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John Williamson
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Location: Arlington, TX
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 Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:28 pm Post subject: TNK Website |
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Hi All,
The current TNK website is at:
http://www.tnkolbaircraft.com/
The "www" needs to be there or you will get the old website.
If you haven't visited the website in a while, check back in. Disregard the "Login Form" blocks, that is for their internal use as of now.
If you haven't voted in their poll, please do so. I know that the Kolbra dosen't out number the rest of you.
If you find a broken link or a link that takes you to what appears to be an incorrect location, email them with the specific problem so Donnie and Travis have some meat to work with when they tell their webmaster.
We are getting a little rain here in Texas today but should be flyable tomorrow afternoon.
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:46 pm Post subject: TNK Website |
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> We are getting a little rain here in Texas today but should be flyable
tomorrow afternoon.
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John W:
How come you all are sending all that rain to Alabama?
Loaded up the 5th wheel and heading back to TNK in the morning. Will be
there long enough to fly the initial 40 hours off the new MKIIIx. Would
rather be flying back, but am more comfortable in the old 5th wheel for the
long haul. Hope to get the time flown off in time for the Xtra to fly at
S&F.
The new X sports full flaps, oh horror, that will make it a damn good
lander, especially in an emergency situation that has but a tiny LZ to land
in.
It also has morse cable for aileron controls instead of the traditional
push/pull tubes.
It looks a little narrower than the older model X's.
Will also sport droop tips. I'll put some time on the X without the new
tips, then finish up the test with them.
Weather is going to be on again/off again, but I think I can get'er done.
Internet access is limited and extremely slow, but I'll have lots of time at
night to wait on it to come through.
Take care,
john h - Soon to have more time on the new X than Patrick has on his X. 
That is, if it will fly and I don't fly it mkIII into the hanger first.
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slyck(at)frontiernet.net
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject: TNK Website |
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John, I'm sure several of us will be interested in the droop tip
comparison. I don't have a high
regard for them mostly because the industry seems to have gone the
other way with winglets.
My guess is that you will notice very little difference except
perhaps at stall OOGE.
BB
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On 18, Mar 2008, at 5:44 PM, John Hauck wrote:
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> We are getting a little rain here in Texas today but should be
flyable tomorrow afternoon.
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> John Williamson
John W:
How come you all are sending all that rain to Alabama?
Loaded up the 5th wheel and heading back to TNK in the morning.
Will be there long enough to fly the initial 40 hours off the new
MKIIIx. Would rather be flying back, but am more comfortable in
the old 5th wheel for the long haul. Hope to get the time flown
off in time for the Xtra to fly at S&F.
The new X sports full flaps, oh horror, that will make it a damn
good lander, especially in an emergency situation that has but a
tiny LZ to land in.
It also has morse cable for aileron controls instead of the
traditional push/pull tubes.
It looks a little narrower than the older model X's.
Will also sport droop tips. I'll put some time on the X without
the new tips, then finish up the test with them.
Weather is going to be on again/off again, but I think I can get'er
done.
Internet access is limited and extremely slow, but I'll have lots
of time at night to wait on it to come through.
Take care,
john h - Soon to have more time on the new X than Patrick has on
his X. That is, if it will fly and I don't fly it mkIII
into the hanger first.
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:16 pm Post subject: TNK Website |
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> My guess is that you will notice very little difference except
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Bob:
I don't know. I have no experience flying anything with droop tips. I am a
Kolb kinda guy.
I think the wing panel is about the same length as standard by adding
another rib to compensate for the old bow tip. I'm guessing now. I haven't
seen the plans for the wing.
john h
mkIII
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herbgh(at)nctc.com
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject: TNK Website |
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I think Homer knew Steve Whitman... Herb
At 07:05 PM 3/18/2008, you wrote:
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John, I'm sure several of us will be interested in the droop tip
comparison. I don't have a high
regard for them mostly because the industry seems to have gone the
other way with winglets.
My guess is that you will notice very little difference except
perhaps at stall OOGE.
BB
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pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:38 am Post subject: TNK Website |
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Soon to have more time on the new X than Patrick has on his X. >>
Ouch, John. You may well be right. The first of the seasons fly ins is
scheduled for this Sunday but the WX for the Easter weekend is 25 knots,
wintry showers with some snow so that loks like a bust. Raining and blowing
today already (Thursday)Shame because given reasonable weather it is always
well attended.
Been suffering with some back trouble for some weeks. If I can`t get the
Xtra into the air perhaps I can fix some wings on the little electric
invalid chair I have been using.. Perhaps red bull will sponsor me.
Incidentally if anyone can see the coverage of the Air Sports Show from
Wanaka, New Zealand it is worth watching. Gliding, parachuting, free fall
and crosscountry hang gliding, Tiger Moth racing (Le Mans start) etc.,
the pics are outstanding and the computer work enables you to watch the guys
going on cross countries with comp. generated tracks in real time, with
heights.. A lot of the stuff was new to me including racing round pylons
while freefalling. A mate in NZ sent me a DVD as we have not seen it in the
UK yet. Given the way some of the sporting stuff is chosen we may never see
it. Ultralights I understand are featured in a n episode which has not been
broadcast yet.
Cheers
Pat
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russ(at)rkiphoto.com
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:53 pm Post subject: TNK Website |
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In re the Air Show from Wanaka (NZ) -- there are indeed come nifty
videos there. Even one called "hitchhiking from Wanaka to
Wellington" -- and I've DONE that!!! Wow, how's that for
coincidence? Just google "Wanaka NZ", click on the Youtube link and
you're there. Lots of fun videos & even a bunch of crashes.
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Incidentally if anyone can see the coverage of the Air Sports Show
from Wanaka, New Zealand it is worth watching. Gliding,
parachuting, free fall and crosscountry hang gliding, Tiger Moth
racing (Le Mans start) etc.,
the pics are outstanding and the computer work enables you to watch
the guys going on cross countries with comp. generated tracks in
real time, with heights.. A lot of the stuff was new to me
including racing round pylons while freefalling. A mate in NZ sent
me a DVD as we have not seen it in the UK yet. Given the way some
of the sporting stuff is chosen we may never see it. Ultralights I
understand are featured in a n episode which has not been broadcast
yet.
Cheers
Pat
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JetPilot
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: TNK Website |
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John, I'm sure several of us will be interested in the droop tip
comparison. I don't have a high
regard for them mostly because the industry seems to have gone the
other way with winglets.
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I think the Droop wingtips will be very successful. Droop tips work very well for STOL type aircraft, like KOLBS. If the benefit of the Droop tips is great enough, I will modify my Kolb and put them on. I'm glad to see TNK improving their planes, that is exactly what is needed to any aircraft design and company to survive long term. Homer designed the Kolb more than 20 years ago, a great design to have survived this long, but definitely should be improved to remain competitive.
Winglets are mostly for saving fuel at cruise speeds, not really an issue on Kolbs. Since when have you seen winglets on STOL type airplanes ? Seems someone did not think things through very well they said they don't like droop tips because everyone else is going to winglets.
Mike
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