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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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 Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:13 am Post subject: Hello from a brand new Kolber.../Working With Lexan |
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Morning Gang:
Lexan is very similar to steel and aluminum when it comes to cracks
that are encouraged by not deburring holes and edges. A sharp edge
will be much more prone to crack that a nice smoothe edge.
As far as using "special" drill bits to drill Lexan, I don't. Like I
said last night, I have had very good results with my airplanes using
HS drill bits and deburring the holes. Some say us an oversize bit
for rivet holes to prevent cracking. I don't do that either, but I am
sure it will work.
For the ppc, ppg, pg, etc., Kolb pilots, today will be an excellent
day for exciting flight at hauck's holler, alabama. Wind advisory
calls for 15-25 this afternoon, and it still a few days before
March..........
john h
mkIII
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:29 am Post subject: Re: Hello from a brand new Kolber.../Working With Lexan |
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Hey John,
I was flying back from a "fly-in" last year...
Surface winds were 25 mph....we were getting gusts over 30....
It was nice to get my little Firestar back on the ground that day...
Gotta Fly...
Mike & "Jaz" in MN ( Jaz was flying that day too )
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Drilling lexan...I use a 1/8 inch bit as a pilot...then oversize it, next size.
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:53 am Post subject: Hello from a brand new Kolber.../Working With Lexan |
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| Surface winds were 25 mph....we were getting gusts over 30....
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| It was nice to get my little Firestar back on the ground that day...
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| Gotta Fly...
| Mike & "Jaz" in MN ( Jaz was flying that day too )
Mike:
Every Kolber should experience flying in those conditions, at least
once.
The best feeling in the world is getting back on the ground
successfully. Then..............you have to figure out how to get out
of the aircraft and get it tied down before you get blown away.
The Kolb will fly in those conditions, although it is very
uncomfortable for the new guy and the experienced. I find it best to
let the Kolb fly and not try to over power the wind. Most difficult
part of getting back on the ground is timing the gusts, up and down
drafts, at touch down.
I landed at Canyon City, Colorado, a couple years ago. Wind was
blowing across the runway at 38 mph. Was difficult making an orbit
around the airport to make plans for how I was going to attack this
problem. Landing any other direction, other than directly into the
wind, was completely out of the question. I did a near zero ground
roll landing between the runway and the taxiway to a tiny gravel
patch. Luckily, John W had already landed there about 4 hours earlier
when the wind was a mere breeze at 21 mph.  He ran out and helped
me taxi the aircraft to the pump. We were going to refuel to be ready
to take off in the morning, but whenI got out the mkIII levitated with
three of us trying to hold her down. hehehe Scared crap out of me.
We tied down and got gas the next day.
The little Kolb aircraft are very capable, limited primarily by the
pilot. The more flight time, the more experimenting with what the
Kolb will do, the better the pilot. It is nice to feel comfortable
with the stuff hits the fan. When I start flying again, after a 6
month lay off, I will be uncomfortable with turbulence until I get
used to it again. On a cross country flight, a long one, it takes
about a day to get comfortable. After that, most of the really rough
stuff is routine.
john h
mkIII
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