I noticed in the fastest KR information my KR (880AB) was listed as a KR2S. It is only a KR2, also the engine is a Great Plains 2180 cc Volkswagen, not a 2100.. The course was flown at around 75% - 80% power due to high exhaust temperatures (over 400 degrees) at rpms greater than 3,000. The prop is a 54/54 from Sterba. ---- Bill Page Starkville, Mississippi boliverp...@bellsouth.net
- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 11:56 AM Subject: Re: KR> fastest KRs Roy Marsh was in a race and was clocked at something like 192.xxx mph (sorry, don't have that January of 1995 Kitplanes with me, and I didn't see it on Don Reid's site). But Troy Petteway's was clocked at 196.4 at the 2007 "Performance Evaluation" competition, held at the Gathering at MVN. See http://www.krnet.org/eval_results.gif for other results. There have been very few "documented" runs involving KRs. These are the best two that I know of, although Steve Alderman (from Colorado) would be close also. Richard Shirley would probably tell you that he can do 230mph, but then he has a KR1 with a 130 hp 6 cylinder Jabiru (not that it matters), but nothing official. My guess would be that he's the fastest. His plane is the fourth picture down at http://www.krnet.org/eval_results.gif . His plane is so streamlined and optimized, it's going to be tough to top, except with more power. Mark Langford, resident KRnet insensitive jerk N56ML "at" hiwaay.net website at http://www.N56ML.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
