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lcottrell
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Location: Jordan Valley, Or
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 Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 12:16 pm Post subject: Checking the river |
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The weather has been a lot nicer and I was curious if the River was suitable for fishing. I have a bunch of stuff to do so I didn't want to waste an entire day if it was not worth the trip, so I rolled out the Firestar to check it out. I have included an attachment of my Spot readout of the trip.
There has been some discussion by some new Kolb owners about landings in Kolbs, so I took the liberty of showing a couple so that they could see for themselves how easy they are, if you follow a couple of rules. While I am not and apparently never will be a qualified expert on anything other than what not to do when landing, I hope that this will help somewhat.
The main problem with landing that most folks run into is underestimating the amount of drag compared to a GA plane, and over controlling. I am running an HKS and I cruise at 53-5400 RPMs I will admit that out here in the desert the first thing that goes out of the window for me is "pattern altitude". When I am landing I do not cut the power to idle until I can make the runway. Once I am in a position to hit the spot that I want, I cut the power to idle, and allow the plane to sink. If I am too high I can slip it or increase the angle of ascent, which ever is your wish. It is draggy enough that unlike a GA plane it does not take up that much room to again achieve your landing speed . Once I cut power, I allow the plane to sink onto the ground, maintaining 50 MPH. The biggest problem that you will have is over controlling. If you flare too soon, you had better be hitting some power. I try to use only my finger tips, as I have a tendency to be a bit "ham handed". In the video you can tell when I cut power as the screen begins a "harmonic distortion". The one thing to always avoid is trying to extend your landing. If you don't like where you are going, give it a bit of throttle, it is not going to keep floating by pulling back on the stick. Good luck!
https://vimeo.com/65971366 password "owyheeflyer"
Larry Cottrell
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lcottrell
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| Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 12:03 pm Post subject: checking the river |
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Just a short note to complete the information about my flight yesterday to the Owyhee to check to see if it was in fishable condition. I am happy to say that the flight in my little Kolb was quite enjoyable and informative. I followed up with a trip down there this morning and the result will be quite pleasant this evening. Larry
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John Hauck
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| Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 12:29 pm Post subject: checking the river |
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Just a short note to complete the information about my flight yesterday to the Owyhee to check to see if it was in fishable condition. I am happy to say that the flight in my little Kolb was quite enjoyable and informative. I followed up with a trip down there this morning and the result will be quite pleasant this evening.
Larry
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Beautiful trout and small mouth bass. Makes me hungry. Looking forward to being at the Rock House and fishing the Owyhee River next month. Some of the best tasting fresh water fish I have ever eaten come out of the clean, clear water of the Owyhee.
My MKIII is all ready to go, but I think I am going to leave it at Gantt International Airport this year and pull the 5th wheel West. The last several years I have flown to the Rock House and home. Then two to three weeks later loaded up the rig and pulled it back out West. Not economically feasible and this old boy ain't as young as he used to be. Sleeping on a 10 inch foam mattress in the 5th wheel is somewhat more comfortable than on the ground or on the floor of an old FOB. Just ain't conducive to my advanced arthritis. Besides, I have become somewhat spoiled lately.
Don't catch'em all before I get there.
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| Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 12:33 am Post subject: Checking the river |
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I love those vidio’s. I guess the river was good for fishing .The trees here are the same colour , it will be some time before they are green again
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Downunder
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From: Larry Cottrell (lcottrell1020(at)gmail.com)
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 8:16 AM
To: kolb-list(at)matronics.com (kolb-list(at)matronics.com)
Subject: Checking the river
The weather has been a lot nicer and I was curious if the River was suitable for fishing. I have a bunch of stuff to do so I didn't want to waste an entire day if it was not worth the trip, so I rolled out the Firestar to check it out. I have included an attachment of my Spot readout of the trip.
There has been some discussion by some new Kolb owners about landings in Kolbs, so I took the liberty of showing a couple so that they could see for themselves how easy they are, if you follow a couple of rules. While I am not and apparently never will be a qualified expert on anything other than what not to do when landing, I hope that this will help somewhat.
The main problem with landing that most folks run into is underestimating the amount of drag compared to a GA plane, and over controlling. I am running an HKS and I cruise at 53-5400 RPMs I will admit that out here in the desert the first thing that goes out of the window for me is "pattern altitude". When I am landing I do not cut the power to idle until I can make the runway. Once I am in a position to hit the spot that I want, I cut the power to idle, and allow the plane to sink. If I am too high I can slip it or increase the angle of ascent, which ever is your wish. It is draggy enough that unlike a GA plane it does not take up that much room to again achieve your landing speed . Once I cut power, I allow the plane to sink onto the ground, maintaining 50 MPH. The biggest problem that you will have is over controlling. If you flare too soon, you had better be hitting some power. I try to use only my finger tips, as I have a tendency to be a bit "ham handed". In the video you can tell when I cut power as the screen begins a "harmonic distortion". The one thing to always avoid is trying to extend your landing. If you don't like where you are going, give it a bit of throttle, it is not going to keep floating by pulling back on the stick. Good luck!
https://vimeo.com/65971366 password "owyheeflyer"
Larry Cottrell
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yellowbird1
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| Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 4:33 pm Post subject: Checking the river |
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Videos are great, I am always looking forward to their arrival on the list. If I didn't know better, I would say they were taken in New Mexico. Which I've been told by Pendleton residents that the weather there in Eastern Oregon is a lot like N.M.
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