Today I received my re-pitched prop from Ed Sterba. I eagerly went to the airport and installed the prop and took to the skies. The prop was a 56x64 and is now a 54x54. I have been running a three blade 52" diameter Warp Drive set at 48" pitch for the last eight hours of flight. Well today, I made a two hour flight with the re-pitched prod. To make a long story short, the performance numbers are basically the same with all three props I have tried. My conclusion is that I get 1100" climb at 100 mph and 2950 rpm. I get a cruise of 130 mph at level wide open throttle of 2950 rpm. My conclusion is that my carb is robbing me of power which this engine is capable of producing. Plain and simple, regardless of prop, I can only get 2950 max rpm in level WOT flight. The plane flies great but I really want that extra power I am being robbed of. I must get an Ellison EFS-3A and sell my Ellison EFS-2 which is actually rated for engines up to 85 HP. I still will fly the EFS-2 until I can replace it with the EFS-3A. I am having a blast flying this KR. I love landing the KR now that I have gotten the hang of it. Also, today I was taxiing to the pumps and there was a Cessna ahead of me. I pulled up and sat in the plane while two older gentlemen exited the spam can. One of the guys started over towards me and the first words out of his mouth were "when are you going to get a real airplane". Mind you, I did not know these gentlemen and I replied to him, "I have a real airplane". After the pilot finished fueling he approached and asked if that was a KR. Then the next thing he asked was "what engine is that? It sure sounds great!" With that, the conversation turned towards that pilot really talking up the KRvaircraft and his passenger basically not saying anything else. So far this plane has turned every head it has passed while on the ground. It is like a sexy lady. Men just can't take their eyes off of it. Gotta love it.....
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
