FWIW, George and I flew together a fair amount. The performance of his KR with the O-235 was far superior to mine with an O-200. However, George had that engine pumped up to where it was producing a claimed 140 HP and it showed in the performance. He could cruise with the RVs quite easily and could outclimb them as well. George had just upgraded to an O-320, which he proudly had trimmed to a 2# lighter installation than his O-235, but was killed in the second flight behind the O-320 5 years ago. It's not known whether he had an airframe, engine, or medical problem when the crash occurred. -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM -------------------- That was George McHenry who is no longer with us. I know the reported performance was about the same or better than the O-200 birds. I am mounting an O-235 to mine but may change back to the Corvair now that the crank issue has been solved. In my opinion the O-235 is the heaviest engine that should be attempted on a KR. My Smith Miniplane has one too and it just runs the weight up so high that you have little useful load left.
Craig > On November 12, 2017 at 9:45 PM Samuel Ajayi via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > > Hi All, > Who is the gentleman with a KR that has a Lycoming O-235 engine. Curious > about performance and drawback with this installation. Also, does anyone have > sage advice on the single wing design? I understand the issue of > transportation but curious about other possible drawbacks. > > Thanks > > -- > Sent from myMail for Android > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html[http://www.krnet.org/info.html]. > see > http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org[http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org] > to change options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/[https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/]. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html[http://www.krnet.org/info.html]. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org[http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org] to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
