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1. 02:38 AM - Tail bracing (Patrick Ladd)
2. 03:57 AM - Re: Tail bracing (Gary Aman)
3. 08:38 AM - Re: Tail bracing (Rick Neilsen)
4. 09:23 AM - Re: Tail Brace question (Rex Rodebush)
5. 04:00 PM - i want bigger tires (flywithme)
6. 06:00 PM - Re: i want bigger tires (Larry Cottrell)
7. 10:08 PM - Re: Picture of the city of rocks (Jim Thomson)
8. 10:23 PM - Re: Re: Old Firestar becomes a Firefly (Jim Thomson)
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For what its worth. I flew my Xtra from a farmers fields for years, never l
anded at an airport and never had any trouble.
Seems to me that some pilots just love working on their planes and any excu
se they can find to add something or screw something on or beef something u
p and generally add weight to a plane that was designed pretty well in the
first place is OK.
That=99s fine, we all get our kicks in different ways but most of the
stuff that we do to our Kolbs is `nice to have` as opposed to necessary.
Cheers
Pat
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| Subject: | Re: Tail bracing |
The full swiveling tail wheel helped a lot. But if you get enough time on yo
ur Kolb,you would understand why the braces are recommended.
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> On Aug 6, 2016, at 5:38 AM, Patrick Ladd <patrickjladd@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> For what its worth. I flew my Xtra from a farmers fields for years, never l
anded at an airport and never had any trouble.
> Seems to me that some pilots just love working on their planes and any exc
use they can find to add something or screw something on or beef something u
p and generally add weight to a plane that was designed pretty well in the f
irst place is OK.
> That=99s fine, we all get our kicks in different ways but most of th
e stuff that we do to our Kolbs is `nice to have` as opposed to necessary.
>
> Cheers
>
> Pat
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
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| Subject: | Re: Tail bracing |
Pat
I flew my MKIIIC for a number of years off my grass strip and never had
this problem ether but why wait for it to happen. The fix is much easier
and safer than after it breaks. I bolted two aluminium straps 1/8 by 1 inch
on tail of my MKIIIC. I have since personally seen a firestar II have this
issue.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 5:38 AM, Patrick Ladd <patrickjladd@hotmail.com>
wrote:
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>
> For what its worth. I flew my Xtra from a farmers fields for years, never
> landed at an airport and never had any trouble.
>
> Seems to me that some pilots just love working on their planes and any
> excuse they can find to add something or screw something on or beef
> something up and generally add weight to a plane that was designed pretty
> well in the first place is OK.
>
> That=99s fine, we all get our kicks in different ways but most of t
he stuff
> that we do to our Kolbs is `nice to have` as opposed to necessary.
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Pat
>
> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> Windows 10
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Tail Brace question |
Will try to attach a picture. This shows the aluminum side brace which was installed
on both sides. I also added an extra bolt and pin to prevent the tail
rod from twisting. Extra aluminum braces and gussets were added inside the triangular
tail assembly but are now covered up.
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| Subject: | i want bigger tires |
I want bigger soft tires on my firefly because i fly from my pasture most of the
time. the tire size i have now is 4:00x6. anybody have any advice or experience
of what tire to use? can i get a bigger tire for my existing wheels or should
i just get bigger wheels and tires as a package. also should i upgrade my
tailwheel to something bigger?
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http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=459277#459277
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| Subject: | Re: i want bigger tires |
http://desser.wspdev.com/Aircraft-Tires-and-Tubes/21800-6-4-PLY.asp
These seem to be about the cheapest available.
I am running 800x6 on my Firestar with about 8 lbs of air. I would prefer
less, but spinning the tube can be a problem. It is possible to secure them
with screws, check archives, depending the type of rim that you have. I am
using the breakaway tail wheel so it is small. With the tail post brace you
shouldn't have too much problem.
Larry
On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 5:00 PM, flywithme <constrjh@pldi.net> wrote:
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> I want bigger soft tires on my firefly because i fly from my pasture most
> of the time. the tire size i have now is 4:00x6. anybody have any advice or
> experience of what tire to use? can i get a bigger tire for my existing
> wheels or should i just get bigger wheels and tires as a package. also
> should i upgrade my tailwheel to something bigger?
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=459277#459277
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| Subject: | Re: Picture of the city of rocks |
Nice photo, sounds like a fun flight, I too am concerned regarding our
annual wild fire season, it appears our planet is drying out. Glad you
got to go flying, end enjoyed the freedom of flight
Jim
On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 3:25 PM, B Young <byoungplumbing@gmail.com> wrote:
> It was taken on my way to the rock house in Oregon. Sorry the tablet did
> not focused through the plexiglass well. This was on a different route than
> I used before, I was thinking Thai I should be getting close, and just
> about missed it because I was not looking for rocks on this scale.. I got
> home yesterday and had to dodge , by either going around, over, or under,
> the clouds of smoke from several wild fires in Idaho and Utah.
>
> Boyd Young
> Mkiii Utah
>
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| Subject: | Re: Old Firestar becomes a Firefly |
That's right, it even says Experimental on the side of the airplane.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 8:37 PM, Richard Pike <thegreybaron@charter.net>
wrote:
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> victorbravo(at)sbcglobal. wrote:
> > Why are you building a Firefly cage for a Firestar airframe?
> >
> >
>
> Because I want a Part 103 legal machine, and by combining the 1985 wings &
> tail with the Firefly cage, what I will be building is to all intents and
> purposes a long winged Firefly. Talked it over with Bryan ahead of time and
> he said to go for it.
>
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> Richard Pike
> Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
> Kingsport, TN 3TN0
>
> Would you consider yourself to be a good person?
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWcDXT6pH7A
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