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Bob Dresden
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Oak Creek, Colorado
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 Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:49 pm Post subject: the Kolberee begins |
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Kolbers and all, I finally got the Kolb in the shop! Changes are in store for her. New cage and an HKS motor. Already took a hacksaw to the cage, hack is a good name for that saw. Traumatic experience. Cutting up my baby. First up was the motor mount upgrade. Thanks Frank for the heads up. Next up were the Rudder pedals, moved them back 4", added a battery mount in front for a 12 1/2 Lb battery. WWAAAA Balance rules. However, I pulled out 17 Lb of steel plate. And so it is. The Biggest challenge I see next is rigging old wings to a new cage. I know there are flyers that have faced this task. Any Hints / Suggestions ? I'm going to put a pointy thing on the back of the cage, are there any HKS's w/4" extension out there that could give me a number? Cage to prop. I'm making strut fairings, steel legs, moving gas to the rear seat, and locking storage. Huge electrical system, battery and start and whatnot. Looks like a happy new year coming up! Busy anyway.
Live long and prosper!! Bob Dresden Colorado Rockies
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Dennis Thate
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| Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:02 am Post subject: Re: the Kolberee begins |
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Experi-Mental
Bob , ...All in good humor !
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Richard Pike
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 1671
Location: Blountville, Tennessee
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| Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: the Kolberee begins |
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'm going to put a pointy thing on the back of the cage, are there any HKS's w/4" extension out there that could give me a number? Cage to prop.
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Whatever you put on the back of the cage, think in terms of the prop making it flex a lot. As in - a lot. Extra finishing tape, tie it to something solid, etc. or the prop pulses will cause paint cracks.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:13 pm Post subject: the Kolberee begins |
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Whatever you put on the back of the cage, think in terms of the prop making
it flex a lot. As in - a lot. Extra finishing tape, tie it to something
solid, etc. or the prop pulses will cause paint cracks.
Richard Pike
Richard P/Gang:
I had a fabric faring on the rear of my mkIII fuselage for the first 100
hours. Then it disentegrated. Replaced it with a .025" aluminum faring and
it is still trucking after 3,000 hours.
Had a fabric faring on the FS and never had a problem. Lots of difference
between the drumming from a 447 and a 582.
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
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jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne
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| Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:49 pm Post subject: the Kolberee begins |
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Whatever you put on the back of the cage, think in terms of the prop making
it flex a lot. As in - a lot. Extra finishing tape, tie it to something
solid, etc. or the prop pulses will cause paint cracks.
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If you use light foam to fabricate the desired shape, you can cover it with
almost anything and it will take the propeller battering. This can be seen
at:
http://jackbhart.com/firefly/firefly93.html
It flew 186 air hours and I took it off after mounting the MZ 34.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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