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1. 07:41 AM - Kolb MKIIIX 06/16/13 (Bob Green)
2. 09:59 AM - Joining the Club (Larlaeb)
3. 10:10 AM - Re: Joining the Club (william sullivan)
4. 11:14 AM - Re: Joining the Club (Larry Cottrell)
5. 05:25 PM - Re: Mike Pres (Mike Hale)
6. 07:13 PM - Re: IVO Prop Vs Warp Drive - Rotax 503 - FS2 - Advice (miyer2u)
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| Subject: | Kolb MKIIIX 06/16/13 |
Hello Kolbers:
I am giving serious thought to selling my MKIIIX project. It has a new Gr
eat Plains Aviation 2180 c.c. VW engine built by Steve. Never been run.
Dual ignition and Valley Engineering re-drive with new wood prop as recomme
nded by GPAS. The wings, flaperons, horizontal stabilizers, elevators, ver
tical stabilizers and rudder are all complete through color coat. (Nevada S
ilver). The cabin area is where I have been working when able to do so re
cently. Have not installed brake system, fuel, system, pitot system and th
ough I have the battery mounted I have not wired the system as of yet. I
do have the plane registered with an "N" number but I am thinking there is
enough work left to be done to say I have done a little over 40%. I assemb
led and rigged the airframe before starting to cover the individual pieces.
Everything needed to complete this project goes with it.
The only exception would be if the future builder made changes to accommoda
te his preferences.
If there is any one seriously interested or if you men that have sold a pro
ject have any recommendations write to me at my BG285P@yahoo.com email add
ress.
Bob Green
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| Subject: | Joining the Club |
Hi All,
Recently I purchased a Kolb MkIII Classic from John Bickham. Many of you have
seen this plane and/or the videos and blogs he has posted. He did a great job
on the plane and when I got in the market for a Kolb, friends pointed me towards
his as one of the best around. He is chest deep in another plane building
project at this time. Although in my younger days I had flown quite a bit and
owned a Stinson 108-2, I had not owned or flown a plane for about 28 years.
When I got the bug again I begin to research the kind of plane I wanted and to
take some lessons in a Citabria and then in a Cub to see if I could still do
it. I settled on the Kolb MKIII and began looking for a good one while getting
some flight time in at the same time. John and I came to an agreement and
he flew the plane down to where I live, here south of Houston.
I had hoped to get some dual in the Kolb or some type of ultralight but finding
anyone to provide that proved to be frustrating. John had given me all the tips
he could and I had spend many hours pouring over the many posts here in the
lists, reading and viewing the videos. John had recommended I get several
hours in just sitting in the Kolb and getting used to the visual and then doing
quite a bit of taxing. I did that over the course of a week or so, gradually
working up to some fairly high speed taxis with the tail up. Last Thursday
I went up in the Cub again and did about 10 landings just to get my confidence
up and then Friday morning I went out to my hanger with the idea that if it felt
good I would go for it. It did and I did. There was no wind and the takeoff
was uneventful. Climbed out at about 55-60 knots, 912 sounding good. Climbed
to 2500' just circling the airfield (no traffic on this little 2000' grass
strip). Settled into cruise to get a good idea of the visual horizon at level
flight. Did some turns and trim adjustments for various speeds and rpm settings.
Worked on decent speeds and practiced leveling out and then went down
to 1000' agl and did some turns around a point. I then returned to the field
and did a practice approach with the idea of simulating the landing at a couple
of hundred feed. That went pretty well so I decided to try one for real.
I flew the last part of the pattern at about 50 knots adjusting my decent rate
with the throttle. About 3400rpm seemed to be giving me the gentle decent I
wanted for this first attempt. Turned final and I could see I was a little high.
I came on down a bit and since I was about half way down the field I throttled
up and climbed out again after getting down to about 10 feet or so. Climbed
back up into the pattern to try again. Same basic approach but pulled the
throttle off and kept the nose down to hold 50knots. As I approached my
touchdown point I eased the nose up and added a bit of throttle, felt the wheels
touch (!
probably
doing about 40knots here) and pushed the nose forward a bit to keep her down and
closed the throttle. Pulled the tail down after we slowed and we were home.
Not a 'KOLB' landing but I felt pretty good anyway. I did a little more flying
that day and over the weekend and now that I have a few hours and several
landings I can say that I enjoy flying this plane more than I have any other.
