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     1. 04:44 AM - optimum wing folding technique  (Scott Perkins)
     2. 04:45 AM - optimum wing folding technique  (Scott Perkins)
 
 
 
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Time: 04:44:45 AM PST US
From: Scott Perkins <2scott@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Seaplane-List: optimum wing folding technique

--> Seaplane-List message posted by: Scott Perkins <2scott@bellsouth.net>

there are two criteria for success for folding wings.
1. How quickly and easily the process can take place by one person.
2. How small the folded package

Kolb suffers by not folding easily due to the wings not being 
supported during the fold process.

Kitfox etc. is only doing half a fold really.  Try to roll one into an 
enclosed trailer after it is folded.  The accurate term is 
"compound " wing fold that folds in two axis.   Or if the wings
fold over each other as with the ARADO, the Kitfox type plane
could be stored in a trailer.

It can be done right because it has been done right several times
in history.

Too bad not enough manufacturers recognize the need in the market.

Today, only the  LIL-BREEZY that debuted at last year's SunFun
has it all. ( at least from the wing fold perspective )
Scott

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From: zoperman@att.net
Subject: Seaplane-List: folding wings

--> Seaplane-List message posted by: zoperman@att.net

    The submariners had plenty of manpower to fold the things up.The use
of 
towed gyrocopters  for observation was a success, but the pilot ran the
risk of

being abandoned in an attack.
    I have a kolb mk3 with folding wings, and after 125 hrs the verdict
is in-
"forget about it".
    The kitfox style of folding is so superior I get choked up and have
to 
leave when my friend folds his 'fox wings. A 'fox would make a fine
floatplane.
    Del.






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Time: 04:45:11 AM PST US
From: Scott Perkins <2scott@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Seaplane-List: optimum wing folding technique

--> Seaplane-List message posted by: Scott Perkins <2scott@bellsouth.net>

there are two criteria for success for folding wings.
1. How quickly and easily the process can take place by one person.
2. How small the folded package

Kolb suffers by not folding easily due to the wings not being 
supported during the fold process.

Kitfox etc. is only doing half a fold really.  Try to roll one into an 
enclosed trailer after it is folded.  The accurate term is 
"compound " wing fold that folds in two axis.   Or if the wings
fold over each other as with the ARADO, the Kitfox type plane
could be stored in a trailer.

It can be done right because it has been done right several times
in history.

Too bad not enough manufacturers recognize the need in the market.

Today, only the  LIL-BREEZY that debuted at last year's SunFun
has it all. ( at least from the wing fold perspective )
not to mention several european planes that do a great job
of it.

Scott

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From: zoperman@att.net
Subject: Seaplane-List: folding wings

--> Seaplane-List message posted by: zoperman@att.net

    The submariners had plenty of manpower to fold the things up.The use
of 
towed gyrocopters  for observation was a success, but the pilot ran the
risk of

being abandoned in an attack.
    I have a kolb mk3 with folding wings, and after 125 hrs the verdict
is in-
"forget about it".
    The kitfox style of folding is so superior I get choked up and have
to 
leave when my friend folds his 'fox wings. A 'fox would make a fine
floatplane.
    Del.