Colin Hales wrote:
>>My 75 hp 2.2 Jabiru Powered KR2 does 148 mph flat out burning shed
loads of fuel. 7 Gallons an hour. <<
Don't Jabirus have a mixture control? Apparently not. My bone-stock KR2
with a 75 hp VW 2180 burns 4.0 US gph (3.33 UK gph) at 148 mph,
throttled back a bit to conserv
At 12:23 PM 6/21/2015, you wrote:
>What about Troy Pettaeway's N100TP cruising at 200 with an O-200..
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Troy was not pulling 65 to 70% power running those speeds. I'm quite
sure he was running 3000+ rpm on an engine rated at 100 hp at 2750
200 mph cruise Kr2?
Not a chance.
May be in a dive or flat out for 5 mins running nitros and burning insane
amounts of fuel.
A major reality check is required.
My 75 hp 2.2 Jabiru Powered KR2 does 148 mph flat out burning shed loads of
fuel. 7 Gallons an hour. I did fly in a competition 16.4 hou
Ken Rands KR2 200 mph
metal c/s prop
turbo 2100
tight cowl
spring bar seals
15k alt
On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 10:12 AM, colin hales via KRnet <
krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote:
> 200 mph cruise Kr2?
> Not a chance.
> May be in a dive or flat out for 5 mins running nitros and burning insane
> amount
Mark said,
> "When did they start mixing walnut hulls in with Techron?"
I was using borrowed equipment and used (carefully) what was in it -
glass beads. Walnut hulls are safer - as you mention in your tutorials -
and would be my abrasive of choice if I bought a sand blaster.
Those guides, btw
Hi Colin, who said anything about a 200mph cruise KR2? I started a thread about
a KR1, and if that kind of performance were possible and under what kind of
engine scenario. I believe the consensus is that one could *approach* that with
enough power, a clean and straight build, retracts, etc. Th
What about Troy Pettaeway's N100TP cruising at 200 with an O-200...
Not my airplane...I know nothing about it... Just passing on the info..
http://desmoines.craigslist.org/for/5052761019.html
I did a search on the N number and it has been written off as destroyed
some time ago. This looks like a deal even if you threw the airframe away!
Kevin Golden
Harriso
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