---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 07/19/13: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:24 AM - First flight (Rex Rodebush) 2. 09:38 AM - Re: First flight (Mike Welch) 3. 09:49 AM - Re: First flight (Ralph B) 4. 12:05 PM - Re: First flight (Larlaeb) 5. 07:26 PM - Shipping stuff (Dennis Rowe) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:24:50 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: First flight From: "Rex Rodebush" Yesterday morning made my first flight in N553R! It's a Mark III X-tra with a 912S and a 3 blade Warp prop. It was one of the first Xtra's produced by TNK 13-14 years ago. Everything went pretty well but there are a couple of things that I would like to hear the group's comments on. The indicated stall was very repeatable at 55 MPH. This seems high to me but I did some quick glances at the GPS and I think my airspeed reads high. I will recheck this and may redo the static connection. I have a fuel pressure sender to the EIS and I noticed that when throttling down from say 5000 rpm to 3000 rpm I had a low fuel pressure (set at 2 psi) indication for only about a second. Then it came immediately back to around 4-5 psi. I did not have the electric boost pump on at the time. This happened several times on throttle back. I also noticed a fuel smell in the cockpit a couple of times which lasted about maybe 10 seconds. This seemed to occur when turning right? I checked all lined after the flight and there was no evidence of any leaks anywhere & all connections were tight. The tank vent is a ram air connection on the bottom of the cage, passenger side, about 3 inches from the landing gear socket. I'm thinking about relocating this. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks guys. Rex Rodebush Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=404940#404940 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:38:52 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: First flight From: Mike Welch Hi Rex, Glad to hear your first flight went well. I was about to call you and ask where you were in your schedule for the flight. As a guess..I would say your airspeed indicator is off by quite a bit. Your plane ought to stall pretty close to all the other Xtras, and from what I understand, that's a lot less than 55 mph. Just my opinion Mike Welch do not archive ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:49:41 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: First flight From: "Ralph B" Rex, congratulations on your first flight. Disconnect the static line on your ASI and it should read correctly. Ralph B -------- Ralph B Original Firestar 447 N91493 E-AB 1000+ hours 26 years flying it Kolbra 912ULS N20386 200 hours Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=404942#404942 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 12:05:45 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: First flight From: "Larlaeb" Congratulations Rex! Glad it went safely. Your stall speed sounds very high to me. Allan Mk IIIC 20 Hours Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=404950#404950 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 07:26:22 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Shipping stuff From: Dennis Rowe Had two great experiences this week with buying a used prop and a set of 2si gearbox gears from a couple fellow Kolb pilots. Both items were packed perfectly wrapped tight in bubble wrap and taped well, than pop corn foam packed super tight around it all to keep everything from shifting in the heavy duty boxes.,keep this in mind when shipping valuables, a little attention to detail is so important in keeping things from getting dinged or worse. Big thanks to Jimmy Young and Luray Weachter! Well done fellows! Dennis "Skid" Rowe Mk3, 690L-70, Leechburg, PA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.