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covers facing down. This is unusual, but we soon
learned the art of keeping oil in the engine
instead of all over the airframe. There are many
unusual maintenance tasks necessary to
maintain these old but reliable engines. Over
time we have fallen under the Gipsy spell. We The Dawn of Ultralights
drag home any spare parts we find to add to our Homer Kolb, the designer, has created, built and flown
collection which is our treasure trove. what he refers to as ‘lighter-than-man’ aircraft since the
mid-60s, before ultralights were fashionable or even
The snow started flying so we stopped. KDN
didn’t like spending its first -40 degree winter in known. It was Homer Kolb’s hobby and also what he
enjoyed doing most – building the minimum airplane.
Canada, stored in my unheated hangar. Come
springtime, we opened the door to find a yellow,
white and black shadow on the floor underneath
the airplane. Most of the paint on the bottom of
the airplane had just fallen off!
to be continued...
The Kolb Flyer is a full-three-Axis control ultralight. It has
an aluminum and chrom-moly steel construction. The
wings are covered with Dacron which is cemented on,
ironed tight and given one or two coats of sealer. It has no
ground steering and no brakes. The engines are mounted
below wing driving pusher propellers.
The Kolb Flyer was named after the Wright Brothers’
aircraft. The prototype was built and flown in 1970. It was
released for sale to the general public in 1980.
In all, Mr. Kolb designed and built nine airplanes that
weighed less than 77 kg (170 lbs).
Specifications
Wingspan: 9.5 m (29”)
Twigg & Company Chartered Wing Area: 15 m (160 sq/ft)
Professional Accountants Length: 6.6 m (20′)
650 Regency Center Height: 1.29 m (4′ 3″)
333 - 25th Street East Weight: 57 kg (125 lbs) with strut-braced wings
Saskatoon, SK S7K 0L4 Engines: Two solo 209 Direct Drives (4,800 rpm)
Main Number 306-244-0808 Cruise Speed: 64 km/h (40 mph)
Fax 306-244-0004 Max. Speed: 85 km/h (50 mph)
Email: twigg.ca@sasktel.net
