KR> Pitot static port

2012-02-04 Thread rdrace...@aol.com
Since it appears to be pretty easy to do I think my next step will be to just try putting a port in on the fuselage and see what happens. I'll let you guys know. Thanks for all the advice, Todd In a message dated 2/4/2012 10:44:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, jscott.pla...@gmx.com writes:

KR> Pitot static port

2012-02-04 Thread Jeff Scott
Todd, You need to look very closely for an error in your plumbing or configuration. Your description of your pitot/static system mirrors both Larry's and mine. My ASI has always been relatively accurate when corrected for altitude, as is my VSI and Altimeter. I don't have any close up photos o

KR> Pitot static port

2012-02-04 Thread rdrace...@aol.com
I had the AP/AI at my hangar attach a test apparatus on the pito tube. and the ASI was within 1-2 mph with every airspeed he dialed in. This was sitting on the ground while using either the wing static source, or behind the panel static source. Makes me think the ASI is okay, and that the

KR> Pitot static port

2012-02-04 Thread rdrace...@aol.com
I'm not too low time, although I only have around 50 hours in my KR so far, but I fly mostly by sight picture on the horizon and feel anyway. It just has always bothered me that the ASI is so far off. When I flew it from Georgia to Washington state I didn't have a GPS for a ground speed rea

KR> Pitot static port

2012-02-04 Thread rdrace...@aol.com
I had the AP/AI at my hangar attach a test apparatus on the pito tube. and the ASI was within 1-2 mph with every airspeed he dialed in. This was sitting on the ground while using either the wing static source, or behind the panel static source. Makes me think the ASI is okay, and that the

KR> Pitot static port

2012-02-04 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
P.S. If you are a low time pilot or have very little recent flight time, get an hour with your instructor before the first flight in your KR and do the circuit over and over with the ASI covered over. The ASI will probably be the instrument that gets the most of your attention on your first

KR> Pitot static port

2012-02-04 Thread Dan Heath
That is why I run a an input on the static, from both sides of the fuselage, with a tee running to the instruments. Then it balances out. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics  See you at the 2012 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il – MVN – 40th Anniversary There is a time for b

KR> Pitot static port

2012-02-04 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
At 09:31 AM 2/4/2012, you wrote: >Are you saying to go >ahead and install a port on the side of the fuselage and also stay >connected to >the port out on the wing? That would be easy to do, I just hadn't thought >of it. > Todd + No,

KR> KR Newbie

2012-02-04 Thread Phillip Hill
I hear what you are saying. I've seen a few unfinished projects, talked to a couple of their owners. Not impressed. Not sure what I should look out for. Don't know who to trust. Learning from experience, I made a list of thongs I need in a project like this. It more than a project, its about to bec

KR> KR Newbie

2012-02-04 Thread Steven Bedford
Phill wrote: Hi Folks, I'ma KR Newbie, been lurking around all the KR sites for a while now. I have come close to pulling the trigger on a build several times over the years but one thing or another got in the way (that never happens huh :) You may consider purchasing an unfinished project li

KR> Pitot static port

2012-02-04 Thread rdrace...@aol.com
In a message dated 2/4/2012 5:48:13 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, fles...@frontier.com writes: You have to run a pitot line somewhere, why not run the two lines together? My system is very accurate except at high angles of attack, just like most spam cans. Larry, thanks for responding.

KR> Pitot static port

2012-02-04 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
At 03:46 AM 2/4/2012, you wrote: >I know I saw a thread some time back about where the best place to locate a > static port would be, but I can't find much mentioned in the archives >except that Mark L. has his about a foot aft of the firewall on both sides. ++

KR> Pitot static port

2012-02-04 Thread Mark Langford
Todd Thelin wrote: >>I know I saw a thread some time back about where the best place to locate >>a static port would be, but I can't find much mentioned in the archives except that Mark L. has his about a foot aft of the firewall on both sides.<< That worked perfectly, but I have one on both

KR> Pitot static port location

2012-02-04 Thread Dan Heath
If you look at: http://krbuilder.org/CockpitWork/index.html Scroll down about 3/4 or so on the thumbnail pictures and you will see how I installed mine. I have checked my airspeed with an RV flying alongside and to the GPS. If you click on thumbnail that shows the static line running across the

KR> Pitot static port

2012-02-04 Thread rdrace...@aol.com
Gentlemen, I know I saw a thread some time back about where the best place to locate a static port would be, but I can't find much mentioned in the archives except that Mark L. has his about a foot aft of the firewall on both sides. I need to move mine, as I currently have two choices, one in