It seems very forgiving and although I like the Cub it feels very 'loosey goosey'
compared to this MKIII. Ground handling is great and so far (knock on wood)
it has been very forgiving of my ham handed efforts. I will say that I now
know what nervous means. After not soloing anything for almost 30 years and
never flying an ultralight of any kind I was definitely there but the Kolb didn't
let me down. Thanks for all the input I got from you guys that helped make
this (so far) a successful and fun experience.
Thanks,
Allan Garvin
Kolb MKIII N308JB
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| Subject: | Re: Joining the Club |
- Great write-up, and welcome to the forum.
-
do not archive
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------------------ Bill Sullivan
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------------------ Windsor Locks, Ct.
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------------------ FS 447
--- On Mon, 6/17/13, Larlaeb <larlaeb@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Larlaeb <larlaeb@gmail.com>
Subject: Kolb-List: Joining the Club
Hi All,
Recently I purchased a Kolb MkIII Classic from John Bickham.- Many of you
have seen this plane and/or the videos and blogs he has posted.- He did
a great job on the plane and when I got in the market for a Kolb, friends p
ointed me towards his as one of the best around.- He is chest deep in ano
ther plane building project at this time.- Although in my younger days I
had flown quite a bit and owned a Stinson 108-2, I had not owned or flown a
plane for about 28 years.- When I got the bug again I begin to research
the kind of plane I wanted and to take some lessons in a Citabria and then
in a Cub to see if I could still do it.- I settled on the Kolb MKIII and
began looking for a good one while getting some flight time in at the same
time.- John and I came to an agreement and he flew the plane down to wher
e I live, here south of Houston.
I had hoped to get some dual in the Kolb or some type of ultralight but fin
ding anyone to provide that proved to be frustrating.- John had given me
all the tips he could and I had spend many hours pouring over the many post
s here in the lists, reading and viewing the videos.---John had recom
mended I get several hours in just sitting in the Kolb and getting used to
the visual and then doing quite a bit of taxing.- I did that over the cou
rse of a week or so, gradually working up to some fairly high speed taxis w
ith the tail up.- Last Thursday I went up in the Cub again and did about
10 landings just to get my confidence up and then Friday morning I went out
to my hanger with the idea that if it felt good I would go for it.- It d
id and I did.- There was no wind and the takeoff was uneventful.- Climb
ed out at about 55-60 knots, 912 sounding good.- Climbed to 2500' just ci
rcling the airfield (no traffic on this little 2000' grass strip).- Settl
ed
into cruise to get a good idea of!
- the visual horizon at level flight.- Did some turns and trim adjustme
nts for various speeds and rpm settings.- Worked on decent speeds and pra
cticed leveling out and then went down to 1000' agl and did some turns arou
nd a point.- - I then returned to the field and did a practice approach
with the idea of simulating the landing at a couple of hundred feed.- Th
at went pretty well so I decided to try one for real.- I flew the last pa
rt of the pattern at about 50 knots adjusting my decent rate with the throt
tle.- About 3400rpm seemed to be giving me the gentle decent I wanted for
this first attempt.- Turned final and I could see I was a little high.
- I came on down a bit and since I was about half way down the field I th
rottled up and climbed out again after getting down to about 10 feet or so.
- Climbed back up into the pattern to try again.- Same basic approach b
ut pulled the throttle off and kept the nose down to hold 50knots.---
As I
approached- my touchdown point I eased th!
e nose up and added a bit of throttle, felt the wheels touch (!
probably
doing about 40knots here) and pushed the nose forward a bit to keep her do
wn and closed the throttle.- Pulled the tail down after we slowed and we
were home.- Not a 'KOLB' landing but I felt pretty good anyway.- I did
a little more flying that day and over the weekend and now that I have a fe
w hours and several landings I can say that I enjoy flying this plane more
than I have any other.- It seems very forgiving and although I like the C
ub it feels very 'loosey goosey' compared to this MKIII.- Ground handling
is great and so far (knock on wood) it has been very forgiving of my ham h
anded efforts.- I will say that I now know what nervous means.- After n
ot soloing anything for almost 30 years and never flying an ultralight of a
ny kind I was definitely there but the Kolb didn't let me down.- Thanks f
or all the input I got from you guys that helped make this (so far) a succe
ssful and fun experience.-
Thanks,
Allan Garvin
Kolb MKIII N308JB
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=402878#402878
le, List Admin.
