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slyck(at)frontiernet.net
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:19 am Post subject: for us non-oshkoshers

All,  yesterday was a fine fine day in western NY.  Thom Riddle flew  

over in his newly acquired  FS and joined

up with me and my ladyfriend for a 15 minute trip to a great fly in  

breakfast.  Very well attended.

Of interest was a huge biplane with a 330hp chev v8 and outboard  

motor redrive.  We left before I got to hear

it run.



Our Kolbs drew a lot of curiosity seekers.  My passenger weighs  

somewhere near 120 lbs  which brought us

to about 915 gross.  It flew well but until some horsepower-tweaking  

mods take place to the little suzuki ,

no heavier passengers will climb aboard.



first pic is Thom landing at my strip using the tassel guidance system.





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Michael Sharp

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 118
Location: Oak Grove, MO (Kansas City)

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:14 am Post subject: for us non-oshkoshers

Bob,

   

  What kind of tweeks are you going to do?  I'd be interested in hearing details.  I'm working on a 1.3L zuki and I know some of us would like to hear details of the tweeking of alternative engines... 

   

  Mike

  Mark III C 

  Oak Grove MO...

   

  Do not archive...



robert bean <slyck(at)frontiernet.net> wrote:

  [quote]--> Kolb-List message posted by: robert bean 



All, yesterday was a fine fine day in western NY. Thom Riddle flew 

over in his newly acquired FS and joined

up with me and my ladyfriend for a 15 minute trip to a great fly in 

breakfast. Very well attended.

Of interest was a huge biplane with a 330hp chev v8 and outboard 

motor redrive. We left before I got to hear

it [quote][b]

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Mike

slyck(at)frontiernet.net
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:42 am Post subject: for us non-oshkoshers

Mike/all,  pardon any delay in my posts as I now use the day old digest.



You will be entirely satisfied with the 1.3 suzuki, a good power  

match for a MkIII.

My 1.0 gives adequate performance in solo flight but starts to notice  

when the right seat is occupied.

The easy fix is a "no fat chicks" placard.



Going the suzuki route was a matter of curiosity for me, just to see  

if would work.

Also some satisfaction contriving the various systems.  The  

electrical was a total success.

Cooling took some trial and error. Fuel and carb was a LOT of work,  

cutting down and

adapting a carb,  a lot of tied down run time at various throttle  

settings using a meter

and O2 sensor.  I'm probably at 90% of optimum now but once getting  

it running

nice and reliable you can understand why a guy would give it a rest  

and just do some flying.



I have very short runners on the intake and as a result the  

vaporization was incomplete.

To compensate I made a water heated jacket to partially wrap the log  

section.

It works well providing I wait until the engine is fully warmed up.   

I usually finish my preflight

to use up the time.  I will try some minor mixture adjustments to see  

if it can be improved.



The last item will be an attempt to alter the cam timing.  Designed  

for a car, the engine has

peak torque at 3800 but peak hp at about 5500.  From what I have read  

a slight retardation

of the cam gear will shift the torque curve upward.  It means taking  

some stuff apart which means

down time, so that will wait for the return of winter.  I'll probably  

scrounge a used gear

to mutilate so I will still have a good one to fall back on.



This year was the new doors which I am delighted with and for a quick  

fix in the climb department

I took a little pitch out of the prop.



Good 'nuff for now.

BB

do not archive

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