Just wondering what is " THE " fastest documented speed recorded of a KR 1 or KR 2 ?
Mike 65% KR2S > Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 08:49:28 -0700 > From: mercedesm...@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: KR> I broke 250 > To: kr...@mylist.net > > I thought you meant 250 knot's! > > Ron Smith > > KR2SSXL > > Buckeye Arizona > > mercedesm...@yahoo.com > > http://ronsmith.myphotoalbum.com/albums.php > > --- On Fri, 6/5/09, Mark Jones <flyk...@charter.net> wrote: > > From: Mark Jones <flyk...@charter.net> > Subject: KR> I broke 250 > To: "KR Net" <kr...@mylist.net>, "Corvair Net" <corvaircr...@mylist.net> > Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 8:38 PM > > Last evenings flight was a small milestone for me. I broke 250 flight hours > on N886MJ. To be exact, I now have 250.4 hours with 296 successful landings. > I do remember one of those landings as not being a lot of fun and resulted in > the fatality of one of natures antlered four legged friends. There have been > a lot of other incidents such as a broken crankshaft (made a safe emergency > landing on airport), a failed cam gear (made a five mile glide back to the > airport for yet another safe emergency landing), a dropped intake valve seat > (13 miles safely to Metropolis airport), there was the time I left the KR > Gathering in 2006 and my engine quit at 1200 feet (switched to my secondary > ignition and flew half way home to a fuel stop. It was a broken ground wire > on the primary coil.), Oh yea, there was the time I was buzzing my brother in > laws house and my fuel pump quit at 1000' and I made it back to the airport > 11 miles away. What about when I first started > flying my plane and I overheated the front two cylinders and broke the rings. > Flew that way for 7 hours before Langford made me take the heads off because > I had 7 lbs compression in one cylinder and 14 in the other. One time I took > off with my belly board down and got about 500 feet and she basically would > not climb. I could see the farmers daughters playing in the haystack as I > barely cleared the silos. There was a high speed pass I made for my friends > here in Wisconsin where I leveled out at 50 feet doing 190 mph and about a > third of the way down the runway she started sputtering. I immediately pulled > up to gain altitude as I thought my engine was going to quit. Forgot to > richen the mixture on that one. Then there was the time I had a fog bank > close in on me and I thought I was going to die. That was one for the > stupidity log book. I know there are other incidents and Bob Glidden tells me > I should write a book on how not to fly a Corvair powered KR. > So why am I telling all this....because I did not let any of this discourage > me and I now have a wonderful flying plane. Keep building and you too can > have all the fun I am having. > > > Mark Jones (N886MJ) > Stevens Point, WI > E-mail: flyk...@charter.net > Web: www.flykr2s.com > _______________________________________ > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that?s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290
