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1. 05:01 AM - Off field landings (Mystic)
2. 05:11 AM - Re: Re: Trailaplane (JC Gilpin)
3. 05:22 AM - Re: Trailaplane (JC Gilpin)
4. 05:43 AM - Re: Re: Strut Fairings (Gary Aman)
5. 06:10 AM - Re: Off field landings (Richard Girard)
6. 07:34 AM - Re: Off field landings (Dennis Thate)
7. 10:36 AM - Re: Off field landings (Mystic)
8. 10:42 AM - Re: Off field landings (Mystic)
9. 11:50 AM - Re: Re: Strut Fairings (b young)
10. 12:16 PM - Strut Fairing FYI (hope it comes through) (Lanny Fetterman)
11. 12:39 PM - Re: Strut Fairing FYI (hope it comes through) (Dennis Thate)
12. 04:16 PM - Re: Re: Breeze up the boom tube (Dana Hague)
13. 05:31 PM - Re: Re: Strut Fairings (Michael Welch)
14. 05:49 PM - Re: Possible MkIII accident in Missouri (Rex Rodebush)
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| Subject: | Off field landings |
I've been having fun playing "Bush pilot" in my Firestar. Maybe too much fun....
Broke it down to 3 parts on youtube. Check it out when you've got a few minutes
to kill.
BTW, My 447 is loving the change in weather. Needle is back to th middle, temps
are back up in the green, and she's climbing like we stole somthing!
John Tempest
Firestar "Classic"
447
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_hb2hQbklg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlYBOxyX5Xw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rox7IObjwXc
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But I'm not a citizen or a resident alien or a corporation, I'll be just a
visitor for some months.......
But this might be all for the good anyhow. I'm now back to looking for a
FAR 103 machine after all, so can stay under the radar completely. It's
been a busy couple of days researching for alternatives. I'm still a
Canadian citizen, and apparently could visit the US in a Canadian registered
Advanced Ultralight, but then I'd need a Canadian Recreational Pilot Permit,
SFA, etc, etc. Don't really want to have to jump thro the hoops and hassle
with bureaucrats, and all the cost....... It was lookin more and more
complicated that way, but now it's startin to feel real freedom again this
way!
Of course that means running a 2-stroke, but the FireFly that I have my eye
on has a current parachute, which makes a last ditch back-up if necessary.
I know the 447 really well, having done 1000hrs in front of one in my
little Spectrum Beaver, and it never let me down. I'm really looking
forward to flying a real ultralight again!
So I might see you round the back country airstrips some day.
JG
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Gday John Hauk,
Yeh I know your trips real well, been watching them for years.
I also used to see a website of a fella from Texas who was always flying big
distances.
I'll definitely take you up on a visit. Looks like I'll be starting from
Mississippi so a handy first leg.
Can't get loose from here until March but then I'll be hell for leather.....
See ya,
JG
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| Subject: | Re: Strut Fairings |
Some guys attach it with a little expanding foam inserted into each end
G.Aman
-----Original Message-----
From: HShack <HShack@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Oct 6, 2011 7:16 pm
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Strut Fairings
Where could a feller get about 4' of that? And how to attach it?
In a message dated 10/5/2011 11:06:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, richard@b
cchapel.org writes:
Get yourself some of the plastic streamline fairing material that is inte
nded to fit over the lift struts and cut it to fit the landing ear legs.
You will be pleasantly surprised. It is worth the trouble.
Do not archive
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| Subject: | Re: Off field landings |
John, Looks like the very definition of "too much fun". I'm going to put a
bookmark of your videos in a folder so I can use them for inspiration while
I'm rebuilding my Firestar this winter.
Rick
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Mystic <cheoah68@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I've been having fun playing "Bush pilot" in my Firestar. Maybe too much
> fun....
>
> Broke it down to 3 parts on youtube. Check it out when you've got a few
> minutes to kill.
>
> BTW, My 447 is loving the change in weather. Needle is back to th middle,
> temps are back up in the green, and she's climbing like we stole somthing!
