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lcottrell
Joined: 29 May 2006
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Location: Jordan Valley, Or
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 Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: Kolb glider |
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If we are taking a poll, mine glided a measured 6 miles with 4000 feet of
elevation. I figured 8 to 1. This was without a motor turning.
Larry
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Denny Rowe
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Leechburg, PA
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| Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: Kolb glider |
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Same wing, less weight, narrower fuselage.
Could have somthing to do with it. 
Denny Rowe, Mk-3
PS: I have flown Quicksilver MXs and their glide performance is nowhere near
any Kolb. Single surface wing, cables and tubes everywhere, no real
enclosure, Come on Guys.
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HShack(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject: Kolb glider |
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In a message dated 1/24/2007 9:24:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, orcabonita(at)hotmail.com writes:
| Quote: | Thats 2 reports of firestars that glide well...
Im beginning to suspect that the Firestar has a much better glide ratio than the MK-III Xtra. |
My FS II, which is about 725 gross, gave me a 6:1 glide ratio.
Howard Shackleford
FS II
SC
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possums(at)bellsouth.net
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:51 am Post subject: Kolb glider |
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At 01:38 PM 1/24/2007, you wrote:
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Possum,
Those are amazing pictures.. I never heard about that. Im
assuming you posted the story behond that, can you post a link to it ???
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Just one of the guys that we pulled out of the
woods way back when. A 20 mph crosswind landing
flipped him up & over and upside down into the trees before he
ever touched down in Taccoa? Four of us landed before him and he was
dragging behind everybody because of his damn floats.
We were actually eating lunch "Burger King Woppers" from our ground crew
(my Dad) when we first heard his engine go from
"normal" to this God aawful "Full throttle/chain saw" sound.
You might notice that his "nose" never touched the ground.
Got a Wrecker to pick his plane up and put it on the runway.
He towed it home - one less Possum.
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