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1. 02:36 AM - Merry Christmas ? (planecrazzzy)
2. 03:39 AM - Re: Electrical Switch Location (icrashrc)
3. 04:34 AM - Re: Re: de gaussing (pj.ladd)
4. 04:41 AM - Re: Re: FWD Battery Location....reply (pj.ladd)
5. 05:48 AM - Re: FWD Battery Location....reply (racerjerry)
6. 05:58 AM - Re: Electrical Switch Location (Sky Biker Richarson)
7. 06:14 AM - Re: degoussing air frame (lucien)
8. 06:28 AM - Re: Re: FWD Battery Location....reply (robert bean)
9. 06:33 AM - Re: degoussing air frame (John Hauck)
10. 07:01 AM - Re: Re: degoussing air frame (John Hauck)
11. 07:40 AM - Calling John Bowman (Beauford T)
12. 07:58 AM - Re: Electrical Switch Location (Kirby, Dennis Civ USAF AFMC AFNWC/EN)
13. 08:23 AM - Re: Electrical Switch Location (Richard Girard)
14. 10:17 AM - Re: FWD Battery Location ()
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Subject: | Merry Christmas ? |
Hey Guys,
Best way to git whatcha want fer Christmas...?
Git it yerself.... Ho ho ho
I got Mine.... Found a 0-235 Lycoming ( 118 HP )
and all the "Logs" since new...
900 hrs before TBO
Only 4 hrs away in Iowa.... ( $3,300 )
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Gotta Fly...
Mike & "Jaz" in MN
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PS Also Got a Spinner as a Bonus...
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Everything is off a Cessna 152..
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Subject: | Re: Electrical Switch Location |
Nope, no ideas at all. :-)
http://www.ill-eagleaviation.com/overhead_console.htm
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www.ill-EagleAviation.com
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This was where
the prisoners managed to construct a 2 seat glider to be used in an
escape
attempt.>>
Hi Dana,
that glider was rebuilt for a BBC programme and it flew with several of
the Colditz glider builders looking on. They were tickled pink that it
had actually worked.
IThe design was in fact very like the German `Grunau` on which I went
solo on 21st March 1965. 3 whole minutes flying with 4 minutes on my
second flight. You can tell what the glide angle was like as those
launches were on the wire probably to 1000 ft. About the same as a Kolb
i guess.
Any glider pilot before the war would have known of the Grunau so not
really surprising that they built it that shape.
Happy New Year
Pat
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Subject: | Re: FWD Battery Location....reply |
I'm speaking, obviously, of a column that uniformly boosts yer butt upward,
not a little dinky thing like ones that lift one wing independently.>>
Hi Robert,
How do you find those nice big, fat smooth thermals that lift the whole
plane on the level?. I have found those condition in the middle of a
thermal (sometimes) but I have usually had to go through the `one wing
lifting` bit to get there.
Cheers
Pat
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Subject: | Re: FWD Battery Location....reply |
apilot(at)surewest.net wrote:
> I agree that the Kolb Mark III will fly better with an aft CG. I have flown
it at 33% and 28%. It gets busy at 33% in rough weather. Does anyone know the
CG limits? I assume that it is around 25% to 31%.
My Firestar II builders manual states that CG limits are between 20 and 35 % of
wing chord.
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Subject: | Electrical Switch Location |
I have two locations for my switches in the Mark 111. Some of them are loca
ted overhead in the foward part of the gap cover and the others that I use
most are in a long narrow panel (3" wide alum U shaped extrusion) which con
nect to the dash and cable guides between the seats. The master=2C 2 fuel p
umps (main & reserve) and switch to show the fuel levels in each tank are i
n the ceater all other are located over head and easy to reach.
> Date: Wed=2C 30 Dec 2009 19:49:28 -0800
> From: capt_riney@yahoo.com
> Subject: Kolb-List: Electrical Switch Location
> To: kolb-list@matronics.com
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> I'm trying to decide where to put my elec switches on my Mk III. I don't
want to put them on the instrument panel (too far to reach). I like how Ste
ve Green built a box for switches/fuses/accessories on the floor between hi
s legs. Unfortunately=2C that won't work for me because I've got dual contr
ols and the box would interfere with the control stick. But I'm thinking of
mounting something overhead. Anyone had any experience with that? Thanks i
n advance for your ideas.
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> Mark Rinehart
> MkIII Indianapolis
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Subject: | Re: degoussing air frame |
Regarding degaussing, I had some success degaussing the airframe on my titan with
my Radio Shack soldering iron with the tip removed. It's a big gun-style of
about 100 watts, the main coil makes a fairly big 60hz alternating magnetic field.
It's also a lot weaker than tape erasers or the big industrial degaussers, so I
was able to keep it away from my instruments, just running it over the tubing.
Took a while, but since I already had the iron it was free and it seemed to work
pretty good.
Just a thought,
LS
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Titan II SS
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Subject: | Re: FWD Battery Location....reply |
Pat, if you fly low through the big hills south of here in the summertime you will
definitely get more than one or two
big lifts. You will be busy opening and closing the throttle to avoid overspeed,
followed immediately by near stall
and cranking the stick like a butter churn. Yes, I know, fly higher, but you have
to start low to get there.
I experienced my first aileron flutter in those conditions three years ago. Airspeed
can leap to 90 in an instant.
