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1. 08:28 AM - Re: HELP ! SNOW SKI PLANS (Ralph B)
2. 08:35 AM - Re: HELP ! SNOW SKI PLANS (Robert Laird)
3. 08:39 AM - Re: HELP ! SNOW SKI CABLE BRACKET (Ralph B)
4. 10:24 AM - Thrust to Chord Angle (Jack B. Hart)
5. 10:36 AM - New to the Forum (Carolina Flyer)
6. 12:34 PM - Re: New to the Forum (zeprep251@aol.com)
7. 01:22 PM - Re: New to the Forum (WhiskeyVictor36@aol.com)
8. 03:59 PM - Re: Re: HELP ! SNOW SKI CABLE BRACKET (b young)
9. 06:56 PM - Re: New to the Forum (Carolina Flyer)
10. 07:49 PM - Re: New to the Forum (Richard Pike)
11. 08:33 PM - Kolb VW (cspoke)
12. 08:37 PM - Re: New to the Forum (Carolina Flyer)
13. 09:44 PM - Re: Kolb VW (Richard Girard)
14. 10:15 PM - Mounting Redrive up or down.... (Nick Cassara)
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| Subject: | Re: HELP ! SNOW SKI PLANS |
> OK guys been lurking here on this snow ski thingy watching the lively exchanges
of hot info
>
> cant stand it any more I give up
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> What is snow?
>
> Beauford
> FF 076
> Brandon, FL
> DO NOT ARCHIVE
For Beauford's benefit: "It's the white stuff you see all over underneath the Firestar".
Yes, it's like heaven up here dancing on a soft layer of dazzling tiny
diamonds. You need to come up here to see it sometime :)
do not archive
Ralph B
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Ralph B
Original Firestar 447
N91493 E-AB
1000 hours
23 years flying it
Kolbra 912UL
N20386
2 years flying it
120 hrs
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| Subject: | Re: HELP ! SNOW SKI PLANS |
Beauford --
It's like someone spilled a gazillion snowcones all over your field and
runway... but without the syrup.
-- R
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Beauford <beauford173@verizon.net> wrote:
> OK guys=85 been lurking here on this snow ski thingy=85 watching the
> lively exchanges of hot info=85
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> =85can=92t stand it any more=85 I give up=85
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> What is snow=85?
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> Beauford
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> FF 076
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> Brandon, FL
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> DO NOT ARCHIVE
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> *Subject:* Re: Kolb-List: HELP ! SNOW SKI PLANS
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> Hello all....
> I have seen and even copied plans to covert water skis to snowskis and I
> can not find them anywhere...I did find some in older post ,but could not
> make them come up. If you have a set of plans,will you please post them
> again ??
>
> Thank you in advance !!
>
> chris ambrose
> M3X/Jabiru 154. hrs
> N327CS
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> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>
> i am no expert here... but my 2 cents worth,,, i have never seen any
> pair of skis, water or snow that were not longer in the front than they a
re
> in the back,,,, usually by 10 inches or so..... that way, all elce bei
ng
> equal.. if you were to land in soft snow... the shorter back will sin
k
> into the snow deeper and keep the tips up. even more so than the curve
in
> the ski.
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> boyd young* *
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| Subject: | Re: HELP ! SNOW SKI CABLE BRACKET |
Jon, this is by far the better solution for skis than the ski clamps I have on
my Firestar. By the way Jon, do you remember who flew your Firestar on its maiden
flight in March of '96? That was one to remember as the pilot ran into a little
problem with the ASI, but he managed to fly it as if everything was fine.
Ralph B
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Ralph B
Original Firestar 447
N91493 E-AB
1000 hours
23 years flying it
Kolbra 912UL
N20386
2 years flying it
120 hrs
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| Subject: | Thrust to Chord Angle |
Kolbers,
Having read that some have set the thrust vector parallel to the wing bottom
surface and then wondering what angle should the engine be set to best
performance, I thought I might relate my experience with the FireFly. At
first I built a AOA meter and measured the wing AOA at my cruse speed. Then
I washered up the rear of the engine so that the thrust line was parallel to
the relative wind. Later on, while studying the effects of power factor, I
was able to further refine the thrust angle to remove all power factor
influence at cruise.
At the time I put up a page on how it was done. They can be seen at:
http://jackbhart.com/firefly/firefly56.html
If you are interested, you can repeat the same procedure by removing all
rudder trim and using the slip indicator to help you to washer your engine
up or down to remove all power factor slip at your desired cruise speed.
When you have found that point, you can re trim the rudder to remove the
remaining slip at your desired cruise.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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| Subject: | New to the Forum |
Hello Everyone,
I am so glad I ran across this Forum..... There is a wealth of knowledge here,
and some awesome pictures.... I have a Kolb Firestar II that I bought that I found
on Barnstormers..... It had a few things that needed intention.... The Tail
Wheel had broke off from a hard handing, and it damaged the elevator and rudder.
Just the covering was damaged on the elevator, and the bottom of the rudder
need the bottom tubing replaced. I have it almost finished, and just today
I purchased a MicroAir 760 to install in a new dash I am working on... I did
not like the drum brakes and I removed them and installed the Black Max 1000 system....
and to top it off I installed some wheel and tire combo that I have
come up with...I have seen may people have the carlisle golf cart tires on a 6"
rim and call them Tundra Tires.... They are Heavy and Stiff, and the size is
all I see that is close to being what is referred to as a Tundra Tire..... These
Tires I have are Soft and only use between 5 and 10 pounds of air, and they
are Light Weight........... They act like the Big Boys Tundra Tires in Alaska......
The Rims I have are 8" in Diameter, and fit on Black Max and Hegar wheel
hubs, and maybe others..... Anyway I would like your input on what you think
about my Tire and Wheel Combo........
Kolb Firestar II
Rotax 503 with Electric Start
C-Box Re-Drive with a RK400 Clutch
68" Warp Drive Prop
Black Max 1000 Hydraulic Brakes
21"x 12"x 8" Tundra Tires on 8" x 9" Aluminum Rims
Current in date BRS Ballistic Recovery Chute
Kuntzleman Dual Magnum Strobes
ELT (emergency locator transmitters)
N-Numbered with a current Annual done May 2010
Soon to be Installed Micro Air 760 VHF TRANSCEIVER ,
And maybe later a 3 Blade Prop, because they make less noise
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Kolb Firestar II
503 C-Box / RK400 Clutch
Phantom
503 B-Box
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| Subject: | Re: New to the Forum |
Joe,
Looks pretty spiffy with those big shoes! Welcome
G.Aman former FS2 builder/owner
-----Original Message-----
From: Carolina Flyer <joe.a.lawson@gmail.com>
Sent: Wed, Oct 6, 2010 1:34 pm
Subject: Kolb-List: New to the Forum
Hello Everyone,
I am so glad I ran across this Forum..... There is a wealth of knowledge
here,
and some awesome pictures.... I have a Kolb Firestar II that I bought that
I
found on Barnstormers..... It had a few things that needed intention....
The
Tail Wheel had broke off from a hard handing, and it damaged the elevator
and
rudder. Just the covering was damaged on the elevator, and the bottom of
the
rudder need the bottom tubing replaced. I have it almost finished, and jus
t
today I purchased a MicroAir 760 to install in a new dash I am working on.
.. I
did not like the drum brakes and I removed them and installed the Black Ma
x 1000
system.... and to top it off I installed some wheel and tire combo that I
have
come up with...I have seen may people have the carlisle golf cart tires on
a 6"
rim and call them Tundra Tires.... They are Heavy and Stiff, and the size
is all
I see that is close to being what is referred to as a Tundra Tire..... The
se
Tires I have are Soft and only use between 5 and!
10 pounds of air, and they are Light Weight........... They act like the
Big
Boys Tundra Tires in Alaska...... The Rims I have are 8" in Diameter, and
fit on
Black Max and Hegar wheel hubs, and maybe others..... Anyway I would like
your
input on what you think about my Tire and Wheel Combo........
Kolb Firestar II
Rotax 503 with Electric Start
C-Box Re-Drive with a RK400 Clutch
68" Warp Drive Prop
Black Max 1000 Hydraulic Brakes
21"x 12"x 8" Tundra Tires on 8" x 9" Aluminum Rims
Current in date BRS Ballistic Recovery Chute
Kuntzleman Dual Magnum Strobes
ELT (emergency locator transmitters)
N-Numbered with a current Annual done May 2010
Soon to be Installed Micro Air 760 VHF TRANSCEIVER ,
And maybe later a 3 Blade Prop, because they make less noise
--------
Kolb Firestar II
503 C-Box / RK400 Clutch
Phantom
503 B-Box
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| Subject: | Re: New to the Forum |
Hey Joe,
Those big wheels are awesome! I like them.
Bill Varnes
Original Kolb FireStar
Audubon NJ
Do Not Archive
In a message dated 10/6/2010 1:36:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
joe.a.lawson@gmail.com writes:
Anyway I would like your input on what you think about my Tire and Wheel
Combo........
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| Subject: | Re: HELP ! SNOW SKI CABLE BRACKET |
john L
that is the best ski cable anchor design that i have seen on a kolb
boyd
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| Subject: | Re: New to the Forum |
:D
Thanks for the kind comments.... I didn't go with these Tundra Tires for the Looks,
even though I think it Looks better with Large Tires.... I feel that the
front gear on the Firestar bends to easy, and it should bend before making the
cage bend.... These Tires just softens the suspension. The Kolb Factory quoted
me $200.00 for New Main Gear, and hopefully these Tires will help me to not
have to replace my Main Gear in the Future .......... Joe
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Kolb Firestar II
503 C-Box / RK400 Clutch
Phantom
503 B-Box
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| Subject: | Re: New to the Forum |
Good looking airplane. Moving the prop further away from the trailing edge will
cut down on your prop noise. What is the reduction ratio of your gearbox?
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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I just talked to Travis at Kolb and he mentioned that he had posted a slide show of my Mark 111 Xtra with a VW on YouTube. Here is the link if interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?vEoXimc3vA. I am having a great time flying it and now that the weather here in lower Alabama is finally cooling off, I will be able to put more time on it and get the 40 hours flown off finally. I am still making fine tuning adjustments but so far the cruise seems to be 75-80 mph. I do not have a VSI but the climb is more than adequate. I will post more information as I get more comfortable and explore the flight envelope more.
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Craig Spoke
Mark 111 Xtra
VW Redrive
Lillian, AL
cspoke@gulftel.com
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| Subject: | Re: New to the Forum |
The GearBox is 3.0 to 1 ratio with the RK400 clutch
I plan on putting a Stainless Exhaust system on it soon
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Kolb Firestar II
503 C-Box / RK400 Clutch
Phantom
503 B-Box
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Craig, What is the empty weight of your X?
Rick Girard
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:30 PM, cspoke <cspoke@gulftel.com> wrote:
>
> I just talked to Travis at Kolb and he mentioned that he had posted a slide
> show of my Mark 111 Xtra with a VW on YouTube. Here is the link if
> interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?vEoXimc3vA. I am having a
> great time flying it and now that the weather here in lower Alabama is
> finally cooling off, I will be able to put more time on it and get the 40
> hours flown off finally. I am still making fine tuning adjustments but so
> far the cruise seems to be 75-80 mph. I do not have a VSI but the climb is
> more than adequate. I will post more information as I get more comfortable
> and explore the flight envelope more.
>
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> Craig Spoke
> Mark 111 Xtra
> VW Redrive
> Lillian, AL
> cspoke@gulftel.com
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Zulu Delta
Kolb Mk IIIC
582 Gray head
4.00 C gearbox
3 blade WD
Thanks, Homer GBYM
It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable
to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.
- G.K. Chesterton
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| Subject: | Mounting Redrive up or down.... |
Hey Folks,
Sounds like most folks mount their redrive upward. Does anyone have a
redrive mounted down? If your prop is the same position relative to the boom
tube, are there pros and cons, other that engine height in the airstream? I
tried an archive search but could pull up anything.
Thanks as always,
Nick Cassara
Palmer, Alaska
Kolbra #1
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