I worked with Gene Darst for several years at Oshkosh volunteering at the Home Builder workshop. That last year I remarked to Gene that he did not have means to inspect the elevator cable pulley in the tail of his KR-1. He said there was a little rough spot in the elevator stick movement and maybe it needed some grease. He was planning to cut in an inspection panel in the tail that fall for that purpose. He had not seen or touched that pulley since the turtle deck had been closed. The NTSB report stated that the elevator cable had frayed at the elevator idler pulley and strands of the cable had jammed between the pulley and the cable keeper.
My recommendation: If you have any cable systems in your airplane, at every condition inspection be sure to thoroughly inspect those cables at the pulleys . That is where they flex and likely where they will fray. Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA -------------------------------------------------------- Took this at 1992 Oshkosh. Wonder whose it is/was? Nice example of a KR1 -------------- next part -------------- URL: <http://list.krnet.org/mailman/private/krnet_list.krnet.org/attachments/20150127/14df0040/attachment-0001.jpg> ------------------------------ I am pretty sure that KR-1 belonged to a friend of mine, Eugene (Gene) Darst from Beaumont, TX. He died in it on the way back from Oshkosh in Aug 1993. NTSB No CH193DEE04. Cause was listed as elevator cable failure. Rumor had it that he had been awarded a trophy at Oshkosh which jammed the control cable because of the limited space for baggage. Personally, that made sense to me. He was a fine pilot and craftsman. > On Jan 27, 2015, at 6:57 PM, "Chris Prata via KRnet" > <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > Took this at 1992 Oshkosh. Wonder whose it is/was? Nice example of a KR1 > <20150127_192903r.jpg>
