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John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:06 am Post subject: Lakeland

Morning Gang:



I'm out of here.



Running late as usual.



Got until 1954 EST to get into the UL strip at Lakeland.  I can make 

that with time to spare, if I do not have any weather or mechanical 

problems.  May have to deal with a little rain, but do not anticipate 

any mechanical problems, but understand the likelyhood is always 

there.



See ya'll at Lakeland.



john h

mkIII



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Titus, Alabama

Paul Petty

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 226
Location: Mississippi

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: Lakeland

Gang,

LONG day for Paul P. Woke up at 1:00am CDST and drove 1.5 hrs climbed in the King air E90 and wheels up at 3:50am and got home with red face and wobbly legs at 9:30pm CDST. I got to visit with Mark G., Travis,Donnie,Brian,Steve B. Bruce and the welder of TNK that his name escapes me at the moment. Met another Kolbra builder #16 of Daytona Fl. he just as I had MANY MANY questions about how did you do this, how did you do that.....and furthermore WHY !!! I really hate I missed my buddy John H and felow kolbra pilot John W but we were on a tight schedule. Hope we didint saw John H in half on departure as there were airplanes EVERWHERE! We came within I'd say 100 yards of a rockwell comander that we caught up with less than the 3 mile straight out rule who decided to make his turn a bit early. Was interesting none the less. It was a fun/hot/windy/expensive/tireing day but loved it. Kinda neat siting in a group of guys talking about my Kolb all the way up to 2.5 million dollar aircraft but to be honest... the Kolb factory firestar stole everyones heart Once again!

When we got out of the KAe90 and the multi mil owner who i had spent an hour next to explaining the history and design of Kolb aircraft to...he said LOOK there is a kolb in the patteren and he is waxing everything! 



I wonder how many hours that firefly has on it?



Point....Last time for me was S-N-F 2003 there were hundreds of PPC's and Trikes. Today there were only 2 PPC's maybe 10 boths for PPC PPG-1 in the UL area. It was only the second day of the show but a lot less of the PPC's and no PPG's flying. wind was high but the little Kolb firefly was in the air the whole time al day!



Go Homer!



sorry for typos bla bla but i have been up 22 hrs today and drove 3 hrs flew 5 hrs and walked god knows how many miles!



take care

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Paul Petty
Kolbra #12
Ms Dixie
912 UL 70" warp

blackbird

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 51

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:37 am Post subject: Lakeland

Paul,



Thanks for the info, and I sure am watching the list and all of the pics 

close...couldn't make sun-n-fun this year..............

Wayne McCullough

Kolbra 004

Springfield, Georgia

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Paul Petty

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 226
Location: Mississippi

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:34 am Post subject: Re: Lakeland

Hi Wayne,



Is that youir Kolbra in the photo? If so post some full size pics please! John H and John W made it to lakeland this morning. Both were delayed due to rain and weather. I didnt take any photos at lakeland. Didn't take my camera with me to the UL area. (dummy) Was going to go back and get some pics of the new flap/aileron design on the new X-tra. However I ran out of time. John H said he would take some photos for us tho. The new design on the X-tra is awesome! No more long  bulky torque tubes! The flaps and ailerons are hinged to the trailing edge. I dont recall seeing any gap seal. I dont think there was any nor a need for any. the flaps are like the original mark III design and the ailerons are now controlled VIA cables in the wing. Real neat. Has anyone seen this? I wish I had known about this or thought about this when i made my wings  



Also the flaps are longer than the Mark III and the ailerons are much shorter 



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Paul Petty
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Ms Dixie
912 UL 70" warp

Paul Petty

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 226
Location: Mississippi

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:27 am Post subject: Re: Lakeland

Forgot to mention the other new things on the X-tra. It has molded fiberglass wing tips, gap seal LE and seat pan that is one peice for both seats.

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Kolbra #12
Ms Dixie
912 UL 70" warp

james.clayton(at)bluecoat
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:50 am Post subject: Lakeland

Sounds interesting; if anyone has pictures, please post, or forward them.



-Jim



Jim Clayton        

California

Mark-3X, 912ULS.....Building

www.quantumwrench.com/Kolb.htm



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icrashrc

Joined: 16 Mar 2006
Posts: 247
Location: Mishawaka, In

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:17 am Post subject: Re: Lakeland

Here's few pics of the M3X at the Kolb display.

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icrashrc

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Location: Mishawaka, In

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icrashrc

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Paul Petty

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 226
Location: Mississippi

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:36 am Post subject: Re: Lakeland

Scott,



If your still at lakeland can you snap some pics of the cable system at the rear of the fuselage and under the wing where the aileron cable attaches? 

Also one of the fiberglass seat set up.



thanks



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Ms Dixie
912 UL 70" warp

flyingfox(at)copper.net
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:27 pm Post subject: Lakeland

Boy, that is a pretty MIIIX



Hope it is at OSH



Todd

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Richard Pike

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 1671
Location: Blountville, Tennessee

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:11 pm Post subject: Re: Lakeland

Pitchurs you say?

Okey Dokey.



Richard Pike

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Eugene Zimmerman

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 392

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject: Lakeland

Richard,

Thanks much for the picts of the new kolb details.

What are they saying about performance improvements with the new  

features?



Gene



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Richard Pike

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 1671
Location: Blountville, Tennessee

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject: Lakeland

The airplane is not yet licensed. Will be a while for results, it is a test 

mule. (But a really gorgeous one!)

Richard Pike

MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)



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