---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 05/16/10: 13 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:29 AM - Re: Video of me... (william sullivan) 2. 05:42 AM - Re: Kolb-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 05/15/10 (Bob Green) 3. 06:38 AM - Re: Video of me getting out and about in my Yamaha Powered MKIII (Watkinsdw) 4. 07:47 AM - Re: Video of me... (Jason Omelchuck) 5. 07:55 AM - Re: Video of me getting out and about in my Yamaha Powered MKIII (Richard Girard) 6. 08:59 AM - Re: Video of me getting out and about in my Yamaha Powered MKI (Jason Omelchuck) 7. 09:27 AM - Re: Re: Video of me... (Herb) 8. 09:45 AM - Re: Video of me... (Jason Omelchuck) 9. 09:53 AM - Re: Video of me getting out and about in my Yamaha Powered MKI (slowaero) 10. 10:25 AM - Re: Video of me getting out and about in my Yamaha Powered MKI (Jason Omelchuck) 11. 01:41 PM - Fw: Re: Kolb-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 05/15/10 (John Hauck) 12. 05:32 PM - first flight (robert bean) 13. 09:00 PM - Re: first flight (Richard Girard) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:29:37 AM PST US From: william sullivan Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Video of me... - Jason- That was definately not a bad video.- We have nothing like tha t around here, and I have never even had the opportunity to see something l ike it.- I have never been farther west than Cherryvale, Kansas, or Oshko sh- both for work, not pleasure.- Please send more. - Did you notice any engine problems?- Is the Yamaha a snowmobile engin e, or motorcycle?- I had three different Yamaha motorcycles in the mid '7 0's to early '80's, and was quite happy with the reliability.- Do you hav e a web site covering the conversion? - ------------------------- ------------------------- Bill Sullivan ------------------------- ------------------------- Windsor Locks, Ct. ------------------------- ------------------------- FS 447 (weather still interfering with working on it) ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:42:22 AM PST US From: Bob Green Subject: Kolb-List: RE: Kolb-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 05/15/10 I second the THANKS to all those who have and serve presently in the military. It was suggested that I might be named "activities director" at MV. Thanks but no thanks. I can not make the trip. I am the guy whose wife asked, "What are you do today?" I told her "nothing". She responded with, "I thought you did "nothing" all last week". I did, but I didn't get through. Hope John H. gets to go home from the hospital today. Keep us posted. Bob Building MKIIIX, VW re-drive ________________________________________ ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 06:38:30 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Video of me getting out and about in my Yamaha Powered MKIII From: "Watkinsdw" We've done the drive, not the flight. Very impressive--congratulations! Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=297887#297887 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 07:47:46 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Video of me... From: "Jason Omelchuck" Hello Bill, The engine ran great. I Put 3.9 hours on the hobbs and burned 14 gallons of fuel. Below is a link to a thread on the forum that describes the conversion and has a you tube video you can watch. http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=251163#251163 Regards Jason Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=297891#297891 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 07:55:40 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Video of me getting out and about in my Yamaha Powered MKIII From: Richard Girard Jason, Horace Greeley said it best, "Go west, young man, go west." The museum in the old blimp hangar at Tillamook is a great destination and you can get a real good cheeseburger at the cafe there. If you want to get daring and you can handle a bit of a crosswind head south from there and land on the beach at Cape Kiwanda or head north up the coast to Astoria. There's no facilities at the old Coast Guard station but the runways make for no crosswinds and the views all the way up the coast are spectacular. Some really great flying to be had when the ceiling lifts. Rick Girard On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Jason Omelchuck wrote: > > Hello All, > > I have been flying my MKIII around the Willamette valley for about a year > now and I figured it was time I finally break the confines of the mountains > that surround me. Attached is a bad video I took of some of the mountains I > flew through. Some day I will keep going and make it to Monument Valley. I > had the MKIII as high as it has ever gone (7000') I flew from the valley > east over the cascades to Bend Oregon. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8cO_4qGEPg > > Jason > Kolb MKIII Yamaha Powered > Portland Oregon > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=297878#297878 > > ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 08:59:38 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Video of me getting out and about in my Yamaha Powered MKI From: "Jason Omelchuck" Hello Rick, I considered going to the coast, but I am time constrained. I need to get my flying done and get home in time to get my son to soccer. The coast was forecast to have low ceilings (fog) from about 8 to 10 am which is exactly the time I would need to be there and get home in time. One of these days my time allotment and the weather will align so that I will get to see the ocean from my MKIII. Jason MKIII Yamaha powered Portland, OR Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=297897#297897 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 09:27:12 AM PST US From: Herb Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Video of me... Jason Have you considered selling drawings of your adapter plate and other mods to use the C box on the Vector engine? Herb At 09:47 AM 5/16/2010, you wrote: > >Hello Bill, > >The engine ran great. I Put 3.9 hours on the hobbs and burned 14 >gallons of fuel. Below is