I've got the more expensive Cleveland brake setup and I can't hold mine at full throttle either. These brakes are made for go karts that weigh 100lbs or so, not airplanes that gross in excess of 1000lbs. But your correct when you spoke about not pushing to hard as that load goes to the rudder via the cables.-----------------------Good luck!!
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 20:28:53 -0400 (GMT) Brian Kraut <eng...@earthlink.net> writes: > At long last my KR is at the airport. Mark, you can move the link > for my site from "KRs Under Construction" to the highly coveted > "Completed KRs" listing. I will have new pictures on my site as > soon as I get a chance to update it. I believe the KR is actually > smiling now that it is around other planes. > > Initial taxi tests have been very good. I am very happy that I > decided to put on the Matco tailwheel. It taxies around easier than > any other plane I have taxied. The Matco wheel also comes unlocked > on a turn with a little differential braking so you can spin it > right around if you want to. Visibility is pretty good. I can lean > to the left and right and see nearly straight in front of me. I can > also lean forward and see down the taxiway directly in front, > another benefit of the taller Matco wheel and the bent leaf springs. > > > I have the Great Plains hydraulic brakes. I found out that they > will not hold the plane at a full power runup and they are less > effective at stopping the plane than what I am used to. Some of > this may be due to them not being broken in yet. I have also heard > that you don't want brakes that are too effective to keep you from > nosing over. I could stop a lot faster if I really had to, but the > brakes are on the rudder pedals and I don't want to pus too hard and > break the rudder horns. > > I did figure out that a canopy that can be locked partially opened > is essential in Florida in the summer. That is going to be one of > my first at the airport mods. That bubbles is not a greenhouse, it > is a sauna. > > My plane has foam between the stringers and one thin layer of glass > from the firewall to the seat back. I have some light weight > automotive upholstery on the inside also. This makes it very quiet > inside compared to another KR I was in. I would highly recomend this > to everyone else. It probably only adds two pounds to the weight. > It should also help a lot keeping the plane warm on a cold day, not > to mention that it looks good. > > I did have a minor problem Saturday when the engine died at the end > of the runway after a medium speed taxi run. I didn't quite have > the idle mixture or speed adjusted right and the engine died when I > pulled the power to idle. Since my battery sat dead for a long time > it was on its last legs and wouldn't restart the engine when it was > hot. I killed the battery and had to pull the plane all the way > back from the end of a 2,500' runway. Luckily, the KR pulls fairly > easily. I have put in a new battery and adjusted the idle mixture > and speed and everything is fine now. > > I have more to ramble on, but will change topic tags. > > Many thanks to fellow KR Netter Art Bruce for helping me get the > plane to the airport and putting on the wings. > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
