John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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 Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 12:28 pm Post subject: Original Firestar History |
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Here are a few photos of the rebuild of my original FS which
was done the winter of 87 and 88.
A few of the updates were:
1-An aluminum 18 gal fuel tank.
2-A provision for moving the instrument panel from the nose
cone rearward to make it comfortably reachable.
3-4130 streamline lift struts. This increased cruise speed.
4-Faired around tail boom and bottom of fuselage. This
increased cruise speed.
5-Mounted 6" Lexan fairing on top edge of windshield. This
increased cruise speed by moving air up and over the leading
edge of the gap seal. Also allowed me to fly with baseball
cap and glasses, rather than a David Clark cloth helmet and
goggles.
There were more mods that winter, but time has taken its
toll on my memory.
My FS had brought home the 1988 Sun and Fun Grand Champion
Ultralight trophy prior to the rebuild. Oshkosh 1989 we
brought home a Gold Lindy for Oshkosh Grand Champion
Ultralight. I am still very proud of the aircraft, which
like all the rest of my Kolbs, was never trailered, but
always flown to its destination. I built them to fly, not
trailer.
john h
mkIII
Rock House, OR
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