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joe
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 Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:46 am Post subject: folding wings |
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Could someone tell me what the actual time it takes to unfold the wings. I know sometimes what you read is what it takes with a perfect situation. If you fly with a trailer I am wondering how long on average it takes to get everything set up, preflight and ready to go.
Joe
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bklebon(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:51 am Post subject: folding wings |
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It's been my experience that it takes 1/2 hour from the time you roll your airccraft out of the trailer until you are in the air. The preflight is something you don't want to rush.
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ul15rhb(at)juno.com
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:04 am Post subject: folding wings |
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It can be done comfortably inside of 20-25 minutes without rushing. I
have over 450 wing-folds on my Original Firestar as I store it in my
garage and trailer it to the strip. Here's the procedure: Load it on
the trailer, 20 minutes, drive to strip 10 minutes, unload and set up
30 minutes, preflight 5 minutes or longer. So it's about an hour and
I'm flying.
Ralph
Original Firestar
20 years flying it
N91493
-- "joe" <okjoek2000(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
Could someone tell me what the actual time it takes to unfold the
wings. I know sometimes what you read is what it takes with a perfect
situation. If you fly with a trailer I am wondering how long on
average it takes to get everything set up, preflight and ready to go.
Joe
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capedavis(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:51 am Post subject: folding wings |
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Joe, folding the wings took me twenty minuets ,by myself if someone "helped" me it would take half an hour!!!! chris
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Arksey(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject: folding wings |
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Joe,
I have been flying out of the trailer this winter while in florida. This is the 1st time for me. I have a firestar ll. I can unload the plane from trailer and take my time getting plane ready to fly and be done in 30 minutes. I am sure if I wanted to hurry I could do it in 15 to 20 minutes. Keep in mind I am 77 years old and do it alone...tis no problem....I do tie the plane out when the weather is good and when i intend to fly however...why not. hope this helps you.
jim swan
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joe
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:06 pm Post subject: Re: folding wings |
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I appreciate all the info. I guess it is not hard on them to fold and unfold the wings over and over?
Do you consider the Kolb one of the safer planes?
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R. Hankins
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject: Re: folding wings |
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Joe:
I keep my firestar in a covered trailer and unfold/fold every time I fly. It takes me about twenty minutes to roll it out, gas up, unfold, preflight, start and strap in. I don't like to hurry on the unfold.
I have shut down, folded up and rolled it back into the trailer in a little less than five minutes when trying to beat an approaching squall, but most of the time it is an easy fifteen min.
It isn't hard on the plane at all to fold and unfold over and over unless some clumsy idiot (me) drops a wing tip or rams the pitot tube into the back of the trailer. I have put a little hanger rash on the old girl folding and unfolding over the last 8 years, but all of it was avoidable.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:08 am Post subject: folding wings |
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At 12:17 AM 4/2/2007, possums wrote:
Re the third video, is the Hall ASI accurate when mounted that close to the
nose pod? The wind vane is an interesting touch, too...
Couple of points there, an engine failure would've been an, ah, interesting
problem...
-Dana
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