---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 01/16/15: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:51 AM - Re: Kolb Tailwheel (John Hauck) 2. 08:26 AM - Re: Kolb Tailwheel (Rick Neilsen) 3. 08:43 AM - Re: Kolb Tailwheel (Larry Cottrell) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:51:39 AM PST US From: "John Hauck" Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Kolb Tailwheel -----Original Message----- From: John Hauck [mailto:jhauck@elmore.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 3:51 PM Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Kolb Tailwheel Kolb Aircraft has full swiveling tail wheels. I flew my first flight to Alaska with a MATCO tail wheel. It was not satisfactory. I got rid of it as soon as I got home. john h mkIII Titus, Alabama Kolbers, I got a question on my comment, above, and thought I needed to qualify my statement. Should have included the year that I flew with the MATCO tail wheel, 1994, 20 years ago. That is the MATCO tail wheel I was commenting on. I have no idea if MATCO has changed the design of the tail wheel since then, but my comment was for a 1994 model and nothing else. john h mkIII Titus, Alabama ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:26:33 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Kolb Tailwheel From: Rick Neilsen I have been using the Kolb full swiveling tail wheel for over ten years and it is great. I did modify it a bit. The springs that came with it were too weak. When taxiing in a cross wind it would unlock way too easy. Very embarrassing and frustrating. Changed to compression springs but then it wouldn't unlock at all. Finally drilled new spring holes in the tail wheel bell crank the same spacing as the rudder. Now I get very positive control of the tail wheel and it doesn't unlock till I want it to. Rick Neilsen Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:51 AM, John Hauck wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hauck [mailto:jhauck@elmore.rr.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 3:51 PM > To: 'kolb-list@matronics.com' > Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Kolb Tailwheel > > Kolb Aircraft has full swiveling tail wheels. > > I flew my first flight to Alaska with a MATCO tail wheel. It was not > satisfactory. I got rid of it as soon as I got home. > > john h > mkIII > Titus, Alabama > > > Kolbers, > > I got a question on my comment, above, and thought I needed to qualify my > statement. > > Should have included the year that I flew with the MATCO tail wheel, 1994, > 20 years ago. That is the MATCO tail wheel I was commenting on. I have no > idea if MATCO has changed the design of the tail wheel since then, but my > comment was for a 1994 model and nothing else. > > john h > mkIII > Titus, Alabama > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:43:34 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Kolb Tailwheel From: Larry Cottrell On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Rick Neilsen wrote: > I have been using the Kolb full swiveling tail wheel for over ten years > and it is great. > > I did modify it a bit. The springs that came with it were too weak. When > taxiing in a cross wind it would unlock way too easy. Very embarrassing and > frustrating. Changed to compression springs but then it wouldn't unlock at > all. Finally drilled new spring holes in the tail wheel bell crank the same > spacing as the rudder. Now I get very positive control of the tail wheel > and it doesn't unlock till I want it to. > > Rick Neilsen > Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > I also use one of these tail wheels, but for me it released way too soon. I solved the problem by taking the assembly apart and "hogging" out some to the alum that caused it to break away. (there is a ball bearing that is released when the tail wheel is moved beyond about 20 degrees) In essence I modified it so that it would not release until I used full rudder. This is after trying to taxi on a high volume runway in a 15 MPH crosswind. The tail wheel broke loose and I ended up doing two "doughnuts" in the middle of the runway, much to the alarm of the tower personnel. 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