a link to a thread on the forum that >describes the conversion and has a you tube video you can watch. > >http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=251163#251163 > >Regards >Jason > > >Read this topic online here: > >http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=297891#297891 > > ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 09:45:22 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Video of me... From: "Jason Omelchuck" Hello Herb, If the follow the engine thread, there is the number of the person to contact for adapters to put the Rotax "C" gearbox on the Yamaha engine. A word of caution. Converting an engine for use on an airplane is not a slam dunk, even if it is working acceptable well for me, you will still have to go through the process of making it work for you and that process can be painful. Jason MKIII Yamaha powered Portland, OR Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=297901#297901 ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 09:53:16 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Video of me getting out and about in my Yamaha Powered MKI From: "slowaero" Hi Jason, Awesome mountain flying in your (MKI/MKIII?). The power plant sounds nice and smooth. Could you please post photos and details of your Yamaha installation? Always fascinated by innovation. [Idea] Thanks, Dave Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=297902#297902 ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 10:25:20 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Video of me getting out and about in my Yamaha Powered MKI From: "Jason Omelchuck" Hello Dave, Below is a link to a thread on this forum with some details and a link to a video. After you check out the thread, if you have any additional questions, I would be glad to answer them. http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=251163#251163 Jason MKIII Yamaha powered Portland OR Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=297904#297904 ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 01:41:59 PM PST US From: "John Hauck" Subject: Fw: Kolb-List: RE: Kolb-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 05/15/10 ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hauck" Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 12:37 PM Subject: Re: Kolb-List: RE: Kolb-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 05/15/10 > > > It was suggested that I might be named "activities director" at MV. > Thanks but no thanks. I can not make the trip. I am the guy whose wife > asked, "What are you do today?" I told her "nothing". She responded > with, "I thought you did "nothing" all last week". I did, but I didn't > get through. >> Hope John H. gets to go home from the hospital today. Keep us posted. >> Bob >> Building MKIIIX, VW re-drive > > > Hi Guys: > > Scheduled for transfer to Rehab Hospital in about 30 min. Be there about > a week, then home. I am doing well. Should be able to travel by the end > of the summer. > > Thanks for all the nice phone calls and emails. You all are the greatest. > > > john hauck > mkIII ________________________________ Message 12 ____________________________________ Time: 05:32:36 PM PST US From: robert bean Subject: Kolb-List: first flight all: yeah, go ahead and laugh. It's May 16th. If Thom Riddle hadn't flown over in his SS the Kolb might still be resting in the big steel barn. Perfect sunny day and with the experienced help of a fellow Kolber the appropriate parts were unfurled to meet the marvelous high pressure air we had here today. It was an extended Xcountry flight of about 4 minutes to my recently mowed strip. Engine ran great after getting the fuel pump to fill up the lines and float bowl. Take off RPM on the suzuki is 5300 run through a 2.26:1 belt redrive. If I had a scientifically tuned intake and exhaust with a different cam I'm sure those numbers could be moved up. -It's only a Geo folks. Anyway, diving at my strip at a hair-raising 60 mph with half flaps yielded a pleasant mid field touchdown and a smile on my face. Got in one more shorty after lunch. If I logged all my takeoffs and landings it would exceed my total time. BB do not archive ________________________________ Message 13 ____________________________________ Time: 09:00:41 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: first flight From: Richard Girard Very good news, Bob. I had a fellow asking about Raven engines and redrives at our EAA chapter meeting yesterday. Be sure and share lots of details and I'll pass them along. Must have been the day for it. I got the new radiator all mounted and plumbed this morning so when the blue hole opened up after noon I was ready. 6 T & G's and a full stop and a trip around the Duchy, too. NO LEAKS! Good day for both of us. Rick Girard On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:32 PM, robert bean wrote: > > all: yeah, go ahead and laugh. It's May 16th. If Thom Riddle hadn't > flown over in his SS the Kolb might still be > resting in the big steel barn. Perfect sunny day and with the experienced > help of a fellow Kolber the appropriate parts > were unfurled to meet the marvelous high pressure air we had here today. > > It was an extended Xcountry flight of about 4 minutes to my recently mowed > strip. Engine ran great after getting the fuel > pump to fill up the lines and float bowl. Take off RPM on the suzuki is > 5300 run through a 2.26:1 belt redrive. > If I had a scientifically tuned intake and exhaust with a different cam I'm > sure those numbers could be moved up. > -It's only a Geo folks. > > Anyway, diving at my strip at a hair-raising 60 mph with half flaps yielded > a pleasant mid field touchdown and a smile on my face. > > Got in one more shorty after lunch. If I logged all my takeoffs and > landings it would exceed my total time. > BB > do not archive > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kolb-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kolb-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kolb-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kolb-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.