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  Topic: Kolb list
west1m

Replies: 14
Views: 3513

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:16 am   Subject: Kolb list
Yeah, You can take my name off the list now as I no longer have the Kolb or fly at all.
Marlon West
west1m@hotmail.com



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  Topic: Early Days
west1m

Replies: 8
Views: 7047

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 11:19 am   Subject: Re: Early Days
Of course you have to introduce your kid to flyin'
note the two coils duct taped to the main tube. No mag. just a 6V lantern battery under the seat and an alligator clipped wire hanging on the batt f ...
  Topic: Early Days
west1m

Replies: 8
Views: 7047

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 11:39 pm   Subject: Re: Early Days
While not the pilot you guys are I have been doing this off and on for quite a while. My flying started at around 6:30 AM in a bar after graveyard shift back in the mid 80s. My friend and i were sitti ...
  Topic: My Firestar 2 Build
west1m

Replies: 65
Views: 54009

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:30 pm   Subject: Re: My Firestar 2 Build
Interesting talk about muffler brackets. This is what happened to me yesterday on a short flight to Amery airport. I was already in my seat when the the guy I was chatting with asked what was wrong wi ...
  Topic: flight to Rome,Or
west1m

Replies: 2
Views: 3391

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 6:10 pm   Subject: Re: flight to Rome,Or
Great flight looks like it was a bit bumpy here and there.
The rocky cliffs look great, much different than farm fields.
  Topic: Need parts list/plan prints for Firestar
west1m

Replies: 9
Views: 8401

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 2:29 pm   Subject: Re: Need parts list/plan prints for Firestar
I made a copy of the 1989 Firefly manual today. I had trouble getting the link to work, I try to make it work better when I can but if you feel like trying here is a link.
Sorry Kolb sent me a note n ...
  Topic: Need parts list/plan prints for Firestar
west1m

Replies: 9
Views: 8401

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:26 am   Subject: Re: Need parts list/plan prints for Firestar
I have seen a link to one of the books here on this site but I am not sure which model it was.
It would be a project to get my Firestar book all together and posted I may have to do that...
  Topic: Need parts list/plan prints for Firestar
west1m

Replies: 9
Views: 8401

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:41 am   Subject: Re: Need parts list/plan prints for Firestar
I have a wrecked one with a blue print book and misc parts. Looking for anything in particular?
  Topic: Antenna Questions
west1m

Replies: 2
Views: 3300

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:20 pm   Subject: Antenna Questions
I use a hand held using a Ram Mount with the antenna sticking through the wind shield with a rubber grommet in the windshield. It has worked real well except the wind noise. I have started using a lea ...
  Topic: nav lights
west1m

Replies: 3
Views: 4528

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 5:07 pm   Subject: Re: nav lights
IFR - I fly Roads?
  Topic: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!
west1m

Replies: 6
Views: 5635

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:08 am   Subject: Re: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!
Merry Christmas to everyone!
Have a wonderful new year.
  Topic: My Firestar 2 Build/choke tab../enclosure
west1m

Replies: 10
Views: 9226

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 9:23 pm   Subject: Re: My Firestar 2 Build/choke tab../enclosure
Your enclosure without the surround tubing looks great. Just before I went to the full enclosure I made a taller windshield , about 6 inches taller. The top wanted to buckle down when up to speed , I ...
  Topic: My Firestar 2 Build/choke tab../enclosure
west1m

Replies: 10
Views: 9226

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 1:36 pm   Subject: Re: My Firestar 2 Build/choke tab../enclosure
Full Enclosure, I went the ridiculous route and ordered one from Kolb.
Not a stitch of information on how to install, One of the hoops was too long but I did not figure that out until I had the rivet ...
  Topic: Firefly / Firestar windshield
west1m

Replies: 32
Views: 27610

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 12:37 pm   Subject: Re: Firefly / Firestar windshield
Looks good, thanks for the pictures and info.
  Topic: Firefly / Firestar windshield
west1m

Replies: 32
Views: 27610

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:02 am   Subject: Re: Firefly / Firestar windshield
I am installing the "Kolb Full Canopy" right now and I plan on using your latch mechanism . In the latch picture of the rear, How is the back half of the latch and aluminum piece attached to ...
  Topic: New Video
west1m

Replies: 4
Views: 4694

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 10:37 am   Subject: Re: New Video
Larry, thanks for the insite. I just finished making a piece for behind the seat while waiting to hear from Kolb. I will have to try it out with just the windshield first before I mount the back and s ...
  Topic: New Video
west1m

Replies: 4
Views: 4694

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 5:54 pm   Subject: Re: New Video
Great fall flight. thanks!
As above, the flying is done here in Minnesota as well. I just ordered a full enclosure set for my Firefly from Kolb. Maybe that will let me get out a bit earlier next year ...
  Topic: My Firestar 2 Build
west1m

Replies: 65
Views: 54009

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 2:04 pm   Subject: Re: My Firestar 2 Build
I believe Helen Melborn told me the number stamped on the rear edge of the motoe mount tube is the steel cage we;dment number, which is not sautomatically the same as the aircraft serial number???

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  Topic: Pancakes
west1m

Replies: 3
Views: 4736

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 4:46 am   Subject: Re: Pancakes
Here is another interesting picture I took on this flight. These two planes flew right over us twice (they must have made a u turn right after they flew over us) , maybe 500 to 1000 feet above us. I d ...
  Topic: Pancakes
west1m

Replies: 3
Views: 4736

PostForum: Kolb-List   Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 8:08 pm   Subject: Re: Pancakes
That picture doesn't show any but we flew over some real colorful areas.
Still a way to go in this area but already well on the way to Fall Colors.
 
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