---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 12/30/20: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:05 AM - Re: Kolb-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 12/29/20 (Ted Cowan) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:05:43 AM PST US From: Ted Cowan Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Kolb-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 12/29/20 Rolling lord mounts is the way i had to change angle on my slingshot and did so partially by rolling the rears over and adding shims. Took most of the heavy stick away. Original slingshot had 3 degrees too much pitch in airframe on motor mounts as it only has 9 degrees angle of attack on wing vs 12 as the rest Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 30, 2020, at 1:38 AM, Kolb-List Digest Server wrote: > > * > > ================================================= > Online Versions of Today's List Digest Archive > ================================================= > > Today's complete Kolb-List Digest can also be found in either of the > two Web Links listed below. The .html file includes the Digest formatted > in HTML for viewing with a web browser and features Hyperlinked Indexes > and Message Navigation. The .txt file includes the plain ASCII version > of the Kolb-List Digest and can be viewed with a generic text editor > such as Notepad or with a web browser. > > HTML Version: > > http://www.matronics.com/digest/digestview.php?Style=82701&View=html&Chapter 20-12-29&Archive=Kolb > > Text Version: > > http://www.matronics.com/digest/digestview.php?Style=82701&View=txt&Chapter 20-12-29&Archive=Kolb > > > =============================================== > EMail Version of Today's List Digest Archive > =============================================== > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Kolb-List Digest Archive > --- > Total Messages Posted Tue 12/29/20: 2 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > Today's Message Index: > ---------------------- > > 1. 03:48 PM - Going to a 72" prop (Richard Pike) > 2. 10:49 PM - Re: Going to a 72" prop (TheWanderingWench) > > > > ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ > > > Time: 03:48:46 PM PST US > Subject: Kolb-List: Going to a 72" prop > From: "Richard Pike" > > > Still thinking about upgrading my Kolb MKIII, planning to go from a 68" Ivo to > a 72" Warp Drive prop, will need to raise the engine so the prop will clear the > boom tube. > The attached picture shows the typical / normal Lord shock mount method of attachment > between the airframe and the motor mount plate. > One easy way to gain more prop clearance is to flip the Lord mounts over, they > are 1" taller one way than the other, but I have never seen anybody do that. > Is there a reason why this is not a good idea? > > -------- > 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=499890#499890 > > > Attachments: > > http://forums.matronics.com//files/lordmounts_127.jpg > > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ > > > Time: 10:49:00 PM PST US > From: TheWanderingWench > Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Going to a 72" prop > > Richard -=C2- > Several years ago I put a longer prop on my Maxair Drifter. Like the Kolb, > the Drifter is a taildragger pusher with a long, low boom. I made sure that > there was plenty of clearance between prop and boom, and took it for a tes > t flight. It was pretty gusty, and when I landed I bounced fairly hard. Wha > t I hadn't counted on was the amount of flex in the boom with a hard landin > g.=C2- > The occasional hard landing hadn't ever caused any problems in the past; in > this case, the ending wasn't pretty. Unlike the strut-braced Kolb, the Dri > fter has wires. The boom flex caused the prop to go through the wires, whic > h caused other mayhem.=C2- I ended up having to truck the Drifter to a fr > iend's airport and get it rebuilt.=C2- > So - although you don't have any wires, and even though you may not do hard > landings any more - you might want to build boom flex into your considerat > ions about how much longer a prop to put on your Kolb. > You've got an incredible number of experienced Kolb pilots on this list - ( > and I have no Kolb experience at all) - so my experience might have no rele > vance for a Kolb MKIII.=C2- > Arty TrostSandy, Oregon > "I refuse to tip toe through life just to arrive safely at death." > > On Tuesday, December 29, 2020, 03:54:49 PM PST, Richard Pike ron@charter.net> wrote: > > > Still thinking about upgrading my Kolb MKIII, planning to go from a 68" Ivo > to a 72" Warp Drive prop, will need to raise the engine so the prop will c > lear the boom tube.=C2- > The attached picture shows the typical / normal Lord shock mount method of > attachment between the airframe and the motor mount plate. > One easy way to gain more prop clearance is to flip the Lord mounts over, t > hey are 1" taller one way than the other, but I have never seen anybody do > that. > Is there a reason why this is not a good idea? > > -------- > 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=499890#499890 > > > Attachments: > > http://forums.matronics.com//files/lordmounts_127.jpg > > > S - > WIKI - > - > =C2- =C2- =C2- =C2- =C2- -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.