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| Subject: | Re: Joining the Club |
I know that you will like the plane, it has been to my house and did quite
well, although the guy flying it was a bit nervous. :-) Take the landings
slowly, and let yourself get used to it, and things will be more fun than
you have ever had.
Welcome,
Larry Cottrell
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Larlaeb <larlaeb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> Recently I purchased a Kolb MkIII Classic from John Bickham. Many of you
> have seen this plane and/or the videos and blogs he has posted. He did a
> great job on the plane and when I got in the market for a Kolb, friends
> pointed me towards his as one of the best around. He is chest deep in
> another plane building project at this time. Although in my younger days I
> had flown quite a bit and owned a Stinson 108-2, I had not owned or flown a
> plane for about 28 years. When I got the bug again I begin to research the
> kind of plane I wanted and to take some lessons in a Citabria and then in a
> Cub to see if I could still do it. I settled on the Kolb MKIII and began
> looking for a good one while getting some flight time in at the same time.
> John and I came to an agreement and he flew the plane down to where I
> live, here south of Houston.
>
> I had hoped to get some dual in the Kolb or some type of ultralight but
> finding anyone to provide that proved to be frustrating. John had given me
> all the tips he could and I had spend many hours pouring over the many
> posts here in the lists, reading and viewing the videos. John had
> recommended I get several hours in just sitting in the Kolb and getting
> used to the visual and then doing quite a bit of taxing. I did that over
> the course of a week or so, gradually working up to some fairly high speed
> taxis with the tail up. Last Thursday I went up in the Cub again and did
> about 10 landings just to get my confidence up and then Friday morning I
> went out to my hanger with the idea that if it felt good I would go for it.
> It did and I did. There was no wind and the takeoff was uneventful.
> Climbed out at about 55-60 knots, 912 sounding good. Climbed to 2500'
> just circling the airfield (no traffic on this little 2000' grass strip).
> Settled into cruise to get a good idea of!
> the visual horizon at level flight. Did some turns and trim adjustments
> for various speeds and rpm settings. Worked on decent speeds and practiced
> leveling out and then went down to 1000' agl and did some turns around a
> point. I then returned to the field and did a practice approach with the
> idea of simulating the landing at a couple of hundred feed. That went
> pretty well so I decided to try one for real. I flew the last part of the
> pattern at about 50 knots adjusting my decent rate with the throttle.
> About 3400rpm seemed to be giving me the gentle decent I wanted for this
> first attempt. Turned final and I could see I was a little high. I came
> on down a bit and since I was about half way down the field I throttled up
> and climbed out again after getting down to about 10 feet or so. Climbed
> back up into the pattern to try again. Same basic approach but pulled the
> throttle off and kept the nose down to hold 50knots. As I approached my
> touchdown point I eased th!
> e nose up and added a bit of throttle, felt the wheels touch (!
> probably
>
> doing about 40knots here) and pushed the nose forward a bit to keep her
> down and closed the throttle. Pulled the tail down after we slowed and we
> were home. Not a 'KOLB' landing but I felt pretty good anyway. I did a
> little more flying that day and over the weekend and now that I have a few
> hours and several landings I can say that I enjoy flying this plane more
> than I have any other. It seems very forgiving and although I like the Cub
> it feels very 'loosey goosey' compared to this MKIII. Ground handling is
> great and so far (knock on wood) it has been very forgiving of my ham
> handed efforts. I will say that I now know what nervous means. After not
> soloing anything for almost 30 years and never flying an ultralight of any
> kind I was definitely there but the Kolb didn't let me down. Thanks for
> all the input I got from you guys that helped make this (so far) a
> successful and fun experience.
>
> Thanks,
> Allan Garvin
>
> Kolb MKIII N308JB
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=402878#402878
>
>
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I didn't send this so be ware
Mike
Sent from my iPad
On Jun 17, 2013, at 4:43 PM, Mike Pres <mikehalesbrewery@yahoo.com> wrote:
> How are you?
> http://www.bitangmbh.de/bryhn/pe/z/tjl/tpv/y.html
>
>
>
>
>
> Mike Pres
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| Subject: | Re: IVO Prop Vs Warp Drive - Rotax 503 - FS2 - Advice |
Thank you all!
Mahesh
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