---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 03/27/13: 9 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:42 AM - Re: Questions about buying a used Kolb (Pat Ladd) 2. 06:00 AM - landing gear alignment (Lee) 3. 06:15 AM - Re: landing gear alignment (John Hauck) 4. 06:20 AM - Re: landing gear alignment (Roy Spangler) 5. 06:25 AM - Re: landing gear alignment (Gary Aman) 6. 07:19 AM - Re: landing gear alignment (b young) 7. 09:24 AM - Re: landing gear alignment (racerjerry) 8. 01:57 PM - Re: Kolb Factory's canopy enclosure framework (Dennis Thate) 9. 04:05 PM - Riding the Range (Larry Cottrell) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:42:29 AM PST US From: "Pat Ladd" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Questions about buying a used Kolb If you sometimes need 2 seats the answer is made for you. A Mk 3. You can`t put a `sometime` seat in a solo machine.. If you want to `go somewhere`.Mark 3 is fine. You won`t get there quickly but you will get there. In a Mark 3 you can always put 20 or even 40 extra litres of fuel on the passengers seat in jerry cans. There is plenty of room for soft stuff.Sleeping bags etc in the nose. Ask John H. Of course he carries about 2 tons of gear hun g in a hammock between the wheels but there is no need to go that far. are there other quick tests that I can do to the motor to make sure it's not a lemon?>> Don`t you guys have to keep an engine log book? Or even keep one for your own records.? Mine shows hours run. Any mods. Maintenance.What I did to the engine at the annual etc There is also a log book for the airframe. I put a note of adjustments, changes of trim etc.Scrapes, hangar rash touch ups patches..New instruments etc. These Log Books go with the plane on change of ownership. They are of course separate from my personal log which has . Descriptions of flights. photos etc.Crazy Horse` Mustang at Kissimmee, Stearman at Key West, T6 or a Texan at North Island New Zealand, .A Norseman on floats in Sydney Harbour Australia, A weight shift over Victoria Falls, Africa. Jet Provost Trainer at Kemble UK. Buccaneer Amphibian at Lake Wales, L-39 Delphin Jet at Marathon in the Keys etc. Now that I am grounded my old logs are invaluable. Even my old Gliding log Books from 1960 onwards remind me of a particular flight, where I landed out, how high or how long the flight was. Good luck Pat ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:00:25 AM PST US From: "Lee" Subject: Kolb-List: landing gear alignment Hey everyone, I am going to be installing new gear legs on my Twinstar MK II soon. My question is do you align your tires to be perfectly straight or do you toe the front in a little ? thanks for any responses. Lee.. ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 06:15:54 AM PST US From: "John Hauck" Subject: RE: Kolb-List: landing gear alignment I am going to be installing new gear legs on my Twinstar MK II soon. My question is do you align your tires to be perfectly straight or do you toe the front in a little ? thanks for any responses. Lee.. Lee/Kolbers: I don't know what the Factory specs are, but I have always used a tiny bit of toe-in on my Ultrastar, Firestar, and MKIII. Sorry, I can't give you a precise measurement. If there is any toe-out, the gear legs will splay outwards, especially on pavement. john h mkIII Titus, Alabama ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 06:20:54 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: landing gear alignment From: Roy Spangler Lee, Small amount of toe in with sand bags or whatever in the seat aircraft rolled ahead about 3 feet and have the tail in the flying position. This would simulate a take off and landing attitude. for what it's worth ! roy On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Lee wrote: > Hey everyone,**** > > I am going to be installing new gear legs on my Twinstar MK II soon.**** > > My question is do you align your tires to be perfectly straight or do you > toe the front in a little ?**** > > thanks for any responses.**** > > Lee..**** > > * > > * > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 06:25:26 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: landing gear alignment From: Gary Aman -- Lee, You will probably get multiple choices here,but mine is for 0 with the weig ht off the gear. A little toe in will won't be noticeable on grass, but you WILL feel it on pavement if both wheels don't make contact at exactly the same time.If you have more than a little,It will get your attention when th e plane makes a lurch toward the side that has not made contact yet. G.Aman MK-3 C 800 hrs Jabiru 2200 From: Lee Sent: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 9:00 am Subject: Kolb-List: landing gear alignment Hey everyone, I am going to be installing new gear legs on my Twinstar MKII soon. My question is do you align your tires to be perfectlystraight or do you to e the front in a little ? thanks for any responses. Lee.. ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 07:19:51 AM PST US From: "b young" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: landing gear alignment It will depend on what gear you install... and by that I am referring to the flex ability of the gear. on my mkiii I have the solid tapered steel gear that I got from kolb... when first installed I had a bit more toe in than was desirable, when I adjusted it I went to straight,,,,, bad mistake... the rolling resistance would flex the gear back till the wheels were toe out, the extra rolling resistance would flex the gear back further till the wheels would break free and jump forward,, then start the process over again... felt like I was riding a jack hammer... I cant remember the exact numbers off the top of my head,,, but it should be in the archives,,, I ended up with just enough toe in that the jack hammer went away,,, it was about 1/2 of the original figures. the original figures were ok on dry pavement or dirt.... but when I would hit a patch of ice on one wheel and the other was on pavement, it would jump side wards... the flexibility of the gear will make a big difference in where you set the toe in. check the archives...that should give you some idea of what I did on the mkIII with steel tapered gear,,,, then adjust your numbers based on the flex ability of your gear. boyd young >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey everyone, I am going to be installing new gear legs on my Twinstar MK II soon. My question is do you align your tires to be perfectly straight or do you toe the front in a little ? thanks for any responses. Lee.. ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 09:24:59 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: landing gear alignment From: "racerjerry" This older post may help you to align your replacement gear legs. http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?t=83176&highlight=landing+alignment -------- Jerry King Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=397174#397174 ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 01:57:23 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Kolb Factory's canopy enclosure framework From: "Dennis Thate" Finally .....the hard part is over ...Deciding what to build ! Now the fun begins., -------- 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=397177#397177 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/template_111.jpg ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 04:05:36 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Riding the Range From: Larry Cottrell https://vimeo.com/62824738 password owyheeflyer In spite of the weather I went flying today. The neighbor was missing some Cows and he thought that they might be in the Crooked Creek Canyon. To ride (Horses) it would be extremely time consuming not to mention very difficult. The weather today was supposed to be improving, but then again the wind wasn't blowing as I was sure it would later in the day. I dressed as warm as I could and still fly the plane. The temps were in the high 30's when I left and it got all the way up to 41 by the time I got back home. My flight was 1 hour and 18 minutes. The little HKS burned 3.2 gallons of fuel, and purred right along at 67-70 MPH. I kept running into rain squalls that at times had visibility down to maybe. I even flew through a Rainbow, even though it was very faint since there wasn't any sunshine. 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