---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 03/09/12: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 01:05 AM - Southern Utah?? (johngilpin) 2. 08:04 AM - Fuel injected 912 (Tim Bjork) 3. 08:56 AM - Re: Fuel injected 912 (Dennis Thate) 4. 12:28 PM - Re: Cable Tightness (Eugene Zimmerman) 5. 12:37 PM - Re: Cable Tightness (John Hauck) 6. 12:49 PM - Re: Cable Tightness (Larry Cottrell) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 01:05:32 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Southern Utah?? From: "johngilpin" Any Kolbs in southern Utah - Kanab, St George ?? Or know of any ultralights of any brand in that area?? JG Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=368050#368050 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:04:24 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Fuel injected 912 From: Tim Bjork Fwd: ROTAX announces new fuel injected engine! I found this and thought some may like to see it. Tim ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:56:24 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Fuel injected 912 From: "Dennis Thate" 'Lady Liberty' might get a little tail heavy. [Wink] -------- Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=368065#368065 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 12:28:47 PM PST US From: Eugene Zimmerman Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Cable Tightness David, I'd suggest you not worry too much about rudder cable tension, but I'd advise you to forget about all the advise you heard about elevator cables. Just block your elevators so they will not move up or down, or have a buddy hold them in a fixed straight position, and then adjust your elevator cable tension to the amount of stick "slop" that you are willing to put up with, and still feel will give you the control authority you wish to have in an emergency situation. Most Kolb pilots will be surprised at the amount of sloppy stick travel they have with almost no movement in the elevator when the elevator is under load. I'd strongly recommend that all kolb pilots do this check out periodically. Gene Z On Mar 7, 2012, at 7:29 PM, David d. wrote: > Greetings, > > My rudder and elevator cables are adjusted with turnbuckles. What tightness are they adjusted to? > Is there a way to test or measure this tightness. ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 12:37:38 PM PST US From: "John Hauck" Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Cable Tightness Most Kolb pilots will be surprised at the amount of sloppy stick travel they have with almost no movement in the elevator when the elevator is under load. I'd strongly recommend that all kolb pilots do this check out periodically. Gene Z Gene Z/Kolbers: I like my elevator cables tight. Rudder cables tighten automatically when I get scared enough. ;-) We made a new flying airplane out of Larry Cottrell's FSII a few years back. I flew it with the cables loose. It was a bear to get comfortable with. Being new to VG's thought it was maybe the VG's that were causing it until I got back on the ground and we checked elevator cable tension. Larry snugged them up and went flying. He discovered an airplane he had never experienced before, since he had only flown it with loose elevator cables. Since my memory is getting worse each day, Larry can correct me if my recollection of this is a bit off. john h MKIII Destin, FL ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 12:49:45 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Cable Tightness From: Larry Cottrell Nothing wrong with your memory, Can't speak to the rest of you. :=) Larry On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 1:37 PM, John Hauck wrote: > > > Most Kolb pilots will be surprised at the amount of sloppy > stick travel they have with almost no movement in the > elevator when the elevator is under load. > > I'd strongly recommend that all kolb pilots do this check > out periodically. > > Gene Z > > > Gene Z/Kolbers: > > I like my elevator cables tight. > > Rudder cables tighten automatically when I get scared > enough. ;-) > > We made a new flying airplane out of Larry Cottrell's FSII a > few years back. I flew it with the cables loose. It was a > bear to get comfortable with. Being new to VG's thought it > was maybe the VG's that were causing it until I got back on > the ground and we checked elevator cable tension. Larry > snugged them up and went flying. He discovered an airplane > he had never experienced before, since he had only flown it > with loose elevator cables. > > Since my memory is getting worse each day, Larry can correct > me if my recollection of this is a bit off. > > john h > MKIII > Destin, FL > > -- *If you forward this email, or any part of it, please remove my email address before sending.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.