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WhiskeyVictor36(at)aol.co
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: Firestar Project Tailwheel

In a message dated 2/6/2008 8:11:58 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  williamtsullivan(at)att.net writes:

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		     Mine is black, and fresh from Kolb- a five inch.

    

   Hi Bill,

    

   I believe those 5 inch wheels were originally used    on snowmobiles.  They're called bogey wheels and are used to support    the snowmobile track as it rotates.  Makes for a nice light tail    wheel, but it does cut a groove into soft turf.  I was thinking    about installing two wheels side by side for more support.  Kinda like a    Dually (Dualie?) pick-up truck!     

   Bill    Varnes

Original Kolb FireStar

Audubon NJ

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KolbFlyerJim(at)aol.com
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:22 am Post subject: Firestar Project Tailwheel

HI Bill.

  

 Jim VanGarsse here.

  

 I'm using a plastic lawnmower wheel on my Ultra Star. Its as light as the  bogie wheel and is 4 times wider it works great.

  

 Jim VanGarsse

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williamtsullivan(at)att.n
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:15 am Post subject: Firestar Project Tailwheel

Re: dual wheels. I was looking at that, and all that would be needed is a longer axle shaft and a wheel. Stick a flat washer and a cotter pin on the outside and try it.I don't think ther would be any damage from side thrust, or one wheel going over a rock. It would only be for a short duration. Once i complete the overhaul I might try it. 



WhiskeyVictor36(at)aol.com wrote:  [quote]     

   

    In a message dated 2/6/2008 8:11:58 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, williamtsullivan(at)att.net writes:

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		    Mine is black, and fresh from Kolb- a five inch.

   

   Hi Bill,

   

  I believe those 5 inch wheels were originally used on snowmobiles.  They're called bogey wheels and are used to support the snowmobile track as it rotates.  Makes for a nice light tail wheel, but it does cut a groove into soft turf.  I was thinking about installing two wheels side by side for more support.  Kinda like a Dually (Dualie?) pick-up truck!    

  Bill Varnes

Original Kolb FireStar

Audubon NJ

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agustafson(at)chartermi.n
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:23 am Post subject: Firestar Project Tailwheel

I have a wheel from ACS only used about a month (put on a Matco swivel)  that I will sell for 1/2 price($15). It even comes with the fork for $5 more.  This was not on a Kolb but is a good wheel w/ bearings. ACS p/n 06-03600. It  looks like the picture in the lower right in the catalog. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/search/search.php   Says 6x1.5 on wheel. 6" O.D. Contact me off list for picture

  

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Wade Lawicki

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Location: Nashville Tn.

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject: Re: Firestar Project Tailwheel

I use a grocery cart wheel and change out the plastic bearings, about $8 and the same hub width but the bearing surface is around 1 inch. usually found cheap in a ditch near a grocery store or damaged behind the store. : )



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