>
> John Tempest
> Firestar "Classic"
> 447
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_hb2hQbklg
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlYBOxyX5Xw
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rox7IObjwXc
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>
> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=354255#354255
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>
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Zulu Delta
Mk IIIC
Thanks, Homer GBYM
It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.
- Groucho Marx
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| Subject: | Re: Off field landings |
Great countryside to own a Kolb in, lots of privacy for low flying. 8)
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents
the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
These flying machines are just a fad and will never catch on Unknown
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| Subject: | Re: Off field landings |
[quote="rickofudall"]John, Looks like the very definition of "too much fun". I'm
going to put a bookmark of your videos in a folder so I can use them for inspiration
while I'm rebuilding my Firestar this winter.
Rick
Rick,
I'll be joining you in the near future. Maybe we can inspire each other. I don't
know how "involved" your rebuild is, but I'm hoping I can get away with a minimum.
Anyway, glad you watched, and good luck with your rebuild. -John
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| Subject: | Re: Off field landings |
It really is a great place to fly a Kolb. Outside of a Clemson home game, the airspace
here is very quiet. It's mountains, lakes, and rivers with plenty of hay
fields and pastures in-between. What more could you ask?
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| Subject: | Re: Strut Fairings |
Get yourself some of the plastic streamline fairing material that is
intended to fit over the lift struts and cut it to fit the landing ear
legs. You will be pleasantly surprised. It is worth the trouble.
Do not archive
what if you cut some Styrofoam, or blue board, make it fit the axel,
then carve it back to the airfoil shape you want, cover it with polly
fiber, and paint it? light easy.the foam would have to be resistant
topolly chemicals.just thinking outloudboyd young mkiii
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| Subject: | Strut Fairing FYI (hope it comes through) |
Emacs!
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| Subject: | Re: Strut Fairing FYI (hope it comes through) |
Thanks for the photo, Looks like rivets will work
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents
the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
These flying machines are just a fad and will never catch on Unknown
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| Subject: | Re: Breeze up the boom tube |
At 07:36 AM 10/6/2011, SS568 wrote:
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>I found this site that has a simple way of testing the ASI.
>http://www.n56ml.com/airspeed_calibration/
>This is with plane in the hangar and the static air is very static. My
>instruments have their static airs tied together and a plastic tube runs
>up to a disc up near the pitot tube. What is the significance of this
>static air as opposed to just using cabin air? Can that disc be defective
>or stopped up perhaps?
The water manometer described in your link is a good way to calibrate an
ASI... engineers have used water manometers in wind tunnels for years.
Cabin air is notoriously NOT at static pressure. Open a vent, pressure
goes up. Bad door seal, pressure may go down. Open a window or slip the
plane, who knows?
Your plastic disk is an external static air source. It's generally placed
on the side of the fuselage, parallel to the airflow, often in pairs to
cancel any effects from yaw.
-Dana
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"If you're not a liberal at 20, you have no heart. If you are not a
conservative when you're 30, you have no head."-- Winston Churchill
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| Subject: | Re: Strut Fairings |
Boyd,
I have all the ingredients you mentioned(foam, fabric, Poly stuff)
I think I'll give your suggestion a try.
I'll get back to ya after I find out how it turns out.
Mike Welch
On Oct 7, 2011, at 1:29 PM, b young wrote:
> Get yourself some of the plastic streamline fairing material that is
intended to fit over the lift struts and cut it to fit the landing ear
legs. You will be pleasantly surprised. It is worth the trouble.
>
> Do not archive
>
>
>
>
> what if you cut some Styrofoam, or blue board,
> make it fit the axel, then carve it back to
> the airfoil shape you want, cover it with
> polly fiber, and paint it? light easy.
> the foam would have to be resistant to
> polly chemicals.
>
> just thinking outloud
>
> boyd young mkiii
>
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Possible MkIII accident in Missouri |
Mike,
The only thing I could find was that Gregory Everett, 63, of Versailles, Missouri,
crashed on September 5, 2011. The article states it was a Kolb Mark III but
the picture clearly is a Avid or Kitfox type of plane.
Rex
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