - 117 51 198W will get you here at the house
and I will go with you.
Larry C,Oregon
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Morning Gang:
For many years I have planned to make a flight to Alaska to celebrate my
70th year. This summer is that time.
I plan to depart hauck's holler, alabama, the last week of June 2009.
This will be a fun, enjoyable, hopefully relaxed flight to celebrate the
fourth flight of Miss P'fer, my Kolb MKIII, to Alaska, and hopefully making
70 years for me here on Mother Earth. None of us has a guarantee.
I plan to visit old friends I have made on that flight since the first one
15 years ago in 1994. I do not plan to push the envelope as I have done on
the past three flights to Alaska. I do plan to return to Deadhorse/Prudhoe
Bay on the North Slope and the Arctic Ocean. Also a visit to the
Helmericks, 40 miles NW of Deadhorse. If I can make coordination with my
Eskimo friend Robert Thompson, and weather permitting, I'll probably fly
over to Kaktovik (Barter Island), 125 sm east of Deadhorse. Usually, I fly
up through Bettles, Anaktuvuk Pass, to the North Slope, then back down the
Pipeline Haul Road (Dalton Highway) through Atigun Pass to Wiseman, AK, to
visit Jack Reakoff, a trapper I met there in 1994.
I don't plan on making the agressive flights I made in 2004, however, some
of that may change once I get back to Alaska. I met some local Athabascans
in Bettles on the way north to Deadhorse in 2004. There were about 15 or 20
of them from the village of Ruby. They were young men, late teens, early
twenties, waiting on an aircraft to fly them back to their village of Ruby.
They had been on the fire line for 30 days fighting forrest fires that raged
during my flight that year. They invited me to come visit. I promised them
I would, but ran out of time, money, and courage, on my last flight up
north.
A flight to Ruby from North Pole would be agressive and expensive. 100LL is
8.29 a gal at Galena, 45 miles west of Ruby, the nearest fuel to get me back
to North Pole. That makes it 300 sm one way, with no interim fuel stops
available. Probably pass this one up too. ;-)
100LL at Bettles - 8.10
Deadhorse - 5.87
Barrow - 6.55
Fairbanks - 3.83 (this is good!!!)
Northway (port of embarkation) 7.60 (this is a total rip off because
Northway is right off the Alaska Hwy near the Canadian Border)
When it comes to fuel though, there is no choice except to top off the fuel
tank every chance you get. Northern Canada and Alaska, for that matter many
places in CONUS, are not places you want to depart with less than full
tanks.
Take care,
john h
mkIII
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John - would you be coming through British Columbia ? I live on Saltspring Island
which lies between Vancouver and Victoria in the Gulf Islands. I live on
a 1400 ft. grass strip, and you would be more than welcome to have a pit stop/rest
here.
Rob Cannon
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> John - would you be coming through British Columbia ? I live on
> Saltspring Island which lies between Vancouver and Victoria in the Gulf
> Islands. I live on a 1400 ft. grass strip, and you would be more than
> welcome to have a pit stop/rest here.
> Rob Cannon
Rob:
No hard flight plan yet. Would be a nice route up through your area,
Fraiser River Canyon, Stewart-Cassiar Hwy to Watson Lake, then up the Alaska
Hwy to Fairbanks.
Apppreciate the invite. I'll stick your email in my Alaska 2009 file.
Thanks,
john h
mkIII
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John
Sounds like another wonderful trip.
This trip would make a spectacular article. Sure would be great if you would
put some words with some of your photos. It would be super public relations
for LSA and Kolb. I would bet Mary Jones would make it worth your time for a
EAA article.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW powered MKIIIC
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hauck" <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 12:42 PM
Subject: Kolb-List: Alaska 2009
>
> Morning Gang:
>
> For many years I have planned to make a flight to Alaska to celebrate my
> 70th year. This summer is that time.
>
> I plan to depart hauck's holler, alabama, the last week of June 2009.
>
> This will be a fun, enjoyable, hopefully relaxed flight to celebrate the
> fourth flight of Miss P'fer, my Kolb MKIII, to Alaska, and hopefully
> making 70 years for me here on Mother Earth. None of us has a guarantee.
>
> I plan to visit old friends I have made on that flight since the first one
> 15 years ago in 1994. I do not plan to push the envelope as I have done
> on the past three flights to Alaska. I do plan to return to
> Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope and the Arctic Ocean. Also a
> visit to the Helmericks, 40 miles NW of Deadhorse. If I can make
> coordination with my Eskimo friend Robert Thompson, and weather
> permitting, I'll probably fly over to Kaktovik (Barter Island), 125 sm
> east of Deadhorse. Usually, I fly up through Bettles, Anaktuvuk Pass, to
> the North Slope, then back down the Pipeline Haul Road (Dalton Highway)
> through Atigun Pass to Wiseman, AK, to visit Jack Reakoff, a trapper I met
> there in 1994.
>
> I don't plan on making the agressive flights I made in 2004, however, some
> of that may change once I get back to Alaska. I met some local
> Athabascans in Bettles on the way north to Deadhorse in 2004. There were
> about 15 or 20 of them from the village of Ruby. They were young men,
> late teens, early twenties, waiting on an aircraft to fly them back to
> their village of Ruby. They had been on the fire line for 30 days fighting
> forrest fires that raged during my flight that year. They invited me to
> come visit. I promised them I would, but ran out of time, money, and
> courage, on my last flight up north.
>
> A flight to Ruby from North Pole would be agressive and expensive. 100LL
> is 8.29 a gal at Galena, 45 miles west of Ruby, the nearest fuel to get me
> back to North Pole. That makes it 300 sm one way, with no interim fuel
> stops available. Probably pass this one up too. ;-)
>
> 100LL at Bettles - 8.10
>
> Deadhorse - 5.87
>
> Barrow - 6.55
>
> Fairbanks - 3.83 (this is good!!!)
