---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 10/10/13: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:16 AM - Re: Looking for Classic or Xtra flyers near Rochester, New York (Thom Riddle) 2. 06:27 AM - Re: Looking for Classic or Xtra flyers near Rochester, New York (AussieDrik) 3. 08:19 AM - Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3 (Kirby, Dennis Civ USAF AFMC AFNWC/ENS) 4. 09:23 AM - Re: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3 (Pat Ladd) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:16:43 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Looking for Classic or Xtra flyers near Rochester, New York From: "Thom Riddle" Dirk, Check out this link to make contact with more than one Kolb pilot/owner in Rochester area. http://www.ul95.eaachapter.org/ -------- Thom Riddle Buffalo, NY (9G0) Don't worry about old age... it doesn't last very long. - Anonymous Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=410208#410208 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:27:29 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Looking for Classic or Xtra flyers near Rochester, New York From: "AussieDrik" Thanks Thom I've already been there for an open meeting and found one Classic (for sale) but no Xtras. I'm not a small chap so I wanted to try an Xtra for size before committing to one or the other. Thanks also to the people who have pm'd me with information. Dirk Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=410209#410209 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:19:09 AM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3 From: "Kirby, Dennis Civ USAF AFMC AFNWC/ENS" Kolb Friends - I am looking for suggestions and recommendations for installing a new, larger-capacity fuel tank in my Mark-3 Classic. Currently, I'm using the twin 6-gal polyethylene fuel jugs, supplied by Kolb. A recent fly-out I attended in the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico made it clear that 12 gallons is not really enough gas for flying into these remote areas of the Southwest! Where have you Mark-3 guys gone to have your custom-made aluminum fuel tanks fabricated? I've seen several references on this List over the years to larger-capacity, one-piece aluminum tanks, and this is just what I'm looking for. I realize installation will likely require me to cut a steel tube on the cage, to get access. An easy repair - I'm OK with that. Does anyone know of a shop who has fabricated a tank for a Mark-3, that maybe has a pattern already? My other option would be to build up a cardboard-and-tape pattern, and take it in to a local custom-fabricator. But I thought I'd check with you List guys first, to see if there might be a shop somewhere that has done this before. Many thanks - Dennis Kirby Mark-3, 912ul, in Sandia Park, NM ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 09:23:31 AM PST US From: "Pat Ladd" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3 Hi Denis, I cannot remember who it was but there was someone on the list who had added another tank . They had a simple system with the plumbing which seemed from the drawings to be OK. I never went ahead with that as I found a source for some larger tanks with the same footprint as the original ones which just dropped into place without cutting anything. They were just a bit taller... Needed to modify my filling method a bit. I think that I added a pump which clamped to the opening in a standard jerry can rather than pouring direct. It also meant that I could carry a spare 20 litre jerry can in the passenger space to give even more capacity. 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