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0. 12:41 AM - The Value of a Forum... (Matt Dralle)
1. 12:31 AM - Re: FireFly - Someday, I'd like one like this one! (GeoB)
2. 12:24 PM - radio noise (Gary Aman)
3. 12:38 PM - Model Kolbs (Michael Welch)
4. 01:17 PM - Re: Model Kolbs (Herb Gayheart)
5. 01:22 PM - Re: Model Kolbs (simonnelson@vodamail.co.za)
6. 02:26 PM - Re: Model Kolbs (Michael Welch)
7. 05:16 PM - Re: Re: Folding Wings and Hangar Space (Vincent Nicely)
8. 06:06 PM - Re: Model Kolbs (Dennis Thate)
9. 06:11 PM - Re: radio noise (Richard Pike)
10. 06:13 PM - Re: Folding Wings and Hangar Space (SS568)
11. 06:37 PM - Re: Re: Model Kolbs (Arksey@aol.com)
12. 06:39 PM - Re: Re: Folding Wings and Hangar Space (Arksey@aol.com)
13. 08:06 PM - Re: Re: radio noise (b young)
14. 08:06 PM - Re: Model Kolbs (simonnelson@vodamail.co.za)
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| Subject: | Re: FireFly - Someday, I'd like one like this one! |
olendorf wrote:
> There is a lot of confusing adverse yaw discussion
If any of you feel incipient confusion, git yersef a copy of "Stick and Rudder",
unless you have one already. GOOD explanations of alla this, as I recall. Not
that you need it... I came into the discussion a few days late, sounds settled
already.
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GeoB
"Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers,
so we could identify their corporate sponsors"
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Pat Ladd,
I bought some ferrite chokes from Radio Shack last week.They were about $3.
00 for a pack of two of them.I snapped them around the RG58 antenna cable a
nd really reduced the amount of noise I was getting from the engines high
tension electrics and the GPS.
G.Aman
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Kolb people,
I have been kicking around the idea of building a scale Kolb model airplane.
I'm not set on a particular model,
any of the various designs would be okay. (Firefly, Firestar, MkIIIC or X, Slingshot,
Kolbra....all
good contenders)
Has anyone, or do you know of anyone, who has measured ANY of the Kolb fuselages,
and various
structures, like wings, tailfeathers, etc., and come up with a set of scaled plans.
Depending how much
information there is, if I can get it close enough, I may try to make it RC controlled...or
at the very least,
it would make a nice home office hanging ornament.
Mike Welch
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Someone brought one to a Kolb Homecoming some years back.... Radio
controlled Firefly as I recall...Herb
At 02:35 PM 11/19/2011, you wrote:
>
>Kolb people,
>
> I have been kicking around the idea of building a scale Kolb
> model airplane. I'm not set on a particular model,
>any of the various designs would be okay. (Firefly, Firestar,
>MkIIIC or X, Slingshot, Kolbra....all
>good contenders)
>
> Has anyone, or do you know of anyone, who has measured ANY of the
> Kolb fuselages, and various
>structures, like wings, tailfeathers, etc., and come up with a set
>of scaled plans. Depending how much
>information there is, if I can get it close enough, I may try to
>make it RC controlled...or at the very least,
>it would make a nice home office hanging ornament.
>
>Mike Welch
>
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Sounds good, 1.7 meter span. 4 cell poly pack, out runner with a 13 x 8 prop, 6
servos, all built up balsa. Covered in Solatex.
Lot of fun to fly
Send pictures when you are done.
Sy
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From: Michael Welch <mdnanwelch7@hotmail.com>
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Kolb people,
I have been kicking around the idea of building a scale Kolb model airplane.
I'm not set on a particular model,
any of the various designs would be okay. (Firefly, Firestar, MkIIIC or X, Slingshot,
Kolbra....all
good contenders)
Has anyone, or do you know of anyone, who has measured ANY of the Kolb fuselages,
and various
structures, like wings, tailfeathers, etc., and come up with a set of scaled plans.
Depending how much
information there is, if I can get it close enough, I may try to make it RC controlled...or
at the very least,
it would make a nice home office hanging ornament.
Mike Welch
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On Nov 19, 2011, at 3:21 PM, simonnelson@vodamail.co.za wrote:
>
> Sounds good, 1.7 meter span. 4 cell poly pack, out runner with a 13 x 8 prop,
6 servos, all built up balsa. Covered in Solatex.
>
> Lot of fun to fly
>
> Send pictures when you are done.
>
>
> Sy
Sy,
Do you have any pictures of this plane you refer to?
Mike
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| Subject: | Re: Folding Wings and Hangar Space |
Hi All,
I have read the discussion of Kolb storage with interest. I have chosen
a solution that has worked very well for me over the last 16 years that
I would like to add to the discussion.
