Brian; Venturi's are not suited for IFR as they will quickly ice up in adverse conditions. Also they create drag. I have two on my 150! W.G.(Bill) KIRKLAND kirkl...@vianet.on.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Kraut" <eng...@earthlink.net> To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 2:22 PM Subject: Re: Re: Re: KR>Glass cockpit-IFR etc.-Long
> I did buy a casting from Dan Diehl to mount a vacuum pump on the VW. He sold them a long time ago and had one left that he gave me a good price on. I am not sure that I will use it though. If I do go IFR I will look at a venturi, all electric, or something like the EFIS systems and figure out which is best. > > -------Original Message------- > From: Dan Heath <da...@alltel.net> > Sent: 04/25/03 12:06 AM > To: kr...@mylist.net > Subject: Re: Re: KR>Glass cockpit-IFR etc.-Long > > > > > RE: If I can keep the sunny side up and the nose pointed in the right > direction fairly easily I will get the vacuum instruments to make it IFR. > > > > No flame here. I think your approach is good. I used to think that way > too > I will tell you, I had an electric turn coordinator and it, and a friend > on the radio, saved my life. > > > > If you do pass the test and continue on toward IFR, you will have to get > over the problem of getting an air supply system. You may want to > consider > an aircraft engine for this purpose. I have never figured out how to put > an > air pump for vacuum instruments, on a VW engine. However, I am sure it > can > be done. > > > > Good building and good luck. > > > > N64KR > > > > Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC > > > > da...@kr-builder.org > > > > See you in Red Oak - 2003 > > > > See our KR at <a target=_blank > href="http://KR-Builder.org";>http://KR-Builder.org</a> - Click on the pic > > See our EAA Chapter 242 at <a target=_blank > href="http://EAA242.org";>http://EAA242.org</a> > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at <a target=_blank > href="http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html";>http://www.krnet.org/instructi ons.html</a> > > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
