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1. 01:13 AM - Re: Dumb short short landing technique question (John Bickham)
2. 04:06 AM - Re: q (Thomas R. Riddle)
3. 04:58 AM - Re: Re: New M3X Flies ! (Denny Rowe)
4. 05:03 AM - Ultrastar Flys Again (Dan Walter)
5. 05:30 AM - Passenger on a Firestar II (ropermike)
6. 06:12 AM - Passenger in FSII (Lanny Fetterman)
7. 06:23 AM - Re: Passenger on a Firestar II (frank.goodnight)
8. 08:42 AM - Re: Passenger on a Firestar II (N111KX (Kip))
9. 09:32 AM - Re: q (pj.ladd)
10. 11:32 AM - Re: q (Thom Riddle)
11. 04:07 PM - Re: Ultrastar Flys Again (ces308)
12. 04:52 PM - Re: Dumb short short landing technique question (ces308)
13. 04:57 PM - Re: New M3X Flies ! (ces308)
14. 06:07 PM - Re: Ultrastar Flys Again (Denny Rowe)
15. 06:28 PM - Re: Dumb short short landing technique question (lucien)
16. 06:31 PM - Re: Re: New M3X Flies ! (chris davis)
17. 07:04 PM - Re: New M3X Flies ! (ces308)
18. 07:34 PM - Re: New M3X Flies ! (cristalclear13)
19. 07:36 PM - 1st flight of the year (Arksey@aol.com)
20. 08:04 PM - Re: New M3X Flies ! (ces308)
21. 08:59 PM - Air Force base open to civilains for two days in May (Jon LaVasseur)
22. 09:07 PM - Re: Broken exhaust bracket (cristalclear13)
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| Subject: | Re: Dumb short short landing technique question |
Thanks for the replies.
Mike - Maybe one day I'll try the VG's. I'm sure they would improve the low speed
performance. I'm satisfied enough right now with Homer's design.
Sounds like I'm doing better than I thought. Might be pushing the limit already.
There is little doubt in my mind that I would have bent the original aluminum
gear legs already with some of these landings. The chrome-moly, heat treated,
big tire gear I have now absorbs a lot of the energy. Makes things a little
springy at times. Hard not to bounce a little on hard surfaces, kinda like
a citabria.
Next round, will ease in some power just before the flare. Off-weekend and its
raining again. Arty took the CAVU weather with her!
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Thanks too much,
John Bickham
Mark III-C w/ 912UL
St. Francisville, LA
Landing a plane and being married - a few smooth moments mixed with a lot of rough
ones.
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Pat,
Thanks for sharing the details of your Crazy Horse experience. You
have actually lived one of the items at the very top of my Bucket
List. Maybe someday I'll do that with the last $1500 or so I can get
my hands on. I'm too frugal to do it unless my lights are about to go
out.
Thom in Buffalo
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| Subject: | Re: New M3X Flies ! |
Chris,
Congratulations on your first flight!.
Its great to see another Jabiru powered Kolb join the fleet. I was very
surprised to hear you say it was quiet as that is one thing most Jab powered
Kolb owners never say.
Like Mike, I am looking forward to hearing your performance numbers and fuel
burn numbers as you build time on her.
More pics also please.
Denny Rowe, Mk-3, 2SI690L-70, PA
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: Re: New M3X Flies !
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> Thank you all ! I am in the upper mid Michigan. I would love to join you
> guys at MV some day. Hope to see some of you in the future !
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> chris ambrose
> m3x-jabiru
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| Subject: | Ultrastar Flys Again |
After almost 2 years my old Ultrastar Flys again. Motor is rebuilt with
a new coil and cd box. Thanks to all the guys that helped with parts
and advise. It was like putting on a old shoe, comfortable and still
exciting.
