Hi
Will Willie V D Walt pleae contact me privately please at av...@telkomsa.net
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
Whisper motor glider assembler
see: www.whisperaircraft.com
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Jeff,
I made my turtle deck very similar to yours. I made a framework by cutting
four squares of 1/4'' ply all the same size. I marked out the turtledeck
shape at each of the four stations and then cut out the shapes. I then built
up a framework from a few 2x4 bits of scrap pine that positioned the
Guys,
As I am busy with fuel and electrical systems at the moment, I have a
question on both.
There has been some mention of another type of wire available from marine
supply houses lately and was wondering how silicone insulated wire would
compare to tefzel or the other acceptable insulations. It
Guys,
A while ago somebody posted a link to a web page containing a list of all
the different models of facet pumps with their model numbers. I saved the
page (at least I thought I did) but all I have there now is a short cut to
something that aparently doesn't exist.
Can somebody please direct me
Thanks to Jeff and Mark L I once again have the information saved.
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
You can also identify it by measuring its antennae and then calculate what
freq it is tuned for. :)
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
- Original Message -
From: "Ed Janssen"
To: "KRnet"
Sent: Sunday,
Guys, I decided to try again and request that anybody with a schematic
diagram for an ICOM IC-A5 please contact me. I have a problem with mating
it to an intercom system. It will only transmit when the intercom unit is
turned off. It would appear that the carrier wave is sent but without any
modul
Barry wrote:
"Look at the Whisper Motor Glider at http://www.whisperaircraft.com/ for an
economical kit glider."
Guys, I might be jumping the gun here and am getting slightly off the topic
but for those who would possibly like to see a Whisper motor glider, Whisper
Aircraft is at present negotiat
Guys,
I need to ask a really dumb question. I am starting to build a model mustang
from correx and need to know what a yardstick is, or rather the dimensions
of a yardstick. I presume that it is a yard long but have no clue as to how
many furlongs wide it is or how many acres thick. It is used for
Thanks Rick,
I will rip up some offcut KR spar material. That should do the trick. It's
amazing how something so simple and taken for granted (in your part of the
world) could have me stumped in this part of the world! I had no idea it was
actually a ruler.
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
Sout
Guys,
Today I spoke to an old radio technician (35 years experience) about tuning
the antennae in the aircraft. He said that I would definately get false
readings with the SWR meter that I have and that I shouldn't use it as it
was designed for 29mghz. He also said that tunung it in my workshop wit
Hi guys
I have been asked by a friend to take a look at his radio installation in
his Jodel. I know that he has an ICOM IC-A5 radio and an unknown intercom.
He says that he and a friend tried to wire it up and managed to get it to
work, except that the ptt button on the stick does not work. He has
Jeff,
My friend who used to own ZS-WEC could roll it so that I couldn't feel the
roll with my eyes closed except for a slight nose up pitch as he entered the
roll. He also did 15 consecutive rolls with it one day!
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperai
Hi Guys
For those that do google earth, take a look at Lat 33.9035694268 Long
25.2609252955
This is my home and place of work. The house is just to the east with the
blue roof. The pic is a bit old but not much has changed. I plan on putting
in a strip from somewhere on the northern side of the da
Hi KR radio heads
This one is for the radio literate. I have just installed an antennae into
an aircraft made from coax only. I left the radiator and counterpoise too
long on purpose so that I could tune it to length in the aircraft using a
SWR meter and a handheld radio. Here is where my confusion
Virg,
I am well aware of what the frequencies are. How else would I be able to
calculate what the THEORETICAL resonant length should be? The problem is
that as soon as you install the antennae into the airframe you get
capacitive coupling between the structure and the antennae which usually
lowers
Wolfgang, YOU DA MAN!!
You sound like you know what you are talking about. I will go ahead and tune
with what looks like the best meter of the two I have. Thanks
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
- Original
Virg wrote:
To keep it short, Tune for max receive signal, Virg
Thanks Virg
You should have been a teacher, I learnt a whole bunch from that one
sentence!
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
- Original M
Guys,
I have three articles here written by one Jim Vance. They handle building
antennae for aircraft (his own KR2) from co axial cable only. He also
explains how to use an SWR meter to tune the antennae. There is no mention
of using a specific SWR meter for the freq. I have sent them to Jim Raleig
Louis Wrote:
"SWR meters *do* care about the freq. The Bird Watt meter has many
> inserts
> for different frequency ranges.If your SWR meter is a commercially
> available
> meter it should specify the frequency range.
Hi Louis
Yes I have used a bird wattmeter many times. It is a real piece of preci
Pat wrote:
You can hook a 150/200 watt lightbulb to the antennae lead and even tune
your Xmitter with that load..
