---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 12/22/09: 9 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:14 AM - Re: Re: Was Kolb Mark II for sale - Names Suggestions Needed (Carl Radcliffe) 2. 10:54 AM - Re: Re: Card Compass Question (Jack B. Hart) 3. 01:19 PM - Re: Card Compass Question (Rick Lewis) 4. 05:03 PM - Winter mods (Ellery Batchelder Jr) 5. 05:35 PM - Re: Re: Card Compass Question (russ kinne) 6. 05:44 PM - Seat tanks (Dana Hague) 7. 06:58 PM - Re: Seat tanks (william sullivan) 8. 07:58 PM - Re: Winter mods (Tom Longo) 9. 10:35 PM - flight simulator question (Duane Ransdell) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:14:22 AM PST US From: "Carl Radcliffe" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Was Kolb Mark II for sale - Names Suggestions Needed How about Cold Waters, Rusty Waters, Muddy Waters, Sandy Waters,Falling Waters, Boiling Waters? Do not archive. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:34 AM Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Was Kolb Mark II for sale - Names Suggestions Needed > > Clare Waters ,would fit , you Americans probably would find another way to > spell it . Any way good luck and congratulations. Our young people are our > future . > > Downunder > MK111c > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cristalclear13" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:52 AM > Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Was Kolb Mark II for sale - Names Suggestions > Needed > > >> >> >> >> ulflyer(at)verizon.net wrote: >>> Congratulations Cristal. >>> >>> Ok folks, >>> >>> We need some names here. Not sure if it's a boy or a girl. Must be >>> aviation orientated. Can't be like Stick, Aileron, or Rudder, those >>> are already taken by our dogs. More like Blue Sky, etc. Just might >>> be fun to see what we can come up with while trying to stay warm over >>> the Christmas, New year holidays. If nothing else we might use them >>> for naming our airplanes. >>> jerb >> >> >> Funny jerb! Most everyone is of the opinion I am going to have a girl, >> but they could be biased since I already have a boy. >> >> We already have two Misty Waters in the family, so that name is out. >> >> -------- >> Cristal Waters >> Kolb Mark II Twinstar >> Rotax 503 DCSI >> >> >> >> >> Read this topic online here: >> >> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=278416#278416 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:54:21 AM PST US From: "Jack B. Hart" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Card Compass Question At 08:46 PM 12/20/09 -0800, you wrote: > > >I had gas welded the fuselage of the J-6, and each cluster joint was highly magnetized. Don't know why that is, but it happens. > Richard, It has to do with the iron atom being polarized. As you heat up the tubes and add material to weld them together, it allows the iron atoms to re-orient them selves charge wise relative to the north and south magnetic poles. As the joint cools they remain in this orientation and the joint is polarized. If you weld up your fuselage in a fixture that is in a fixed location, then all the welded joints will have the same polarized direction and therefore a much greater influence on a compass. Since energy input (heating in this case) will re-orient the iron atom polarity in the joint, the adding of energy to the joint can also disorientate it. This is what the tape eraser or the degaussing coil does. It raised the energy in the joint and overwhelms the influence of the earth's magnetic poles and leaves the iron atom polarities in a random distribution where they cancel out each other effect. The Germans built the V1 buzz bombs in fixed fixtures. As result the guidance system was over powered by the accumulated magnetism of the fuselage structure and skin. To get away from this problem the assembly was mounted on a turntable with men riding along and they beat on the structure with wood mallets as the turntable was rotated in the earth's magnetic field. This normalized the structure to the point so that their guidance system was affective. This can be demonstrated by taking a bolt and checking to see if it is magnetic. Then holding the bolt in alignment between the north and south poles, strike the end of the bolt with a hammer. After doing so you will find the bolt is magnetized. Snow and cold. On my way to pay for next years hangar rent and check on the FireFly. It is nice to have a warm shop in the basement to work in. Kubota is backed into the garage, and the rotary snow plow is mounted ready to go. Hope everyone has a nice holiday. Jack B. Hart FF004 Winchester, IN do not archive ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 01:19:21 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Card Compass Question From: "Rick Lewis" Thanks Jack for the info. Next time I'm visiting the Kolb Factory I will see if I can get there welder, Dennis, to rotate his fixture, welding unit, and himself violently while making our cages. This would have to be video-ed of course for U-Tube. [Laughing] He's a pretty good old boy and would do most anything for us but this may be asking to much. You just don't really know though until you ask. Rick Lewis WHAT ABOUT IT DENNIS??????????? Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=278607#278607 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:03:55 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Winter mods From: Ellery Batchelder Jr Tom the tach was reading to low compared to the tiny tach so I replaced it with a better quality tach I have logged 137hrs since I got it home I am in process of installing 2 ten gallon Fuel tanks, 4 point harnesses, building a new bigger panel, an d I have to rewire everything to get it where I want it, installing a inf light trim system ,changing the horizontal stabilizer position, installin g nav & wing tip strobes installing a heater System, inclosing the bac k and working on my skis as well I will be making a ceiling fan out of th at warp drive 3 blade for my shop, I willl be flying comfortable in Main e Winter soon no matter how cold it will be I got some ice fishing trips planned way up north in the wilderness where I will need most of my mods Ellery in Maine -----Original Message----- From: Tom Longo Sent: Tue, Dec 22, 2009 12:30 am Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Re: Card Compass Question Hi Ellery, That 2=9D tach always read too high the whole time I owne d the MK III that is why I put the tiny tach in there. I did not degauss the cage until the last 15 hrs or so I put on plane because I kept trying different compasses only to get the same result, even borrowed one that was fine in another plane and it was off too, that is when I degaussed th e cage and it read correctly. How many hours do you have on it now? Probab ly too cold to fly now. Tom in warm Florida -----Original Message----- From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@ matronics.com]On Behalf Of Ellery Batchelder Jr Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 6:44 PM Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Card Compass Question Tom I wouldn't be so sure about it not affecting a Tach I had to replace that one because it was not reading correctly It might not have been affected by the degaussed you did to it, it may have been an inferior Tach I woul d rather believe Ellery in Maine -----Original Message----- From: Tom Longo Sent: Mon, Dec 21, 2009 6:25 pm Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Re: Card Compass Question John/Gang: When I degaussed my MK III I had the compass out because I wou ld put it in the dash area and it would be of by 90 deg but all my other instruments were in the dash. It did not affect any of them, did not think it was a good idea to leave the compass in since it works on magnetic fiel d, also after I was done when I held compass inside where it mounted it now read correctly so it was a good before and after test. Tom -----Original Message----- From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of John Hauck Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 11:24 AM Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Card Compass Question cheapest one cost around $30.00. > > Rick Lewis Rick L/Gang: As Richard Pike suggested, Ebay has a couple dozen Realistic High Power Video/Tape Erasers, for 10.00 or less. http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_kw=Realistic&_kw=Tape&_kw=Eraser&_ckw =Audio If it works for you, I will probably try it on my mkIII. Wonder if it wil l damage engine instruments? Anybody know? john h mkIII Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com 19:13:00 -- We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. 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Very similar to your aluminium ones Russ do not archive On Dec 21, 2009, at 7:16 AM, pj.ladd wrote: > > Wet compass problem? > > just don`t put your Coors carrier next to the compass. > > Cheers > > Pat > > ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 05:44:55 PM PST US From: Dana Hague Subject: Kolb-List: Seat tanks Has anybody used (or seen) a seat tank in an UltraStar? Currently I have three tanks: the two original 1.75 gallon tanks in front of the seat, and a 1.5 gallon tank behind the seat. I want to replace all of these with a single tank, and use the space currently occupied by the original tanks for storage of small items. I originally looked at a single tank above the engine and gravity feed (with the added benefit of eliminating the fuel pump), but there's really not enough room there. I next looked at the space behind the seat, but that's pretty limited as well for any off the shelf tanks (I have a plastic tank a friend gave me, and it's 1/2" too wide to fit... grrrrr). The only options remaining are a custom tank (too much cost or work) or a molded seat tank like these: http://www.calumetair.com/tanks.php -Dana -- CanYouFixTheSpaceBarOnMyKeyboard? ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 06:58:06 PM PST US From: william sullivan Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Seat tanks - Dana- A seat tank showed up on E-Bay a few months ago.- I seem to rem ember that the ad said it was from Aircraft Spruce, and it gave a part numb er.- I just tried to look it up in both the book and on line, and no luck .- You might try calling them in the morning- maybe it is not a catalogue d item.- Good luck. - ------------------------- ------------------- Bill Sullivan ------------------------- ------------------- Windsor Locks, Ct .. ------------------------- ------------------- FS 447 ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 07:58:44 PM PST US From: "Tom Longo" Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Winter mods Ellery Sounds like well thought out improvements, send me some pictures when you get done. Tell Wayne from Maine I said hello, have a Merry Christmas. Tom -----Original Message----- From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Ellery Batchelder Jr Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 7:56 PM Subject: Kolb-List: Winter mods Tom the tach was reading to low compared to the tiny tach so I replaced it with a better quality tach I have logged 137hrs since I got it home I am in process of installing 2 ten gallon Fuel tanks, 4 point harnesses, building a new bigger panel, and I have to rewire everything to get it where I want it, installing a inflight trim system ,changing the horizontal stabilizer position, installing nav & wing tip strobes installing a heater System, inclosing the back and working on my skis as well I will be making a ceiling fan out of that warp drive 3 blade for my shop, I willl be flying comfortable in Maine Winter soon no matter how cold it will be I got some ice fishing trips planned way up north in the wilderness where I will need most of my mods Ellery in Maine -----Original Message----- From: Tom Longo Sent: Tue, Dec 22, 2009 12:30 am Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Re: Card Compass Question Hi Ellery, That 2=9D tach always read too high the whole time I owned the MK III that is why I put the tiny tach in there. I did not degauss the cage until the last 15 hrs or so I put on plane because I kept trying different compasses only to get the same result, even borrowed one that was fine in another plane and it was off too, that is when I degaussed the cage and it read correctly. How many hours do you have on it now? Probably too cold to fly now. Tom in warm Florida -----Original Message----- From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com [ mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com ]On Behalf Of Ellery Batchelder Jr Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 6:44 PM Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Card Compass Question Tom I wouldn't be so sure about it not affecting a Tach I had to replace that one because it was not reading correctly It might not have been affected by the degaussed you did to it, it may have been an inferior Tach I would rather believe Ellery in Maine -----Original Message----- From: Tom Longo < tclongo@att.net > Sent: Mon, Dec 21, 2009 6:25 pm Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Re: Card Compass Question John/Gang:=C2- When I degaussed my MK III I had the compass out because I would put it in the dash area and it would be of by 90 deg but all my other instruments were in the dash. It did not affect any of them, did not think it was a good idea to leave the compass in since it works on magnetic field, also after I was done when I held compass inside where it mounted it now read correctly so it was a good before and after test. Tom -----Original Message----- From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com [ mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of John Hauck Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 11:24 AM Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Card Compass Question > cheapest one cost around $30.00. > > Rick Lewis Rick L/Gang: As Richard Pike suggested, Ebay has a couple dozen Realistic High Power Video/Tape Erasers, for 10.00 or less. http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_kw=Realistic&_kw=Tape&_kw=Eraser&_ckw= Audio If it works for you, I will probably try it on my mkIII.=C2- Wonder if it will damage engine instruments?=C2- Anybody know? john h mkIII Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com 19:13:00 -- We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. 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