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1. 08:16 AM - Garmin 196 (Watkinsdw)
2. 10:31 AM - Christmas Day flight (Eddie)
3. 10:31 AM - Sonex or GP VW. (Ron @ KFHU)
4. 10:48 AM - Re: 912 Tach Malfunction (Ron @ KFHU)
5. 10:50 AM - Re: Christmas Day flight (John Hauck)
6. 11:22 AM - Re: WTT: Kawasaki KLR 650 for Kolb (Luke)
7. 11:33 AM - Re: Christmas Day flight (Arksey@aol.com)
8. 11:40 AM - Re: Sonex or GP VW. (Richard Neilsen)
9. 11:57 AM - Re: Re: WTT: Kawasaki KLR 650 for Kolb (John Hauck)
10. 12:08 PM - Re: Christmas Day flight (Ron @ KFHU)
11. 12:13 PM - Re: Off Topic - Looking for geared AC motor (Richard Girard)
12. 12:23 PM - Re: Sonex or GP VW. (Ron @ KFHU)
13. 01:04 PM - Re: Christmas Day flight (Eddie)
14. 04:50 PM - Re: Sonex or GP VW. (robert bean)
15. 04:55 PM - xmas video (Eddie)
16. 04:57 PM - Re: Christmas Day flight (robert bean)
17. 04:58 PM - xmas flight (Eddie)
18. 06:25 PM - Re: Christmas Day flight (Dennis Thate)
19. 07:55 PM - Re: Sonex or GP VW. (Richard Neilsen)
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Here's the listing from Steven Green. He reads the list, but can't post for some
technical reason:
Garmin 196, excellent condition, all mounts, manuals, cables, and pieces that
came with it are included in the original box. Also includes V Flite interactive
Guide for the 196. Database is not current. $350 + shipping costs. Phone
423-368-0823
I have a 196, and it works great for me. Have it wired into the panel, which saves
batteries.
Merry Christmas to all,
Dave
Mk III C
Rotax 912 uls
Pompano Beach, FL (KPMP)
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| Subject: | Christmas Day flight |
Merry Christmas to all on the list
Took my mk111 up for a quick fly around today and thought you may like
to see a few pictures of a snowy cold ( by our standards anyway ) minus
11
merseyside in the uk
Eddie
mk111c
rotax 582
arplast 62" 3 blade
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| From: | "Ron @ KFHU" <captainron1@cox.net> |
Good for you there ain't no cure like piloting your own airplane. If I knew then
what I know now I would have bought a VW conversion and would have had my M3X
flying already. Its hard to convert a car motor when I am busy with a million
other things and have very little time. I may still go and get a Sonex VW as
the end cost of the Suzuki conversion even from this point forward may be high
enough to justify a Sonex or GP VW.
A nice motor option is the Simonini Victor 2 super, but like the Hirth over ten
grand is simply nuts to spend on that ( with my budget ) .
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---- John Hauck <jhauck@elmore.rr.com> wrote:
============
Good Point John. We all need to support the New Kolb Aircraft Company.
They need us , and we need them!
Merry Christmas
Dennis
Dennis T/Gang:
Let me update you a little.
There is no "The New Kolb Aircraft Company".
Not sure of their official name but I believe it is "Kolb Company". Brian
wanted his company to look, taste, and smell, like Homer Kolb's aircraft
company. He named it "Kolb Company, Inc." I may not be exact on the
company name, but Travis Brown can correct me if I am wrong.
Brian wants to build and kit airplanes that Homer designed, not fast, slick,
pretty LSA's that fly 120 kts and cost 120,000.00 dollars.
John Hauck
MKIII
Titus, Alabama - Got some air time yesterday. Still flying my mkIII with a
8 months of barn dust and bug/bird crap on it. Amazing how well Kolbs fly
in any condition. I flew over to Wetumpka Airport to get 10 gal of 100LL.
I am not flying much, just yet, and avgas stores much better than mogas and
alcohol.
--
kugelair.com
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| From: | "Ron @ KFHU" <captainron1@cox.net> |
| Subject: | 912 Tach Malfunction |
I think that ought to fix it if it's not a simple wire connection. I would add
that ACF-50 or Corrosion-X would be the magic potion. ACF-50 or corrosion-X are
truly magical. I use both in my airplane cars and motorcycle and any other place
that has electrical stuff. These potions are simply amazing. I'd use them
on my joints if I could figure out how.
A caution though, do not use them anywhere near the wheels. I had some corrosion
discoloring on my car wheels and thought I'd use Corrosion-X to get rid of it.
The stuff is so powerfully dielectric that it migrated to the studs and the
frigging wheels loosened up. It may be funny but it ain't if you are on your
way to Tucson and you get vibration to chatter your teeth loose.
So don't use that stuff near bolts unless they are cotter'd or safety wired, especially
on a vibrating airplane.