I would imagine that any load with the correct impedance would do the trick
as long as it could handle the power. However, try tuning the antennae with
that light bulb???
How did we ge
Pete,
I have seen them used on all Jabiru aircraft as well. I was keen on using
them in my project at one time but decided against it because of the much
higher friction they have. The ones used in the Jabiru looked lust like
regular "Morse" or "Teleflex"control cables for marine use. Hope this hel
Fantastic Jaco! How's the oil temps now?
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
- Original Message -
From: "Jaco Swanepoel"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:31 PM
Subject: KR> 2nd Flight, ZU-DVP
Well, except for Mark J, I havn't seen a single word of congratulations to
Jaco Swanepoel on the first flight of his beautiful KR2S. For those who did
it privately, good on you! For those who didn't do it at all, shame on you!
Although I have already congratulated Jaco over the phone, I would like
Hi guys
I recently took delivery of a 3300 Jabiru motor and a firewall forward kit
for it to be installed in a whisper motor glider.
Here is a factory supplied motor and fitment kit that has the entire fuel
system plumbed with "rubber" fuel hose, barbed fittings and hose clamps.
This is for the suc
Hi Brad
Would it be possible for you to scan any images of the plane and send them
to me please??
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
- Original Message -
From: "Brad Ankerstar"
To: "KRnet"
Sent: Tuesda
Mark J wrote:
> Hey Dene,
> Did you buy one of the DVD's with all the newsletters on it? If so, you
> could see it there.
Unfortunately not Mark, It is extremely difficuilt to buy anything which has
a value of only a few $ from someone privately. As I found out a good few
years ago when I tried to
Thanks to all those who sent me pics of the early retract systems . It
really put my crappy dialup connection to the test!
Looking at those planes makes one realise just how much the KR has evolved
over the years.
Thanks again guys.
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
Ronald wrote:
> Do you have PayPal in South Africa? If so, that is an
> easy way to pay someone.
To tell you the truth Ronald, I have no idea how paypal even works. Never
been there, never tried it out.
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
Hi netheads
I am looking for a small 12V hydraulic pump to actuate my landing gear. It
must have forward and reverse and preferably hold its own fluid in an
integral tank. I once took a look at a Lancair manual and saw one in it that
would probably be fine.The problem is I don't have access to that
Hi John
Excuse my ignorance but what is a "TC's KR"
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
- Original Message -
From: "Martindale Family"
To: "KRnet"
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 23:46
Subject: Re: KR>
Hi Brian
That sounds interesting. Would it be possible for you to send me a pic of
one of them please?
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
- Original Message -
From: "Brian Kraut"
To: "KRnet"
Sent: Wedn
Hi Ron
Any pictures?? I never even considdered that a convertible's top would be
hydraulically actuated.
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
- Original Message -
From: "Ron Freiberger"
To: "'KRnet'"
Sen
Net heads
I have just signed up for the new forum. I have belonged to an identical
forum (Whisperaircraft.com) for a while already and I find it really awkward
to use. My vote will be cast in favor of the "old " existing list for sure.
The only plus is that anybody registered can upload pics of the
Guys,
I have just taken a look at my 3100 and it definately has brand new head
studs holding the heads on. They are all screwed into steel inserts. Whether
they are ARP or not I don't know. They have the same black finish and also
have 12 point nuts.
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Hi guys
Well this weekend will be remembered as one of the worst (aviation wise) in
a long time.
An aquaintance and fellow Whisper builder lost his son in the crash of a
baby bell helicopter and a local doctor went down in the valley just behind
my house with a Demona motorglider. His passenger was
I agree 100% with you Mark, I will definately have wing tanks. The decision
is whether to throw out the header or to keep it. I must say that I am
partial to a fuel system supplied by an electric pump (or two). I plan on
putting
tubular tanks in the leading edge linked to the tanks between the spar
Dan, I think the shape of the header tank has got a lot to do with it. Mine
is not
a big rectangular, mostly flat bottom shape but rather is very shallow at
the front and sort of swells untill reaching max at a point +/- 170 mm
forward of the spar. At this point it follows the contour of the front
Randy Smith Wrote:
> You can't return down the vent tubes. There is no
> place for the traped air to go.
I'm not quite with you, What air where?
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
Larry wrote:
> Test to insure that the return to the wing tanks flow is equal to that
being
> pumped to the header tank or the difference will be pumped out the
> header tank vent. You will be pressure pumping one direction and
> gravity feed back from basically an open tank (it is vented).
