KR> antenna placement

2010-09-23 Thread Glenn Martin
I THOUGHT I saw you glowing in the dark , Mark. -- Glenn Martin (N5PQ) Martek Mississippi Electronic Repair 13238 Hudson-Krohn Rd. Biloxi, MS, 39532 rep...@martekmississippi.com

KR> antenna placement

2010-09-23 Thread Mark Langford
KRnetHeads, Somebody asked about the proximity of antennas to each other earlier. You'd be surprised with how much clutter you can get away with before there's any real degradation. Take a look at http://www.n56ml.com/misc/10091413m_antennas.jpg for an example of how tight things can get and

KR> krgathering.org

2010-09-23 Thread Bob Lee
Steve Bennett wrote: << Went to look at krgathering.org this evening to see if any photos were posted of the 2010 gathering along with income/expenditures statement for this year. Nothing there. Anyone know why? >> I know why, as I'm the webmaster for KRGathering.org. I took over 450 images a

KR> krgathering.org

2010-09-23 Thread Glenn Martin
STEVE bennett wrote: > Went to look at krgathering.org this evening to see if any photos were posted > of the 2010 gathering along with income/expenditures statement for this year. > Nothing there. Anyone know why? > Glenda McElwee posted pics on her website: http://www.awesometrvl.com/sep

KR> krgathering.org

2010-09-23 Thread STEVE bennett
Went to look at krgathering.org this evening to see if any photos were posted of the 2010 gathering along with income/expenditures statement for this year. Nothing there. Anyone know why? Steve Bennett Great Plains Aircraft ifly...@msn.com

KR> pitot static port

2010-09-23 Thread Dan Heath
Look here, about 3/4 down the thumbs: http://krbuilder.org/CockpitWork/index.html And, if you look on the home page, http://krbuilder.org/ You will see a full side pic of the Black Bird. Look aft about on the same line as the plane's name, and a little left and down from the N-number, and you w

KR> pitot static port

2010-09-23 Thread rkp...@comcast.net
Hi Everyone,   The question I have is,Where is the best location for the pitot static port? I do understand that it will make a deference because every kr is not shaped the same,but just a general location would with the plumbing.  Robert Pesak  Hermitage, Tn. http://photobucket.com/rob

KR> high oil temps on VW 2180 follow up

2010-09-23 Thread phillip matheson
In the first test we bent the lip (about 30-35 degrees) up toward the lower fuse effectively decreasing the exit opening of the lower cowl. - Jeff. When I fitted my type 4 VW I made a aluminium cover to route air over the finned sump. I have never had to use it, as my oil temp

KR> high oil temps on VW 2180 follow up

2010-09-23 Thread Jeff York
I meant to say severe duty pump and heavy duty by pass spring. - Original Message From: J L To: KRnet Sent: Thu, September 23, 2010 9:49:55 AM Subject: Re: KR> high oil temps on VW 2180 follow up Jeff, I do not understand what you mean by "oil pump needs to have a severe duty spring

KR> KR VW engine cowling for sale

2010-09-23 Thread David Goodman
KR-netters, I have a KR VW cowling that needs to go on a plane vice sitting in my hangar. This is an original RR cowling, still in the original RR shipping box. New they are $599. Asking $250.00 for it. If interested e-mail me privately at dgoodman(at)verticalavionics.com. If no one wants i

KR> high oil temps on VW 2180 follow up

2010-09-23 Thread J L
Jeff, I do not understand what you mean by "oil pump needs to have a severe duty spring". Do you mean that you need a stiffer spring on the first bypass valve? That may help send more oil to the cooler. I have the same situation you do with oil lines in close contact with exhaust lines. My lines

KR> high oil temps on VW 2180 follow up

2010-09-23 Thread Glenn Martin
Jeff York wrote: > The limited flight results seemed to indicate that my oil temps came down from > 230-240 to about 220. Still high but initially better. However, we now belief > that we may have raised the CHT's > Your mixture may be running a bit more lean now being that the intake air is

KR> high oil temps on VW 2180 follow up

2010-09-23 Thread Jeff York
As a follow up on my high oil temps. Last Saturday, we taped close the RV6 style air intake opening on my KR2. This air intake was to feed fresh air to my Zenith carb. (My understanding is that carb is not capable of high velosity air via a enclosed tube ram air style intake. So I do not believ