Mark, Good to hear! I always loved Jim F airplane as well. I'm sure it will be fun to own.
I'm at Baraboo Wi at the Tailwind fly-in with my KR. See you at Osh. Rob Schmitt N1852z Sent from my iPhone On Jul 21, 2012, at 6:59 AM, krnet-requ...@mylist.net wrote: > Send KRnet mailing list submissions to > kr...@mylist.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mylist.net/listinfo/krnet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > krnet-requ...@mylist.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > krnet-ow...@mylist.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of KRnet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fontana Dam trip, and no such thing as too many KRs > (Mark Langford) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 22:16:40 -0500 > From: "Mark Langford" <m...@n56ml.com> > Subject: KR> Fontana Dam trip, and no such thing as too many KRs > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Cc: Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft <corvaircr...@mylist.net> > Message-ID: <5776CDA093124DE59BEBF1A75C4DFEDD@base> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > NetHeads, > > I was looking through some web pages tonight and stumbled across the trip I > made to Fontana Dam one afternoon after work. For those that need some > motivation to finish up that KR, check out > http://www.n56ml.com/flights/fontana/ for the kind of adventures that await > you once you've built and flown your own personal time machine. > > For those wondering, I still don't have the Swift back in the air, thanks to > a grueling workload from my day (and night) job. But I am getting a lot > closer. If I had about 15 hours of time to work on it, I'd be done. I did > manage to put about three hours into it last weekend, and cleared my biggest > hurdle, a complex lower spar cap that took five attempts to achieve and > install something I'm proud of. The rest will be easy by comparison, but at > 3 hours per weekend, I'm not exactly setting the world on fire. > > I've also bought a 90% complete (at least) stretched KR2S that's been in my > basement for about 3 months now. It's very similar to Larry Flesner's > plane, except without the taller gear legs. I haven't laid a hand on it > though, as finishing up the Swift is top priority to get me back in the air > ASAP. Once that's done I'll finish up the KR2S. I'll post some photos and a > description of that one when I get a chance. > > And given that I've had nothing to fly since March, and it would be > unbearable to show up at the 40th Anniversary KR Gathering driving a car, I > finally reached my limit and bought a "previously owned" KR2 with 320 hours > on it. No work required on this one, other than go get it and fly it back > home. That'll happen in 2 weeks. I'm really looking forward to the KR2 > experience...I'll be able to speak intelligently on the difference in the > flying qualities between the two, and get back to some worthwhile testing, > and therefore a reason to live! I have a feeling my view of the KR2 will > improve substantially, but we'll have to see. I flew N891JF "two-up" for a > few minutes at a Gathering about 10 years ago, and I thought it handled fine > then. To answer the obvious question, both of these planes have VW engines, > one a 2180cc Type 1 and the other a 2400cc Type 4, both of which have a > pretty good record when it comes to crank failures when equipped with a GPASC > Force One bearing. I'm even going to learn what it's like to fly behind a > Posa carb! > > And to clear up any question on the Corvair, I do have a 4340 crank on order > from Dan Weseman for my 3100cc Corvair for the single seater I'll likely > build when I get all of this other stuff taken care of and work slows down, > if that ever happens. I'm the lead engineer on a 15 year design, build, and > engineering contract, and for the moment, my personal life has diminished to > practically nothing. The consolation is that it's really cool work...almost > worth not having a life, but at the expense of losing my sanity! Only 13 > more years to go... > > Which KR2? See http://www.n56ml.com/n981jf/ for more on that. I'm honored > to own such a fine machine...and it has a nice paint job on it already! I > think it even won "Best KR" at the Gathering once or twice. Bottom line is > that I'm "comin' to join ya" again. Rumor has it that Jim may put in an > appearance at the Gathering this year (http://www.krgathering.org/). > > I'll see some of y'all at the KR Forum at OSH Monday at 1:00. Nothing > prepared yet...winging it as usual, so y'all think of some good questions to > ask. If nothing else, it's a good reason to tag up at least once a year. > This will be the only year I don't show up flying a KR for a long while to > come... > ... > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > website at http://www.N56ML.com > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > See KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > End of KRnet Digest, Vol 354, Issue 204 > ***************************************
