In regards to Chris Prata's question regarding Jim Evan's KR-1 with the R-2100D with RayJay turbocharger, Jim had to make a forced landing when his Maloof prop failed in cruise flight. I talked with Jim about that incident and sorry, don't remember what he told me regarding whether the plane survived the forced landing or not. My recollection is that it did survive with repairable damage and I think Jim continued to fly that plane, minus the Maloof. Joe Horvath grounded that prop for use with his engines following that failure and one or two other failures on turbocharged installations. I had a Maloof and had no problems with it but my R-2100D was not turbocharged. As far as I recall it was only on engines with turbochargers that the Maloof had problems.
That plane is probably ensconced in a museum or display situation there in Lewiston, CA or another nearby Northern California community where Jim was very well known for his writing and his aviation activities and his WWII exploits as a P-51 pilot. http://tcpilots.org/bios/evans.html I'm sure there are quite a number of references to Jim and his KR in the KR newsletters of that era. For anyone interested in his kind of flying (high altitude, distance) digging through the newsletters would be rewarding. Mike KSEE ____________________________________________________________ Buffett???s New Enemy Buffett just confirmed his worst fear. Click here for his warning. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/56312af64bd5b2af6293ast01vuc