>
> Northway (port of embarkation) 7.60 (this is a total rip off because
> Northway is right off the Alaska Hwy near the Canadian Border)
>
> When it comes to fuel though, there is no choice except to top off the
> fuel tank every chance you get. Northern Canada and Alaska, for that
> matter many places in CONUS, are not places you want to depart with less
> than full tanks.
>
> Take care,
>
> john h
> mkIII
>
>
>
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> This trip would make a spectacular article. Sure would be great if you
would
> put some words with some of your photos. It would be super public
> relations for LSA and Kolb. I would bet Mary Jones would make it worth
> your time for a EAA article.
>
> Rick Neilsen
Rick N:
That would be nice to get some compensation for writing an article and
photos.
Most of the publishers want your article and your photos. When you mention
money, they choke. Tell me it is for the good of the sport. ;-)
This may turn out not to be a solo flight as was the case of the first three
and a half flights to Alaska. I'm working on some company on this one.
Maybe one or two other Kolbs, or another Kolb and a Cub. Still in the
thinking stages.
I'll take a lot of photos and notes.
john h
mkIII
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Subject: | warp drive extension again - bolts this time |
Hi all,
I posted this over on the titan list, but I know some of you guys run the warp
drive prop with Warp's 3" extension, so Im cuttin-and-pastin my query here as
well.
I've bitten the bullet and am replacing my IVO with a warp drive and 3" extension.
My 912's prop flange has the lugs pressed into the holes in the outermost
ring. These holes are threaded with 8mm x 1.25 pitch threads.
My question to ya'll is, what size and grade of bolts do you use to attach the
extension to the flange? i.e. length below the head, length of shank, length of
threaded portion? As for grade, I think the main options for metric are 8.8,
10.9 and 12.9 (and stainless steel).
I talked to Daryl today about this on the phone, he told me they needed to be about
1 1/2" long and grade 8. The grading system is different for 8mm bolts tho.
It looks like M8 x 40 bolts fit what Daryl was describing. He said he didn't have
any, so I'm trying scare up a set of correct bolts when the prop comes in next
week. I have found socket-head bolts that seem to be exactly right according
to his description, but I'm not sure of the grade I should get.
I might call him again tomorrow to ask if what I have will work, but don't want
to pester him unecessarily if I don't have to ;).
Thanks,
LS
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LS
Titan II SS
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It will be great to see you doing another Alaska trip in your Kolb... Doing flights
like this at 70 is pretty amazing, I hope I am so lucky when I get there
! Its good to hear you will be taking it easy, keeping it fun is what this is
all sport is about and also makes the trip more enjoyable. We have lost to
many people to accidents recently :( Your flights inspire a lot of people, and
I am sure you have been the reason for quite a number of people deciding to
buy and build a Kolb over other designs. Take lots of pictures and videos, have
you considered taking a HD video camera with you ? The new Sony XR520V will
record many many hours of video on its hard drive in full HD, and the price
is not to expensive... I would think the National Geographic or discovery channel
like may take an interest in your trip if you have good quality video and
pictures, it would make a really awesome and inspiring television program !
Mike
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"NO FEAR" - If you have no fear you did not go as fast as you could
have !!!
Kolb MK-III Xtra, 912-S
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Subject: | Re: warp drive extension again - bolts this time |
----- Original Message -----
From: lucien
To: kolb-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 8:49 PM
Subject: Kolb-List: warp drive extension again - bolts this time
Hi all,
I posted this over on the titan list, but I know some of you guys run
the warp drive prop with Warp's 3" extension, so Im cuttin-and-pastin my
query here as well.
I've bitten the bullet and am replacing my IVO with a warp drive and
3" extension. My 912's prop flange has the lugs pressed into the holes
in the outermost ring. These holes are threaded with 8mm x 1.25 pitch
threads.
My question to ya'll is, what size and grade of bolts do you use to
attach the extension to the flange? i.e. length below the head, length
of shank, length of threaded portion? As for grade, I think the main
options for metric are 8.8, 10.9 and 12.9 (and stainless steel).
Lucien,
I have a Warp with an extension that I have used on a 503 and now the
HKS. I used 8.8 bolts that I found at a John Deere tractor store of all
places. It was the only place other than order them off the internet. I
am sure that that is what Daryl recommended.
Use your own judgment,
Larry C
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Subject: | Re: warp drive extension again - bolts this time |
Kolb might have some of those on hand, I would call Travis and ask him. If he
does not have stuff like this in stock, he usually knows exactly where to find
it :)
Mike
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"NO FEAR" - If you have no fear you did not go as fast as you could
have !!!
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I would think the National Geographic or discovery channel like may take
an interest in your trip if you have good quality video and pictures, it
would make a really awesome and inspiring television program !
>
> Mike
Mike:
That would be more like work than play.
I'll take photos, hopefully more of friends than forest. I think I have
taken most of the scenery type photos on the previous 3.5 flights.
I was 65 my last flight to Alaska in 2004. Was pretty noticeable I had
slowed down quite a bit since my 2001 Alaska flight. My flying days were
much shorter. Can't slow down too much or I'll never make it there and
back.
I remember a gentleman flying a Pioneer Flightstar from NC, I believe, to
Arizona or some place out west back in the 1984- 85 time period. He was
either 60 or 65 years old at the time. I still remember how impressed I was
that this old geezer still had the will, drive, and ability to complete a
flight of this type. Of course back then, a cross country flight in an
ultralight was very rare. I thought, at the time, I wanted to do something
like that when I got that age. Well, that age has come and gone before I
knew it. Hopefully, I can still do it. Time flies when you are having fun.
john h
mkIII
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