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tc1917(at)bellsouth.net
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 Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:42 am Post subject: reviews |
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Just got my bi-annual review a couple of days ago. Wow, it was a lot better
than the original performance examination. This was relaxed and fun. I
went to Wetumpka, Al, Airport and utilized the services of Tommy Ussery. He
has a J-3. Being as I already have a tail dragger permit (took my exam in
one so it is instant), the J-3 fit the bill. This evaluation is supposed to
be informative and instructive at the same time. Tommy did a wonderful job.
Being as I am not used to his plane, he took the time to 'show' me exactly
what he wanted me to accomplish and I did it. No big surprises, no nerve
racking questions or tricks. The big ole J-3 does not perform as my Kolb
Sling Shot but nothing does!! I can see where for the most part, the J-3
would be a good trainer plane for a Kolb driver except a whole lot more
rudder is required (which is good training). It landed pretty much the same
(3-point stall). I am good for two more years now.
Gotta mention, we had a cross wind on asphault and not once did we
experience an un-gust! I have heard a lot of excuses in my time but this is
rediculous.
I am self taught all the way until Sport Pilot so I gotta tell you, the crow
hop is about the only way a person can learn his plane and get good enough
on the controls hopefully not to kill yourself. If you do taxi too fast you
do have the problem of backing off power (the kolb wants to fly at that
point) but if you push it over a little, you can control it fine. I think
personally, you need to just relax and let your hands do the walking and
shut off your brain. If you think too hard about what you are going to do,
you wont do it right. You need to relax and let your intuition do it for
you. your instincs will work if you let them. works that way for RC too.
Dont think about what you are about to do, just do it. I am amased though,
with some humans, walking is about as proficient as they are ever going to
get. "You can teach a Monkey to fly better than that" but you cannot get
them to pack a parachute. Sorry if I insulted anyone. Just keep practicing
until using the rudder is natural and you dont have to THINK about it. That
is the key. Ted Cowan, Alabama
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apilot(at)surewest.net
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: reviews |
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As I remember, there are 4 levels of learning. Rote, Insight, Perception and finally Reflex. I am an old, old flight instructor who learned in a tail dragger. One can learn with an instructor or one can learn without an instructor. A rusty old pilot in a new plane maybe just as prone to accident as a novice. I taxied my Kolb Mark III Classic for about 3 or more hours before I even lifted the tail at high speed. After all, over 1000 hours of labor and $18,000 dollars of investment, gets ones attention. How would one know how much taxi time is required before trying to crow hop? It is somewhere between Perception and Reflex. The more that one does not want to wreck his airplane, the more he will want to achieve accurate and quick reflexs. One other thing: If one gets confident enough to leave the airport, DO NOT just go up and fly around. Make a plan to fly somewhere and do it. Such as: 5 - 10 pattern flights in a row without touching wheels to the ground. In othe
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words, get comfortable with the approach before trying a landing.
Have an eventless flight. Vic
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slyck(at)frontiernet.net
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:18 am Post subject: reviews |
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I agree Vic. I don't go along with the advice some give about stalls
during the initial flight.
First get the feel of the aircraft during normal flight with shallow
easy turns. Check how
out of rig it is. The last thing I would want to do is an
unintentional spin in the plane I
had next to zero experience in. Stalls are highly over rated as a
familiarity exercise.
Go for that first one in ground effect.
BB
On 21, Jun 2008, at 10:32 PM, <apilot(at)surewest.net> wrote:
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As I remember, there are 4 levels of learning. Rote, Insight,
Perception and finally Reflex. I am an old, old flight instructor
who learned in a tail dragger. One can learn with an instructor or
one can learn without an instructor. A rusty old pilot in a new
plane maybe just as prone to accident as a novice. I taxied my
Kolb Mark III Classic for about 3 or more hours before I even
lifted the tail at high speed. After all, over 1000 hours of labor
and $18,000 dollars of investment, gets ones attention. How would
one know how much taxi time is required before trying to crow hop?
It is somewhere between Perception and Reflex. The more that one
does not want to wreck his airplane, the more he will want to
achieve accurate and quick reflexs. One other thing: If one gets
confident enough to leave the airport, DO NOT just go up and fly
around. Make a plan to fly somewhere and do it. Such as: 5 - 10
pattern flights in a row without touching wheels to the ground. In
othe
r!
words, get comfortable with the approach before trying a landing.
Have an eventless flight. Vic
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John Hauck
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:50 am Post subject: reviews |
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One other thing: If one gets confident enough to leave the airport, DO NOT just go up and fly around. Make a plan to fly somewhere and do it. Such as: 5 - 10 pattern flights in a row without touching wheels to the ground. In othe
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words, get comfortable with the approach before trying a landing.
Have an eventless flight. Vic
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Hi Vic:
Good advice.
One does not have to land the first approach, as long as the engine is running.
Keep shooting approaches until it feels right or better.
john h
mkIII
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John Hauck
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:19 am Post subject: reviews |
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I don't go along with the advice some give about stalls
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Bob B:
Homer Kolb, back during the dark ages of the early 1980's, always gave this instruction in the "How to fly your Kolb" section of the builders manual, "Climb to at least 1,000 feet above the ground, check the stall speed."
I still agree with Homer's instructions from so long ago. How else will I know what the stall speed is if I do not check it? In a Kolb, it is a no brainer. From straight and level flight there is little or no chance of spinning a Kolb during a stall. Once the stall is out of the way, then I am equipped to add my margin and work on getting the Kolb back on the ground.
I always check the stall speed on any new Kolb I fly, and when flying passengers of differing weight, I check stall with those passengers, especially the big'uns.
There are a lot of differences in ASI's. No matter how accurate or inaccurate, it will always stall at the same indicated airspeed, unless the instrument is inop or one is getting into accelerated stalls. However, in a first flight in a Kolb, one would be hard pressed to get into an accelerated stall solo. I used to fail, most of the time, demonstrating the MKIII in an accelerated stall. Unless I was really loaded up, the old MKIII would not get into an accelerated stall. When it did, it was an immediate recovery to relax the stick pressure momentarily.
At Sun and Fun and Oskosh demonstrations are conducted less than 500 feet AGL. This is plenty altitude for an experienced Kolb pilot to demonstrate the aircraft.
john h
mkIII
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