BB
On 31, Dec 2009, at 7:40 AM, pj.ladd wrote:
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> I'm speaking, obviously, of a column that uniformly boosts yer butt upward,
> not a little dinky thing like ones that lift one wing independently.>>
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> Hi Robert,
> How do you find those nice big, fat smooth thermals that lift the whole plane
on the level?. I have found those condition in the middle of a thermal (sometimes)
but I have usually had to go through the `one wing lifting` bit to get
there.
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> Cheers
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> Pat
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Subject: | Re: degoussing air frame |
Hi Boyd/Gang:
Thanks for the info.
Would be nice to have an accurate mag compass, but I doubt I will ever
do anything with it.
I can keep myself on a straight heading, without knowing exactly what
that heading is, and eventually find a land mark to get me to an airport
or some other suitable landing site if need be.
john h
From Ok my friend just got back with me. He took an old analog
meter and tested it against an extremely good digital meter using a
known voltage supply with a good voltage regulator. After recording the
first set of data he proceeded to degauss the analog meter with a quote
" heavy magnetic field" multiple times. He then retested the meter
against the digital and known voltage source and could see no
differences. From his testing it is his opinion that degaussing the
airframe should cause no damage to analog or digital devices.
Boyd Young
KOLB MKIII
Utah
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Subject: | Re: degoussing air frame |
Probably need to qualify my comment below.
My mag compass is correct at one heading of the compass rose, then gets
progressively worse, up to a 90 degree error.
However, unless in extreme turbulence, it is relatively steady, allowing
me to fly an unknown heading without flying in circles.
john h
mkIII
I can keep myself on a straight heading, without knowing exactly what
that heading is, and eventually find a land mark to get me to an airport
or some other suitable landing site if need be.
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Subject: | Calling John Bowman |
Kolbers:
Am attempting to establish off-list contact with Mr. John Bowman from
Louisiana who regularly monitors
the Kolb List.
Mr .Bowman.... Please contact Beauford directly at:
beauford173@verizon.net
This is about an old Kolb friend.
Thank you.
Do Not Archive
beauford
FF-076
Brandon FL
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Subject: | Re: Electrical Switch Location |
Mark Rinehart wrote: << I'm trying to decide where to put my elec
switches on my Mk III. Anyone had any experience with that? Thanks in
advance for your ideas. >>
Hi, Mark -
You are not the first Kolb builder to discover that your panel space is
limited!
For my Mark-3, I built an auxiliary panel located on the aluminum floor
panel just beneath the passenger's knees. It was simpler than one would
think. Just forward to the front edge of the seat is the aluminum sheet
metal floor pan. It slopes at approx 45 degrees at this location, then
becomes level for the rest of the floor area up to the rudder pedals.
It was in the sloped portion of the pan where I built the auxiliary
panel.
I cut out a recess - approx 4 x 10 inches - and reinforced it to hold a
panel containing all my switches. On this panel are my master switch,
starter button, elec fuel pump switch, strobe switch, a 12v power jack
(cigar plug style, to power my GPS or handheld radio), and a fuse panel.
For that, I used a 2 x 3 inch automotive fuse panel that has six slots
for blade-style fuses, which I bought at Pep Boys. That was all the
fuses I needed for my Kolb. Because the panel face itself is recessed,
the switches are safely out of the way of feet, as your passenger climbs
in & out of the airplane.
I cannot actually see this auxiliary panel from my seated position in
the plane, but I can reach all the switches easily with my right hand.
I know all the locations of the switches by feel.
If I had a picture of it, I would attach it with this message. Picture
= a thousand words, etc. Next time I visit my Kolb, I'll take a
picture
of my auxiliary panel and post it here. It was a VERY worthwhile
modification, and it works great!
Dennis Kirby
Sandia Park, NM
Mark-III, 912ul, Powerfin-72 (the "old" style black variety)
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Subject: | Re: Electrical Switch Location |
I put the mag switches, push button starter switch and the fuel boost pump
switch in an overhead panel so I can find them by touch. The master switch
controls the test circuit and the alternator relay. The key switch controls
the starter switch only. The master and the key are on the panel so I have
to loosen my harness to deal with them. I found out just how much I liked
this layout when the fan stopped on a downwind departure. I could reach
everything it was practical to check and still fly the airplane.
Rick Girard
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On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Sky Biker Richarson <smlplanet@msn.com>wrote:
> I have two locations for my switches in the Mark 111. Some of them are
> located overhead in the foward part of the gap cover and the others that I
> use most are in a long narrow panel (3" wide alum U shaped extrusion) which
> connect to the dash and cable guides between the seats. The master, 2 fuel
> pumps (main & reserve) and switch to show the fuel levels in each tank are
> in the ceater all other are located over head and easy to reach.
>
> > Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:49:28 -0800
> > From: capt_riney@yahoo.com
> > Subject: Kolb-List: Electrical Switch Location
> > To: kolb-list@matronics.com
>
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to decide where to put my elec switches on my Mk III. I don't
> want to put them on the instrument panel (too far to reach). I like how
> Steve Green built a box for switches/fuses/accessories on the floor between
> his legs. Unfortunately, that won't work for me because I've got dual
> controls and the box would interfere with the control stick. But I'm
> thinking of mounting something overhead. Anyone had any experience with
> that? Thanks in advance for your ideas.
> >
> > Mark Rinehart
> > MkIII Indianapolis*>=================
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Subject: | Re: FWD Battery Location |
Do not have a picture of the forward battery box, but the task was made easier
by cutting an access hole in the top of the nose cone with a removeable hatch
cover. It is handy for servicing the antenna wiring, the nose ballast and the
back of the instrument panel. Vic Mk IIIC
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