KR> little vacation time

2012-08-25 Thread joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com
Hey Guys,I got a little get away with my 17 year old son this past week. My Dad had a house rented in Cape Hatteras for the week and invited us down. I had to attend to some things at work until mid afternoon on Wednesday but at 3 pm the weather looked good and by 3:30 we were air born. We flew

KR> gathering

2012-08-25 Thread Lee Van Dyke
Hello KR Net, It's a sad day when you come to realize that you will not make it to the 2012 KR Gathering. I have been extremely busy since the last Gathering. Work has been keeping me busy, we completed 2 Lancair Evolutions and they have been delivered. I helped a elderly friend of mine make

KR> Diehl Gear Width Dimensions

2012-08-25 Thread Karl
Grove gear for a KR2 is 7/8" for a weight of 1050lb -Original Message- 3/4" sound plenty thick to me. I'm thinking my Diehl 30 inch legs with 1/8 inch thickness added is maybe 3/4 inch and the aluminum is much stiffer. ( I'm guessing) Anyone using the Grove gear? How thick is it? La

KR> Electronic Instruments

2012-08-25 Thread Kenneth B. Jones
IMPORTANT!! See the first sentence in 91.205. Read it carefully. "Homebuilts" don't have a "standard category" airworthiness certificate. Homebuilts have a Special, Experimental, Amateur-built certificate. 91.205 does not apply to your homebuilt, except as invoked by your letter of limita

KR> Electronic Instruments

2012-08-25 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
At 07:34 AM 8/25/2012, you wrote: >On my airworthiness inspection application, I stated the aircraft would be >VFR day/night. The night flight part required a backup mechanical air speed >indicator. + I have copied below the FAR

KR> Electronic Instruments

2012-08-25 Thread jon kimmel
That raises a great point...I won't have to worry about first flight for a while but would it be easier to certify the plane as day vfr only then add the night vfr after flying off the hours? On Aug 25, 2012 7:35 AM, "Sid Wood" wrote: > >yes, N6242 has 2 ASI and 3 magnetic compasses per > >FSDO m

KR> Electronic Instruments

2012-08-25 Thread Sid Wood
>yes, N6242 has 2 ASI and 3 magnetic compasses per >FSDO mandate), Where in the h*l* did they come up with that mandate There is nothing in the regs that I've ever seen to mandate 2 ASI's and 3 magnetic compasses. Don't they realize th

KR> First Flight - NOT

2012-08-25 Thread peter
Sid & Jeff; I'm in the middle of test flying my homebuilt- an osprey 2- at an airport in Ohio. I am very sympathetic to your delays...mine have been similar, including a new canopy and prop, malfunctioning airspeed...etc. I have found that just because an aircraft has passed inspection and look