---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 03/29/13: 13 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:46 AM - Re: Mark III for sale (Rick Lewis) 2. 04:53 AM - Re: landing gear alignment (Skel) 3. 05:38 AM - Re: Kolb Factory's canopy enclosure framework (Dennis Thate) 4. 05:48 AM - Re: landing gear alignment (racerjerry) 5. 06:48 AM - Re: Re: landing gear alignment (frank goodnight) 6. 07:02 AM - Re: Re: Mark III for sale (Rick Neilsen) 7. 07:16 AM - Re: Re: landing gear alignment (John Hauck) 8. 09:00 AM - Re: Re: landing gear alignment (b young) 9. 09:04 AM - Re: Kolb-List Digest: 14 Msgs - 03/28/13 (Bob Green) 10. 11:40 AM - Re: Mark III for sale (Steve Simmons) 11. 12:46 PM - Re: Mark III for sale (John Hauck) 12. 12:56 PM - Re: Mark III for sale (Rick Lewis) 13. 01:38 PM - Re: Re: Mark III for sale (kinne russ) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:46:23 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Mark III for sale From: "Rick Lewis" Sorry I should have given more info in the first post but I guess I'm so upset about having to sell that my mind wasn't working. This is a Mark III extra located in Kingston, Tn. My phone number is, 865 376-1450 if anyone wants to call and talk about things, I won't be home Saturday. The wings and tail feathers are all completed and covered. The fuselage is not covered but the windows have been fitted and cut to size, ready to mount. This would make a wonderful plane for someone to finish out, talk about buying a quick build. I must have 18k for the plane, even still this will be a loss to me. Rick Lewis -------- Rick Lewis (VW Watercooled Engine) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=397254#397254 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/pic00002_137.jpg http://forums.matronics.com//files/mm_128.jpg ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 04:53:58 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: landing gear alignment From: "Skel" I'm not sure if it would be the same for a Kolb...but for the Challenger the toe in is 1%. The easy way to check this is to put a straight 2x4 in front of both tires and block it up so it sits at axle height. Then take a square and place it alongside the wheel and measure the distance between the square and the front and back of the rim. The front measurement should be 1/8" more than the back measurement. See the following link http://home.epix.net/~jlartin/toein.html Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=397256#397256 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:38:37 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Kolb Factory's canopy enclosure framework From: "Dennis Thate" Eugene Zimmerman wrote: > Here is another way to do the windscreen that allows for optimum access for old bones, and no center post in field of vision. Eugene, Nice concept... I'm surprised the Kolb company doesn't offer that as an option. Thanks for the post ! Dennis -------- 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=397257#397257 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:48:14 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: landing gear alignment From: "racerjerry" There is always a big controversy concerning toe setting on airplanes. The toe setting has absolutely nothing to do with whatever you learned about setting toe-in on cars. Generally on pavement, the airplane will go in the direction of the wheel with the most weight on it. On grass, toe setting almost doesnt matter at all. In my mind, for a tail-wheel airplane (not a Challenger), I would strive for zero toe and camber; both set at normal flying weight (with pilot) and err on the toe-out side. My reasoning is that a slight toe-out would tend to lift a low wing (heavy side). The Challenger is a nose wheel type airplane with main gear located further aft and the above probably would not apply. Of course, I could be totally full of crap too! -------- Jerry King Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=397258#397258 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 06:48:58 AM PST US From: frank goodnight Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: landing gear alignment Looks like a great way to do things! Thanks for the heads up . Frank Do not archive ________________________________ From: Skel Sent: Fri, March 29, 2013 6:54:06 AM Subject: Kolb-List: Re: landing gear alignment I'm not sure if it would be the same for a Kolb...but for the Challenger the toe in is 1%. The easy way to check this is to put a straight 2x4 in front of both tires and block it up so it sits at axle height. Then take a square and place it alongside the wheel and measure the distance between the square and the front and back of the rim. The front measurement should be 1/8" more than the back measurement. See the following link http://home.epix.net/~jlartin/toein.html Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=397256#397256 