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cspoke
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I just talked to Travis at Kolb and he mentioned that he had posted a slide show of my Mark 111 Xtra with a VW on YouTube. Here is the link if interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DEoXimc3vA. I am having a great time flying it and now that the weather here in lower Alabama is finally cooling off, I will be able to put more time on it and get the 40 hours flown off finally. I am still making fine tuning adjustments but so far the cruise seems to be 75-80 mph. I do not have a VSI but the climb is more than adequate. I will post more information as I get more comfortable and explore the flight envelope more.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:44 pm Post subject: Kolb VW |
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Craig, What is the empty weight of your X?
Rick Girard
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:30 PM, cspoke <cspoke(at)gulftel.com (cspoke(at)gulftel.com)> wrote:
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I just talked to Travis at Kolb and he mentioned that he had posted a slide show of my Mark 111 Xtra with a VW on YouTube. Here is the link if interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DEoXimc3vA. I am having a great time flying it and now that the weather here in lower Alabama is finally cooling off, I will be able to put more time on it and get the 40 hours flown off finally. I am still making fine tuning adjustments but so far the cruise seems to be 75-80 mph. I do not have a VSI but the climb is more than adequate. I will post more information as I get more comfortable and explore the flight envelope more.
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Mark 111 Xtra
VW Redrive
Lillian, AL
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| Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:25 am Post subject: Kolb VW |
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Craig/All
Sounds great. Keep the reports coming.
Rick Lewis has been quiet for a long time is he still building?
Haven't heard from Bob Green in a while.
Any one else out there building VW powered Kolbs? I know there is at least one on the fence.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
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[quote]Craig, What is the empty weight of your X?
Rick Girard
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cspoke
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| Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:22 am Post subject: Re: Kolb VW |
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Rick,
My Xtra is heavy. 691 lbs empty. All the extra "doo dads" and creature comforts really add up.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:23 am Post subject: Kolb VW |
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Craig
You need to put that bird on a diet. My plane is 598 lbs empty but wet (oil and unusable fuel). That is with a full enclosure with storage pockets and coat of silver UV paint. I was real careful with weight. No more than three threads showing anywhere. That big 1-1.25 redrive bolt had 20 extra threads showing, not any more. If any part looked heaver than necessary it got lighting holes drilled in it. For example the diehel(sp) accessory case was designed as part of the difocal mount. That meant it is heaver than it needed to be the way we use it. It has maybe 30 half inch holes drilled in it in addition to the two mounting ears cut off. One of those holes is real handy to stick a screw driver into as a fly wheel lock. I also don't have a heavy magneto. My battery is a fairly light lawn mower 12 AH battery from Walmart.
Not my idea, but a fraction of an ounce multiplied a thousand times in the build process adds up to be real weight. If it doesn't serve a purpose leave it off or cut it off. I wasn't even close on things because I didn't want to make anything weak. I'm sure I could get another 30-50 lbs off and not effect strength.
Enjoy it the way it is but when you start putting a passenger in it, it will be over gross limit real quick.
Rick Neilsen
1st Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
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My Xtra is heavy. 691 lbs empty. All the extra "doo dads" and creature comforts really add up.
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Mark 111 Xtra
VW Redrive
Lillian, AL
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| Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:06 pm Post subject: Re: Kolb VW |
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....Oh good....I don't feel so bad now...mine weighed in at 596#,so I guess I'm in the ball park...lol.....what do those VW weigh??? My jabiru is 135 #...
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cspoke
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| Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: Kolb VW |
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My VW with all accessories (oil cooler, redrive, etc.) weighs 181 lbs dry. Rich N has done an amazing job keeping the weight down on his plane. This winter I will see what I can do to reduce my planes "pork". I was suprised when I weighed mine. The pounds can add up fast.
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