Hi Peter, We met years ago at Old Sarum -my KR was G-BVZJ (sold her in'98) I can't believe those "LAA engineers" - they need to reinvent the wheel anytime a design comes from over the pond. I remember they wouldn't accept a harness attachment fitting even though it had been in use by Dan Dhiel years before....A nameless engineer reckoned THEY would accept a 6" nail in the main spar! Conversely the fact that the Corvair conversion coming in at 20lbs MORE than a Jab 3300 wouldnt wash either..I don't think there were any major mods to the bulkhead....ask Mark.. Can you wonder why there are so few self builds in the UK
Cheers Mac On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Peter Drake via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org > wrote: > Hi Larry > > 6" had been added to bring the C of G range a bit forward with the very > light Jab 2200 engine it had been planned to use, So we are just cutting > off what had been added over and above what was on the plans. > Don't forget we have a very different system than you guys. All mods have > to be proven and approved by the LAA. So they are then responsible if it > crashes due to an error they have made. Its called covering your backside! > Peter > -----Original Message----- From: Flesner via KRnet > Date: 17 June 2014 13:53 > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> Got the go ahead > > > At 07:24 AM 6/17/2014, you wrote: > >> However I have got to cut the extra 6" off the front we put on when we >> were going to use the Jab 2200 to get the w&b right! radical surgery. >> We have got to double up the main engine bearers behind the firewall as >> well. >> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Are you saying you have to cut 6" off the fuselage? I guess the > powers to be in England won't accept the 1000+ hours of actual flight > time on just 2 KR's in the USA with much heavier 0-200 Continentals > hanging on the original (with slight reinforcement in my case) > firewall. Is the 3300 Jabiru really that much different in weight > than the VW? > > Larry Flesner > P.S. I seem to recall 16 rings per inch on the wood but that might > just be a number I pulled out of my backside also. Wait for > something more official. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4592 / Virus Database: 3972/7691 - Release Date: 06/17/14 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
