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stuart(at)harnerfarm.net
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 Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 5:09 am Post subject: Confidence building flight |
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Hi everyone,
Managed to get out last evening and un-winterize the Firefly. It started on the first pull!
Made two fast taxi trips up to flying speed, then took off for real. There was a little wind shear turbulence at 2 to 4 hundred feet, but it was light. Made it around just fine, but got a little high. Used a little slip on final to take care of that and kept some throttle on all the way down. Rounded out the descent and planted it firmly on two wheels with no bounce.
So much fun I did it again. Same results.
Now it is time to get serious and fly, fly, fly.
Happy Easter!
S
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 5:40 am Post subject: Confidence building flight |
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Way to go Stuart!! Frosty morn down here in Ky... Fred and I will always feel a part of your flying...
did you remove the electric start?
someone may had said...the engine will break in noticeably in the 40 hour range... Herb
ps anyone know anything about installing a VW on a Kolb?? 
On 04/05/2015 08:09 AM, Stuart Harner wrote:
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Hi everyone,
Managed to get out last evening and un-winterize the Firefly. It started on the first pull!
Made two fast taxi trips up to flying speed, then took off for real. There was a little wind shear turbulence at 2 to 4 hundred feet, but it was light. Made it around just fine, but got a little high. Used a little slip on final to take care of that and kept some throttle on all the way down. Rounded out the descent and planted it firmly on two wheels with no bounce.
So much fun I did it again. Same results.
Now it is time to get serious and fly, fly, fly.
Happy Easter!
S
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neilsenrm(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 6:51 am Post subject: Confidence building flight |
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Taxi trips to flying speed aren't recommended for new or rusty pilots. Without a aggressive forward stick movement as the throttle is retarded will result in the aircraft lifting off with little power.
Herb, yes there are a growing number of VWs on Kolbs.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW powered MKIIIC
On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Herb <Herbgh(at)nctc.com (Herbgh(at)nctc.com)> wrote:
[quote] Way to go Stuart!! Frosty morn down here in Ky... Fred and I will always feel a part of your flying...
did you remove the electric start?
someone may had said...the engine will break in noticeably in the 40 hour range... Herb
ps anyone know anything about installing a VW on a Kolb??
On 04/05/2015 08:09 AM, Stuart Harner wrote:
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Hi everyone,
Managed to get out last evening and un-winterize the Firefly. It started on the first pull!
Made two fast taxi trips up to flying speed, then took off for real. There was a little wind shear turbulence at 2 to 4 hundred feet, but it was light. Made it around just fine, but got a little high. Used a little slip on final to take care of that and kept some throttle on all the way down. Rounded out the descent and planted it firmly on two wheels with no bounce.
So much fun I did it again. Same results.
Now it is time to get serious and fly, fly, fly.
Happy Easter!
S
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stuart(at)harnerfarm.net
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 7:18 am Post subject: Confidence building flight |
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No, you kept the started and installed the recoil unit.
I start the cold engine by squeezing the bulb until gas gets to carb, then two shots of primer into port on carb, throttle closed, enricher to full. Pull rope, engine starts.
Thanks for the great deal on this engine Herb, I really like it.
One thing I have found is that if I start it and let it warm up (CHT at 200 +) while standing beside it, I can shut it off, get all strapped in and then start it up again from the seat. This is a nice feature to not be trying to get into a running plane. I tried it cold, but could not get enough pull to get it to start. Better leverage standing up with my left hand on the leading edge.
More to come!
Stuart
From: owner-kolb-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-kolb-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Herb
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Way to go Stuart!! Frosty morn down here in Ky... Fred and I will always feel a part of your flying...
did you remove the electric start?
someone may had said...the engine will break in noticeably in the 40 hour range... Herb
ps anyone know anything about installing a VW on a Kolb??
On 04/05/2015 08:09 AM, Stuart Harner wrote:
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Hi everyone,
Managed to get out last evening and un-winterize the Firefly. It started on the first pull!
Made two fast taxi trips up to flying speed, then took off for real. There was a little wind shear turbulence at 2 to 4 hundred feet, but it was light. Made it around just fine, but got a little high. Used a little slip on final to take care of that and kept some throttle on all the way down. Rounded out the descent and planted it firmly on two wheels with no bounce.
So much fun I did it again. Same results.
Now it is time to get serious and fly, fly, fly.
Happy Easter!
S
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John Hauck
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 7:29 am Post subject: Confidence building flight |
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Rick:
How are we doing on VW powered Kolbs, number wise?