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 07:02:10 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Mark III for sale From: Rick Neilsen Rick Sorry to hear you are having to sell your Kolb. For those that aren't aware Rick was instrumental in getting Kolb to produce the VW mount option. Also the water cooled heads are a very rare option that fixes cooling issues on the VW engine and increases power. Rick Neilsen Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Rick Lewis wrote: > > Sorry I should have given more info in the first post but I guess I'm so > upset about having to sell that my mind wasn't working. This is a Mark III > extra located in Kingston, Tn. My phone number is, 865 376-1450 if > anyone wants to call and talk about things, I won't be home Saturday. The > wings and tail feathers are all completed and covered. The fuselage is not > covered but the windows have been fitted and cut to size, ready to mount. > This would make a wonderful plane for someone to finish out, talk about > buying a quick build. I must have 18k for the plane, even still this will > be a loss to me. > > Rick Lewis > > -------- > Rick Lewis > > (VW Watercooled Engine) > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=397254#397254 > > > Attachments: > > http://forums.matronics.com//files/pic00002_137.jpg > http://forums.matronics.com//files/mm_128.jpg > > ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 07:16:16 AM PST US From: "John Hauck" Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Re: landing gear alignment I would strive for zero toe and camber; both set at normal flying weight (with pilot) and err on the toe-out side. My reasoning is that a slight toe-out would tend to lift a low wing (heavy side). The Challenger is a nose wheel type airplane with main gear located further aft and the above probably would not apply. Of course, I could be totally full of crap too! -------- Jerry King Jerry K/Kolbers: Toe out and pavement on a Kolb, any model, don't get along. Causes splaying of gear legs and scrubbing of the tires, not to mention problems trying to second guess where the airplane is going. I set up my MKIII to nearly zero toe in/toe out, leaning on a tad of toe in. If you want a number, try 1/16". Rolling forward, my gear remain nice and straight. Landing and taking off on pavement, my MKIII has no bad habits or surprises. Push the airplane backwards and the gear legs splay out. They also splay out when making a pivot turn either direction. Kolb gear are flexible in 360 degrees. They are not locked into place like a car, truck, tractor. After 3,200+ hours on my MKIII, no tire problems. This last pair of 8.00 X 6 Airtracs probably have 1,500 to 2,000 hours on them, guessing without looking in the log book. john h mkIII Titus, Alabama ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 09:00:57 AM PST US From: "b young" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: landing gear alignment I did some work a while back on a spread sheet and did some what if's. by putting a straight board, or I used a steel angle supported with sections of 2x8 to hold it at the correct height. and held against the back of both tires. then used a carpenters square to hold against the straight angle and the side of the wheel. this was done with both wheels sitting on grease plates so they could move and rotate freely. the grease plates are made by putting a layer of grease between 2 layers of aluminum,, or in my case I used some 1/8 inch floor tiles. I measured the distance from the edge of the square to the front of the rim and back of the rim. if the tire keeps the square from touching the rim,, measure the front and back and use the difference. my difference was 0.052 inches the tangent of an angle equals the measurement of the opposite side of a right triangle divided by the adjacent side. but knowing the opposite and adjacent sides, we can use the inverse tangent function to find the angle. the inverse tangent function the ratio .052/5.725 or TAN-1 power is .52 deg Toe In. ok before the math wiz kids flame in, I said I measured the rim,,, well I measured the rim at a point equal distances from the edge of the rim so the measurements points were 5.725 inches from each other. using the spread sheet, I found a nice relationship between measurements 5.725 from each other and the solution to the problem. that relation ship was the angle in degrees was ten times the difference measured in thousandths of an inch. so a difference of .052 equals .52 deg. and again from the spread sheet, if you measure the 6 inch rim, the difference in the degree of angle was negligible compaired the the 5.725. I should also note that this relationship only survives if the angle is small. so plugged into my spread sheet,,, your 1/8 th of an inch or 0.125 times 10 equals 1.25 deg toe in. the picture in your link below was identical to what I did, but I put the strait edge on the back instead of the front of the tire. that is a very good picture and explanation. on my mark iii I have the solid tapered steel legs purchased from kolb. the sweet spot for my plane was 1.22 deg toe in total.. half of that, or there about, on each wheel... 