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Thom Riddle
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Buffalo, NY, USA (9G0)
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 Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 5:52 am Post subject: Slingshot home in Buffalo |
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Friday, a friend drove me 300 miles from Lancaster, NY to Lancaster, PA. We inspected Luray's Slingshot and found it as advertised and I bought it. Saturday AM, I flew it around the patch in marginal weather waiting for the forecast clear skies to appear at 11AM. I was finally able to head out a little after noon.
Events of consequence:
Right before departing, the main relay fuse holder broke, so we took it out of the circuit, twisted the wires together, crimped them and taped it off out of the way. Luray used the fuse as his "key". Remove it and there is not power to the bus. The frequent removal and replacement of the fuse finally resulted in the fuse holder breaking. It is not designed for that kind of service but it worked for him for several years, until it didn't. I'll probably install a circuit breaker instead of fuse holder. Not sure yet what I'll do for a "key".
When I was approaching my fuel stop mid-way home, the radio that I borrowed from Luray died. It was supposed to be on ship power but apparently somehow it came off of ship power and the battery petered out. Fortunately, no traffic at the time of my arrival or departure nor was there at my home airport when I got there.
About the time the radio died, the forward end of the left rudder pedal return spring came unhooked. I didn't know it at the time but found out shortly after touching down at my fuel stop airport. I got a little crooked and added right rudder but over did it a little (maiden flight in the airplane, so no surprise there) but in the process I let my foot off of the left rudder pedal and it flopped down flat on the floor, so I had no left rudder control. Got rather interesting at that point with one wheel off the ground but with lots of aileron/roll control I managed to keep it dirty side down. Once it slowed to a crawl I managed to lift the rudder pedal off the floor and taxied up to the fuel pumps and filled her up. I could not fix the spring there so I just made certain that I would never let my foot completely off the left rudder pedal on the rest of the trip.
Total flight time was 3.5 hours and I average about 3.75 gph at about 70% power. My typical ground speed was around 82-83 mph in nearly calm winds but did get up to a bit over 90 in a descent. The airplane handles beautifully and the higher wing loading made the thermals less exciting during the hot afternoon than the big wing Kolbs experience.
Happy to be a Kolber again. I'm also happy with the Jabiru engine. It performed flawlessly with stable temps right in the middle of the green range, plenty of power, and good economy.
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Thom Riddle
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Location: Buffalo, NY, USA (9G0)
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:16 am Post subject: Re: Slingshot home in Buffalo |
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Some have asked me for photos. Here is a link to some old photos of the Slingshot before I bought it. The only thing that has changed is in the panel, which is noted in that photo.
http://picasaweb.google.com/RiddleTR/KolbSlingshotJabiru2200N64086#
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:24 am Post subject: Slingshot home in Buffalo |
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Looks like a real nice bird. Congratulations again.
Rick Girard
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On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Thom Riddle <riddletr(at)gmail.com (riddletr(at)gmail.com)> wrote:
[quote]--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Thom Riddle" <riddletr(at)gmail.com (riddletr(at)gmail.com)>
Some have asked me for photos. Here is a link to some old photos of the Slingshot before I bought it. The only thing that has changed is in the panel, which is noted in that photo.
http://picasaweb.google.com/RiddleTR/KolbSlingshotJabiru2200N64086#
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Buffalo, NY
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lucien
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:29 am Post subject: Re: Slingshot home in Buffalo |
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Hey Thom,
Wow, it looks kind of like a suped up firefly or something. I can bet just by looking at it that it's quite a hot rod. Looks great and glad you're back in the air again!
LS
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Coop
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Location: Wellsboro, PA
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Slingshot home in Buffalo |
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Hey Thom, wished you could have dropped in at N38 in Wellsboro, PA. I'm in the final stages of my Slingshot build. Would've loved to seen your new bird. I need to look at someone's finished plane. We've got a Fly-in breakfast on Labor Day. Free pancakes, eggs and ham to any Kolbers. Maybe you'll come down?
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ces308
Joined: 03 Nov 2008
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Location: houghton lake ,mi
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Slingshot home in Buffalo |
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Hi Thom,
Nice airplane ! I think you are going to like the Jabiru too ! What rpm's are you turning with that prop? and how is the noise??
chris ambrose
m3x/jab 42+ hrs
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Thom Riddle
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Location: Buffalo, NY, USA (9G0)
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| Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:35 am Post subject: Re: Slingshot home in Buffalo |
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Chris,
With this prop, the builder says that WOT in straight and level flight is only 3150 rpm. That is a little over propped but not by much.
I'm thinking about eventually going down to 600-6 tires from the current enormous 800-6 tires since I don't land out in the boonies, at least not intentionally when I have an alternative. I believe that this will result in a big enough reduction in drag that the current prop may then be able to reach 3300 or at least a good bit closer to it. It that is the case then I won't be changing the prop.
The noise from the ground in full power climb seems only a little louder than the 912 engines I'm used to. In the cabin, as long as I keep the RPM below 2700 it is not too bad. Full throttle climb at Vy is about 2950 rpm. My cruise rpm during my flight home was near constant 2688.
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Thom Riddle
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| Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:27 am Post subject: Re: Slingshot home in Buffalo |
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Coop,
Man, I wish I had known there was a SS under construction at N38 because that IS where I stopped for fuel enroute home. I was there on Saturday around 2PM, I think. There was a red-headed guy at the pumps who told me there was a Kolb of some sort on the field but he didn't know which flavor.
We are not that far apart (1.5 hours in a SS maybe?), so let me know when your is flying.
Thom in Buffalo
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| Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:17 am Post subject: Slingshot home in Buffalo |
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Nice!
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