I was up at the Kolb Co a couple weeks ago. There was a VW powered MKIII in the process of final build.
Don't know of any VW powered airplanes, Kolbs or not, in my neck of the woods.
Heard there is a VW powered MKIII in Idaho, in the building process.
I'm grounded until I get my main gear mounts and legs back from Kolb. Hoping for next week. Only two weeks until time to fly to Lakeland.
My how time flies when one is getting older.
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
From: owner-kolb-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-kolb-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Rick Neilsen
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2015 9:51 AM
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Subject: Re: Confidence building flight
Taxi trips to flying speed aren't recommended for new or rusty pilots. Without a aggressive forward stick movement as the throttle is retarded will result in the aircraft lifting off with little power.
Herb, yes there are a growing number of VWs on Kolbs.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW powered MKIIIC
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 7:29 am Post subject: Confidence building flight |
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Now I am wondering what I did with it??? Forgetful old fart , Herb
On 04/05/2015 10:18 AM, Stuart Harner wrote:
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No, you kept the started and installed the recoil unit.
I start the cold engine by squeezing the bulb until gas gets to carb, then two shots of primer into port on carb, throttle closed, enricher to full. Pull rope, engine starts.
Thanks for the great deal on this engine Herb, I really like it.
One thing I have found is that if I start it and let it warm up (CHT at 200 +) while standing beside it, I can shut it off, get all strapped in and then start it up again from the seat. This is a nice feature to not be trying to get into a running plane. I tried it cold, but could not get enough pull to get it to start. Better leverage standing up with my left hand on the leading edge.
More to come!
Stuart
From: owner-kolb-list-server(at)matronics.com (owner-kolb-list-server(at)matronics.com) [mailto:owner-kolb-list-server(at)matronics.com (owner-kolb-list-server(at)matronics.com)] On Behalf Of Herb
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2015 8:40 AM
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Way to go Stuart!! Frosty morn down here in Ky... Fred and I will always feel a part of your flying...
did you remove the electric start?
someone may had said...the engine will break in noticeably in the 40 hour range... Herb
ps anyone know anything about installing a VW on a Kolb??
On 04/05/2015 08:09 AM, Stuart Harner wrote:
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Hi everyone,
Managed to get out last evening and un-winterize the Firefly. It started on the first pull!
Made two fast taxi trips up to flying speed, then took off for real. There was a little wind shear turbulence at 2 to 4 hundred feet, but it was light. Made it around just fine, but got a little high. Used a little slip on final to take care of that and kept some throttle on all the way down. Rounded out the descent and planted it firmly on two wheels with no bounce.
So much fun I did it again. Same results.
Now it is time to get serious and fly, fly, fly.
Happy Easter!
S
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John Hauck
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Stuart:
This is a good point to remember if one is going to do engine off flight with an in air restart.
I learned the hard way. Brand new Firestar, 1987. Was thrilled because I could restart from the cockpit. Of course I didn't trying cranking a cold engine while seated.
About the second day of flight on the new bird. Climbed to 3,000 feet over a very large hay field. Shut down the engine, glided to 1,500 feet. Pulled the recoil starter. Fired off, easy. That was so much fun I climbed to 5,000 feet, shut down, and glided to 1,000 feet. After several attempts to restart I realized the engine had cooled quickly and it wasn't going to happen. Thank goodness I made a good decision to do my testing over a good forced landing area. Made my first forced landing in my new Firestar.
I liked to do engine off flight in my Ultrastar, but when the engine was shut down, or if I killed it horsing around, it was an automatic forced landing. On the ground I had to get out of the aircraft to restart. This meant dealing with 4 point harness and parachute bridal on my Jim Handbury hand deployed parachute. A royal pain in the butt.
Happy Easter, everyone!
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
One thing I have found is that if I start it and let it warm up (CHT at 200 +) while standing beside it, I can shut it off, get all strapped in and then start it up again from the seat. This is a nice feature to not be trying to get into a running plane. I tried it cold, but could not get enough pull to get it to start. Better leverage standing up with my left hand on the leading edge.
More to come!
Stuart
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rowedenny
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| Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:15 am Post subject: Confidence building flight |
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Got a Mark3 X-tra close to me that's almost ready to fire up.
Roger Sell is the builder owner and should be lighting the fires in the Great Planes / Valley Engineering redrive combo this Spring.👍
Dennis "Skid" RoweMk3, Rotax 670,
Leechburg, PA
On Apr 5, 2015, at 11:28 AM, John Hauck <jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com (jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com)> wrote:
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Rick:
How are we doing on VW powered Kolbs,
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