Larry, I still think you have too much prop on your plane. When I had my Sterba on the O-200 cut down and pitched a little less on the M-1 my climb rate went from about 900 FPM to about 1,300 and cruies speed increased about 8 MPH. I would expect you to get very similar results on the KR. You should be turning up that O-200 at at least 3,100 to 3,200 RPM in cruise.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Larry&Sallie Flesner <fles...@verizon.net> Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:59:43 -0600 > >I have very short wings on my heavy bird ( 20' 4" as I recall ) and >suffer in the climb rate. I get maybe 800 to 900 fpm on the best >of days with a lighter fuel load. I've considered adding to the tips >but hate to take it down to modify and re-paint. I seldom fly above >3500 feet so it's not a big issue with me. On longer trips I just do >a cruise climb of 500 fpm at 120 mph indicated so it doesn't really >take me long to get to 7500 or so. > >Larry Flesner > > >_______________________________________ >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 >