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Thom Riddle

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

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:26 am Post subject: new/old Kolber

Fellow Kolbers,



After attending Homer's fly-in I could not resist the temptation to get a Kolb, again. I bought the early Firestar from Erik Grabowski that he bought from Bryan Green who rebuilt it when he bought it from who-knows-who. I also bought the trailer/mobile hangar, which I will no longer need after delivering the FS to our hangar. So, I will have a Kolb hauling enclosed trailer for sale very soon. When I do, I'll post specs etc.



For those who have not seen it, a photo is attached.

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olendorf

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Location: Schenectady, NY USA

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:21 am Post subject: Re: new/old Kolber

Welcome back to the good side Thom.  That looks like a nice plane.  We should meet up somewhere in the middle of the state some time.

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Thom Riddle

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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:28 am Post subject: Re: new/old Kolber

Scott,



I first have to build an tail dolly for moving it around in the hangar behind the Allegro. I'll have to fold and unfold the wings at each flight so I'm planning on designing a dolly that will hold the wings such the the wing tips are above the flying wires on the tail so I won't have to fold the tail with each flight.



At any rate, once I get used to the FS again, I'll give you a holler. Maybe you and Bob Bean and Bob Erb  and other Kolbers and I can make a little Kolb reunion flight somewhere in the mid-upstate area.

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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:23 am Post subject: new/old Kolber

At 11:28 AM 7/11/2007, Thom Riddle wrote:

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Scott,



I first have to build an tail dolly for moving it around in the hangar 

behind the Allegro. I'll have to fold and unfold the wings at each flight 

so I'm planning on designing a dolly that will hold the wings such the the 

wing tips are above the flying wires on the tail so I won't have to fold 

the tail with each flight...


	


I LIKE that idea!  Gotta see if I can do something like that for my US, if 

I end up sharing a hangar instead of keeping it in the trailer.  'Course on 

the US I'd have to partially fold the wings, keeping them outboard of the 

stabilizer, but same idea.



                                 -Dana



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Thom Riddle

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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:01 am Post subject: Re: new/old Kolber

Dana,



The space available to me for the FS precludes leaving the wings low and wide to clear the horizontal stabilizer tips, so I have to tilt them up to keep them within the width of the stabilizer. It should be simple to do and I have a plan in my head. I hope to get it done within a couple days. If it works out well, I'll take some photos and post them.

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grabo172

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Location: Beaver, OH

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: new/old Kolber

After a bunch of fuss with the tail light on the trailer I saw my good old N197BG drive away with Thom...



Take good care of her!



Hope you love it as much as I did!  But Time for me to move up...  MKIII xtra would be a great find when I get ready for the next plane.



-Erik

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Thom Riddle

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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:39 am Post subject: tail dolly

I changed the subject to Tail Dolly



To preclude the need to fold/unfold the tail every flight, I built a simple dolly to hold the tail tube and the wings tilted up to clear the tail wires.



Attached are three photos.



Thom in Buffalo

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grabo172

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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:57 am Post subject: Re: new/old Kolber

Very Cool!  Now you can be flying in about 10 minutes...



 -Erik

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