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| Subject: | Re: Christmas Day flight |
Merry Christmas to all on the list
Took my mk111 up for a quick fly around today and thought you may like to
see a few pictures of a snowy cold ( by our standards anyway ) minus 11
merseyside in the uk
Eddie
mk111c
rotax 582
arplast 62" 3 blade
Eddie/Gang:
Merry Christmas to you and all the rest of the Kolb gang in the UK. You
too, Patrick L. ;-)
Never seen more beautiful Kolb photos, especially on Christmas Day, on and
over the snow covered English countryside.
Thanks for sharing with us.
It is refreshing to see and read about a Kolber that braves weather like
this to fly and take pictures.
I like this much better than reading about buying motorcycles and searching
for totally non-Kolb related items. Please help us keep the Kolb List about
Kolbs. Thanks, folks.
Take care,
john h
mkIII
hauck's holler, alabama
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| Subject: | Re: WTT: Kawasaki KLR 650 for Kolb |
Thanks for the reply but I'm looking for a trade instead of selling.
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"The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is his name." Exodus 15:3
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| Subject: | Re: Christmas Day flight |
Thanks Eddie for posting the pic's, enjoyed them. That is about the same
snow cover that we now have here in Southern Michigan.. Merry Christmas
and Happy new years to you .
Jim Swan
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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| Subject: | Re: Sonex or GP VW. |
Ron
The Sonex VW engine or AeroVee is a direct drive engine. You can't mount the
Valley redrive on that engine. You wouldn't be happy with a direct drive VW
on a Kolb. If money is your concern get a dune buggy log block engine and
put GP parts on it. You can also use some of the AreoVee stuff but the main
thing is avoid the direct drive extended nose crank shafts.
Rick Neilsen
1st redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Ron @ KFHU <captainron1@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Good for you there ain't no cure like piloting your own airplane. If I knew
> then what I know now I would have bought a VW conversion and would have had
> my M3X flying already. Its hard to convert a car motor when I am busy with a
> million other things and have very little time. I may still go and get a
> Sonex VW as the end cost of the Suzuki conversion even from this point
> forward may be high enough to justify a Sonex or GP VW.
> A nice motor option is the Simonini Victor 2 super, but like the Hirth over
> ten grand is simply nuts to spend on that ( with my budget ) .
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> ---- John Hauck <jhauck@elmore.rr.com> wrote:
>
> ============
>
>
> Good Point John. We all need to support the New Kolb Aircraft Company.
> They need us , and we need them!
>
> Merry Christmas
> Dennis
>
>
> Dennis T/Gang:
>
> Let me update you a little.
>
> There is no "The New Kolb Aircraft Company".
>
> Not sure of their official name but I believe it is "Kolb Company". Brian
> wanted his company to look, taste, and smell, like Homer Kolb's aircraft
> company. He named it "Kolb Company, Inc." I may not be exact on the
> company name, but Travis Brown can correct me if I am wrong.
>
> Brian wants to build and kit airplanes that Homer designed, not fast,
> slick,
> pretty LSA's that fly 120 kts and cost 120,000.00 dollars.
>
> John Hauck
> MKIII
> Titus, Alabama - Got some air time yesterday. Still flying my mkIII with a
> 8 months of barn dust and bug/bird crap on it. Amazing how well Kolbs fly
> in any condition. I flew over to Wetumpka Airport to get 10 gal of 100LL.
> I am not flying much, just yet, and avgas stores much better than mogas and
> alcohol.
>
>
> --
> kugelair.com
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: WTT: Kawasaki KLR 650 for Kolb |
Thanks for the reply but I'm looking for a trade instead of selling.
Luke/Gang:
I am fully aware that you were looking for a trade.
Hopefully, you will find a good one. Kolbs are hard to beat when it comes
to building and flying.
Merry Christmas,
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama - One member among many.
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| From: | "Ron @ KFHU" <captainron1@cox.net> |
| Subject: | Re: Christmas Day flight |
That dude in the Trike must be freezing his bazooky's off. Nice pix where were
they taken?
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| Subject: | Re: Off Topic - Looking for geared AC motor |
Jerry, Try Surplus Center, I get a lot of things from them for shop
projects. Be sure and take note of stock on hand if you don't plan to order
right away, they could be out by the time you get back to them.
https://www.surpluscenter.com/home.asp
Rick Girard
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 11:10 PM, jerb <ulflyer@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Hey folks there are a lot of resources on these list. Anyone have or know
> of a source for an surplus (cheap is good) geared down 120V AC motor of
> 1/4-1/3 HP. Inline or right angle gear box will work - need a shaft output
> of around 20-43 (desired) or 80-100 RPM. This in not for an aviation
> orientated project. I can't justify the cost of a new unit for its intended
> use.
>
> If so please email direct. Thanks,
> jerryb
>
>
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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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| From: | "Ron @ KFHU" <captainron1@cox.net> |
| Subject: | Re: Sonex or GP VW. |
Rick I went to one of the prop sites where they have that Mach number calculator
for the prop speed. It showed that the tips on the 68 inch blade will not go
supersonic at full power I think it was 3400 rpm direct drive. Why wouldn't it
work?
