Today, March 20, 2005 at exactly 1:30pm central time, N886MJ left the bonds of earth with me at the controls. Thirty minutes later, N886MJ returned to the earth and the pilot had one of those big KR/Corvair grins across his face that still has not faded away. So here it is guys and gals............................. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I am now a true KR pilot. Does that mean I have to sing at this years gathering? Joe Weber flew in from southwest Wisconsin to witness the event. He even got the take off on video (which I have viewed at least 20 times since I have been home). The KR flew better than I ever expected. Take off and climb out were smooth as glass and absolutely no porpoising. I had intended to stay in the pattern and make one circuit and land but the plane felt so good that I made two circuits around the airport then left the pattern and headed north of the airport. My carb is an Ellison EFS2 which is a little too small for the Corvair but still yielded me a cruse at wide open throttle of 144 mph with the Sterba 56 x 64 prop I have. My static rpm is 2650 but I can not tell you my cruise rpm yet as I forgot to look. CHT temp at cruise was dead on 300°, oil temp at cruise was 180°, oil pressure at cruise was 50 psi, exhaust temp was around 1200° (I did not write that down but called it out to Joe down on the ground). Here is the best part....this KR is as stable as you could possibly ask for. Not one time did it pitch, wobble, shutter, or cough, and IT FLEW HANDS OFF. Just thought you guys would like to know......
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
