Jack Thanks for your prompt reply. Yes I have tried William but he apparrently only supplies on condition of receiving replacement cores. I have tried phoning & emailing but it appears he is too busy to be involved. I have even purchased the construction manual but it is of no use without an engine to construct! The shipping costs would have to be checked out but from Tennesee I would think they would be similar to Florida. Do you have the 164ci cores or? Serial numbers? The construction manual gives the numbers preferred. I dont know what the 'failure' rate of core engines are but I believe most are usable. If you dont want to quit your engine thats OK but I thought I may also get a response elsewhere on KRnet. With shipping costs we have to bite the bullet if it is affordable becauseof distance. hope you dont dissappear from KRnet with the Grumman project though. Vaughan Thomas----- Original Message ----- From: <kr2coo...@comcast.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 10:01 AM Subject: Re: KR> Confession
Vaughan My cores have not been torn down and inspected. For shipping that far I would suggest that you go through William Wynne who has cores on the shelf, inspected and ready for rebuild. I'm sure ther e would be a significant shipping cost to NZ and would be a shame to get a core that may not be good. http://www.flycorvair.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vaughan Thomas" <v...@xtra.co.nz> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Saturday, February 5, 2011 3:41:22 PM Subject: Re: KR> Confession What a confession - the sin of temptation. But on a serious note, any chance of securing one or two corvair core engines ? From Jack or some one else on KRnet ? Down under here in EnZed (New Zealand) Corvairs are like rocking horse shit -just dont exist in core engine form. Original cooling system not required but would not argue if it was an issue. Arranging freight may be a hassle? but I may be able to find container space with other stuff to NZ. Basic pallet load, if secured to pallet should be OK. I had all but given up on getting Corvair power & had settled on Sub ea81 as alternative. But now my hopes are up & the project may step into overdrive. Jack, the goddess of cash can be a bitch, but something like this usually turns up! Vaughan Thomas Hamilton. New Zealand Message ----- From: <kr2coo...@comcast.net> To: "corvaircraft" <corvaircr...@mylist.net>; "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 7:57 AM Subject: KR> Confession Forgive me kr and Corvair netters for I have sinned. I have been seduced by the Goddess of Grumman who tempted me with a beautiful AA-1B which had a recent paint job (spring 2010) and new glass but a wounded wing. The previous owner made a downwind landing on a 1400' grass strip and the wing hit a pole. Mostly skin and rib damage, no spar damage. In 2006 the tired old Lycoming O-235 was replaced with a newly overhauled O-320 and at present has only 68 hours on it since major. The Goddess told me I could buy the airplane for 14K and for another 3-4K I could be flying. She lied-- I'm presently at about 21K and still haven't flown. I brought it home on Oct 26th and started working on it under the supervision of an A&P/AI. Together we did a very thorough annual, and repaired the wing. Last Saturday I thought all was done and time to start testing so out to the runway for a runup and static RPM check. A previous static check yielded 2300 RPM but now all I'm showing is 2000 RPM. Further testing shows the tachometer to be off but I think we still have some troubleshooting to do to get the engine running just right. Tachometer is back ordered so it may be a couple more weeks before I can do any more. What does this mean for the KR. Well I know what happens to most experimentals when the builder gets lured into a spam can and I can't promise that it won't happen to my KR but I hope that I will continue to work on it . Right now the KR has had the wings removed and was moved to the basement but that is because of another problem I had a few days ago. A pipe (CPVC) froze and busted in my attic so I have had drywall workers in the hangar for about a week. I sent the Grumman to a neighbors hangar and the KR to the basement. Between the Grumman, water damage and the tax man I got in a squeeze for cash so I sold my Corvair engine. Roy had it at the time so I called him and made a quick sale. I do have other corvair cores so someday when the Goddess of cash smiles on me again I'll start over on the engine. One thing for sure I will be at the KR gathering in September . Maybe I can get the Grumman flying between now and then. Jack Cooper Chuckey TN. _______________________________________ 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3423 - Release Date: 02/04/11 19:36:00 _______________________________________ 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3424 - Release Date: 02/05/11 07:34:00
