AWESOME Barry!! Congratulations, and excellent posts like yours keep us all going. I wish you many years of safe, but exciting flying. --- Barry Kruyssen <k...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > Well, Yesterday, 28th Dec 2004, I did my first > flight in my KR2 at Atherton Air Strip 2400ft. > > After several false starts it finally all came > together. The weather was perfect, nil wind and > silky smooth air. The take off was a little jerky > but I soon settle down to 90kts for the climb out. I > climbed through very broken early morning cloud at > 3500ft to 4500ft all my temps were good, CHT 50F > below maximum. A few turns straight an level then > power off and simulate an approach 2000ft above the > strip, round out to stall, felt soooooo good. Now > descend and join circuit, the water on the near by > lake was like a sheet of glass, not a breath of > wind. Lined up perfectly. I read somewhere that > your first landing will be your best and they are so > right, I greased it on like I'd been doing all my > life. > > Back to the hanger and my wife. I went over all the > suspension bolts, engine mounts, prop bolts and > anything else that I could check. All was OK so > back out to the strip and out for a short circuit, a > small bounce on the next landing and a very long > roll out, back track and take off again. The next > approach was way to hot and at half strip I went to > full power went round , this time a much longer > approach and I notice about 5kts wind at 60 degrees > to the strip. This was a rough old landing with > several small bounce. So back to the hanger (and the > wife) and another though check over. Half an hour > air time in total. Yeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaah and grin > that will have to be surgically removed, if at all > possible. > > I have to wash the bottom of the aircraft as I'm > operating from a grass strip and the early morning > dew covers the bottom with water and grass, etc. > > > This morning, 29th Dec 2004, I woke well before sun > up, Doh. > > Out to strip, pre flight the KR2, perfect weather. > > A quick circuit with a near perfect landing (not as > good as the first one), back track and take off > again heading for our ceiling height of 6500ft. > Now for some stats. > Engine is a 2.2L Jabiru 4 cylinder - total > engine time only 1.3 hours on the ground, engine red > line at 3300 RPM > Prop is a Richard Sweetapple 56 X 56 timber prop > Static RPM is 2800 > Initially max RPM was 2900, very tight motor. > By 2.7 hours max RPM had increased to 3000. > Best climb is 980ft/min at 80kts but the CHT's > are climbing. > Ideal climb is about 750ft/min at 100kts, Oil > temp of 100C and CHT temp of 290F > Cruise at 115kts no wheel spats or cover strips > and still 2 big holes where the retract gear came > from. > > 6 touch and goes and then run low on fuel, all not > to bad. Only 40 Litres capacity and I was down to > 15L so back to the hanger and another check all > over. I cann't get refueled to this afternoon. :-( > > Next flight is planned for tomorrow (or maybe late > this afternoon). > > Regards > Barry Kruyssen > Cairns, Australia > RAA 19-3873 > > k...@bigpond.com > http://users.tpg.com.au/barryk/KR2.htm > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > ===== Tim Hoversten Portage, WI timhovers...@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
