Somebody wrote- >I am curious to know if anyone has successfully used a Rotax >(especially two strokes) on a KR2?
If you'll look back through the archives, you'll find that I broached this subject quite a while back... and got the evil eye from quite a few Netters. No problem; as you see, I survived ;o) My interest was in applying the 3-cylinder, 90 HP 2Si unit in the KR. It would certainly be a lot lighter than even the lightest VW and would fit (I looked at it in CAD to verify). Two problems came to light. One was fitting the redrive inside the cowl, but that's a minor issue if the builder is willing to live with a funny-looking nose cowl. The second problem was the same as what Mike Ladigo found with his turbine installation... if you use that light an engine, you have to hang it waaaay out there on the nose to keep the weight and balance in line. As it is, using the 1835 VW usually means mounting it on spool spacers to get it away from the firewall or else the CG is too far aft. Using the 2Si 2-stroke would exaggerate the problem even more. After a bunch of stories about seized engines, burned pistons, fouled plugs, high fuel consumption, oil mixing mess, and all the rest of it- I moved onto safer ground (4-strokes) and let the issue die. As they say, "don't kick a sleeping dog". Oscar Zuniga San Antonio, TX mailto: taildr...@hotmail.com website at http://www.flysquirrel.net From: krnet-requ...@mylist.net To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KRnet Digest, Vol 82, Issue 1 List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:00:03 -0700 Send KRnet mailing list submissions to kr...@mylist.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mylist.net/listinfo/krnet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to krnet-requ...@mylist.net You can reach the person managing the list at krnet-ow...@mylist.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of KRnet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: New Air Foil Questions (Rick Wilson) 2. Re: New Air Foil Questions (Dan Heath) 3. Steen Skybolt (Brian Kraut) 4. KR1 on Ebay (Rick Wilson) 5. Re: Rotax? (gwvandor) 6. KR inspection checklist (Brian Kraut) 7. Re: chemical corrosion coating for 4130 steel? (Wayne) << message5.txt >> << message7.txt >> << message9.txt >> << message11.txt >> << message13.txt >> << message15.txt >> << message17.txt >> _______________________________________________ See KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
