Bill, I am glad to hear you are at Larry's safely. I too am sorry we could not hook up this weekend. Today we were having freezing rain and mist mixed with fine snow. Not a good day for flying around here. Good luck on the rest of your journey home.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "larry flesner" <fles...@midwest.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 8:49 PM Subject: KR> Visiting the Flesners on trip home... > A grateful thank you to Larry Flesner and his wife for putting me (Bill > Clapp) up for the night on the way home to Georgia after an extended > Christmas vacation. I left out of Valdosta GA on Dec 17 with my eight year > old daughter Elaine on the way to New Richmond Wisconsin to spend > Christmas with my folks. We took off and headed north in N41768 and got > stuck west of Atlanta due to weather. We stopped in Anniston and got fuel > and lunch and check out the local FSS and got a live briefing. We headed > west to clear the bad stuff and then had clear sky to Effingham IL where we > stopped for fuel and the proceeded to Keewanee IL where we landed due to > darkness. On landing, while rolling out, the right rudder pedal went to > the floor. OOPS!! We skidded off the runway to the left and spun around. > We cam e to a stop and my daughter looked at me aand said "At least we are > OKAY!" I got out and found the right wheel had broken off in the ground > loop but the gear was fine. The cause of the ground loop was the right RR > pedal assy. It broke near the weld on the passanger side near the hinge > block. I pulled the plane to the FBO and luckily someone was there and we > put it in a T-hanger for overnight (35 knot winds - 5 degree below zero) > We found a motel for the night - in the morning the local A&P let me darg > the plane into a nice heated hanger where I proceded to repair the pedal > assy. The tubing RR used was 4130 but it is thin walled.. I repaired the > broken section and then reinfored it with a 45 degree tube over the hinge > block. I will replace the entire assy later with new thick wall tubing to > eliminate any more possibility of another break. After the repair and a > thorough inspection and runnup we left Keewanee and flew to Prarie Du Chein > Wisconsin where we spent the night again on account of darkeness. We > finally flew into New Richmond the following day before lunch. With 50 > knot headwinds, darkness and other incidents we had 10.2 hours of tach time > from Valdosta to New Richmond. But we did enjoy out time with family and > friends. Elaine is back at school now and I am flying home. Hopefully I > will have time to visit a couple KR guys. I was hoping to visit with Mark > Jones but weather and time was bad for this weeekend. I hope to see him > later. If anybody else between Marion IL and Valdosta GA wants a > visit...let me know here at Larry Flesners. Ill be here overnight and > then be flying home tomorrow. Oh.... New Richmond WI to Marion Il.....3 > hours 30 minutes... not bad. I now have 114 hours on N41768 - love the > corvair - runs smooth...glad I installed cabin heat... > Yall keep building and flying... Sun and Fun is around the corner. If you > need a rest stop in Valdosta on the way down - dont hesitate to call > (229)834-8996 (cell phone for KR people only please) I can provide food - > couch - or room if needed. Corvair people...lots of interesting things are > about to come out of William Wynnes....I need to get back to work down > there soon.... keep you posted. > > Fly safe - love your family ---Bill Clapp > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 >