You have one on your Kolb with an RDU do you have a photo in Profile that I can
look at? I want to see what your install looks like.
Are you happy with your aircraft performance wise?
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| Subject: | Re: Christmas Day flight |
Thanks for the Nice comments ( All who did ) The dude in the Trike
is actually My nephew and his girlfriend .Pics where taken just north of
Liverpool in the Uk. We fly from Ince Blundell
53 32N 03 02W
http://www.wlms.co.uk/directions.htm
a microlight (ultralight) flying club and school are based there My
nephew is one of the instructors
While we were up I got about 30 mins of video as well and will put that
on you tube when I edit out the worst of the shaky bits . Christmas day
here is the one day of the year that John lennon airport is closed so we
Contacted Manchester airport and got permission to fly up the river
Mersey as far as the City center to the Liver Buildings. that is the
Video and may be of interest to you . We had a great flight but was a
bit iffy landing on an icy snowed up runway
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| Subject: | Re: Sonex or GP VW. |
It would appear that even if the 68" prop didn't go supersonic there would be a
drag loss that increases with RPM.
-however, with regard to Rick N and his real experiences, a VW engine could be
built with direct drive that would be
a decent performer.
The key consideration would be to ignore the obvious impulse to go big bore. The
only way to get good low rpm performance out
of direct drive is with a stroke larger than the bore. A long stroke gives a a
higher piston velocity for equivalent rpm.
- in other words, simulating higher rpm without actually having higher rpm. A
"case in point" is the Case tractor engine
which also has a very long stroke and huge torque. ( I have a Case 530)
So if you build a VW engine for aircraft use, use the stoutest stock cylinders
available and the longest forged stroker crank you can find.
Don't believe me? Be my guest.
BB
On 25, Dec 2010, at 3:20 PM, Ron @ KFHU wrote:
>
> Rick I went to one of the prop sites where they have that Mach number calculator
for the prop speed. It showed that the tips on the 68 inch blade will not
go supersonic at full power I think it was 3400 rpm direct drive. Why wouldn't
it work?
> You have one on your Kolb with an RDU do you have a photo in Profile that I can
look at? I want to see what your install looks like.
> Are you happy with your aircraft performance wise?
>
>
>
>
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to follow the pictures here is a link to the video of my flight today (
for those who are interested ) thanks to Nick Marciano who manned the
camera while I was keeping lookout for enough space along the dockside
for landing areas incase it all went quiet
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| Subject: | Re: Christmas Day flight |
Eddie, very pretty. Looks just like home.
BB
New York State
do not archive
On 25, Dec 2010, at 1:33 PM, Eddie wrote:
> Merry Christmas to all on the list
> Took my mk111 up for a quick fly around today and thought you may
like to see a few pictures of a snowy cold ( by our standards anyway )
minus 11
> merseyside in the uk
>
> Eddie
> mk111c
> rotax 582
> arplast 62" 3 blade
> <DSCF1788.JPG><DSCF1758.JPG><DSCF1766 (2).JPG><DSCF1771.JPG><DSCF1776
(2).JPG><DSCF1779.JPG><DSCF1781.JPG><DSCF1782.JPG>
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLeBNLTEwEE
oops
be a good idea to actually send the link dont you think, I plead
tiredness and a bit too much xmas cheer when I got home
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| Subject: | Re: Christmas Day flight |
Thanks for the cool tour of your country. Life must be easy there by the prime
meridian. Never any difficult math. :)
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents
the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
Faith is believing what you know ain't so - Mark Twain
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| Subject: | Re: Sonex or GP VW. |
Ron
I know I checked those sites before I installed a 60" prop on my direct
drive VW. I do know and my neighbors know a mile away that the tips went
supersonic at around 2900 RPM and at 3500 the racket was bad!
The performance difference between my direct drive VW and the redrive VW
engine was dramatic. You all ways seem to want more but yes it is working
well. I have flown with up to 450 lbs in the seats of my MKIIIC and climb
power wasn't an issue. Great Plains did some testing that showed almost
twice the static thrust. Some have said that this only helps in slow speed
airplanes but the more I learn the more I feel that redrives help even in
faster airplanes. A recent article in an EAA magazine talked about setting a
speed record with a redrive Rotax 912 in a Soneray. Also I'm currently
flying a SportCruiser that has a 100 HP 912 in it that I have to throttle
back to 4000 RPM to get it to slow to 80KTS in the pattern. I haven't had a
chance to check out high cruise speeds yet but it is fast. I'm sure the
reduction drive is a key to some of the speed.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Ron @ KFHU <captainron1@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Rick I went to one of the prop sites where they have that Mach number
> calculator for the prop speed. It showed that the tips on the 68 inch blade
> will not go supersonic at full power I think it was 3400 rpm direct drive.
> Why wouldn't it work?
> You have one on your Kolb with an RDU do you have a photo in Profile that I
> can look at? I want to see what your install looks like.
> Are you happy with your aircraft performance wise?
>
>
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