Dan,
Yes it will be good to compare notes. Today's weather was much better and I was able to get in quite a bit of time flying doing two separate flights. Some of the 2nd and 3rd flight testing results are as follows. My pre-stall buffet is at 55 mph indicated so that is good news. I did some climbs and descents at varying speeds and I am convinced my vertical speed indicator is not very accurate for measuring fpm. When I started a climb, the instrument would show a decent initially then it would start showing a climb after a few seconds. I'll need to do a series of runs with time and speed calcs to be sure I'm getting good data from the instrument. Altimeter is accurate, good results compared to the gps. For speed I still didn't push the airplane to hard but looks like I can get 130 mph at 3200 rpms, at 3000 rpms I see 120 mph. The engine will push redline at 3400 rpm in level flight, I haven't tried to keep it redlined yet but don't expect to get that much more speed out of her. All speeds were done at 6000 feet. The airspeed indicator appears to be reading pretty accurate by comparison to the gps, just some minor differences due to the relative wind. I hope to do the gps bearing track data recording tomorrow. Not too surprised about the airspeeds to be honest. This based on being a trigear, Revmaster 2100 at 70 hp, just a primer paint job and no wheel fairings. All engine gages still look good, oil press 70 psi, 150 oil temp, 1200 egt, 275 cht. I did some slow flight at 70 mph and she handled well. I did a shallow dive and got her up to 140 mph with no bad habits yet. I put an aileron trim tab on the left aileron this morning and it is having some positive affect on the wing leveling. I'll adjust it some more and see what the results are tomorrow. I also adjusted my ground adjustable elevator trim tab to reduce stick forces. My second landing was pretty good, my third was not as good. I ended up a little fast and high on final but still landed it without too much trouble. Good thing I have a 4000 ft long by 75 ft wide runway. Squawks, oil pressure sender oil leak at fitting (not a serious leak) - added thread sealant and retightened. Cowling attach points, floxed some washers to reduce wear due to constantly removing the cowling all the time. I also opened up the cabin vents some to improve cabin ventilation. Rob Schmitt N1852Z www.Robert7721.com <http://www.robert7721.com/> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 14:28:57 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) From: "Dan Heath" <da...@alltel.net> Subject: Re: KR> 1st Flight N1852Z To: <kr...@mylist.net> Message-ID: <44F9CD69.000001.03500@DANHOMECOMPUTER> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Congratulations Robert. That is 4 new KRs in the last couple of weeks. That is a great report. I think you are getting better performance from your 2100 than I am from my 2180. I only see 3200 on the ground with a 52X50. We should compare notes over the next few weeks. I added a trim tab to my elevator to take care of the nose down issue and had to re-make one oil hose because it had been damaged a little, by the exhaust pipe heat. Ready to go again tomorrow. Looking forward to the pics and video. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org <http://krbuilder.org/> - Then click on the pics See you at the 2007 - KR Gathering There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for Flying has begun. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC
