Re: KR> Turnbuckle installation

2017-06-27 Thread dennis lacy via KRnet
blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } Paul, I'm up in Springfield, Il. I'm the DoM for the Air Combat Museum. Also Building a KR2S. Any time you have a question or ju

Re: KR> Turnbuckle installation

2017-06-27 Thread Paul Visk via KRnet
Thanks for all the good information guys.  All my AN turnbuckles are old  but in good shape.  None of them have witness holesGot them with a big  tray of hardware from an old friend inJackson Tennessee who I haven't had lunch with for a while🤔I talked to John at B&B. Joe wasn't in the office tod

Re: KR> N269 7.6 Hour Data Download

2017-06-27 Thread Ronald Wright via KRnet
Take the spinner off and fly the plane. No vibration, then it probably was the spinner. If you still have a vibration, step on the brake pedal and see if it stops. Sometimes the wheels are slightly out of balance and can rotate and cause a vibration. Is the vibration all across the power curv

Re: KR> N269 7.6 Hour Data Download

2017-06-27 Thread Joe Nunley via KRnet
What recommendations are there for propeller spinners and where to get them? >I would look at that spinner right away if it is causing vibration. As >others have found, a slight vibration on the spinner can very quickly >become a broken spinner which can also lead to prop damage or worse. >Brian

Re: KR> Turnbuckle installation

2017-06-27 Thread Jeff Scott via KRnet
    Subject: Re: KR> Turnbuckle installation The better turnbuckle barrels have a witness hole in them. As long as the threads engage enough that you can't see all the way through the hole or poke a piece of safety wire through them you have enough threaded in. According to this site you should

Re: KR> Turnbuckle installation

2017-06-27 Thread Chris Gardiner via KRnet
Paul, A maximum of 3 threads showing outside the barrel is the legal requirement. See AC 43.13 para 7.166 figure 7.23 (per my 1998 edition) Cheers Chris Gardiner Sent from my iPad > On Jun 25, 2017, at 6:56 PM, Paul Visk via KRnet wrote: > > I'm trying to finish up my rigging of my ailerons. I

Re: KR> N269 7.6 Hour Data Download

2017-06-27 Thread brian.kraut--- via KRnet
I think you will find after you have a lot more time on the plane and start to fly it loaded at different C.G. locations that you will want an adjustable elevator trim tab, but wait and see first. You also might want adjustable aileron trim when you start taking passengers, but if so, a simple spr

Re: KR> Turnbuckle installation

2017-06-27 Thread brian.kraut--- via KRnet
The better turnbuckle barrels have a witness hole in them. As long as the threads engage enough that you can't see all the way through the hole or poke a piece of safety wire through them you have enough threaded in. According to this site you should have no more than three threads showing which

KR> N269 7.6 Hour Data Download

2017-06-27 Thread Joe Nunley via KRnet
Things that I have learned in 7.6 Hours of flight: Trim Tabs; trim tabs are not something that you think about until you build your first plane. With the information that Mark sent me and the input from all of you my plane now has fixed trim tabs that work great. I determined that my aircraft wa