Dan Walter
Palmyra Pa
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| Subject: | Passenger on a Firestar II |
Hello everyone! I have a friend that wants to buy a Firestar II. He wants to carry
a passenger on occasion. I was under the impression you could configure the
Firestar II to carry a passenger. Am I wrong?.....Thanks, Mike Hillger
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The next best thing to playing and winning is playing and losing!...Mike Hillger
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| Subject: | Passenger in FSII |
Mike, A FSII can carry a passenger, Not much room, so don`t plan on taking
anyone too large. But yes it can be configured to carry a passenger. Lanny FSII
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| Subject: | Re: Passenger on a Firestar II |
Hi ,
could be done , if both are slim. mine is maxed out with me 10 gal of
fuel and the extra
weight of the HKS. I weigh about 250 ,sometimes a little less
sometimes a little more.
good luck.
Frank Goodnight
Brownsville , TX.
On Apr 18, 2009, at 7:30 AM, ropermike wrote:
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> Hello everyone! I have a friend that wants to buy a Firestar II. He
> wants to carry a passenger on occasion. I was under the impression
> you could configure the Firestar II to carry a passenger. Am I
> wrong?.....Thanks, Mike Hillger
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| Subject: | Re: Passenger on a Firestar II |
I consider my FS II a 1.5 seater. With half fuel the max pilot and passenger load
per Kolb limits is 322 lbs.
Regards,
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Kip
Firestar II, N111KX
Waiex, N111YX
Quickie 1, N111QX
Atlanta
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Maybe someday I'll do that with the last $1500 >>
Hi Thom,
I suspect the price has gone up a bit since my flight, particularly as I met
Lee Lauderbeck again a few years ago at Oshkosh I think, and he had 2
Mustangs on the flight line. I assume from that things are going well for
him.
Glad you liked the write up. I hadn`t thought about it recently and writing
it up brought the memories back.
Cheers
Pat
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Pat,
Any chance you could put that video somewhere on the internet for us Mustang pilot
wannabes to drool over? By the way, was that discount price of only 1500 in
US$ or Pounds Sterling?
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Thom Riddle
Buffalo, NY
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A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system
that works.
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| Subject: | Re: Ultrastar Flys Again |
Congratulations !
A good weekend for KOLBS coming out !
chris ambrose
m3x-jab
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| Subject: | Re: Dumb short short landing technique question |
John,
Denny Rowe took the words right out my mouth ! 600 feet over 80' obstacle.....That
is pretty dang good pal ! .....are you just trying to show us up???? lol
chris ambrose
m3x-jab
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| Subject: | Re: New M3X Flies ! |
I had her up again for a bit this afternoon and cruise is 90 mph on the bean at
2900 rpms.
chris ambrose
m3x-jab
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| Subject: | Re: Ultrastar Flys Again |
Way to go Dan!
Denny rowe
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From: Dan Walter
To: kolb-list@matronics.com
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 8:02 AM
Subject: Kolb-List: Ultrastar Flys Again
After almost 2 years my old Ultrastar Flys again. Motor is rebuilt
with a new coil and cd box. Thanks to all the guys that helped with
parts and advise. It was like putting on a old shoe, comfortable and
still exciting.
Dan Walter
Palmyra Pa
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| Subject: | Re: Dumb short short landing technique question |
ces308 wrote:
> John,
>
> Denny Rowe took the words right out my mouth ! 600 feet over 80' obstacle.....That
is pretty dang good pal ! .....are you just trying to show us up???? lol
>
> chris ambrose
> m3x-jab
Oh yeah, I left that out of my response too - that's pretty phenomenal performance
already and your technique sounds just fine as-is if you're shoehorning into
600'.
Only in my quicksilver would that have been relatively easy to do. I doubt I could
do that in my titan for sure. My FSII maybe.....
LS
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LS
Titan II SS
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| Subject: | Re: New M3X Flies ! |
Chris, This is a Jabaru with no reduction gear ? an 80 or so HP Jabaru? it
makes me wonder about all the anti Jabaru talk I have read on this list . I
have always-found the engine to be beautiful and strong running . but my
only exposure to it has been at SUN& Fun And in 1999- at "Oshkosh". Coul
d you give us a more involved discription ? Rpms , Altitude and such , and
before i forget "CONGRATULATIONS" I have built a Kolb and am building anoth
er now and KNOW-what an accomplishment it is and what a wonderful feeling
it is to fly a bird that you have built yourself ! Thanks-- Chris Davi
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| Subject: | Re: New M3X Flies ! |
First of all I am sorry for the size of the pictures...I will try and shrink any
of the others I post.
