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Dana

Joined: 13 Dec 2007
Posts: 1047
Location: Connecticut, USA

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject: Kolb Laser?

Looking in some old Experimenter magazines a friend gave me, I see some 

pictures of "Homer Kolb and his latest design, the Laser", a nice looking 

low wing plane.  I'd never heard of this aircraft before; whatever happened 

to it?



1990 was a very good year for Kolb, with an Ultrastar as the Grand Champion 

Light Plane, a Firestar as the Grand Champion Ultralight (!), and another 

Ultrastar (built by a guy I knew in college, small world!) as Reserve Grand 

Champion Ultralight.  Interesting how many Firestars were passed off as 

"ultralight" back then...



-Dana

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The BaronVonEvil

Joined: 23 Jun 2006
Posts: 76
Location: Walla Walla, WA.

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: Kolb Laser?

Hi Dana,



I don't know the reason for Kolb's change of heart about the lasers but I do recall seeing them for sale on ebay a few years ago. I believe there were three aircraft involved in that sale ( no engine or instruments). 



Somebody has them but I haven't seen them in the press or in the sale section of any common web sites.



You might give Travis a call at Kolb to see if he knows of its history.



Carlos G

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Dana

Joined: 13 Dec 2007
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Location: Connecticut, USA

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:35 pm Post subject: Kolb Laser?

At 09:12 PM 2/12/2008, The BaronVonEvil wrote:



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		  I don't know the reason for Kolb's change of heart about the lasers but I 

do recall seeing them for sale on ebay a few years ago. I believe there 

were three aircraft involved in that sale ( no engine or instruments).



Somebody has them but I haven't seen them in the press or in the sale 

section of any common web sites.



You might give Travis a call at Kolb to see if he knows of its history.


	


No big deal, just curiosity... looked like a neat airplane but not one I'd 

be excessively interested in, my interests lie elsewhere.



-Dana



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John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject: Kolb Laser?

I believe there were three aircraft involved in that sale ( no engine or 

instruments).

 >

 	  Quote: 	
		   Carlos G


	




Carlos:



To the best of my knowledge, I remember two Lasers.  The initial prototype 

was flown at OSH and LAL.



June 1993, I flew up to Homer Kolb's.  Spent three weeks painting the second 

Laser.  We hung it in Homer's hanger.  It never flew.  That Laser went to 

London, KY, when TNK bought Kolb.  It ended up getting cut up in an 

attempted redesign.



Not sure, but think somebody bought what was left of both of them.



john h

mkIII

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Dana

Joined: 13 Dec 2007
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Location: Connecticut, USA

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject: Kolb Laser?

At 09:32 PM 2/12/2008, John Hauck wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		  To the best of my knowledge, I remember two Lasers.  The initial prototype 

was flown at OSH and LAL.



June 1993, I flew up to Homer Kolb's.  Spent three weeks painting the 

second Laser.  We hung it in Homer's hanger.  It never flew.  That Laser 

went to London, KY, when TNK bought Kolb.  It ended up getting cut up in 

an attempted redesign.



Not sure, but think somebody bought what was left of both of them.


	


So what happened?  Was TNK simply not interested in developing or marketing 

the design?



-Dana



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John Hauck

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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject: Kolb Laser?

> So what happened?  Was TNK simply not interested in developing or 

marketing

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		   the design?



 -Dana


	




Dana:



I don't know why TNK did not develope the Laser.



john h

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Dennis.Kirby(at)kirtland.
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:51 am Post subject: Kolb Laser?

<< So what happened?  Was TNK simply not interested in developing or 

Marketing the design? -Dana ... I don't know why TNK did not develop the

Laser. john h >>



New Kolb has set up a website that talks about "resurrecting" the Laser

design.  There, they say that the original Laser was not continued

because of the overly-complex nature of the steel tube fuselage

structure.  Too labor-intensive to be cost effective.



Dennis Kirby

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slyck(at)frontiernet.net
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:22 am Post subject: Kolb Laser?

-An idea for a fun project:  obtain a MkII that "needs a little work"

and convert it to a biplane.  A compression piece would have to be  

welded between the

lower aft attach points,  an interplane strut made, root rib and  

fuselage intersection

wedge piece.

Whatta head turner!

BB

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On 13, Feb 2008, at 11:48 AM, Kirby Dennis Contr MDA/AL wrote:



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 <Dennis.Kirby(at)kirtland.af.mil>





 << So what happened?  Was TNK simply not interested in developing or

 Marketing the design? -Dana ... I don't know why TNK did not  

 develop the

 Laser. john h >>



 New Kolb has set up a website that talks about "resurrecting" the  

 Laser

 design.  There, they say that the original Laser was not continued

 because of the overly-complex nature of the steel tube fuselage

 structure.  Too labor-intensive to be cost effective.



 Dennis Kirby

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