HEY OSCAR MY UNDERSTANDING OF TWO STROKES IS THAT YOU DONT FLY OVER LAND YOU CANT LAND ON. SECOND,FUEL MIXING AND GPH USEAGE,AND TBO SORT OF KILL THE TWO STROKE ADVANTAGE. DAVE HARTZ --- Oscar Zuniga <taildr...@hotmail.com> wrote: > 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 > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
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