Sid, how did you arrive at a 52x52 prop? My stock KR-2S (formerly Steve Vitrella's) with a Great Plains-ish VW 2180 has a 54x48 on it, but Steve Bennett recommends a 52x46. I haven't changed it yet, but I'm curious as to the whole prop selection process. Seems like there are a bunch of options out there.
John Patterson N808BS Jacksonville, IL -----Original Message----- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Sid Wood Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 7:27 PM To: krnet at list.krnet.org Subject: KR> New Cowl Still sanding the Styrofoam to make a plug mold for a new cowl on my tri-gear KR-2. Driven by the need for speed, my aerodynamics 101 says to hide everything that sticks out from the hurricane/typhoon force winds created by the Great Plains 2180 VW and 52X52 Sterba prop. So, starting with a clean sheet of 2-inch, 6-pound foam from Lowes, about 2/3 got hot melt glued on the engine and firewall. Now about 1/3 of that is getting chopped, sawed and sanded off. The plug is emerging. To bad the plug will get scrapped when the fiber-glassing is done. The reason for this artistic exercise is: Moved the engine two inches forward for better CG. Added a Revmaster oil cooler, fuel pump and oil filter. So the old RR cowl does not fit. Did I mention how much I loved sanding - NOT! Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
