---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 08/31/12: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:06 AM - Re: Aluminum gear with 5/8 axles (Ellery Batchelder Jr) 2. 04:31 AM - kolb firefly cage wanted (awcbs) 3. 05:08 AM - Re: Aluminum gear with 5/8 axles (kinne russ) 4. 09:07 AM - Re: Aluminum gear with 5/8 axles (Mark) 5. 10:09 AM - Re: a helpful tip for tools (jerb) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:06:01 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Aluminum gear with 5/8 axles From: Ellery Batchelder Jr the solid axles are a lot stronger also Ellery Batchelder Jr. -----Original Message----- From: Richard Girard Sent: Fri, Aug 31, 2012 1:30 am Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Aluminum gear with 5/8 axles Mark, I bent and straightened the aluminum gear legs on my Mk III quite a f ew times, but I never bent an axle. Keep with it and soon you will grease i t on every time. The steel gear legs use the same size axle. It's dictated by the size of be arings the wheel manufacturers use. Rick Girard do not archive On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:07 PM, Mark wrote: I am new to the Kolb business we bought a mkIIIc a few mouths ago, I am a l ittle disappointed with the landing gear we have the aluminum legs with 5/8 axles the tires are 600*6 6 ply. Noticed the pilot tire toed out a little need to keep eye on this right! First flight no problem landed find, second flight the axle bent more so I order a new. In the mean time reading in th e list found that it is ok to straight them one time so I did look better t han when we bought it time to test it out and keep in mind it is weaker now so it will bend easier. After a few fly by's time to land one notch of fla ps air speed 50 1/4 of power I got a little fast about three feet off kill the power level off air speed about 45 touch down pow! Left tire flies off right rudder right brake left leg is off the ground that's good slow down and keep the three points down almost stop left starting to dig in and pul l to the left stuck in the soft dirt on the side of the runway nose over ju st a little ki! ll engines and fuel. That could have been really bad I'm not hurt insect t he plane nothing but one broken axle oh the propeller is partly missing the tire hit it and my wife got it all on tape. Lesson will not be straighteni ng an more axles. Sorry for going on and on. We have installed a new factor y axle in hopes this will never happen again. In reading on this list sound s like axles bending is quite normal i don't like that idea some time you j ust don't have glass landing it just the facts none of the landings were pa ncakes. How much better is the 4130 leg and are the axles replaced with lar ger diameter are are they the same 5/8"? > arget="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kolb-List http://forums.matronics.com le, List Admin. ="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/contribution -- Zulu Delta Mk IIIC Thanks, Homer GBYM It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy. - Groucho Marx ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 04:31:45 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: kolb firefly cage wanted From: "awcbs" Looking for a firefly cage. thanks AJ -------- AJ Waldor MK3C 503 Phantom 503 Rans S-9 Chaos 503 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382191#382191 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:08:06 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Aluminum gear with 5/8 axles From: kinne russ Mark Sorry for your troubles but you did everything right! Congratulations. I'm sure we'd all love to see this tape -- can you post it? Russ K do not archive On Aug 31, 2012, at 12:07 AM, Mark wrote: > > I am new to the Kolb business we bought a mkIIIc a few mouths ago, I am a little disappointed with the landing gear we have the aluminum legs with 5/8 axles the tires are 600*6 6 ply. Noticed the pilot tire toed out a little need to keep eye on this right! First flight no problem landed find, second flight the axle bent more so I order a new. In the mean time reading in the list found that it is ok to straight them one time so I did look better than when we bought it time to test it out and keep in mind it is weaker now so it will bend easier. After a few fly by's time to land one notch of flaps air speed 50 1/4 of power I got a little fast about three feet off kill the power level off air speed about 45 touch down pow! Left tire flies off right rudder right brake left leg is off the ground that's good slow down and keep the three points down almost stop left starting to dig in and pull to the left stuck in the soft dirt on the side of the runway nose over just a little ki! > ll engines and fuel. That could have been really bad I'm not hurt insect the plane nothing but one broken axle oh the propeller is partly missing the tire hit it and my wife got it all on tape. Lesson will not be straightening an more axles. Sorry for going on and on. We have installed a new factory axle in hopes this will never happen again. In reading on this list sounds like axles bending is quite normal i don't like that idea some time you just don't have glass landing it just the facts none of the landings were pancakes. How much better is the 4130 leg and are the axles replaced with larger diameter are are they the same 5/8"? > >> > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 09:07:38 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Aluminum gear with 5/8 axles From: Mark > From: Mark > Date: August 31, 2012 9:27:17 AM CDT > To: Kolb-List Digest List > Subject: Re: Re: Aluminum gear with 5/8 axles >> >> I am a little >> disappointed with the landing gear we have the aluminum legs with 5/8 axl es >> the tires are 600*6 6 ply. Noticed the pilot tire toed out a little need t o keep >> eye on this right! First flight no problem landed find, second flight the axle >> bent more so I order a new. Lesson will not be straightening an more axl es. We have installed a new factory axle in hopes this will never happen >> again. In reading on this list sounds like axles bending is quite normal i don't >> like that idea some time you just don't have glass landing it just the fa cts >> none of the landings were pancakes. How much better is the 4130 leg and a re >> the axles replaced with larger diameter are are they the same 5/8"? >> >> It could be that the axle has already been straighten and was brittle to m ake it snap, it broke right were the brake plate was welded on to the axle. T he legs are fine at this time we plan on trying it with the new axle and hop e for better results. We bought the mkIIIc for fun it's not very fun if your always replacing and repairing things that breaks when they shouldn't. I wo uld like to find out more about the upgraded 4130 gear and how well it holds up. I saw were John H put 3/4 axles on his mkIIIc I am interested in this w ould like more info on how this was done. Thanks for the info. Sorry not able post the video to the list > > > Do not archive > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 10:09:36 AM PST US From: jerb Subject: Re: Kolb-List: a helpful tip for tools My experience with a Mikita I bought about 20 years ago, the batteries lasted 10 years but really didn't have the power to drive 3" deck screws in 2x4"s - can't say what they will today. I found that my batteries lasted a long time. Problem cost of replacement batteries I could buy a whole new more powerful unit for same cost. I upgraded to a Dewalt. Driving power of most battery power drivers have improved since then. Throwing together 2x4's for benches and shelves (in support of building airplanes) my current Dewalt will drive 3" deck screws without a problem but using my friends current Dewalt product it would drive them and just keep going. Better than mine, I was impressed. I am not pro Dewalt but I can't complain based upon recent experience with them. Watch Lowe's weekly ads, they recently have had some very attractive prices on Dewalt battery powered products and sets. jerryb At 12:43 AM 8/31/2012, you wrote: >Guys, Two things. One, Interstate Battery stores can do the >replacement batteries for you if you don't feel confident about >doing it yourself. Two, Christmas is coming, Makita's new 18 volt >drills with LiPo batteries are absolutely amazing. I've had mine for >a couple of years now and I couldn't be happier with it. Charges >last a long time and recharging takes less than 15 minutes. I've >done projects where I drilled a lot of pilot holes and drove a lot >of screws. I was never left waiting on a recharge. Pricey, but far >better than Ni-cad or NMh. > >Rick Girard >do not archive > >On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Larry Cottrell ><lcottrell1020@gmail.com> wrote: >I imagine most of you, like me use a battery powered screw gun to do >a lot of your repairs on your Kolbs. One of the problems of course >is that the batteries soon will not take a charge. If you use one of >the major brands then finding a battery is not a problem, just the >cost of new ones is the only problem. > >I have a Makita and am on my second set of batteries. The last two >that I bought cost $39.00 I was using it yesterday and the charge >ran down to worthless, so I stuck it on the charger. I have two >chargers, but the battery kept tripping the fault button. I had >managed to charge it the last time by standing there and restarting >it when it clicked off. A real pain and the nearest replacement was >130 miles away, so I resorted to a tip that I picked up off the >internet. It is just using a wire feed to knock the shorted nicads >back to life. The wire feed of course has amperage controlled by the >wire speed. The higher the wire speed the higher the amperage. >Voltage is adjusted by the other adjustment. The idea is to have >three times the voltage,- 27 volts for a 9 volt battery, with no >amperage. Set your wire speed to zero. I clamped a screw into my >ground clamp, and held it on the minus side of the battery while >tapping the wire sticking out of the gun to the positive side. You >should tap or make contact 10 to 15 times. This will allow the >battery to return to useful status in no time at all. After that >treatment my battery was able to receive a charge and I could complete my work. > >The theory is that the nicads build up inside and short out. The >increased voltage burns these contact points off and return the >battery to + and - condition as they should be. I do recommend a >face shield, I have never heard of one blowing up, but I would just >as soon take every precaution. > >For what it is worth! >Larry > > >-- >If you forward this email, or any part of it, please remove my email >address before sending. > > >get="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kolb-List > >tp://forums.matronics.com > >_blank">http://www.matronics.com/contribution > > >-- >Zulu Delta >Mk IIIC >Thanks, Homer GBYM > >It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy. > - Groucho Marx > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.