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1. 12:45 PM - FWD Battery Location (Steve Simmons)
2. 12:51 PM - FWD Battery Location (Steve Simmons)
3. 03:35 PM - Re: FWD Battery Location (b young)
4. 04:32 PM - Re: FWD Battery Location (Thumb)
5. 05:12 PM - Re: FWD Battery Location (John Hauck)
6. 06:21 PM - Re: FWD Battery Location (Richard Pike)
7. 06:54 PM - Re: FWD Battery Location (robert bean)
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| Subject: | FWD Battery Location |
Does anyone have a good drawing or photos of a fwd battery instillation on a
Kolb mark III Classic?
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| Subject: | FWD Battery Location |
Does anyone have a good drawing or photos of a fwd battery instillation on a
Kolb mark III Classic?
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| Subject: | FWD Battery Location |
>Does anyone have a good drawing or photos of a fwd battery instillation on
a Kolb mark III Classic?
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When I first built my mkIII I put the battery forward of the rudder pedals
in order to get the cg closer to the center,,,,, found out that it flies
better at the aft edge of the cg range. And when I had 2 people on board
and the forward cg battery location I would run out of elevator authority.
So I moved the battery to just behind the passenger seat. If I were a
light weight pilot, I would build a small compartment in the floor to put
in a 10 lb bag of shot when flying solo, and take it out if I had a
passenger on board.
Just my $0.02 worth.
Boyd Young
Mkiii 912 ul
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| Subject: | Re: FWD Battery Location |
Hello Guys, and Happy New-Year to all.
I did the same thing that Boyd did and had the battery in the nose.
Well it is behind the pass seat where it is going to stay. I had my wife
to sew a vinyl bag that would hold a 40 lb bag of play sand and I just
lay it on the floor some times to balance things out. But I think agree
with Boyd,put it behind the pass seat.
Bill Futrell
MK111Xtra-812-80 hp
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----- Original Message -----
From: b young
To: kolb-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 6:35 PM
Subject: RE: Kolb-List: FWD Battery Location
>Does anyone have a good drawing or photos of a fwd battery
instillation on a Kolb mark III Classic?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
When I first built my mkIII I put the battery forward of the rudder
pedals in order to get the cg closer to the center,,,,, found out
that it flies better at the aft edge of the cg range. And when I had 2
people on board and the forward cg battery location I would run out of
elevator authority. So I moved the battery to just behind the
passenger seat. If I were a light weight pilot, I would build a small
compartment in the floor to put in a 10 lb bag of shot when flying
solo, and take it out if I had a passenger on board.
Just my $0.02 worth.
Boyd Young
Mkiii 912 ul
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| Subject: | Re: FWD Battery Location |
I'd never add weight to the nose of a mkIII unless I weighed 75 lbs and
flew solo all the time.
The weight and balance for a mkIII is not exactly exact.....
I'm flying with a 12 lb Maule Tundra Tail Wheel, 150 lbs of fuel in a 25
gal tank behind the cg, plus 125 lbs of personal gear behind cg in the
cargo bay. I have aft cg, but it is still within the acceptable, safe
flying range.
john h
mkIII
When I first built my mkIII I put the battery forward of the rudder
pedals in order to get the cg closer to the center,,,,, found out
that it flies better at the aft edge of the cg range. And when I had 2
people on board and the forward cg battery location I would run out of
elevator authority. So I moved the battery to just behind the
passenger seat. If I were a light weight pilot, I would build a small
compartment in the floor to put in a 10 lb bag of shot when flying
solo, and take it out if I had a passenger on board.
Just my $0.02 worth.
Boyd Young
Mkiii 912 ul
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| Subject: | Re: FWD Battery Location |
You guys putting ballast in is why I added the ability to micro-adjust the flaps.
By raising or lowering the flaps a very minute amount, you can easily compensate
for trim changes that fall outside the factory spring loading arrangement.
Here's the link to the pictures, and obviously I radically changed my flap mechanism,
but I was also using this same method of setting the flaps before I totally
redid the cross tube.
http://www.bcchapel.org/pages/0003/pg3.htm
Skip the first two pictures on the page and the associated info, that is only for
those who want to relocate the whole arrangement. Notice on the next four pictures
that I ground off the original side notches and bolted on a curved piece
with holes in it for the pin to lock into. You can put the holes where ever
you want, and as many or as few as you want.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=279048#279048
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| Subject: | Re: FWD Battery Location |
-just to be different....
My battery is in front of the rudder pedals and I like it just fine. If
you want a pic I would have to dig up a photo CD.
BB
faked out with a nice day yesterday but woke back up to (white) reality
this morning.
On 28, Dec 2009, at 10:53 AM, Steve Simmons wrote:
> Does anyone have a good drawing or photos of a fwd battery
instillation on a Kolb mark III Classic?
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