I was faced with the same dilemma, where to put them? Anywhere in the
leading edge of the wings would be ideal but I didn't want to cut into
the very nice Diehl wings. I thought of the wheel pants and I thought of
fairing them in right where the gear legs meet the fuselage, but I ended
up putting
Dave Dunwoodie Wrote
> So the bottom line question is how to align them? With the airplane in
> straight and level flight, where should the vertical beam be pointing?
> Straight ahead? Down by 6 degrees? Up by 6 degrees? Something like that?
I would sooner retrofit a landing light into the eng
Maybe this has been mentioned, but I missed it.
People talk about fly-by-wire to refer to basically electronically
controlled control surfaces - servos instead of wires or hydraulics. This is
just electroactuation, there is more to FBW than that. FBW means that a
computer, with a model of the a
Hi Dave,
The person, I'm getting my KR2 project from went the same route, though I
would really like to hear everyones opinion on this, as I was worried that a
wet runway would splash the inside of the wheel pants alot with water.
Thoughts?
Joe
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Dave Dunwoodie wro
Hi All,
I'm getting ready to place a order,The question I have is concerning the gauge
of wiring for my ignition switch.The switch that I got calls for shielded
wire,but doesn't say anything the gauge. Thanks for all the help.
Robert Pesak
Hermitage, Tn.
http://photobucket.com/robertskr
I remember a mirage pilot say that the mirage was the last real jet fighter
because he could feel the stress during maneuvers and was more than honored to
fly it [then compared it to the F-16]. He shared a love flying that plane.
Given history, I like the wire controls. Hydraulics and electro
I guess I'm looking for pros and cons more than anything.
I came VERY close to installing landing lights in the wings, but it
immediately became apparent that this would become an expensive
(intimidating) process.
As I am in the process of adding wheel pants, I thought that perhaps a
good shot
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I ordered a canopy for my KR2S today from Todds. He tells me I am the first to
use this canopy on a KR but I think maybe someone else has done it maybe.
I am using the Zodiac 601XL canopy.
http://www.zenithair.com/zodiac/xl/features1.html
If I was building with metal that is the plane I would
Also,
Watch out for EMI. Back when the UH-60 was introduced it suffered many
fatal crashes for no apparent reason. The Army was about to cancel the contract
when an investigator saw a hardover condition occur on the ground. Turned
out to be a shot from a radar tower. The others were near rad
Bob Buzby wrote:
> Hey ! they are going to kick you off this site for saying things like
> this...be Careful what you write...do not Experiment with your writing...
>
> I have been warned twice now...
>
> (in fact, this may be my Third Strike...i can only hope i am Forgiven for
> this Reply...in
>Hey ! they are going to kick you off this site for saying things
>like this...be Careful what you write...do not Experiment with your writing...
>I have been warned twice now...(in fact, this may be my Third
>Strike...i can only hope i am Forgiven for this Reply...in the
>Spirit of Experiment
Hey ! they are going to kick you off this site for saying things like this...be
Careful what you write...do not Experiment with your writing...
I have been warned twice now...
(in fact, this may be my Third Strike...i can only hope i am Forgiven for this
Reply...in the Spirit of Experimentalis
Because it is an "EXPERIMENT".. That's what Experimental aircraft building is
all about!! Fun. Change. Try something that no one else has tried.
Ron
--- On Wed, 11/3/10, M Blank wrote:
> From: M Blank
> Subject: KR> RE: KR FBW and other "stuff"
> To: kr...@mylist.net
> Date: Wednesday, No
I am not a KR flier I am in the process of building a KR when I am not flying
my Mooney, I have an A/P and lots of nice "gadgets" in the Mooney, but, the
Mooney is a much larger plane than a KR. So the question I have is, "What the
HECK does any of this yackety yack have to do with building a K
Yep thats how I feel, as well, thats why it's augmentation, not replacement
LOL its no different then an auto pilot but you are telling the autopilot to
move left or right or up or down or whatever. though you can turn off the
auto pilot and take control of the "REAL" stick. And yep, I thought ab
I work on electronic equipment 8 hours a day 5 days a week or more.
After 38 years of PROFESSIONAL electronic repair work I can say this:
THERE IS NO WAY ON GODS GREEN EARTH THAT I AM GOING TO TRUST MY LIFE TO
AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE CONTROL SURFACES
(certainly not w
Yes, but that was YEARS ago and electronics have gone a long ways. Plus
those were 100% FBW I'm talking about augmentation. which in reality is only
an auto pilot taking to the next level.
Anyways sky diving is so scary I don't know if I can do that.
Joe
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 3:38 PM, John Caud
Hi Jose,
Maybe you should work on an ejection seat/system first.
The USAF killed a few pilots before they got the FBW working
on the F-16. Good luck with the project! I hope you get it
working with out it killing you in the process!
Gods Speed,
J.E. Caudle
Fenwick, WV
363TB (On the Bench)
Jose,
I've been watching the progress of your BD4 on the BD4 forum - I'm building
a BD4C myself, although I haven't gotten nearly as far yet as you. Welcome
to the KR list - the most useful aircraft builders list I've come across.
As Dave Goodman said, more power to you if you can get FBW to work
Oh don't get me wrong. I'm all for experiments and upgrades. The
improvements Mark has done are based on sound aerodynamic principals and
practices. All of us have looked at many KR's that the builder tried to
improve so much that they were never completed or flown. In some cases this
most likely s
Thanks,
Actually as a small bit I'm using the onboard computer to control flaps and
trim. I have a load pressure sensor on the stick to tell how much back
pressure the stick has to adjust by a click on the screen the trim tab.
These are two areas I felt comfortable using FBW tech until I did more
Terry wrote:
The KR is so light and delightful on the controls now; it's hard to imagine
making it better.
Terry,
I agree and disagree.
It would be a lot of work, but look at how much work ML put into his plane.
While we certainly all benefitted from his efforts, if the goal was to just
build
Thanks, that is the reason for the quck connect of the control stick, and
using actulators in combonation with manual control so one can switch easy
enough and the use of the special actulators that won't lock in the controls
on power failure.
This solves two problem as it's not 100% dependant on
I guess I'm in build it to plans camp in this case. The KR is so light and
delightful on the controls now; it's hard to imagine making it better. All
this will do is add weight that it does not need, complexity that is does
not need. You get the picture. Now adding a Tru Trak or similar, that I
cou
Jose wrote:
I had been thinking about a fly by wire design, I had posted this on my
other forum I'm a member of, but too many of them are "BUILD IT to PLANS!!"
type, I like to change things for the better.
Jose,
I applaud your motivation and enthusiasm! This sounds like a tremendous
amount of w
Hi everyone,
I had been thinking about a fly by wire design, I had posted this on my
other forum I'm a member of, but too many of them are "BUILD IT to PLANS!!"
type, I like to change things for the better.
I'm thinking one of the changes I could do to the KR I'm planning on getting
is to figure
I'm sure some KRnet list members wonder why I'm such a jerk about people making
useless liittle comments that don't contribute anything toward helping somebody
solve a problem, answer a question, or in some way further the body of
knowledge of building and flying KRs. Most people get it, some
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