rkp...@comcast.net wrote:
The switch that I got calls for shielded wire,but doesn't say anything the
gauge.
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Wire gauge selection is a function of current carrying capacity, voltage drop
on longer runs and physical strength. Magneto P leads do not carry a great deal
of curre
If you suspect the maintenance might be an issue, than maybe a simple circuit
with a LED on the instrument panel might be interesting. Circuit can be
designed to light up when a bulb is out and can be active even if the lights
are not powered on (ie: day time) That might save some cycles on the
David Goodman asked:
One question. When you say you leveled the plane after bouncing, do you
mean that you gave the plane any forward stick after bouncing or just held
what you had before the second touchdown?
Thanks for the well wishes, and yes you got it right. I held the stick
where it wa
Jay wrote:
Sorry folks, I had intended to send this out before the NTSB did but I have
been busy doing NTSB reports, FAA reports and NASA report. Plus trying to
get the plane home since last Friday. So here is the story:
Jay,
That you are safe is all that matters. Good write-up and recommen
Sorry, I meant to add my name before sending the email.
Since I am sending another note anyway, I would appreciate any input on
which fixed gear I should use. I am sure everyone that has fixed main gear
will have an opinion, but in the interest of not overloading everyone with
emails, if som
Sorry folks, I had intended to send this out before the NTSB did but I have
been busy doing NTSB reports, FAA reports and NASA report. Plus trying to
get the plane home since last Friday. So here is the story:
Well, things didn't go as well as I had hoped! The wind was high in the
morning ho
Thank You to all that responded! I wish I had a website where I could
post pictures, guess that is the next item to deal with!
I managed to find some small driving lights that (with a little time and
patience) will "flush-up" into the nose of the pants and actually take
on the original curvatu
On my kr there is a pull-push handle not unlike a throttle control that
moves the landing light up and down, it is also set up with a high and low
beam. Just a thought, its lighter than a motor would be and is completely
adjustable.
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From: "jack.cooper2009"
To: ; "
With a little engineering you could use a motor from a car mirror and make it
adjustable for taxi and landing.
Jack Cooper
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It is a personal choice and depends on how much snow, slush, and mud your
local area gets.
Some guys will remove their wheel pants each winter and others will
reframe from flying when their is snow or slush on the runways and taxiways.
Brant Hollensbe
Bhollensbe at mchsi dot com
Des Moines,
Is it customary to leave wheel pants on in the winter months on a KR? I really
don't know, so I'm asking. Seems that at my airport wheel pants are removed on
all aircraft in the winter. And I would imagine that the lights would go
through abuse they were not designed for. Seems that every time I
Morning everyone. I have looked at alot of reports including the NTSB on home
builts and KR's and I found that most accidents could have been avoided. alot
of
people get so hung up in flying that they don't do a good preflight or a post
flight, yes I said post flight.One thing the military avia
The plane I'm getting is already fitted for the wheel pant lights, but when
I do the tanks (after I finish my BD4, I don't want two planes on the ground
out of the air) I think I will put them in the leading edge as well. Might
leave the ones in the pants alone as long as they don't break but mostl
was it the retractable gear KR2's?
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:47 AM, STEVE bennett wrote:
>
> IDENTIFICATION
> Regis#: 128JHMake/Model: EXP Description: RAND ROBINSON KR2
> Date: 10/20/2010 Time: 1832
>
> Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: NMissing:
Years ago I did this with pants on my champ that I operated mostly off dirt
and gravel. It made it until the first light rain in CO and the mud picked
up a rock and lodged it into the liner and locked the wheel up. I ate up a
little sage brush and abandoned the pretty and stuck with the mud throwin
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 128JHMake/Model: EXP Description: RAND ROBINSON KR2
Date: 10/20/2010 Time: 1832
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: NMissing: N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: PEARLAND State: TX Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAF
All,
I have not been following super close so apologize if already mentioned.
The new LED landing lights are expensive but SUPER small and rugged. I have a
friend that installed one that is a small rectangle shape and puts out a gob of
light (I know that is pretty imprecise). I would go that
There is another method which I have heard of but not seen in action so this is
just a maybe you want to try this. Landing light/taxi light is on a
counterbalanced pivot so that it stays at the same angle relative to level. If
the light is angled slightly downward when the counterbalance is leve
With proper fairing in of the light no matter where they are
mounted, be it gear leg , wheel pant, belly of the fuselage, leading edge of
the wing. They could be made to follow the flight path of the plane with a
microswitch and motor similar to the one used to set and adjust the
On Nov 3, 2010, at 9:00 PM, krnet-requ...@mylist.net wrote:
> I came VERY close to installing landing lights in the wings,
My '46 Bellanca had a retracting light. The "down" angle could be set by how
far the light came down. The extraction and retraction was controlled by
turning the light
"I guess I'm looking for pros and cons more than anything."
The most abused components on airplanes are tires and wheel pants. Even if you
don't operate off grass or dirt strips they just take a beating especially if
they are in the prop wash which basically means sand blasted. Already mentioned
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 have one on my KR2ss I'm building, but seeing I got if from the guy who
got it from Todd, he would not know, they are great, very large, Flexible,
and cut down wel
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