---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 12/03/16: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:38 AM - Re: Stuart Harner paid me a visit (Herb) 2. 09:13 AM - New tail wheel (Stuart Harner) 3. 04:20 PM - Re: New tail wheel (Richard Pike) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:38:42 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Stuart Harner paid me a visit From: Herb Looks like you made it home Stuart...good thing Travis was not at the Kolb factory! I could never leave there without him grabbing a few hundred dollars from me ...even though I just went for a visit...:-) Herb On 12/02/2016 10:38 PM, Stuart Harner wrote: > > Thanks for the hospitality Herb. I had a great time. > > Herb has more projects squirrelled away than I would want to tackle. :) > > Kentucky: > Pretty countryside > Good folks > No snow, so I went home. > (I know I'm a sick puppy but I never grew up and still enjoy a sled or > toboggan ride) > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com > [mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Herb > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 7:53 PM > To: kolb-list@matronics.com > Subject: Kolb-List: Stuart Harner paid me a visit > > > Yep..All the way from North Dakota....! Actually Stuart was in the area of > Lexington Ky on business and decided to pay me a visit...We had a great time > ...topped off by a visit to Pizza Hut....Look out London,Ky...I think he may > be headed that way tomorrow... > To top it off...he never said anything about the bum 447 I sold him!! > :-) > Hope you make it home ok...Stuart...little bit of snow in the Dakota's I > hear , well actually saw..on his cell phone.. > A bit of show and tell...in my home,barn and garage and off we went to > lunch... > Enjoyed it very much...Herb > > -- "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... ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:13:09 AM PST US From: "Stuart Harner" Subject: Kolb-List: New tail wheel Well, I did manage to buy a new tail wheel and adjustable rear spar bracket for the Firefly. $ well spent at the factory. Breakaway swiveling tail wheel is a really neat design. Better wheel and well built. Probably weights a tiny bit more but won't know the actual numbers until I get them both on the scales. I can't imagine the impact on CG will even be measurable. The new wheel is wider and has larger bearings spaced farther apart. It should reduce twisting/shearing forces on the tail leg/spring bolts. Time will tell. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Herb Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2016 7:38 AM Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Stuart Harner paid me a visit Looks like you made it home Stuart...good thing Travis was not at the Kolb factory! I could never leave there without him grabbing a few hundred dollars from me ...even though I just went for a visit...:-) Herb ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 04:20:15 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: New tail wheel From: "Richard Pike" My initial response would be "Anything would be better that the stock tailwheel" but then I got to thinking - What if you extended the lever arms off the bottom of the rudder, made them longer, and shortened the arms of the tailwheel bracket a bit? Now the (light) factory tail wheel & assembly would be able to turn tighter, and by so doing, put less stress on the rest of the stock assembly? (Since I am in the process of trying to build a genuine Part 103 legal Firefly, topics such as this are especially interesting to me) -------- 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 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=463664#463664 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.