Brad my name is Charles Brown, I have plans for retractable trigear for the KR if you are interested I can make copys and send to you I have help build three KRs and want to start on mine if the shop ever gets cleaned lol I live in the middle of cascade mountains in Washington state. God bless have a great day.
--- On Wed, 4/21/10, Brad Ankerstar <ankerst...@embarqmail.com> wrote: From: Brad Ankerstar <ankerst...@embarqmail.com> Subject: KR> N774A damage report To: "Krnet" <kr...@mylist.net> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 5:09 AM On 14 April at 2:10 pm, N774A hit the ground at about 75 mph after I realized it was falling out of the sky. I had flown a reasonably decent pattern and was headed right for the numbers but the airspeed read 80. As I applied power to arrest the sink, I hit the ground and bounced. When I hit again, the gear collapsed and I became a sled. Stayed on the runway and, even though everything that wasn't fastened down flew all over the cockpit, I was not injured. The prop, of course, is kindling. The cowl was scuffed up slightly, the belly from the main spar forward was also significantly scuffed, and the firewall came loose on the top and sides. The fuel tank front mount kept the firewall on the plane. The landing gear was essentially undamaged. It did not collapse, as in -- retract. What happened was that all 8 of the nuts on the gear leg attach bolds were stripped off. That allowed the gear legs to fold sideways up into the wing which prevented a second bounce. Of course, the top skin on each wing was pierced on both sides of the main spar. If I was so inclined, I could bolt the gear legs back to the spring, replace a tire that got scuffed, and get on with the wood and glass repairs. However, I am not so inclined so I am now in the market for a set of Diehl tricycle gear, plus wheels and brakes, and a prop. A project, on the gear might be interesting. If anyone has something you think I could use, please contact me off the net at ankerst...@embarqmail.com. For the record, N774A is a single place KR 2 with a 1835 cc VW. (ran good but the revflow carb is too big) It had a Hegy 52x44 prop which was at 34-3600 rpm for the whole flight. Empty weight is 587 lbs and gross is 950. I remember speeds from 65 to 135 while I orbited HAO for about 40 minutes, trying to find the courage to try to get down. Remember, I was doing taxi tests and was no where near ready to fly --- obviously. I pretty much wasted all that time being very gentle trying to keep it in the sky when I should have been doing some actual test flying. Anyway, back to work again. I have long thought, and now I'm convinced, that these are sturdy little birds. With a couple miracles, we will be at the next gathering. Without miracles, I'll drive. Brad Ankerstar, SW Ohio N774A, KR2 _______________________________________ 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
