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John H Murphy
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Location: Henderson, NV
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 Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject: Transition aircraft -> to Kolb Firestar |
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This forum has been a wealth of information about the Kolb. I've been going through most of the old posts. Thanks to all that have contributed. My question: I have a Firestar that I yet to fly. Any recommendations as to a aircraft to get some transition time in prior to flying my Kolb? Ideally it would be a Kolb two seater w. dual controls. I live near Las Vegas, NV/Boulder City, NV, Henderson, NV. The chances of finding someone with a Kolb that would mind giving me some air time seems remote. I guess my question is what aircraft comes close to the characteristics of the Kolb that is commonly found in the aviation community?
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planecrazzzy
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| Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:00 am Post subject: Re: Transition aircraft -> to Kolb Firestar |
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Hi John,
To satisfy the FAA , I got my Tailwheel endorsement...
To Satisfy the insurance co , I needed 5 hrs in a "LIKE" aircraft....
A guy had a two place "T-Bird" , I used that....it seemed to help...
Mostly for my landings in my new Kolb Firestar....The style was a little
different than what I was used to....Not hard , just different
I would think a Challenger would be good for transistion too...
Plenty of them around... Check yer local EAA Chapters
Gotta Fly...
Mike in MN
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John H Murphy
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Location: Henderson, NV
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| Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: Transition aircraft -> to Kolb Firestar |
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I've had several people e-mail with the suggestion of doing high speed taxi runs on a long runway. The idea is to get up off the deck a couple of feet and bring her down. After enough practice of these enough high speed runs..take off. Any comments on this?
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planecrazzzy
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| Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:02 am Post subject: Re: Transition aircraft -> to Kolb Firestar |
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Yeah , I've got "MY" opinion.....That DOESN'T sound good to me....
Lemme splain....
Before I "Took off" , I did some fast taxi and flew the tail.....
That's OK....But as I did a faster taxi and the plane got "light"
That wasn't a good place to be....either on the ground or in the air ....
and Two Feet ? I shot for 10....give yourself a little room.....Even with
10 your still in "ground effect" so if you climb out ....Make sure your
airspeed is good....
You could get into trouble playing around with it too close to the ground
" MY Opinion "
I have a story about my first flight ( and second ) I'll try to find them
for you.....it might be in this forum ....?
http://www.geocities.com/planecrazzzy/FirstFlight.html
http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1901
Gotta Fly...
Mike in MN
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