Hello:
Could you give me some info about where you acquired the nose wheel
strut and hardware for the conversion? I have a nose gear equiped KR2 and
need to do some over winter repairs and reconditioning but I can't find a
source for the stuff I need.
Best regards
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: <dspragu...@aol.com>
To: <kr...@mylist.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 11:04 AM
Subject: KR>Engine quits
> Netters,
> I finally got my KR2 Airworthiness Inspection and have taken my first 3
> flights. I bought my plane off the KR net about 18 months ago and
converted it to
> a tricycle landing gear. The engine is a Great Plains 1835cc with an
Ellison
> carburetor mounted underneath. I have a 12 gallon header tank plumbed
with
> 1/4 inch tubing, a gascolater, fuel pump on the firewall, and a 10micron
billet
> type fuel filter leading to the carb. The fuel tank is vented with a 5/16
> brass elbow through the cap, pointed towards the prop. A new Slick mag
(cooled
> with ram air) provides the spark. I put 30 hours of ground time on the
engine
> before the first flight.
>
> The takeoff and climbout are uneventful, but when I level out at 1800 ft
> (under the Houston TCA), the engine quietly loses power and dies. The
first time
> after 10 minutes of flight, the other two times as soon as I leveled out.
> After landing, we ck'd the engine out. The plugs are dry and have spark.
There
> is plentiful fuel spurting out at the carb connection with and without the
> fuel pump. So I insulated the fuel system from the fire wall to the carb.
Found
> a leak in the plenum box and rebuilt it out of chrome alloy aircraft steel
> with welded seams. After an hour or so on the ground, the engine starts
and
> runs fine.
>
> I sent the carb and plenum box back to Dan Ellison who bench tested it on
an
> 1835cc VW. It wouldn't idle but ran fine at full throttle. They then
> stripped it down and found some "grunge" but nothing that would cause the
above
> problem.
>
> I and my IA gray hair friends are at a loss as to where to go next.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Don Sprague
> dspragu...@aol.com
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