Not q
Guys, if I'm not mistaken the 3100 motor that I purchased from the late John
Monday has ARP head studs fitted to it. I remember this because they are all
screwed into some sort of insert and I thought you couldn't do this with a
3100. It is now 23:25 so I will take a look at it in the morning and r
Thanks Mark J, Larry F & Bill C for the info concerning header tanks. I took
a look at your websights and that cleared up a few things too. Bill sure
makes a good argument for keeping the header tank. I havn't got around to
shopping for a carb yet so I might even need gravity feed for all I know.
T
Hi Guys
I have been thinking long and hard about the possibility of not installing
my aluminum header tank and just sticking with the two outboard wing tanks.
I did build the tank with its CG as close to the spar as possible. It will
take about 50 litres to fill it.
I would like to hear from those
I have been stuck with a similar problem on my stub wings. As my gear
retracts into the stubs like a lancair and comes up very close to the top
surface I need to make the top skins both strong for stepping on and thin
(1/4" max).
I have come up with the following plan. The areas ahead and aft of th
Thanks Mark J and Larry F for the informative replies. I have only one
question for Larry, If I read your post correctly, you have a gap of 10"
behind the main spar and then your tank extends rearwards from there. If so
can you give me the reason for the gap. No specific reason, it just seems
stran
Hi Guys and a very merry Christmas to everyone!
As the subject says, I face a huge problem. On Saturday a brand new six
cylinder Jabiru motor was delivered to me for installation in a customers
Whisper motor glider. Do you think he would tell the difference if I
installed my 3100 corvair instead a
Hi Andy
I know that plane very well, it is the plane that got me started building my
own version. How many owners has it had since Robby sold it? Is the motor
that you have still the motor that was originally installed? It seemed to be
pretty well put together, except for the work done on it just b
Guys, I have heard of carb ice before but tonight I experienced sanding ice.
I recently bought a pneumatic dual piston straight line sander which I was
using tonight on a horizontal stabilizer. After a while it started to lose
power and proceeded to spit out what looked like a little stone from it'
Mark, Dart Industries here in South Africa now has the worldwide rights to
the Dragonfly and has contracted Acrylform who is also in South Africa to
manufacture the canopies for them. I bought one from them a few months ago
to replace my standard KR bubble. Cost is ZAR2850.00 including VAT.
- O
Hi Serge
Sorry for getting back to you only now, I kind of forgot I had to reply to
you. I was told that Eric had moved to Australia but later found out that he
had changed his mind and stayed here. Jaco Swanepoel in Pretoria just bought
a set of aluminuim barrels from him for a motor that he is bu
Brian
The aerovee lawnmower ignition has no method of advance at all. They use it
as the backup ignition to the electronic unit which also has no advance but
will produce a spark at low revs. I have a friend who recently had the
electronic unit fail and in the process of finding the fault cranked t
Is there perhaps anyone living in Australia that has come across a guy by
the name of Eric Edison. He comes from South Africa. If you do run into him,
please let me know. Thanks
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.ne
Serge Wrote:
Hi, Mike.
My (very biased) advice is: if you can locate a Type 4, forget the Types
1, 2 and 3. The Type 4 is an extensive redesign, solved most of the
reliability problems of the preious ones, the case was built in a better
alloy. Only problem is to find one, because much less Type 4
Hi Willie
Are you the owner of the green KR with the smashed prop that I saw on
"avcom"
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
- Original Message -
From: "Willie van der Walt"
To: "KRnet"
Sent: Saturday, O
Hi Hennie
For an ignition system take a ride down to your nearest second hand
motorcycle parts dealer and ask for the complete ignition from a Honda
CB750F or CB900F. Be sure to ask for the centrifugal advance mechanism from
the end of the crank as well. I have seen this system work in a KR2 for a
Hi Guys
I have just taken delivery of a UMA VSI unit and noticed something that
needs attension. The needle does not sit on zero. If I place my finger over
the rear port and apply slight pressure it will zero or even show a descent
depending on the amount of pressure applied. This is understandable
Hi guys
Thanks to those that responded to my question regarding the VSI, it is now
zero'd and works just fine.
Along with the VSI, I also got an XCOM760 radio. I managed to get it powered
up today to see if it worked properly. Well to say I was impressed is an
understatement! This thing can pick up
I have heard so much about "Stick and rudder", where can I get it?
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
- Original Message -
From:
To:
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 05:45
Subject: KR> Landing KR's
This is just plain music to my ears! I can't wait to get that 3100 demon of
mine fired up.
Randy Smith wrote:
" I had an RV-7 try to chase me the other day. I would
> slow down to 150 mph and he would come up on my wing.
