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1. 07:28 AM - Fwed battery location (Steve Simmons)
2. 08:54 AM - de gaussing (pj.ladd)
3. 09:04 AM - Re: FWD Battery Location (pj.ladd)
4. 09:04 AM - Re: cowl (Ron @ KFHU)
5. 09:10 AM - Re: Re: Non-Kolb Beech Nut makes gear up landing (Ron @ KFHU)
6. 09:51 AM - Re: FWD Battery Location (Richard & Martha Neilsen)
7. 02:14 PM - Re: Fwed battery location (Steve Simmons)
8. 02:54 PM - Re: Fwed battery location (Steve Simmons)
9. 03:49 PM - Re: Fwed battery location (robert bean)
10. 08:57 PM - Re: de gaussing (Richard Pike)
11. 10:12 PM - Re: Re: de gaussing ()
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Subject: | Fwed battery location |
I have attached a .xls file for the weight and balance for my Kolb Mark III,
if I put the battery in the aft location it go's so fare aft I don't think I
would like to fly it. The problem comes in because of the weight of my
Verner 1400 engine.
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Hi,
regarding the de gaussing posts of the last couple of weeks.
By coincidence, over Christmas, I was reading a book by a pilot in our
Fleet Air Arm.
Having finished off the war in Europe the Royal Navy were sent to help
the Americans wrap up the Pacific. Consequently Victorious, Formidable,
Indomitable, Indefatigable, and Illustrious, all carriers, joined the
Pacific Fleet and were to carry out a solo operation against Truk.
This pilot was just ducking under the wing of an aircraft as it was
capulted off when its wooden prop hit the deck, split into pieces and
one took nearly all of one leg off.
Two years later, in 1947 he was still an outpatient at hospital and had
been fitted with an iron caliper.In `48 he was learning to fly again in
an Airspeed Oxford, a twin engined trainer, the only plane he could get
into with his game leg.
To fly he cocked his right leg, with caliper, up on the instrument panel
and operated the rudder pedals with his left foot. After getting lost on
a couple of simple cross country flights it dawned on him the the
caliper was upsetting the compass.
Quote. " While I lay on a bed the caliper was taken away and put in a
magnetic field. After it had been de-gaussed, all was well and I had no
further trouble"
A gutsy guy In the Service from the outbreak of war. Involved in
Dunkirk, battle of the Med. Taranto raid, Greek campaign, Malta. crashed
on a top secret mission trying to land a couple of spies in North
Africa. Due to faulty intel. he landed on a salt pan and went through
the crust. P o W of the Vichy French (who were supposed to be
neutral)but the prisoners were treated terribly with little food or
water, thousands of PoW`a together in a camp designed for a couple of
hundred in the middle of the Sahara.
Ended as Commander with DSO, DSC.
Very good read if anyone is interested.
Cheers and Happy New Year to all as I am closing down until Jan 5th 2010
Pat
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Subject: | Re: FWD Battery Location |
vinyl bag that would hold a 40 lb bag of play sand>>
Jeepers!
If you really need that much ballast i would suspect that something is
seriously out of kilter. I have the battery just behind the passenger
seat and about 4lbs of lead in the nose. Lateral inbalance caused by
flying without a passenger is taken care of by the Hauk bungee design.
Pat
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From: | "Ron @ KFHU" <captainron1@cox.net> |
Hey Craig you got fancier stuff in your Kolb than I have in my Sierra, (the new
GPS 696 is a loaner). LOL.
Ron @ Sierra Vista.
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---- "Nelson wrote:
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<<DSC_1513.JPG>> Uncle Craig/Gang:
Get that MKIII put back together and flying. MV will be here before you
know it, 5 months on my Alabama calendar.
John
Good to hear from you
Its going together John... I've messed around 4 8 years and it is time
to fly. I know I don't need an artificial horizon in Arizona or any
where I would fly ..but it just looked aircrafty. Had to have it. My
exhaust is the titan one you had before. mine has a different muffler.
Ya I did have trouble with it... it was welded up by a motor cycle guy
rather than the welder that did my tank, he was too busy to weld the
muffler and I should have waited for him... the welds the motor cycle
guy did not penetrate and he ground most of what was, off... the back
of the muffler and exhaust tube went through the prop slamming it into
the flap. ... I wonder if the new titan one would fit under my cowl...I
admire Rick for his project those things get a guy going... I had fun
doing all the stuff I did to my plane, the reason I did it was because I
can..... Not really to improve the design....I did it because I like
the way it looks. The kolb design to me is the spirit of true flight.
Great visibility!!!closest thing to a helicopter without the maintenance
or disk, slow enough to have fun, fast enough to go across the country
and almost vertical takeoff and landing...but john I have to tell ya,
you and lots of other guys are doing it...FLYING AND ENJOYING Your Kolbs
.....it's time to stop the tinkering and fly!! I like your KISS rule I
could have been flying...let's see what we can do at MV... I'll race you
for breakfast....if I don't fly to MV this year I'm not going
Uncle craig
15 hrs flying
2,000,000 hrs fussing, tinkering and building--enough is enough
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kugelair.com
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From: | "Ron @ KFHU" <captainron1@cox.net> |
Subject: | Re: Non-Kolb Beech Nut makes gear up landing |
Sounded like a beach nut to me, which is something to be envied out from the desert,
but not in an airplane.
