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John Hauck
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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 Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:40 am Post subject: Comparing Kolbs and Non-Rigid Wings |
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| but a Kolb can't take off and land in 10', either.
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Dana:
I don't pay that much attention to them at Lakeland or OSH, but I have
yet to see one land in 10 feet. Maybe I wasn't paying close enough
attention. Sometimes they bust their ass taking off and attempting to
land. That gets lots of laughs from the rail birds on the fence.
If I ever get to the point I want to fly one of them, I will transfer
over to a PPG email forum. For now, I will remain on the Kolb List,
fly and enjoy my Kolbs, as I have for the last 23 years. Really do
not see a new aircraft of any type in my future.
I have no desire to fly 25 mph maxed out or land in a 10 ft strip.
Had plenty experience doing that in the Army. Main difference between
a PPG and an AH-1G is about 200 mph and a hell of a lot larger
ordnance load. 
Many situations I find myself I would be flying backwards. That
wouldn't work well.
And again, I like my engine mounted to my airframe and not my back.
john h
mkIII
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:59 pm Post subject: Comparing Kolbs and Non-Rigid Wings |
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At 03:39 PM 3/31/2007, John Hauck wrote:
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I don't pay that much attention to them at Lakeland or OSH, but I have
yet to see one land in 10 feet. Maybe I wasn't paying close enough
attention. Sometimes they bust their ass taking off and attempting to
land. That gets lots of laughs from the rail birds on the fence.
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Actually 10 feet would be a LONG landing... one or two steps is
typical. Takeoff can be anywhere from one or two steps (with some breeze)
to maybe a 100' run with no wind ahd high density altitude, depending on
the pilot's technique.
| Quote: | If I ever get to the point I want to fly one of them, I will transfer
over to a PPG email forum. For now, I will remain on the Kolb List,
fly and enjoy my Kolbs, as I have for the last 23 years. Really do
not see a new aircraft of any type in my future.
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That's cool, to each his own. I'm here to talk about Kolbs too, not
PPG. As you say there are forums for that, too. I only mentioned PPG for
sake of comparison.
-Dana
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JetPilot
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: Comparing Kolbs and Non-Rigid Wings |
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Taking off and landing in 10 feet is cool, but not at the expense of totally giving up cross country flying. Every PPG event or club I ever see, the guys are lucky to ever get out of the pattern, and even then, they dont stray far. PPG's seem downright boring to me. Not to mention the wind problem with those things, they are just to limited in performance for me to ever consider.
Mike
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