0.52 on the left and 0.7 on the right. boyd young mkiii utah >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not sure if it would be the same for a Kolb...but for the Challenger the toe in is 1%. The easy way to check this is to put a straight 2x4 in front of both tires and block it up so it sits at axle height. Then take a square and place it alongside the wheel and measure the distance between the square and the front and back of the rim. The front measurement should be 1/8" more than the back measurement. See the following link http://home.epix.net/~jlartin/toein.html ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 09:04:34 AM PST US From: Bob Green Subject: Kolb-List: RE: Kolb-List Digest: 14 Msgs - 03/28/13 Rick, so sorry you are having to discontinue the building of your plane and sell it. I understand but am saddened for you. Want to ask would your exhaust fit my MKIIIX with GPAS VW, 2180 c.c. with re-drive? If so would you be interested in selling it separate? If not, where did you get the exhaust system made up? I appreciate your reply. Bob Green N830PB MKIIIX with GPAS VW , re-drive Due to health reasons I will have to sell my plane. I'm needing 18k and I'm taking a real loss here. The wings and tail feathers are all covered, the water cooled VW engine with series 3 redrive is included. I figure about 70% of the plane is done. Rick Lewis ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 11:40:13 AM PST US From: "Steve Simmons" Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Mark III for sale It appears to be working good as I have lost my medical I have not been able to take it around the pattern however I have crow hopped it a lot and it sure has a lot of power. I was at a sports flying field in Germany last fall and ever airplane on the field had the verner except one and they were flying daily. -----Original Message----- From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of John Hauck Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 9:25 PM Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Mark III for sale On Behalf Of Steve Simmons It is a 1999 MKIII C located in Morristown TN (KMOR). Thanks for your interest. How's the Verner working out for you? john h mkIII Titus, Alabama ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 12:46:53 PM PST US From: "John Hauck" Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Mark III for sale It appears to be working good as I have lost my medical I have not been able to take it around the pattern however I have crow hopped it a lot and it sure has a lot of power. I was at a sports flying field in Germany last fall and ever airplane on the field had the verner except one and they were flying daily. Steve Simmons Steve S/Kolbers: Can't you fly LSA with your driver license? I didn't lose my medical, but forgot to renew it last Aug. Decided to fly LSA. I don't fly at night anymore, and seldom fly into Class D airports. What kind of fuel burn and cruise speed do you get with the Verner on the Kolb? john h mkIII Titus, Alabama ________________________________ Message 12 ____________________________________ Time: 12:56:35 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Mark III for sale From: "Rick Lewis" Thanks Rick for that post, I knew you would step in and say something good about what I have to offer. Who ever ends up buying this plane is a lucky person. There are so many options they will be getting for such a good price. The kits cost new and the engine included cost less than the Rotax 912 engine alone, what a deal for someone... -------- Rick Lewis (VW Watercooled Engine) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=397287#397287 ________________________________ Message 13 ____________________________________ Time: 01:38:55 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Mark III for sale From: kinne russ Rick, I'm interested in your plane, but can't buy one for awhile yet. Yours needs fuselage covering and what else? I assume it's not yet N-numbered. You have logs & paperwork? Trailer, or is one available locally? Is that a GPAS engine? What cc; 2180? Thanx Russ K On Mar 29, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Rick Lewis wrote: > > Thanks Rick for that post, I knew you would step in and say something good about what I have to offer. Who ever ends up buying this plane is a lucky person. There are so many options they will be getting for such a good price. The kits cost new and the engine included cost less than the Rotax 912 engine alone, what a deal for someone... > > -------- > Rick Lewis > > (VW Watercooled Engine) > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=397287#397287 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.