Vern, I would like a copy also! Plz contact me off net at eric.pi...@frontier.com Thanks
Eric Pitts Terre Haute, Ind. "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" ________________________________ From: Vern Taylor <taylormotorsp...@internode.on.net> To: 'KRnet' <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 8:13 PM Subject: RE: KR> Re: KRnet Digest, Vol 354, Issue 133 Dustin I have contacted my friend (Terry) re undercarriage. He has large blueprints which he will copy and send to me. He has given permission to share on the KR net, so I can send you a copy if you give me a postal address, they are too large to scan into the system. A bit of info re his aircraft: He commenced construction in 1975, first flight was in 1980. The original u/c was damaged at least twice so developed his own using cut-down front forks from a Yamaha YZ250 and stronger springs. He chose these forks for their 1 1/2 inch diameter pistons. I believe there would be other, bigger diameters available now. During the period 1989 to 1992, he used his KR2 as his means of transport between home and work, normally a 2 1/2 hour drive but 38 minutes by air in the light aircraft corridor. During the 4 years he clocked 500 hours, so there is a LOT of landings - all successful, on this undercarriage. This aircraft currently has over 1600 hours on it, powered by VW revmaster and is currently being fitted with a new engine. Terry had communications with Ken Rand in the early days and developed a pushrod system, for elevator and ailerons, which has now become common amongst KR builds. Re the wing centre spars: Darren Crompton had his rear spar bent forward at the fuselage. I intend to keep front and rear spars parallel so that the ribs at the tip and WAF's are the same as other KRs, the aerofoil at the fuselage will be proportionally larger, maintaining the original spar strength and increasing the depth available at the wing root for the wheel to retract into. Another benefit is the increased area available for flaps, which are an essential. I believe Mark Langford was also contemplating something similar. I live in an area of outback Australia, that, should the worst happen, I might have to come down in totally inhospitable terrain ( we call it Tiger country) and the slower I can put my aircraft down, the more chance I have of surviving . Safe Flying Vern Taylor -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Dustin Sent: Tuesday, 15 May 2012 4:40 AM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> Re: KRnet Digest, Vol 354, Issue 133 Vern, not Virg. Blessed is the lord my strength which teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight. _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. 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://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
