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1. 03:56 AM - Re: Re: slingshot thrust line (Pat Ladd)
2. 05:59 AM - Re: slingshot thrust line (Richard Pike)
3. 06:43 AM - Re: Re: slingshot thrust line (Richard Girard)
4. 05:30 PM - Re: Sport Pilot license (gotime242)
5. 06:25 PM - Re: My ex wife the pilot (Arksey@aol.com)
6. 07:04 PM - Mark3 enclose (Mark Rinehart)
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| Subject: | Re: slingshot thrust line |
I have for your inspection a Gen U Wine nose wheel for a MKIII, $15 >>
Gee, thank you Richard. Such kindness. You are all heart
However to make this a working proposition I am afraid that there may be
other expenses incurred.
1) making the wheel swivel
2) under the general heading of moving the weight off the rear wheel
a)slide the boom forward
b) transfer the engine from the top of the cockpit to the bit of the boom
which is now sticking out the front
c)reverse the engine to make a tractor configuration, (this will make the
whole thing quieter)
3) It is probable that with the low position of the protruding boom (and
engine)the cockpit will blank the airflow to the tail unit so perhaps that
should be transferred to another boom protruding from the rear of the
cockpit top.
4) With the propellor now being mounted low the u/c legs will have to be
lengthened to give the prop ground clearance
5) The cockpit door will now be so high that a small ladder should be
carried.
6) These changes will certainly move the MAUW outside the limits of the UK
`microlight` spec. and this will incur extra insurance, a different flying
license which will mean more training and new exams to be passed.
Different rules for maintenance will apply and I shall have to employ a
mechanic.
You can see Richard that the costs do not stop at $15 so in view of my
impecunious state I am sorry that I shall have to refuse your kind offer.
However it is heartwarming to see how members of this wonderful List are so
keen to help out others.
Cheers
Pat
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| Subject: | Re: slingshot thrust line |
pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com wrote:
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> You can see Richard that the costs do not stop at $15 so in view of my
> impecunious state I am sorry that I shall have to refuse your kind offer.
> However it is heartwarming to see how members of this wonderful List are so keen
to help out others.
>
> Cheers
>
> Pat
Wow - and I thought my wife knew how to haggle... So - I need to send it to you
for nothing plus pay you $15? (You don't work for our current political administration
do you?)
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=317305#317305
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| Subject: | Re: slingshot thrust line |
Pat, You've misunderstood the application. Here are two pictures of the
original application for this type of augmented landing gear on a somewhat
larger scale. It's a nose over wheel just like that used on the Barling
Bomber. No need to add all that extra stuff, just bolt it on and be on your
way. If you apply too much power too early, your plane comes over on it's
nose and continues on its merry way. I'm surprised the regulators in the EU
haven't made it a requirement already.
Rick
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 5:53 AM, Pat Ladd <pj.ladd@btinternet.com> wrote:
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> I have for your inspection a Gen U Wine nose wheel for a MKIII, $15 >>
>
> Gee, thank you Richard. Such kindness. You are all heart
>
> However to make this a working proposition I am afraid that there may be
> other expenses incurred.
>
> 1) making the wheel swivel
>
> 2) under the general heading of moving the weight off the rear wheel
> a)slide the boom forward
> b) transfer the engine from the top of the cockpit to the bit of the boom
> which is now sticking out the front
> c)reverse the engine to make a tractor configuration, (this will make the
> whole thing quieter)
>
> 3) It is probable that with the low position of the protruding boom (and
> engine)the cockpit will blank the airflow to the tail unit so perhaps that
> should be transferred to another boom protruding from the rear of the
> cockpit top.
>
> 4) With the propellor now being mounted low the u/c legs will have to be
> lengthened to give the prop ground clearance
>
> 5) The cockpit door will now be so high that a small ladder should be
> carried.
>
> 6) These changes will certainly move the MAUW outside the limits of the
> UK `microlight` spec. and this will incur extra insurance, a different
> flying license which will mean more training and new exams to be passed.
> Different rules for maintenance will apply and I shall have to employ a
> mechanic.
>
> You can see Richard that the costs do not stop at $15 so in view of my
> impecunious state I am sorry that I shall have to refuse your kind offer.
>
> However it is heartwarming to see how members of this wonderful List are so
> keen to help out others.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Pat
>
>
--
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: | Re: Sport Pilot license |
I worked at a flight school for over 3 years, right around the time the sport-pilot
thing was still pretty new.
To get your license in 20 hours...sounds great. However just about everyone coming
in expecting to do just that didnt get their license anywhere near that. By
the time they were ready to actually pass a checkride they might as well just
been going for their pvt pilots license.
This is different because you have already been flying a bit with the kolb, but
even so, i would say just go for your ppl.
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=317358#317358
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| Subject: | Re: My ex wife the pilot |
Hi gang,
I could just not resist this....but I sort of think the picture of the
crash looks a bit like a kolb boom tube...but I should get the cateract
removed that is in my left eye....jim
My ex-wife started taking flying lessons about the time our divorce
started and she got her license shortly before our divorce was final, later that
same year.
Yesterday afternoon, she narrowly escaped injury in the Kolb aircraft she
was piloting when she was forced to make an emergency landing in Southern
Tennessee because of bad weather.
Thank God our kids were with me this weekend.
The NTSB issued a preliminary report, citing pilot error: Judy was flying
a single engine Kolb aircraft in IFR (instrument flight rating) conditions
while only having obtained a VFR (visual flight rating) rating.
The absence of a post-crash fire was likely due to insufficient fuel on
board.
No one on the ground was injured.
The photograph below was taken at the scene and shows the extent of damage
to her aircraft.
She was very lucky.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
Do not archive
FIRESTAR ll 503 Michigan jswan
GPS FOR MY RUNWAY N 42 deg 28.581 W084deg 44.825
ph. 517-663-8488
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On Steve Green's mark3 he had some crescent shaped plastic fasteners that he used
to attach the lexan to the aft sides of his cockpit. I think the fasteners
were screwed or riveted to the tubing and the lexan was then screwed to the fasteners.
Steve if you are out there, or anyone else who knows, where did you
get those fasteners? Thanks
Mark Rinehart
Indy Mark3
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