---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 10/10/11: 13 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:54 AM - Re: Kolbra video (ces308) 2. 06:05 AM - Re: Kolbra video (tkben002) 3. 09:25 AM - Re: Strut Fairings (Richard Pike) 4. 09:57 AM - Re: Strut Fairings (Dennis Thate) 5. 11:27 AM - Re: Re: Strut Fairings (Rick Neilsen) 6. 11:41 AM - Re: New Firefly owner looking for Mark III training in PA (mburdge39) 7. 12:55 PM - Tiny Tach custom coax length (mburdge39) 8. 01:34 PM - Re: Strut Fairings (Richard Pike) 9. 01:39 PM - Re: Thom, Chris or Jabiru owners (tkben002) 10. 05:24 PM - Re: Tiny Tach custom coax length (Ellery Batchelder Jr) 11. 06:28 PM - ANR head sets (SS568) 12. 06:57 PM - Re: ANR head sets (Larry Cottrell) 13. 07:33 PM - Re: ANR head sets (b young) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:54:59 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Kolbra video From: "ces308" Nice job ,Travis !! Your airplane looks great too ! How did you make out on your cooling??? chris ambrose M3X/Jabiru A-2200 230.hrs N327CS Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=354488#354488 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:05:32 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Kolbra video From: "tkben002" Chris, still working on the cooling, have been tilting the carb to get my egt's closer and found out they were hooked up backwards. I think I am going to go ahead and order the Jabiru needle and some jets, they are ok now but last weekend I flew in the morning and it was around 50 degrees and the egts were back over 1400. I am off today so I will make some baffles and see how that turns out. Travis Bennett Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=354504#354504 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:25:16 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Strut Fairings From: "Richard Pike" Dennis Thate wrote: > > Richard, > > How about a close up photo of this stream lined landing gear idea, is it riveted like the wing strut covers ? Here ye be! These are the plastic lift strut fairings that Kolb sells, cut down to fit. I make paper templates of how I want the top and bottom to fit, do the bottom first, and the top last. Jack the airplane up and remove the bolt that holds the gear leg in place, slip the fairing over the leg and then put the gear leg back in the socket. Do the bottom first, a Moto-Tool works well. Then with the leg slid most of the way in to where it needs to be in the socket, make the upper template out of paper and trace it on the leg. Keep cutting it off a bit at a time until the leg goes in far enough for the bolt to fit. I probably put each gear leg in and out 25 times.... groan... A tedious process, but gives decent results. Because of how the fairing slips over the top and bottom hardware, it does not need to be anchored to anything, it cannot rotate or move enough to matter. I ran my brake line down the inside of mine. Just a word of warning - mine were not symmetrical, the templates for one side were close for the other, but not quite. Why? - ??? So don't assume. -------- Richard Pike Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) richard (at) bcchapel(dot)org Kingsport, TN 3TN0 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=354531#354531 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/p1210203_medium_699.jpg http://forums.matronics.com//files/p1210210_medium_609.jpg http://forums.matronics.com//files/p1210213_medium_207.jpg ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 09:57:31 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Strut Fairings From: "Dennis Thate" Thanks Richard for taking the time to get and post the photos. Was the benefit worth the effort & cost ? -------- 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 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=354537#354537 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 11:27:16 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Strut Fairings From: Rick Neilsen My gear legs are the thin tapered solid spring steel legs. I used a insulating product in a can called Tough Stuff. Applied it to the front and back of the gear legs and used a knife to cut it into the basic stream line shape when dry then sanded for more precise shape. Then I mixed micro balloons and epoxie to fill holes and smooth out the surface. I was a bit impatient and it doesn't look very good so I will not send any photos. With more care it would be fine. It was quick and easy. My gear legs are small but I didn't notice any improvement in speeds. I use Great Stuff for lots of things. Even used it to fill the fuselage tub e to stop the leaf blower effect. Big mistake. I almost broke the control cables trying to free them up from the foam. It did stop the air movement. Rick Neilsen Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Dennis Thate wrote : > > Thanks Richard for taking the time to get and post the photos. Was the > benefit worth the effort & cost ? > > -------- > Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist > invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern > > =85=94These flying machines are just a fad and will never catch on=85=94 Unknown > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=354537#354537 > > =========== =========== =========== =========== > > ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 11:41:49 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: New Firefly owner looking for Mark III training in PA From: "mburdge39" Guess I should have said rudder "pedals" are new to me. -------- Mike Firefly Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=354561#354561 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 12:55:08 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Tiny Tach custom coax length From: "mburdge39" Tiny Tach can customize the length for me when I place my order. Would anyone know the length I would need for my Firefly? Not at the hangar to do the measuring myself. Thanks! -------- Mike Firefly Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=354570#354570 ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 01:34:10 