KR> Isopropyl Alcohol with Micro Balloons and Vinyl Ester...good or bad idea?

2014-09-23 Thread Seth and Karen Jersild
Hi All, I've read about the trick of mixing a little isopropyl alcohol with dry micro in order to make application easier. Will I be able to mix isopropyl with Vinyl Ester based dry micro as I smooth my front deck out or is this a bad combo? Thanks for any suggestions... -Seth

KR> Upside down rudder pedals

2014-09-23 Thread Oscar Zuniga
My experience has been much the same as Jeff's... I have flown a good number of my total hours in airplanes with heel brakes and I don't even think about where the brakes are... your feet move, the plane reacts, you mentally adjust without having to think about it. I don't notice much differenc

KR> KR-2 in "Aftermath"

2014-09-23 Thread John Bouyea
If you are having problems find this via Google; http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20130820X12942&ntsbno=WPR13FA380&akey=1 John Bouyea N5391M/ KR2 OR81/ Hillsboro, OR -Original Message- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Scott via KR

KR> KR-2 in Aftermath

2014-09-23 Thread laser147 at juno.com
Thanks for mentioning this. My October issue of Flying was on the kitchen table and I had not opened it. For those who don't have a subscription to Flying this KR-2 article will show up here, but probably not until the November issue comes out. http://www.flyingmag.com/results/aftermath Pete

KR> Upside down rudder pedals

2014-09-23 Thread tommy waymack
Just had to get in on this one.Have flown my taildragger with the original landing retracts with cable brakes,mechanical drums connected together and activated together as per the original design.They worked pretty well except the drums would warp with heat issues.Then I went with the fixed landing

KR> Upside down rudder pedals

2014-09-23 Thread Robert7721
Dene, Yes, my height was shortened to place the pedals exactly where I wanted them. This had no affect on my rudder travel or sense of feel during operation. Rob -Original Message- From: Dene via KRnet To: 'Jeff Scott' ; 'KRnet' Sent: Tue, Sep 23, 2014 12:28 am Subject: Re: KR>

KR> Upside down rudder pedals

2014-09-23 Thread Dene
-Original Message- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Scott via KRnet Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 05:18 To: 'KRnet' Subject: Re: KR> Upside down rudder pedals Jeff wrote: " The brake geometry is the same for top or bottom mounted pedals. It's

KR> Upside down rudder pedals

2014-09-23 Thread Mark Langford
Jeff Scott wrote: >> My insurance rates have been the same for both Tailwheel and Nosewheel aircraft, so I don't know where you get your data. I certainly don't pay an extra premium for flying taildraggers.<< I got it where I get all me best gems of information...but we won't go there! I though

KR> Upside down rudder pedals

2014-09-23 Thread Jeff Scott
> > There are a few at http://www.krnet.org/misc/toppedals/ . These are a bit > complicated, as pedals go, however. The photos are a bit disconcerting > because they're taken against concrete (not carpet) and most are upside down > (to simulate hanging from above). > > I'm not wild about

KR> KR-2 in "Aftermath"

2014-09-23 Thread Mike T
Flying Magazine's column "Aftermath" is a detailed monthly analysis of an accident in the NTSB database. October's column is about a KR-2 that went into an unrecoverable spin in August, 2013. A great deal of info is available, because he was running a video camera that recorded the whole thing (and