The Jabiru is the a-2200 , solid lifter ,85 hp direct drive engine.I was paying
more attention to the numbers today and the climb out rpm's are 3150 and I will
try and get the climb rate next time up.I did notice today though that she
was off the ground and climbing like a home sick angel in less than 200 feet.
chris ambrose
m3x-jab[/b]
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| Subject: | Re: New M3X Flies ! |
ces308 wrote:
> I had her up again for a bit this afternoon and cruise is 90 mph on the bean
at 2900 rpms.
>
> chris ambrose
> m3x-jab
Congratulations Chris.
Is that a regular dolly you have at the tail of your plane or is it specially modified
(to move the tail around)?
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Cristal Waters
Kolb Mark II Twinstar
Rotax 503 DCSI
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| Subject: | 1st flight of the year |
sure was a good thing....I finished checking over the firestar ll today
and as it was warm and not much wind I decided to start it up and fly around
the area, the 503 started the lst pull after setting all winter and after
warming it up a bit I was soon airborne. The more I fly the firestar the
more impressed I am with it and the performance. I called my grandson Kendall
and he came over and also got in some flying time. Kendall and I put the
plane away before dark and he said what a genius Homer is to have designed
and built such a airplane...
jswan firestar ll 503, N663S
Eaton Rapids, Mi 48827
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| Subject: | Re: New M3X Flies ! |
Crystal,
I made that out of a 2 wheel cart I bought from Harbor freight for $29.00.
I will take some pictures tomorrow if you would like and show you how I made it..It
works great.I have it extended a little more than it needs so when I lift
the tail,the trailing edge of the wing misses a car I have in that corner of
the hangar.
chris ambrose
m3x-jab
ps...I enjoyed your pictures and video also ! Keep them coming !
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| Subject: | Air Force base open to civilains for two days in May |
A couple weeks ago I posted information that has turned out to be incorrect. Ellsworth
Air Force at Rapid City will be open to civillian traffic but not on May
23-24 as reported earlier. THE CORRECT DATES ARE MAY 30 & 31. Complete information
can be found by Googling - Dakota Thunder. Sorry for the earlier misinformation.
If anyone is interested in attending, let me know.
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| Subject: | Re: Broken exhaust bracket |
I got my muffler back from Jim Hauck this week. He reinforced the welding my friend
did by adding an extra piece and welding the sides (you can see in the picture).
Thanks again Jim!
I went to put everything back together today and discovered the bolts on the new
rubber bushings I got from Travis were larger than the old ones. Luckily I
had a friend around who had his drill handy and drilled the holes bigger. Then
the nut was also bigger and wouldn't fit behind the bracket on one side where
the muffler has that bump that sticks out all the way around it. So he banged
that a little with a tool to bend that extra bend down so it wouldn't be in
the way of the nut.
Then I went to put everything back together (this time by myself). It is difficult
to hold the muffler up and put the bolts through the top of the engine/muffler
mount by yourself. Then when I tried to line up the exhaust manifold allen
bolts my INSIDE exhaust gaskets kept falling out of place. I tried three
times (each time having to take everything apart again). The little tabs on the
case that are supposed to hold the inside gaskets in place hold them fine when
I have the case off (even shook it a little) but once I'm trying to line up
the exhaust manifold to bolt it in those little boogers fall down. I suppose
my tabs have worn down too much to hold them good. I want to put something
on them to keep them in place but I don't want to use something that is going
to be difficult or impossible to get off next time I have to change them out.
Dying to fly...it feels like it has been forever. Lots of people are stopping
by our airport for free BBQ and a fillup on their way to Sun N Fun. It's great
to see all the various planes but sure wish I was in the air with them! If
I can get things running well I will fly to the Vidalia Air Show next weekend
and line my Kolb up on the static display. That should be fun.
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Cristal Waters
Kolb Mark II Twinstar
Rotax 503 DCSI
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