Mark, Thank you for your report. I'm sure Jim is going to be thrilled with the improvements you've made to his airplane.
I looked up Moontown; http://www.airnav.com/airport/3M5 2160x160 turf and you're using 1/2 of it? Nice! It seems you're landing right on the numbers of what Rand advertised with their spec sheets "back in the day." That's one of the things that got me interested in the KR in the first place. I have 2000x80 turf and would like to know more about your pattern, approach and touchdown numbers. Thank you. John Bouyea OR81/ KR2/ N5391M Hillsboro, OR -----Original Message----- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark Langford via KRnet Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 8:04 PM To: KRnet Subject: KR> another 2.5 hours and ten more landings I've been thwarted three days in a row in my attempts to fly N891JF, after a two week hiatus due to a rare vacation. But at least I did manage to get the wheel pants back on it yesterday. Today it was quite sorted out and ready to run when I arrived at the airport, despite the 94F temp and reports of "thunderstorms and lightning in the area" on the AWOS. I figured the storms would be done by sunset, so off I went. I managed to get over 2.5 hours and another 10 full stop landings in, and I really got a handle on how to control it with the tailwheel down (finally!). I practiced on a nearby runway that's twice as wide and twice as long as mine, but I only used the left half and the first half of it. That yielded a lot of confidence, and a pretty decent landing back at my airport's short narrow strip. I even practiced some botched landings where I slipped it in the lose a lot of altitude in a hurry, and even some "re-lands", and never used half the runway at KFYM. My landing back home barely used half the runway, so I feel a lot better now. I also did some wide open runs, stalls, all that stuff, and it appears as though I have a solid 170 mph airplane now, although I think there's at least another 5 mph hiding in the cowling and some other details. The engine runs great at 3250 rpm wide open, so after some calm-air testing, I will swap some props around to see what else I can get out of it. The funny thing about this installation is that the engine cools best at almost wide-open-throttle! After the engine is broken in, I'll do some plenums like N56ML has for a real-world comparison, although I already know that it'll run cooler that way. I'm ready for OSH now! Life is good again... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com -------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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