Ron @ KFHU
do not archive
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---- Thom Riddle <riddletr@gmail.com> wrote:
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Perhaps there was a big wad of chewing gum in the wheel well keeping the gear from
coming down.
do not archive
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Thom Riddle
Buffalo, NY
Kolb Slingshot SS-021
Jabiru 2200A #1574
Tennessee Prop 64x31
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and
not doing it.
- Mary Wilson Little
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=277394#277394
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kugelair.com
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Subject: | Re: FWD Battery Location |
I have my battery installed in the nose of my MKIIIC. My VW required by
the numbers that the battery be moved. My battery is a light 12AH lawn
mower battery.
When I installed my first redrive VW engine it was mounted so high that
I had seven inches of clearance between the 72 inch prop and the boom
tube. My first 150 lb. passenger required me to hold full up elevator to
climb with power (not good). For a while I added a steel weight to the
tail wheel strut. Later on a cross country I found that the aft CG
caused by the tail weight caused the plane to be almost uncontrollable
in heavy turbulence. Removing the weight made a significant improvement.
I have since lowered the engine but haven't flown with more than a 160
lb. passenger yet.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
----- Original Message -----
From: pj.ladd
To: kolb-list@matronics.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: FWD Battery Location
vinyl bag that would hold a 40 lb bag of play sand>>
Jeepers!
If you really need that much ballast i would suspect that something is
seriously out of kilter. I have the battery just behind the passenger
seat and about 4lbs of lead in the nose. Lateral inbalance caused by
flying without a passenger is taken care of by the Hauk bungee design.
Pat
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Subject: | Fwed battery location |
I have attached a .xls file for the weight and balance for my Kolb Mark III,
if I put the battery in the aft location it go's so fare aft I don't think I
would like to fly it. The problem comes in because of the weight of my
Verner 1400 engine.
From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Steve Simmons
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 10:11 AM
Subject: Kolb-List: Fwed battery location
I have attached a .xls file for the weight and balance for my Kolb Mark III,
if I put the battery in the aft location it go's so fare aft I don't think I
would like to fly it. The problem comes in because of the weight of my
Verner 1400 engine.
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Subject: | Fwed battery location |
I have attached a .xls file for the weight and balance for my Kolb Mark III,
if I put the battery in the aft location it go's so fare aft I don't think I
would like to fly it. The problem comes in because of the weight of my
Verner 1400 engine.
From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Steve Simmons
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 10:11 AM
Subject: Kolb-List: Fwed battery location
I have attached a .xls file for the weight and balance for my Kolb Mark III,
if I put the battery in the aft location it go's so fare aft I don't think I
would like to fly it. The problem comes in because of the weight of my
Verner 1400 engine.
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Subject: | Re: Fwed battery location |
we have the message steve.
On 29, Dec 2009, at 5:06 PM, Steve Simmons wrote:
> I have attached a .xls file for the weight and balance for my Kolb
Mark III, if I put the battery in the aft location it go's so fare aft I
don't think I would like to fly it. The problem comes in because of the
weight of my Verner 1400 engine.
>
>
>
>
> From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Steve Simmons
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 10:11 AM
> To: Kolb List
> Subject: Kolb-List: Fwed battery location
>
> I have attached a .xls file for the weight and balance for my Kolb
Mark III, if I put the battery in the aft location it go=92s so fare aft
I don=92t think I would like to fly it. The problem comes in because of
the weight of my Verner 1400 engine.
> <Weight& Bal N63238.xlsx>
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I remember reading a book about Douglas Bader (Dogs Body) when I was back in middle
school. Wasn't him, by any chance? (Been too long, forgot the details)
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldpoops)
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=279184#279184
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No ,Ii don't think so , Douglas Bader lost both legs in a flying incident
doing something he had been told not to in a bulldog I think . He over come
that and carried on to fly spitfires and hurricanes, he was POW and
continued to be a PITA for his captors , ended up in colditz. As fare as I
know he never served on a carrier or in the Pacific conflict Sorry some may
not see this as kolb related but these are the aviators that gave us all the
inspiration to test flight
Downonder
Kolb MK111c
Regards to all
Have a happy and prosperous new year and may the weather
gods be kind to you all
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Pike" <richard@bcchapel.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 5:55 PM
Subject: Kolb-List: Re: de gaussing
>
> I remember reading a book about Douglas Bader (Dogs Body) when I was back
> in middle school. Wasn't him, by any chance? (Been too long, forgot the
> details)
>
> Richard Pike
> MKIII N420P (420ldpoops)
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=279184#279184
>
>
>
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