---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 11/10/16: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:50 PM - Re: video (Mcabbage) 2. 11:39 PM - Re: Kolb-List Firestar KXP (Bill Berle) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:50:39 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: video From: "Mcabbage" Thank You thats a pretty cool place! -------- 2007 Firestar 2 503 N203SD Moster 185 Flattop PPG/Sky K2 Paraglider Trike Buggy Soaring Trike & Northwing Stratus XP Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=462341#462341 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 11:39:43 PM PST US From: Bill Berle Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Kolb-List Firestar KXP Someone had posted on the Kolb List that they were looking for a Firestar 1 or KXP. Herb was that you? I ran across this, may be of interest: https://billings.craigslist.org/for/5864063598.html Kolb firestar KXP E-LSA, Rotax 503, DCDI, 52 HP, Appx. 200 hrs., fresh covering on wings, runs and flies great. Very clean and in good condition. Phone 406-839-0826. NO text. So whoever is looking for the FS1, maybe the Kolb List can make sure that the message gets to him. Bill Berle www.ezflaphandle.com - safety & performance upgrade for light aircraft www.grantstar.net - winning proposals for non-profit and for-profit entities -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 10/30/16, Herb wrote: Subject: Re: Kolb-List: 5 and 6 inch tubing To: kolb-list@matronics.com Date: Sunday, October 30, 2016, 4:21 PM Herb I went to the barn and looked at all of my 5 inch tubes that I bought from Kolb many years back..they had a trailer full of scratch and dents..None had the typical rolled on alloy identification. .Travis explained that they were perfectly good but if they sent a spar or boom to a customer, it had to be perfect...so..I bought quite a few of them.. Stayed away from scratches and bought those with small dents.. dollar a foot...wish I had bought more.. By the way...I have a good set of Firefly spars...I went with single lift struts,ala firestar, on my first Firefly...unfortunately...all the holes are drilled for the ribs...no extra charge...:-) 6061 T6 it is...!! :-) who would have thought...25 or so dollars a foot!! Herb On 10/30/2016 06:50 PM, jhauck@elmore.rr.com wrote: > > > > ...I am pretty sure I heard that the spars and boom tubes were 6063 or something near that alloy...Herb > > >Herb/Kolbers: > > 5 and 6 inch booms and spars are drawn for irrigation pipe. They are 6061 T-6 .058" wall. > > Biggest problem for Kolb is finding tubes that do not have dents and scratches. That tubing is not handled with kid gloves once it is manufactured. I remember the Kolb Gang going to the factory and going through many, many tubes to find the "good" ones. > > The 6061 is probably used for circle irrigation systems because of the increased strength required to keep the system together. The "el cheapo" non-spec'd tubing is probably used for systems that are laid out on the ground and not mobile. > > > john h > mkIII > El Centro, California > > > > > > > -- "Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny." Aristotle "Daddy, tell me...why are you going to the pig farm for a reeducation and what does it mean "A basket of deplorables"? "Are you unreedemable"? And" who is Stalin and Mao Zedong"? Mark Twain's GGgranddaughter... Forum - - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS - MATRONICS LIST WIKI - List Contribution Web Site - -Matt Dralle, List Admin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.