How much was that air scoop from Van's? Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:52 PM Subject: Re: KR>airscopes > billy mcfarland wrote: > > > can sobody till me what rv scope to use on the kr for ramair . > > or someone that makes scopes to save time !!!!!! > > I almost asked this very same question the day before billy did, so I was > quite interested in Dana's answer that Van's had them for sale. I ordered > one, and got it today. It's not exactly a perfect fit for my cowling, nor > the Revmaster, but it MIGHT be better for the old standard KR cowling, it's > hard to say. And it's positive proof that RV guys don't know diddly about > getting fiberglass smooth (so it matches the rest my cowling nicely), but > it'll certainly get the job done! I'm at the point now that I don't really > care what it looks like, as long as it'll get me in the air sooner rather > than later. All I have to do is cut off the flange, recontour it to fit my > cowling, glass it on with two layers of 2" wide fiberglass tape, and put a > big fillet of micro on the joint and call it DONE! There's a photo of their > "FAB4 SCOOP 0320" at > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/RVscoop.jpg , just laid in place. My > carburetor is almost mounted so I may be installing the "scope" shortly. > > I saw Ed Janssen and Video Bob at the SAA flyin this weekend. Also saw > Paul, Tom, and Phil Boyer, among others. And I saw some pretty outstanding > homebuilts too. William Wynne did another excellent Corair forum, and there > were two immaculate Vair powered Piets that flew in. Funny thing is that I > only remember seeing about three planes on the field that weren't > taildraggers... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html >
