I have a E81 for sale with a redrive and tricycle gear motor mount off a KR-2. It weighs about 2oolbs with radiator and all. They are heavy
--- Fred Johnson <f...@renotruss.com> wrote: > Thanks Serge for the info. It's not the a heavy > plane (yet) but I am, > and I want to carry passengers and full fuel for > cross country flying. > > I have considered a type 4, like a 2.4 or a 2.7 but > haven't had much > luck finding any decent ones locally. That's why > I've been looking at a > Geo or Subie though I've read they are heavy. > > I still have a ways to go. All the information to > digest first. > > Thanks. > > Fred Johnson > Product Manager > T.E. West, LLC. > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net > [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On > Behalf Of Serge VIDAL > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 8:43 AM > To: KRnet > Subject: Réf. : RE: KR> Subaru engines > > Fred, > > I have operated a KR2 from Johannesburg, South > Africa (5300' with > frequent > high temperatures, which had a stock VW Type 4 > (given for 65 hp), > coming > nearly straight out of a minibus. My opinion is it > would have had more > than enough power if the combination of engine and > prop had been right > (it > had been optimized for speed at sea level). I > finally changed the engine > > for a VW 2.4 liter, given for about 80 hp, and from > the testing I did > before I left the country, it is more than enough > for a heavy KR like > mine, even with full fuel and 2 on board. > > I changed the engine because I could, and wanted to > build one of my own. > > But frankly, I could have made another prop, and > that would have done > the > trick. > > IMHO, people tend to get carried away on their power > requirement. A KR > can > fly nicely on low power, if you get your powerplant > right. > > Serge Vidal > KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" > Paris, France > > > > > > > "Fred Johnson" <f...@renotruss.com> > > Envoyé par : krnet-boun...@mylist.net > 04/08/2006 22:02 > Veuillez répondre à KRnet > Remis le : 04/08/2006 22:04 > > > Pour : "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net> > cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM) > Objet : RE: KR> Subaru engines > > > > Thanks Mark! > > I've forwarded an email to them. > > My other option has been using an O-200 or 235. I'm > not sold on the > Corvair yet, nor the VW. My altitude here at 4SD is > 5046' and the VW > just makes marginal horsepower at this altitude in > my opinion for two > and full fuel, unless I built a type IV with 2700 > CC's or more. > > I had considered the EJ22 which would net me 120 > ponies from what I've > read so far. But claims about their weight scares > me, it would mean an > aircraft empty weight of around 650#. > > Any thoughts on all this? > > Fred Johnson > Product Manager > T.E. West, LLC. > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net > [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On > Behalf Of Mark Langford > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 12:07 PM > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> Subaru engines > > Fred Johnson wrote: > > > Hey Mark, since it is so quiet today, do you know > of anyone > successfully > > using either a Subaru or Geo engine in a KR? > > Steve Makish and Bob Lester have a lot of hours on a > Subaru (don't know > exactly which one). They were big proponents until > Steve wore his case > out > a couple of times at about 300 hours. His opinion > is that they can't > take > the RPMs, and are not worth the trouble. He's now > flying a Corvair. > He's > not on the list but his email address is > srmak...@aol.com if want to > email > him direct and ask his opinion. > > Yes Ken Thomas also had a Subaru and is now running > a Jabiru, and is > happy > with it. Dave Stroud weighed a Subaru engine > installation firewall > forward > and came up with 285 pounds, substantially more than > "they" tell you > it'll > weigh. The Corvair is about 245, by comparison. > > My 2 cents worth, but I've never flown behind a > Subaru, so take it for > what > it's worth... > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > > > > > " Ce courriel et les documents qui y sont attachés > peuvent contenir des > informations confidentielles. 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