---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 03/30/20: 8 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:27 PM - Re: Centering ULTRASTAR help! (Richard Girard) 2. 12:36 PM - Re: Centering ULTRASTAR help! (Richard Girard) 3. 12:40 PM - Re: Centering ULTRASTAR help! (william sullivan) 4. 01:00 PM - Photo of oil injection cable (Dan Ried) 5. 01:05 PM - Re: Centering ULTRASTAR help! (B Young) 6. 04:00 PM - Re: Centering ULTRASTAR help! (Stuart Harner) 7. 06:02 PM - Re: Centering ULTRASTAR help! (Richard Pike) 8. 06:12 PM - Re: Oil injection cable (Richard Pike) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:27:09 PM PST US From: Richard Girard Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Centering ULTRASTAR help! William, I had to load the picture into my photo editor to see what Eric's airplane really is. It is an Ultrastar all right, the boom comes from the wing junction with the engine below, but someone tacked a nose gear onto it .. Rick Virus-free. www.avg.com <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 1:35 PM william sullivan wrote: > That is not an Ultrastar, it's one version of a Firestar. I can't tell an y > more without looking at the wings. > > Bill Sullivan > > > On Sunday, March 29, 2020, 01:23:26 PM EDT, Eric SOULET < > eric.soulet@diag-dechets.fr> wrote: > > > Hello, > > I have an Ultrastar Kolb which is strongly punctual despite the trim ful ly > > The centering is at 29%. > > I have to modify the incidence of the stabilizer. > > On langing engine idling it even becomes dangerous. > > Do you have any advice! > > > Cordialement > > > Eric SOULET > > -- =9CBlessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.=9D Groucho Marx ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 12:36:23 PM PST US From: Richard Girard Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Centering ULTRASTAR help! Eric, What you have is someone's own ideas plastered on to something that looks like an Ultrastar. The biggest problem, concern, whatever, is the nose wheel. Second is the way your elevators are hanging from the horizontal stabilizer. You've got a real mess here. As for landing, the best advice I can give you is what I was given when I got my Mk III 14 years ago. Don't try to come in at idle, fly it on until you're used to how it lands. I made a video of landing the MK III you can find on Youtube at rick51076. It was intended for people transitioning from GA aircraft to the Kolb and dealt mostly with the difference using flaps make. Good luck, stay healthy, and blur skies, Rick Virus-free. www.avg.com <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 8:50 PM JOSEPH WRIGHT wrote: > I suggest you cover the wing gap. > > On March 29, 2020 at 4:12 PM Eric SOULET > wrote: > > Hello, > > I have an Ultrastar Kolb which is strongly punctual despite the trim ful ly > > The centering is at 29%. > > I have to modify the incidence of the stabilizer. > > On langing engine idling it even becomes dangerous. > > Do you have any advice! > > > Cordialement > > > Eric SOULET from France > > -- =9CBlessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.=9D Groucho Marx ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 12:40:52 PM PST US From: william sullivan Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Centering ULTRASTAR help! Huh. Thanks. I couldn't see that. Weird. do not archive On Monday, March 30, 2020, 03:27:22 PM EDT, Richard Girard wrote: William, I had to load the picture into my photo editor to see what Eric's airplane really is.=C2- It is an Ultrastar all right, the boom comes fro m the wing junction with the engine below, but someone tacked a nose gear o nto it. Rick | | Virus-free. www.avg.com | On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 1:35 PM william sullivan wrote: That is not an Ultrastar, it's one version of a Firestar. I can't tell any more without looking at the wings. Bill Sullivan On Sunday, March 29, 2020, 01:23:26 PM EDT, Eric SOULET wrote: Hello, I have an Ultrastar Kolb =C2-which is strongly punctual despite the trim fully The centering is at 29%. I have to modify the incidence of the stabilizer. On langing engine idling it even becomes dangerous. Do you have any advice! =C2- Cordialement =C2- Eric SOULET =C2- =C2- =C2- -- =9CBlessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.=9D =C2-=C2-Groucho Marx ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 01:00:05 PM PST US From: Dan Ried Subject: Kolb-List: Photo of oil injection cable Sent from my iPhone ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 01:05:54 PM PST US From: B Young Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Centering ULTRASTAR help! Eric sent me a email off list. French English translator gave me this. Thank you for your interest in my message. I have 2 Ultrastar 1 purple and 1 blue. Purple flies very well see on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5ulWECN9dmA , it has a stabilizer incidence adjustment: see purple stab. The blue is very pungent after the first flight I changed the incidence of the stabilizer: see blue stab. On the second flight of the blue, less but still stinging, see position of the depth trim: blue trim. So I checked the centering which is good 29%, see centering. I don=99t know if I=99m focusing fu rther back or changing the angle of the stabilizer again. Boyd Young ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 04:00:42 PM PST US From: "Stuart Harner" Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Centering ULTRASTAR help! Doing a lot of reading between the lines here but my take is that the blue one is having pitch issues. If the 29% is a reference to the center of gravity being at 29% of wing cord, my guess is that his CG is too far forward. Probably due to the nose wheel? If this is correct, I can see him running out of elevator in a flair and wheel borrowing the nose gear on landing. Did I miss something? Stuart From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of B Young Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 3:05 PM Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Centering ULTRASTAR help! Eric sent me a email off list. French English translator gave me this. Thank you for your interest in my message. I have 2 Ultrastar 1 purple and 1 blue. Purple flies very well see on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5ulWECN9dmA, it has a stabilizer incidence adjustment: see purple stab. The blue is very pungent after the first flight I changed the incidence of the stabilizer: see blue stab. On the second flight of the blue, less but still stinging, see position of the depth trim: blue trim. So I checked the centering which is good 29%, see centering. I don=99t know if I=99m focusing further back or changing the angle of the stabilizer again. Boyd Young ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 06:02:25 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Centering ULTRASTAR help! From: "Richard Pike" In the video that was linked - https://youtu.be/5ulWECN9dmA - It is hard to tell from the video, but it appears that there is a very high ground speed before lifting off. It is also apparent that there is no gap seal. If the cg is at 29% and there is no gap seal, I am surprised that there is enough elevator authority to be able to land it at any speed. Friend Eric; install a gap seal over the center section of the wings and get rid of some of the weight in the front of the airplane. -------- Richard Pike Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) Kolb Firefly Part 103 legal Kingsport, TN 3TN0 Forgiving is tough, being forgiven is wonderful, and God's grace really is amazing. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=495486#495486 ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 06:12:52 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Oil injection cable From: "Richard Pike" If the end of your cable is bad, you can shorten it a bit as long as you shorten the cable sheath an equal amount. If I remember correctly, this fitting is a perfect fit and quite well made: https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/wireswivels.php Azusa wire swivel part #2361, costs .80, plus $5 shipping... -------- Richard Pike Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) Kolb Firefly Part 103 legal Kingsport, TN 3TN0 Forgiving is tough, being forgiven is wonderful, and God's grace really is amazing. 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