Bobbi: I do not think so. Most of the restrictions are associated with airspace restrictions that can be removed by an instructor sign-off that you have been trained and international flight is not allowed. I have a Pvt. license but just out of medical and since I have a color vision problem that pevents night flying and have flown mostly simpler aircraft the limitations do not affect me much. I would never considering flying into many of the larger heavily used commercial ports anyway because the mix between airliners and general aviation graft is just not good.
My first large commercial airport experience was Honolulu Int'l and I finished flight training out of Long Beach Municipal arpt in So. CA and most of my flying was done out of Orange County arpt( now John Wayne Int'l) in Orange County but before it was a major airline terminus. I have had an engine failure in a 150 HP Cardinal and set it down on a jeep trail half way between Palm Springs and the Colorado River without a wrinkle on the plane but have handled larger airports and I will not need the indorsements. don ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bo...@hatconversions.com wrote: > Doesn't the sport pilot stuff have a radius from home restriction? Bobby > > > Brian: > > > > My biggest concern was weakening the wing by cutting into it. I am also > > toying > > withe the Idea of a "Bladder Tank because the tank would collapse as the > > fuel > > was consumed whch should reduce the tank venting issue. My goal is to > > reduce > > the fuel in the cowl header tank to about an hour and have the rest in the > > wings. > > > > How did you reinforce the wing to make up for opening the wing? I feel > > also > > that a properly designed bladder tank would require a much smaller opening > > which > > should be a plus but fuel "slosh from lack of "baffles" could be an > > issue. > > > > I am taking over a KR2 project that was being built as a Tr-Geared bird > > and is > > on its main gear. It needs Fire-Wall Fwd, Nose Gear ass'y and cockpit > > fit-out > > pait and finish. I intend to do all that I can to get it under > > sport-plane > > limits so it will have a smaller engine in it to keep the Speed down. Max > > fuel > > load will be kept to no more than 21 gallons usable but not less 5 hrs > > range. I > > want it for cross country use from my midwest location to Yuma in the west > > and > > Raliegh Durham in the east. Shoud make for cheaper travel than by car and > > a > > whole lot quicker. I am a Pvt Pilot with over 300 hours but at age 63 > > will just > > convert to a sport pilot. > > > > Don > > > > Brian Kraut wrote: > > > >> I retrofitted them in the stub wings at the same time that I converted > >> from > >> the retract gear to fixed gear. It wasn't terribly hard and doing it on > >> the > >> outboard wings should be easy also. Basically here is what I did: > >> > >> Cut a rectangular hole on the bottom side of the wing between the two > >> spars. > >> Use foam sheet about an inch and a half thick aginst the spars and on > >> the > >> inboard and outboard side of the hole you cut. You basically want to > >> make a > >> box in the wing and leave a lip around it that is flat and about 3/4" > >> below > >> the bottom surface of the glass on the wing. Carve some of the foam out > >> of > >> the wing top sheet to give yourself a thickness of about 3/4" on the > >> foam. > >> Use some instant expanding foam to give yourself somewhat sealed corners > >> and > >> make them a little rounded. > >> > >> Now get a flat sheet of 2" foam a little bigger than the rectangle you > >> cut > >> out and glass one side of it with three layers of glass. Lay it upside > >> down > >> on a flat smooth surface with bagging film or plastic sheet on it and > >> put > >> some weights on it so when it dries you peel off the film and have a > >> foam > >> board with one side of smooth flat glass. Trim this piece so it is > >> about an > >> eighth inch smaller than the hole in the wing all the way around. Wrap > >> it > >> with bagging film or plastic wrap. > >> > >> Now cut yourself three layers of glass to fit each of the bottom and > >> sides > >> of the box hole in your wing. Make them all a little big so they > >> overlap > >> on the edges and make the side pieces tall enough so they wrap over the > >> flat > >> lip you left on the side pieces. Also cut a bunch of pieces of about 3" > >> strips for reinforcement on all corners. Glass all the pieces in > >> overlapping and also putting the strips between each layer in the > >> corners. > >> > >> When it is all in you will have the glass folded over the lips around > >> the > >> box. Get a good amount of epoxy there and then lay in the foam and > >> glass > >> rectangle that you made and wrapped with the plastic. Put some weight > >> on it > >> around the edges. When the tank dries you will be able to pop this > >> piece > >> out and the lip on the tank will be nice and flat and fit the > >> rectangular > >> cover. > >> > >> Now trim about a quarter inch additional off of the rectangular piece. > >> Sand > >> the edges of it and the lip on the tank for a good bond and then epoxy > >> it > >> in. You should have at least a half inch of contact area between the > >> surfaces. Put weights on the edges then pour some epoxy about a quarter > >> inch deep around the edges to get even more of a seal. This is why you > >> trimmed it again to make yourself the epoxy moat. > >> > >> When it is all dry you can fill in the gaps with expanding foam, sand > >> your > >> rectangular cover foam to match the wing, and put on another two or > >> three > >> layers of glass overlapping the original glass on the wing. > >> > >> I did leave out a few steps like putting in the fuel lines etc. Make > >> sure > >> you have some kind of screen on the end of the line. I also carved a > >> concave well in the front inboard side of the cover where the fuel line > >> pickup would sit and one in the rear inboard corner where I epoxied in > >> an > >> aluminum welding flange for the sump drain. I also epoxied in one of > >> the > >> plastic fuel caps that Great Plains sells before I put the bottom cover > >> on. > >> > >> I used a good bit of expoxy on the inside of the box and still had some > >> pin > >> holes so I sanded it down then used a brush to paint on a good wet coat > >> of > >> epoxy and let that dry to get it sealed. Since the bottom cover dried > >> against the smooth bagging film it didn't have any pin holes. > >> > >> Good luck. This process is a whole lot harder to describe than it is to > >> do > >> so if you don't get something I am saying just ask. > >> > >> You can also cut the hole in the top of the wing, but it is much less > >> flat > >> and will be a lot harder to make the cover for and have it seal against > >> the > >> rest of the tank. > >> > >> I used three layers of glass in the tanks. Mine were only 5 gallons > >> each. > >> If you are making them bigger you might want a little more glass at > >> least on > >> the bottom and sides. > >> > >> Brian Kraut > >> Engineering Alternatives, Inc. > >> www.engalt.com > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On > >> Behalf Of D F Lively > >> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 9:48 PM > >> To: kr...@mylist.net > >> Subject: KR> Retro-fitting Wing Tanks > >> > >> KR Builders. > >> > >> Has anyone retrofitted fuel tranks in the outboard wings? What about > >> "Bladder Tanks"? > >> > >> Don Lively > >> riksh...@interl.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 > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
