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petebarry99

Joined: 24 Oct 2008
Posts: 1
Location: oregon

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject: How do I learn to fly Ultrastar? Help please.

I have a nice Ultrastar and no motorized flying experience (years of paragliding).   My Kolb is mid 80's, good condition, Cayuna, no flaperons, etc., no nose cone, rigid gear.



What 2 place aircraft would be best to learn in, and does anybody know an instructor/aircraft combo in the Northwest or in the West?  (I am in NE Oregon and willing to travel.)



Any peculiar flying/ground handling aspects to the Ultrastar---good or bad?  How are they at take off and landing?



Any problems to look for?  Any upgrades important?  Do fairings on struts make a diffference, or  kinds of tires make much of a handling difference?

 

Also looking for a BSR, etc chute for it.  Thanks!!  Peter

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Dana

Joined: 13 Dec 2007
Posts: 1047
Location: Connecticut, USA

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:12 am Post subject: How do I learn to fly Ultrastar? Help please.

At 02:25 AM 10/25/2008, petebarry99 wrote:



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		  I have a nice Ultrastar and no motorized flying experience (years of 

paragliding).   My Kolb is mid 80's, good condition, Cayuna, no flaperons, 

etc., no nose cone, rigid gear.



What 2 place aircraft would be best to learn in, and does anybody know an 

instructor/aircraft combo in the Northwest or in the West?  (I am in NE 

Oregon and willing to travel.)


	


Well, another Kolb is best, of course, but you'll have a tough time finding 

anybody instructing in one.  Second best is any other ultralight (er, 

"ultralight like" LSA), e.g. a 2 seat Challenger, Hawk, or 

Quicksilver.  Third best is any light GA airplane (preferably a Cub, 

T-Craft, or the like), but if you take this option even one or two rides 

with somebody in an ultralight like LSA is HIGHLY advisable to get a sense 

of the differences.  If you do your flight training in a nosewheel airplane 

then at least an hour or two of tailwheel time is a good idea.



I came to my UltraStar from PPG... but some 15 years earlier I had plenty 

of GA time, most of it in a T-Craft.  A friend checked me out informally in 

a 2-seat Quicksilver for a couple of flights, I flew it maybe 10 hours 

solo, then had no problems in the UltraStar.



 	  Quote: 	
		  Any peculiar flying/ground handling aspects to the Ultrastar---good or 

bad?  How are they at take off and landing?


	


The US is a great flying airplane.  It's light like the ultralight it is, 

but handles like a "real" airplane... a Quicksilver is a pig compared to 

any Kolb.



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		  Any problems to look for?  Any upgrades important?  Do fairings on struts 

make a diffference, or  kinds of tires make much of a handling difference?


	


There is a wing drag strut reinforcement that was added later and is a good 

idea.

The list archives have lots of good information; here are three in 

particular I bookmarked:



http://tinyurl.com/5u6r9w



http://tinyurl.com/5lmwja



http://tinyurl.com/5krl9m



There is also a Yahoo group devoted to the UltraStar; it's not as active as 

this group but the group files section contains the UltraStar drawings, 

manual, and the Cuyuna owner's and service manuals:



http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KolbUltrastar/



-Dana





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sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. -- Galileo 

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