Thank you Mark, I've spent many of hours searching through your site, I find it the best place for any information about the KR. Thank you for allowing me to gain the knowledge you have work for ... through a great assembled web site.
I also realize that you have a Corvair engine... great looking plane. I only home that mine might look as well as yours does. What is the wet weight of your plane?... what was the installed weight of the FWF Corvair. If the gross weight is published to be 900, how does the effect of an additional 400 affect the flight charcteristics of the plane? I like the idea of having an additional 2 jugs... a little more HP... incase you have 1 or even 2 fail. I also like the idea of having the ability to go down to the autoparts store and paying 20 bucks for what ever part I need rather then paying 200 and waiting for a month to get basically the same part. But, I do worry about the fact that I am running an auto engine .. and not a type certified o-200. I'd like to run an O-200,but the cost shut me down in a hurry.. I dont have the 10-15K for a rebuilt engine. In building the craft, I have decided that I am going to build the plane that I want. I am not going to just install something, because it'll do for now. If its not right, its coming off, if its not what I want, its not going to be installed. I want to make sure I survive to raise my daughter. So I guess my question to you is, a 1200lb plane gross, designed for 900 lb gross, is going to be safe? -Jeff >From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> >Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> >To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> >Subject: Re: KR> Weight! * gulp* >Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 17:03:10 -0500 > >Jeff Wilder wrote: > > > Is the VW 2180 going to be enough HP at 8000ft air density altitude to >get > > off the ground in the middle of July here in Denver. > > If I use a Corvair engine to develop the HP I am going to plan on >another > > anoter 50-60 lbs once again, over weight. > >In my opinion, a Corvair with 50% more power than a 2180 VW will forgive a >lot of sins in the weight department. Jeff Scott made an excellent post on >this the other day. Check the archives at >http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp from Jeff Scott, and check out >his post on May 26th, where he addresses high altitudes and big engines... > >Welcome aboard, > >Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama >see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford >email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net >-------------------------------------------------------------- > > >_______________________________________ >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