I have a Kolb Firestar II which currently has 510 hours. I keep it in
my garage in town, and I use an uncovered trailor to take it to the
airport and back. Typical trip to the airport is 25 miles one way. I
could get an actual count of the times I have done this, but will rather
estimate it at 175 times over the last 16 years. I have devised some
simple jigs that make assembling an disassembling the airplane a quick
and easy one-man job. A typical day of flying for me, such as today in
which I flew 2.9 hours, is to roll the airplane out of the garage, put
it on the trailer, got to the airport, etc. Coming home is just the
reverse process. With a well thought out plan, it is simple, easy and
quick.
So, for those with the urge, a garage and no acceptable access to a
hanger, there is another way.
Vince
Firestar II, Rotax 503 DCDI 510 hours
N8233G
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8XP5VRzOKo&feature=related
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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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Something I did that was easy and helped cut down radio noise a lot: I disconnected
the radio hot lead from the avionics bus and ran the power wire and ground
wire straight to the battery with a small inline fuse. The radio power is now
separate from the rest of the airplane. Big improvement.
The next biggest help - although a lot more trouble, and you need to do it when
you build the airplane - use shielded wire for your mag switches. Those nasty
little wires come right off your magneto and carry rapidly pulsing AC. Your spark
plug wires are doing the same thing, at a higher voltage, but they are short,
your kill switch wires are many feet long.
Worth what ya paid fer it -
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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
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| Subject: | Re: Folding Wings and Hangar Space |
Greetings Vince,
It seems you have the process down pat. Would you share some pictures of your
jigs and trailer.
Thanks,
David d.
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Kolb Mark IIIX 582 Blue head
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| Subject: | Re: Folding Wings and Hangar Space |
makes a lot of sense to this old michigan kolb pilot...
Jim Swan Kolb Firestar ll, 503 Rotax , 6147 Wilcox Rd., Eaton Rapids, Mi
48827 ph 517-663-8488 GPS GPS FOR MY RUNWAY N 42 deg 28.581 W084deg 44.825
In a message dated 11/19/2011 8:16:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
vincenic1@embarqmail.com writes:
--> Kolb-List message posted by: Vincent Nicely <vincenic1@embarqmail.com>
Hi All,
I have read the discussion of Kolb storage with interest. I have chosen
a solution that has worked very well for me over the last 16 years that
I would like to add to the discussion.
I have a Kolb Firestar II which currently has 510 hours. I keep it in
my garage in town, and I use an uncovered trailor to take it to the
airport and back. Typical trip to the airport is 25 miles one way. I
could get an actual count of the times I have done this, but will rather
estimate it at 175 times over the last 16 years. I have devised some
simple jigs that make assembling an disassembling the airplane a quick
and easy one-man job. A typical day of flying for me, such as today in
which I flew 2.9 hours, is to roll the airplane out of the garage, put
it on the trailer, got to the airport, etc. Coming home is just the
reverse process. With a well thought out plan, it is simple, easy and
quick.
So, for those with the urge, a garage and no acceptable access to a
hanger, there is another way.
Vince
Firestar II, Rotax 503 DCDI 510 hours
N8233G
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i installed an aprs ham radio tracker,,, and every time it sent out a
packet i could hear it in the intercom and it interfered with the eis... i
installed a ferrite bead in the power line to the tracker and eliminated the
noise and interference.. i also used coax for the mag switches. good
ideas going around here.
boyd young
mkiii ut
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Something I did that was easy and helped cut down radio noise a lot: I
disconnected the radio hot lead from the avionics bus and ran the power wire
and ground wire straight to the battery with a small inline fuse. The radio
power is now separate from the rest of the airplane. Big improvement.
The next biggest help - although a lot more trouble, and you need to do it
when you build the airplane - use shielded wire for your mag switches. Those
nasty little wires come right off your magneto and carry rapidly pulsing AC.
Your spark plug wires are doing the same thing, at a higher voltage, but
they are short, your kill switch wires are many feet long.
Worth what ya paid fer it -
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No, sorry, I design in my mind, just built a slope soarer in a day.
An RC Kolb sounds good.
Sy
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From: Michael Welch
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ReplyTo: kolb-list@matronics.com
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Model Kolbs
Sent: Nov 20, 2011 00:23
On Nov 19, 2011, at 3:21 PM, simonnelson@vodamail.co.za wrote:
>
> Sounds good, 1.7 meter span. 4 cell poly pack, out runner with a 13 x 8 prop,
6 servos, all built up balsa. Covered in Solatex.
>
> Lot of fun to fly
>
> Send pictures when you are done.
>
>
> Sy
Sy,
Do you have any pictures of this plane you refer to?
Mike
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