This being from a VW guy. revmaster 2100. I lost one cylinder (rocker went off valve stem) I was able to lean it up enough for level flight. There was not a lot left after that. I landed at the first open airport, Lampasas Texas. DA was about 2500 feet hope that helps
Brian G. Douglas N8575C KR2 with Training Wheel Killeen Texas I will be at the fly-in > herbertsname wrote: > >> If a KR flys with a cruise prop and experiences a "fouled plug" or some >> thing that drops the RPM. The question is will that KR have enough >> power to sustain flight or even climb? When is to much pitch to much >> for safety margins? > > Obviously that depends on the engine. I'll let a VW guy comment on that > end > of the spectrum, but I can tell you from personal experience that a > Corvair > will keep on climbing at a pretty good rate with one totally dead > cylinder. > I think Bill Clapp had a spark plug blow out on takeoff, and obviously he > was able to make it back in too. > > > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > >
