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Bill Vincent
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 Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject: VIDEO FIRESTAR II |
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Hi Gang,
First, I'd like to thank Matt Dralle for all his help.
Someone had approached me and said they were thinking about buying a Kolb but decided against it because it was a taildragger.
So, I am sending this one minute video of me flying my Firestar II to show how responsive and stable this plane is and that it being a taildragger is not really an issue. Unlike other taildraggers I have flown, I never had a ground loop with my Firestar II, I can easily keep it up on one wheel up to 1800 feet on my grass runway. Keeping the right wheel down is much easier because of the "P" factor, occasionally my wing tips touch the grass. Because it is a taildragger, it is more user friendly for snow skis and it has the added bonus of having a tail wheel for a brake.
I was only able to produce sound towards the end of the video.
I had a hard time changing it from an analog signal to a digital signal.
Again, anyone not thinking about purchasing a Kolb aircraft because it is a taildragger should reconsider...it is an extremely responsive and fun aircraft to handle on the ground and in the air.
Bill Vincent
Firestar II
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: VIDEO FIRESTAR II |
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Bill V: Very impressive flying! Love my Kolbs.
Back copy me reference changing over from a dvd to a file I can send to the List. I have some footage of the MKIII landing at Skelton Airstrip, Eureka Lodge, AK, 19 July 2004, when I landed for one of those big Alaska breakfasts. Didn't know the footage existed until Paul Petty was chatting with a pilot in AK who mentioned he had shot video of an UL in AK. Shortly thereafter, Paul got a copy and sent me a DVD. Thanks Paul.
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