---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 09/26/12: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 01:52 AM - Re: Re: glide ratio (Pat Ladd) 2. 09:14 AM - Re: Re: Pizza wheel wanted (K I) 3. 09:23 AM - Re: glide ratio (EricS) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 01:52:27 AM PST US From: "Pat Ladd" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: glide ratio That is 4.4 to 1 glide ratio>> Wow! That stopped prop is a very effective brake. The only plane I have seen with a worse glide angle was a Dagling. This was a British copy of a German Zogling and consisted of a single beam with a seat bolted on one end and a tail on the t`other. There was a slabshaped high lift wing on a pylon , to which the pilot was strapped.. It was designed for Primary gliding training, learning to balance the plane in a wind and Oh Joy finally to get a couple of feet in the air, if you were lucky, in a downhill slide or a short bungee hop. My gliding club bought a Dagling in a fit of stupidity (I still have 5 invested in it where ever it is ) and our Chief gliding Instructor decided to fly it up the normal wire launch. It was the only glider which I have ever seen launched which beat the parachute on the end of the launch cable back to the ground..It was never flown again. Pat ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:14:09 AM PST US From: K I Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Re: Pizza wheel wanted I'm not sure if you are still looking for a "pizza wheel". I have one on my Kolb Firestar II. It has some parts left that are not bent or broken. Send me an email if you need parts. wrk2win4u@msn.com Kurt From: HShack@aol.com Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Pizza wheel wanted In a message dated 9/23/2012 1:13:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time=2C gtalexander@att.net writes: If'n you can't get the genuine thang from Kolb Aircraft=2C try the wheels for the little scooters. 5" dia=2C I think. I use one of those on my FS II. It is larger than the pizza cutter in diameter by maybe 1 1/2" and also in width by maybe 1/2". Yes=3B they come in colors. There are 2 sizes=3B seems like there is a 100 mm and a 120 mm=3B I used th e larger. They have ball bearings. The axle bore is either 6 mm or 8 mm- can't remember which.. Had to modify the original tailwheel bracket some=3B a little cutting and welding was involved. I got lucky and bought 6 of them at Walmart for $6=2C on sale. Shack ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:23:20 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: glide ratio From: "EricS" Thom Riddle wrote: > A MkIII with its longer wing probably has a better glide ratio than my Slingshot. > > After becoming comfortable with any airplane I fly regularly I like to go to altitude over a relatively long runway to test its engine off glide. Doing this with my Slingshot resulted in 1,100 fpm descent at best glide speed of 55 mph. That is 4.4 to 1 glide ratio. Anyone who assumes that the idle power glide is a good simulation of power off glide will be in for a rude awakening when the prop stops. At idle power, my descent rate at 55 mph is about 700-800 fpm vs 1,100 fpm with prop stopped. My numbers are exactly the same in my Firestar II gliding from 7,000 ft. down to 6,000 ft. If it happens unexpectedly I plan to get the nose down, land straight ahead or nearly so and sacrifice the plane. Especially since I love to fly low. Sometimes I have to climb to cross power lines! Eric Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384032#384032 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.