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patrickjladd(at)hotmail.c
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Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2016 1:38 am Post subject: Tail bracing

For what its worth. I flew my Xtra from a farmers fields for years, never landed at an airport and never had any trouble.

Seems to me that some pilots just love working on their planes and any excuse they can find to add something or screw something on or beef something up and generally add weight to a plane that was designed pretty well in the first place is OK.

That’s fine, we all get our kicks in different ways but most of the stuff that we do to our  Kolbs  is `nice to have` as opposed to necessary.

 

Cheers

 

Pat

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zeprep251(at)aol.com
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Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2016 2:57 am Post subject: Tail bracing

The full swiveling tail wheel helped a lot. But if you get enough time on your Kolb,you would understand why the braces are recommended. 



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On Aug 6, 2016, at 5:38 AM, Patrick Ladd <patrickjladd(at)hotmail.com (patrickjladd(at)hotmail.com)> wrote:

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For what its worth. I flew my Xtra from a farmers fields for years, never landed at an airport and never had any trouble.

Seems to me that some pilots just love working on their planes and any excuse they can find to add something or screw something on or beef something up and generally add weight to a plane that was designed pretty well in the first place is OK.

That’s fine, we all get our kicks in different ways but most of the stuff that we do to our  Kolbs  is `nice to have` as opposed to necessary.

 

Cheers

 

Pat

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neilsenrm(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2016 7:38 am Post subject: Tail bracing

Pat

I flew my MKIIIC for a number of years off my grass strip and never had this problem ether but why wait for it to happen. The fix is much easier and safer than after it breaks. I bolted two aluminium straps 1/8 by 1 inch on tail of my MKIIIC. I have since personally seen a firestar II have this issue.

Rick Neilsen

Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC



On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 5:38 AM, Patrick Ladd <patrickjladd(at)hotmail.com (patrickjladd(at)hotmail.com)> wrote:

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For what its worth. I flew my Xtra from a farmers fields for years, never landed at an airport and never had any trouble.

Seems to me that some pilots just love working on their planes and any excuse they can find to add something or screw something on or beef something up and generally add weight to a plane that was designed pretty well in the first place is OK.

That’s fine, we all get our kicks in different ways but most of the stuff that we do to our  Kolbs  is `nice to have` as opposed to necessary.

 

Cheers

 

Pat

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