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Dennis has been on this forum for awhile. I have read his posts and they always seem logical and without ill intentions. I agree that it should be reposted on the Rans list. Maybe others will come fo ...

Thanks for sharing the video. Looks like good old New Mexico to me as well. Looks like a great place to fly. What do you think your takeoff distance was?

How can one tell what type of coating was used? Does it look different in some way? The reason being, if you buy a plane from someone who is not the original builder they may not know.

I have heard that whatever trailer you use beds to have some kind of springs or shocks. If not, the Kolb gets all the impact from the road when traveling. Is this true or is it being overly cautious?

Thanks for the link. I bet most Kolbs are Experimental Amateur Built and only the original builder can do the annual. It would be nice if the FAA would issue repairman certs to pilots other than the o ...

I saw a Kolb Mark 3 advertised as E-LSA. I was under the impression that all Kolb were experimental amateur built. Maybe there are some Kolbs that were considered fat ultralights and transitioned to ...

You got a great deal on that plane. Not sure of the history of who built it. Are you thinking of registering it as experimental exhibition? There's a DAR in Clovis that can help and he said he would ...

I called to buy this plane as I live just a few hours away. He said the plane has already been sold awhile ago. I guess I am back to saving money and trying to sell my PPC. If anyone on this list is e ...

There's a crashed Mark 3 on barnstormer's. The pictures are interesting and it looks like the cage protected the pilot pretty well.

I had radiator louvers/shutters on my 582 PPC. They worked pretty good. On my second 582 I just used black duct tape to block half the radiator during the winter. I honestly think the duct tape is mo ...

What a life! It always amazes me how much some people have done. I was in Wichita Falls for a little while in the Air Force. I am sure if I lived their longer I would have heard of this man as it seem ...

My story is forgetting my seatbelt in my open cockpit powered parachute. I unbuckled after doing my preflight to go move the parachute and my mind already "checked off" the seatbelt part of ...

I want to see the video...... Crying or Very sad

Thanks John. The 80 hp has some really good attributes that I did not know of. I am used to everyone in the PPC world saying it's gotta be the 100 hp. It is probably because the PPC wings are so inef ...

Allan, John, thanks for the replies. I find it interesting that the 100 hp took longer on takeoffs. Too much of a good thing maybe??

Would be interested in hearing the benefits you have for the ...

I notice that the Kolb website gives the same climb rates and takeoff distances on the Mark III with both the 80 and 100 hp 912. What have others discovered? Does the 100 hp offer any advantages/disad ...

My A and P charges $200 to do my annual on a Powered Parachute. I think its a deal because the local shop at the airport told me $550. Maybe one day I will have a Kolb. Confused

Thanks for sharing. I think the new camera has a better picture.

For every failure of oil injection there is probably a failure of the pilot to remember to add oil when pre-mixing.

John, thanks for the links to your videos. I bet your were off the ground in under 200 feet. Is that a 912 100 hp?

Frank, thanks for sharing your experiences and how you shoot approaches.