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albertakolbmk3
Joined: 13 Jun 2009 Posts: 69 Location: Innisfail, AB
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:05 am Post subject: Yamaha 4 stroke on Kolb |
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Has the fellow that was doing the yamaha 4 stroke in his Kolb MKIII made any progress? I'm very curious as to how he made out? I see some guys are starting to use them in Gyro's.
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Rotax 582
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Jason Omelchuck
Joined: 07 May 2009 Posts: 120 Location: Portland Oregon
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:31 am Post subject: Re: Yamaha 4 stroke on Kolb |
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Hello Tony,
I am the fellow with the Yamaha on my MKIII. Last summer I put about 40 hours on it and am happy with the way it ran. Right now my airplane is in the shop getting its new steel landing gear (upgrade not accident). I should get the legs back from the heat treater on Friday. Last summer I was just feeling the engine out and never ventured further than 100 miles from home. This summer I hope to expand my horizons and actually get some regional traveling done. Gyroplanes is where this engine conversion started. I think my engine and another 2 place Dominator were the first to get conversions from a guy in Colorado who manufactured the first one. The Dominator now has about 60 hours. The guy in Colorado is now in full production of this conversion and I believe that there will be 5 or so more gyroplanes flying this summer with Yamahas. I will keep you all updated on the results of my 2nd season of flying the Yamaha.
Jason
MKIII Yamaha powered
Portland, OR
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 4639 Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:48 am Post subject: Yamaha 4 stroke on Kolb |
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The guy in Colorado is now in full production of this conversion and I
believe that there will be 5 or so more gyroplanes flying this summer with
Yamahas. I will keep you all updated on the results of my 2nd season of
flying the Yamaha.
Jason
MKIII Yamaha powered
Jason O/Gang:
Does this guy have a web page?
john hauck
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
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Eugene Zimmerman
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 392
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:59 am Post subject: Re: Yamaha 4 stroke on Kolb |
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Jason,
I have also fabricated steel landing gear legs, but I am having no luck finding a place in my area to have them heat treated. Each place I checked with locally said 36 inches is longer than they can do.
Does anyone know a good place where I can have 36" gear legs heat treated?
Thanks,
Gene Z
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 4639 Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:13 am Post subject: Yamaha 4 stroke on Kolb |
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Does anyone know a good place where I can have 36" gear legs heat treated?
Thanks,
Gene Z
Gene Z/Gang:
Do google search for "metal heat treating".
May have to UPS the legs to the plant. That is what I have done in the
past.
My normal plant was an hour up the road, but they shut down. Haven't needed
any heat treating for a good while now, knock on wood.
john hauck
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
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Jason Omelchuck
Joined: 07 May 2009 Posts: 120 Location: Portland Oregon
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:22 am Post subject: Re: Yamaha 4 stroke on Kolb |
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No, he does not have a website, below is his information and a link to the topic on the rotary wing forum. He is doing this out of passion, not business. We will see how long he can sustain it.
Regards
Jason
http://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16100&highlight=yamaha
The contact info for information and plans for the gearbox adapter:
e-mail: razorkisss(at)aol.com
Phone:(719) 499-2378
His name is Todd
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:52 pm Post subject: Yamaha 4 stroke on Kolb |
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Have you got any pics of this creacher? that you can share with us
Ellery Batchelder Jr.
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Jason Omelchuck
Joined: 07 May 2009 Posts: 120 Location: Portland Oregon
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:57 pm Post subject: Re: Yamaha 4 stroke on Kolb |
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I had a video up on U-tube but I took it down because I had changed some things. When I pull it out of the hanger in a couple of weeks, I take another one and post it.
Jason
MKIII Yamaha powered
Portland, OR
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 4639 Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:47 pm Post subject: Yamaha 4 stroke on Kolb |
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No, he does not have a website, below is his information and a link to the
topic on the rotary wing forum. He is doing this out of passion, not
business. We will see how long he can sustain it.
Regards
Jason
Jason O/Gang:
Is this the same/similar engine they are running in the Legend Race Cars?
Good looking engine. Yamaha makes good stuff.
Hard to beat reliability of Japanese dirt bike four strokes, but be tough to
get one to turn a prop without a super effiective torsional vibration
dampening system.
john hauck
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 4639 Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:54 pm Post subject: Yamaha 4 stroke on Kolb |
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Hard to beat reliability of Japanese dirt bike four strokes, but be tough
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get one to turn a prop without a super effiective torsional vibration
dampening system.
john hauck
Again, I was referring to what I ride and not what Jason is using to power
his mkIII.
I have a 400 cc Suzuki single cylinder 4 valve. Rev limiter is set at the
factory at 10,500 rpm. That's a bunch of rpm for a thumper that pulls like
a tractor at low rpms. It is a 2002 year model, very low maintenance and
super reliability.
john hauck
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
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