I received my UMA RV airspeed indicator from AS&S yesterday, and tested it last night. It reads 10% low at 40 mph, 7% high at 57.5 mph, 3% high at 80 mph, and averages 2% high up to 200 mph. Probably good enough for KR work, so I guess I'll keep it. The best thing about it is that it has colored markings painted right on the face, and it only cost $140. Top scale is 260 mph, which is way optimistic, but I might need to know at what airspeed the tail fluttered and fell off. I also bought some of their static ports, and installed them in the fuselage sides midway between the wing and tail feathers.
I made a pitot tube extension and temporarily installed it, although I don't think that's a factor. ASI is installed, plane is fueled, and if the weather is perfect, I may fly it early in the morning. If I don't fly it in the morning, the rest of the weekend is somewhat iffy. I've gotten a lot of encouragement that so far I'm not doing too bad (having survived my first flight attempt), so with an ASI that actually works, I'm beginning to think I could actually land the thing in one piece. You can bet I'll call 1-800-WXBRIEF before I go out there though. The weather for the last four days have been perfect, but I had to put that ASI and static system in before I could fly it. If you'd like to see a "field stripped" KR2S (as of 2 hours ago) check out http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/05052728m.jpg . You can see one of the new static ports on the fuselage. Stub to outer wing gap seals are made out of vertical blinds from Home Depot for the moment, but I'll lay up some glass on them this weekend and make a lighter versoin of the gap seal. Funny thing about working on that plane is that people keep walking up and introducing themselves, wanting to find out more about it.... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net --------------------------------------------------------------
