Re: KR> today's flight, and Jim Hill's KR2 to KR2S stretch

2020-04-21 Thread Tommy Waymack via KRnet
Jim Hill sold his plane to my long time friend and bro.Noel wanted that plane and sold his Harley Night train to do it. His cancer diagnosis only inspired his desire to fly his own plane. He had his private pilot ticket and approval to operate with a prosthetic left leg below the knee. Once the dea

Re: KR> today's flight, and Jim Hill's KR2 to KR2S stretch

2020-04-21 Thread RB via KRnet
The Rotec TBI does not care for ram air either. I had a few situations where it ran up fine to takeoff power, but sputtered going down the runway. Pulling the power back say .5 inches MAP worth corrected it. I fly with the filter access panel off, a nd have no problems. I can cruise with ra

Re: KR> today's flight, and Jim Hill's KR2 to KR2S stretch

2020-04-21 Thread Flesner via KRnet
On 4/21/2020 7:39 AM, Flesner via KRnet wrote: On 4/20/2020 8:18 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet wrote: Just a remindermake dang sure it will run wide open for at half a minute before you commit to a takeoff!  If it'll do that, you'll probably get enough altitude to turn back, especially if you

Re: KR> today's flight, and Jim Hill's KR2 to KR2S stretch

2020-04-21 Thread Flesner via KRnet
On 4/20/2020 8:18 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet wrote: Just a remindermake dang sure it will run wide open for at half a minute before you commit to a takeoff!  If it'll do that, you'll probably get enough altitude to turn back, especially if you climb out at a 30-40 degree angle, to make it

KR> KR2 Super2

2020-04-21 Thread Mike Stirewalt via KRnet
I'm periodically astonished to see just wha a comprehensive membership of people who have a relationship with the KR series in one way or another, or just with subjects (engines for instance) which are associated in one way or another with KR's . . . or who just maintain their newsletter feed to