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Thom Riddle

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1597
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA (9G0)

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:22 am Post subject: Vamoose' Ex-Reduction DriveVamoose' Ex-Reduction Drive

Big Lar,



Thanks for the great photos. ALWAYS enjoy them.



I sure hope you get your speed reducer situation fixed so you can do 

your own flight-seeing. I know a direct drive is not going to give you 

the performance you want but if you did that as an interim solution 

while you saved your pennies for a good speed reducer, at least you 

would be able to fly. Of course if your density altitude is too high or 

your runway too short then that might not work. Just a thought.



Thom in Buffalo

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biglar

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 457

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:14 am Post subject: Vamoose' Ex-Reduction DriveVamoose' Ex-Reduction Drive

Thanks, Thom.  I just wish I had more time to take those pictures.  Full 

time would be nice.  lol   Someday.......??



Me being me, if the plane was flying as a direct drive, procrastination 

would probably delay further work indefinitely.      The biggest thing 

against that, tho', is lower performance in an area known for huge density 

altitude compensations, and the Palm Springs area is partly surrounded by 

huge mountains, and the remaining areas are mostly MOA's. 

Lar.                      Do not Archive.



Larry Bourne

Palm Springs, CA

Building Kolb Mk III

Vamoose

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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:49 am Post subject: Vamoose' Ex-Reduction DriveVamoose' Ex-Reduction Drive

Lar/All



It isn't all that bad. I flew for four years with a direct drive VW. With a 

direct drive engine a MKIII will be a single place airplane and it will 

cruise app 10 mph slower but it is real smooth. The problem Lar would have 

is that his engine wouldn't make a good direct drive engine and his engine 

mount holds the engine in the wrong direction. Direct drive engines need to 

have a modified case and crank that allows for a extra large bearing on the 

pulley end to handle prop loads.



Rick Neilsen

Redrive VW powered MKIIIc

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