ALRIGHT MARK-- I can only try to imagine how proud and happy you must
feel. My spirit and prayers are with you as you safely continue with this
great accomplishment, that relatively few people well ever share. Great
Job Mark
Joe Horton
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:32:28 -0600 "Mark Jones" <flyk...@wi.rr.com>
writes:
> 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.............................
>
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAA
> 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
>
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