---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 10/28/10: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:56:35 AM PST US From: "Pat Ladd" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: 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 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:59:23 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: slingshot thrust line From: "Richard Pike" pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com wrote: > > 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 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 06:43:41 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: slingshot thrust line From: Richard Girard 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 wrote: > > 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 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:30:55 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Sport Pilot license From: "gotime242" 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 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 06:25:08 PM PST US From: Arksey@aol.com Subject: Kolb-List: 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 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 07:04:57 PM PST US From: Mark Rinehart Subject: Kolb-List: Mark3 enclose 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? 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