Dan, Great news. Take your time and be patient. You will know when it feels right. I share your excitement and look forward to that first flight report.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my NEW KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at www.flykr2s.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Heath" <da...@alltel.net> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 7:24 PM Subject: KR> Taxi Time > This morning, I went out early to get in some taxi time while it was still a > bit cool. The cowl is back on, but the spinner was still off and the radio > was not connected, so I only went to the end of the runway and back. The > plane handles extremely well on the ground and the temps never approached > their limits. By the time I got back to the hangar, the oil temp was > starting to come up, so I applied full brakes and throttle. It turned 3000 > and the brakes held, so I lifted the tail a few times and held it in take > off attitude for a little while. It responded to elevator, exactly the way > I thought it would, from what I remember from the first KR. When I pulled > back to idle, it turned over very smoothly at 600 RPM. > > Tonight, I put on the spinner and re-ran the wires to the radio, so tomorrow > I can do some more taxi runs and check out the radio. I might be getting > close. > > See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics > See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering > There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building > is OVER. > Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC > _______________________________________ > 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 >