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Strut Fairings From: "Richard Pike" Dennis Thate wrote: > Was the benefit worth the effort & cost ? On the flight right after installing them, I immediately noticed that the airplane wanted to fly much more nose up so that I had to add nose down trim to make it fly normally. Apparently it diminished the gear leg drag enough to change the way the airplane flew. Now did I notice it going any faster? No. But by modifying a bunch of little things here and there, did I notice that at a given speed, I could use less RPM? Yes. Lots of little things do add up, either in the plus or minus column, depending on what they are. -------- Richard Pike Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) richard (at) bcchapel(dot)org Kingsport, TN 3TN0 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=354574#354574 ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 01:39:21 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Thom, Chris or Jabiru owners From: "tkben002" Well, I finally built some baffles. I built a front and rear only and only on the cylinders 2 and 4 bank. I only have 2 cht probes so I moved them both to that side so I can tweak it as needed. I went and flew for an hour and could not get the chts on either one over 330 to 335 and that was climb to 5k ft at 60 mph. At cruise the hottest one (the back cylinder) was anywhere from 295 to 305. So far the results are good, still need to work at it though. Travis Bennett Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=354575#354575 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/front_baffle_resize_187.jpg http://forums.matronics.com//files/rear_baffle_resize_111.jpg ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 05:24:18 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Tiny Tach custom coax length From: Ellery Batchelder Jr it is not a big deal to lengthen the wire your self just add on to your wir es and hook the ground to a good Ground and Hook your sensor wire (something you can wrap around your plug wire and stay that way ) something in a single conductor works great this is just what you paid for it but it works for me Ellery Batchelder Jr. -----Original Message----- From: mburdge39 Sent: Mon, Oct 10, 2011 3:55 pm Subject: Kolb-List: Tiny Tach custom coax length Tiny Tach can customize the length for me when I place my order. Would anyo ne now the length I would need for my Firefly? Not at the hangar to do the easuring myself. Thanks! -------- ike irefly ead this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=354570#354570 -= - The Kolb-List Email Forum - -= Use the Matronics List Features Navigator to browse -= the many List utilities such as List Un/Subscription, -= Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, -= Photoshare, and much much more: - -= --> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kolb-List - -======================== -= - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS - -= Same great content also available via the Web Forums! - -= --> http://forums.matronics.com - -======================== -= - List Contribution Web Site - -= Thank you for your generous support! -= -Matt Dralle, List Admin. -= --> http://www.matronics.com/contribution -======================== ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 06:28:17 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: ANR head sets From: "SS568" I am looking for a headset. Since there is lots of experience on here, Is the extra cost of active noise reduction headsets justified. Usually 2 to 3 hundred $ more. Thanks, David d. -------- Kolb Mark IIIX 582 Blue head Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=354614#354614 ________________________________ Message 12 ____________________________________ Time: 06:57:47 PM PST US From: "Larry Cottrell" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: ANR head sets My suggestion would be to try several different headsets to see which one works for you. I had a DRE 6000 that almost every one else thought improved their ability to hear, I got better noise reduction from a Sigtronics S45. A friend of mine put ANR innards into a S45. For me it does nothing, but he swears by it. Larry, just a little bit different! Note: If you forward this email, please delete the forwarding history, which includes my email address. ----- Original Message ----- From: SS568 To: kolb-list@matronics.com Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 7:26 PM Subject: Kolb-List: ANR head sets I am looking for a headset. Since there is lots of experience on here, Is the extra cost of active noise reduction headsets justified. Usually 2 to 3 hundred $ more. Thanks, David d. -------- Kolb Mark IIIX 582 Blue head Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=354614#354614 ________________________________ Message 13 ____________________________________ Time: 07:33:07 PM PST US From: "b young" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: ANR head sets I am looking for a headset. Since there is lots of experience on here, Is the extra cost of active noise reduction headsets justified. Usually 2 to 3 hundred $ more. Thanks, David d. -------- Kolb Mark IIIX 582 Blue head >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I started out with a standard headset, I had to call the company and get a new mike designed for high noise environment, the new mike kept the noise level down in the intercom, at that point I was quite happy, then tried an ANR headset, it took out a lot of the low end noise, and made it more comfortable to fly. I also had to call the factory and they told me how to adjust the mike gain down, again so the ambient noise did not overpower the intercom. the noise canceling worked better when I connected it to a battery eliminator, instead of the 9 volt battery. the battery eliminator also powers my radio and intercom. boyd young mkiii utah ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kolb-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kolb-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kolb-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kolb-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.