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donaho1(at)verizon.net
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 Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:54 am Post subject: Winching a Kolb |
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Hey Gene, I don`t know if winching is a word, however, I was wondering
where you hook the winch cable to the airframe. I also trailer my FSII each
time I fly. I hooked up a winch several years ago. I hooked the cable to
the tail wheel strut and pulled the FSII up the ramps backwards. It worked,
but seemed to put A LOT of stress on the tail wheel strut. After that one
time using the winch I went back to pulling the airplane up using brute
strength. I`m sure the day will come where I will need to go back to using
the winch. Lanny N598LF
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Gene Ledbetter
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:25 am Post subject: Winching a Kolb |
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Lanny,
I pull my Firefly forward into the trailer.
I connect the winch cable snap into the middle of a tiedown with hook
ends looped over the landing gear legs. Works great!
Gene
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George Alexander
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Location: SW Florida
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:49 am Post subject: Re: Winching a Kolb |
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| donaho1(at)verizon.net wrote: |
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I hooked the cable to the tail wheel strut and pulled the FSII up the ramps backwards. It worked, but seemed to put A LOT of stress on the tail wheel strut. After that one time using the winch I went back to pulling the airplane up using brute strength. I`m sure the day will come where I will need to go back to using the winch. Lanny N598LF |
Lanny:
Chris Mallory, former FSII driver, used a bracket he had made. His set up is on my web site (link below) under "Trailering a Kolb". If you want to go direct to Chris' tail wheel bracket, go to:
http://home.comcast.net/~kolbplanes/CM_Winch_01.htm
Thumbnails below the opening picture show the details.
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donaho1(at)verizon.net
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:12 pm Post subject: Winching a Kolb |
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Gene and George thanks for the info. I will store that information in the
hard drive in my brain for future reference. Also, while the tail wheel
bracket is very nicely done, I still feel it will pull rather hard on the
strut. It`s not exactly the strut I`m worried about, it`s the tubing the
strut slides into that seems to take a lot of stress when using the winch.
Perhaps the structure is strong enough to take the stress of a thousand
winch assisted loadings. I just always try to treat my FSII as gently as I
can, on the ground and in the air. Lanny
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WhiskeyVictor36(at)aol.co
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| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 8:12 pm Post subject: Winching a Kolb |
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In a message dated 9/4/2009 5:12:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, donaho1(at)verizon.net writes:
| Quote: | while the tail wheel bracket is very nicely done, I still feel it will pull rather hard on the
strut. It`s not exactly the strut I`m worried about, it`s the tubing the strut slides into that seems to take a lot of stress when using the winch.
Lanny,
When running the break-in procedure for the Rotax engine, the FireStar builders manual instructed me to tie the tail to something solid, like a tree or an automobile, by threading the rope (or strap) around the tail post at the boom tube. Maybe that would be a point that you could attach your winch to.
Bill Varnes
Original Kolb FireStar
Audubon NJ
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