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capt_riney(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:59 am Post subject: Runway Lenght for Kolb M3

I'm wanting to create a grass strip for my Mark3 on a farm my brother owns in central Indiana.  How much runway do I need assuming clear approaches (no obstacles) at both ends.  This is all level land and is currently being farmed in corn or beans. Thanks. 



Mark Rinehart

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Richard Pike

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Location: Blountville, Tennessee

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:05 pm Post subject: Re: Runway Lenght for Kolb M3

A friend of mine has a level strip with good approaches in both directions that is exactly 1,000' long, and when I have a passenger and it is hot, I wouldn't want any less. What works when things are optimum is not what you want on those occasions when things are less than ideal. If you can come up with 1,200'  - take all of it.



My home field (3TN0) is 750' long, but it has a good slope to it, takeoff is downhill into the prevailing wind and landing is uphill, and a sloped runway makes a huge difference. I wouldn't want any less, because every once in a while I use most all of it. Not all landings turn out the way you plan, and once I touch down, (headed uphill towards the neighbor's house and trees) there is no go-around.



Richard Pike

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:06 pm Post subject: Runway Lenght for Kolb M3

I'm wanting to create a grass strip for my Mark3 on a farm my brother  owns in central Indiana.  How much runway do I need assuming clear  approaches (no obstacles) at both ends.  This is all level land and is  currently being farmed in corn or beans. Thanks. 



Mark Rinehart

Indy  Kolb Mark3 N68MR



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 with good skills and lo altitude,,   600  ft seems to work for some,,,  less skills and higher altitude =  longer.     mark it out on the runway you are using now and  compare,  your mileage may vary.

  

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John Hauck

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:05 pm Post subject: Runway Lenght for Kolb M3

How much runway do I need assuming clear approaches (no obstacles) at both 

ends.

Mark Rinehart





Mark R/Gang:



Gantt International Airport is 750 feet useable.  Approaches aren't all that 

clear.  Plenty room for me and my mkIII.  I also fly passengers out of 

Gantt, which is a cow pasture.



john h

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lcottrell

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:46 pm Post subject: Runway Lenght for Kolb M3

Mark,

     I would consider John's 750 feet, a  bare minimum, get more if you can.  Keep in mind that John is a much better  pilot than most of us. The only time the runway is too long is when you have to  push the plane.

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John Hauck

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:56 pm Post subject: Runway Lenght for Kolb M3

I would consider John's 750 feet, a bare minimum, get more if you can. 

Keep in mind that John is a much better pilot than most of us. The only time 

the runway is too long is when you have to push the plane.

Larry

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I beg to disagree.



Gantt International was 600 feet when I made my first solo flight in a fixed 

wing aircraft, the Ultrastar I built in 1984.  Of course, I crashed on my 

first landing, but two weeks later armed with new main gear, nose, and prop, 

I learned to land on my second ever attempt.  That was without brakes too.



I'd have a longer strip if I could.  Get all you can get while you can.



Larry is used to flying off his own 2,600 foot gravel strip with no trees in 

his part of the State of Oregon.



john h

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:15 pm Post subject: Runway Lenght for Kolb M3

Take all that is available you will be coming up with friends that can not use a kolb strip

 

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lcottrell

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:53 pm Post subject: Runway Lenght for Kolb M3

I am not sure which part John is disagreeing with, but I  am used to it.  I didn't always fly where there were no trees. My last runway  before this one  was about 400 feet. I had to touch down under power lines,  the small ones, and there was a wall of Ponderosa trees that I was landing up  against. I did it, didn't like it! You just had to get it right, every time. It  was always exciting.

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