Bi-Fold aircraft Door 30' x 8'

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Pine Strip

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I saved a few pictures from the Bi-Fold door I built last year. Using only a half HP motor.
Enjoy !

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Nice.
 
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That is great! Looks like you have access to a nice fab area. Your strip looks great. wish I had my Kolb flying. I gather you are near P.I.
 
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That is great! Looks like you have access to a nice fab area. Your strip looks great. wish I had my Kolb flying. I gather you are near P.I.

Where in Minnesota do you live, which Kolb do you fly. We should get together. Where is P.I. ?
 
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Nice door, I like the wood arched hanger.

Dave
 
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Nice door, I like the wood arched hanger.

Dave

The Quonset shed was popular in the sixties...a sight for sure but they do have some major drawbacks to the simple design. Mainly the walls pushing out and roof saging. I had to reinforce this one with buried rebarb and added fill to the outside walls.
 
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Friend of mine has a Kolb. That thing would climb like a beast compared to our Phantoms.
 
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Friend of mine has a Kolb. That thing would climb like a beast compared to our Phantoms.


Kolbs & Kubotas are a good match....They out perform the competition Hands down !
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looks good but I think you "mis-named" yourself. You should be Cornstrip. :)
 
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Nice! Makes me almost enthusiastic enough to clean the carbs and start up the old BMW-powered pusher.
 

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Nice! Makes me almost enthusiastic enough to clean the carbs and start up the old BMW-powered pusher.


Do you have any more pictures please, often wondered about the BMW power plant on my Kolb.
 
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Safety Wired Nuts.jpgI recently updated my Firestar II to this greenhouse canopy design. Sure beats the windblast form the open cockpit design. On a pusher I safety wire everything !

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Jim,

You should fly it over....I'm 800'.

Cantact me privately.
 

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