> I would let him settle in and the start slowly moving
> the throttle forward
Hennie, I have heard of a guy here in P.E that built his in his
apartment/flat living
room on the seventh floor. I don't know how long it took but when it was
finished they lowered it down from
the balcony! I"m not sure what that says about dedication but it sure says a
lot about desperation.
Regar
Take a look at the wings of the Whisper motor glider that I assemble, they
are 100% 24DV polystyrene with a single uni-directional glass spar. These
wings were tested to 10.6G by the designer in front of the CAA inspectors
and thereafter to over 11G to see where it would fail.The test rig collapsed
Serge
Just a short note on your LCD problem. Yesterday I bought one of those
electronic barometers that has temp, time date, and weather forecast. When I
removed it from its wrapping it had a clear protective strip stuck over the
display with a fake display printed on it. As I removed this strip th
Hi Guys
Sorry to waste bandwidth but would Don Reid please respond privately to
this. I don't have your address and would like to ask you a question or two
regarding airfoils, which I think you are probably the most qualified to
answer.
Thanks
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whispe
Mark PLEASE STOP!
I am pulling 10-12 hour days assembling other peoples Whisper motor gliders
while my nearly structually complete KR hybrid stands in the corner just
begging for some attension.
I know your aim is to motivate others like myself to make sawdust but this
borders on torture!
Regards
D
Hi guys
I have been reading about the huge benefits that Jeff Scott is getting from
his new flaps and was wondering if anybody had ever tried converting their
ailerons to flaperons. I will not be able to use the stub trailing edges as
flaps due to all my controlls being situated in them. Because of
Hennie, Since you live in Pretoria, do you perhaps know of any reputable
companies up there that I could send my corvair crank to to be nitrided? It
took me literally months to get hold of this motor and to get it here, I
want to be sure the crank will be in good hands.
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT
Can anyone tell me what differences there are between 4130, 4140 to EN19 as
well as the phisical differences between 6061 and 6261 ally.
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
See nothing in Spruce catalogue regarding 6261 or EN19 !!
The reason I ask is that for my "soft drive" prototype on my corvair I will
have to machine the housing from 6261 since we can not get 2024 or 6061
here. Also, the prop hub/spline shaft will have to be machined from EN19 and
not 4130 or 4140
d as a PDF from their
site.
Hope this help.
Serge Vidal
KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud"
Paris, France
"AVLEC"
Envoyé par : krnet-bounces+serge.vidal=sagem@mylist.net
21/06/2006 20:55
Veuillez répondre à KRnet
Remis le : 21/06/2006 20:44
Pour : "KRnet"
Hi guys, been off the list for a while.
I have finally taken delivery of the 3100 motor that I bought from John
Monday (Thanks John) and was reading through an old issue of Contact! that
John included in the crate(thanks again John). There is an article on Paul
lipps and his "ELIPPSE" propellor whi
Hi Jaco
Don't have a diagram for you but was it a pic of your KR cutting through a
beacon "Red Bull" style in one of the latest publications, could have been
"African Pilot".
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
-
Hi gang
As everyone knows, I was the one who bought John's 3100 motor. He was an
absolute gentleman throughout our negotiations and went out of his way to
supply me with a lot of stuff that was not part of the deal. He also built a
crate of extreme strength to make sure that the motor arrived in pe
Hi gang, Has anybody had any experience with the Whirlwind constant speed
propellor? It is very lightweight and probably doesn't weigh much more than
some of the fixed pitch props being flown.
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: a
Use Corvair. Make mount to suit CG!
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
- Original Message -
From: "VIRGIL N SALISBURY"
To:
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 05:52
Subject: Re: KR> Have a 0200 & mount,
Hi Serge
I know Rob once told me the reason for those spacers but for the life of me
I can't remember what it was.(knowing him, it was the only available
material at the time). I will probably see him within a few days and
will ask him then. Pity I didn't download e-mail yesterday because I was as
Guys, it is a real bitch to try sanding the surface of a layup that has
cured with any kind of smooth plastic (mylar) over it. The sand paper tends
to just
skid over it without biting into it.
I might have mentioned this before but it is worth mentioning again: To do a
layup with very little sandin
Talking about engine design, ignition control and detonation control, Take a
look at the engines built by "Light Power Engine Corporation". These motors
can be run at compression ratios up to 14:1 without detonation occurring.
Quite an advanced motor!
They can feature such things as carbon push ro
Colin, if you had the oppertunity to see the system in Serg's plane, you
would see how simple it really is. You literally just remove it from the
donor motorcycle and install it on the motor of your choice( any motor, any
number of cylinders. By just seperating the power supply to the seperate
igni
ell these components age), but I
agree one spark plug per cylinder and one set of coils should do the
trick.
By the way, have you got a mail address for Rob Van der Merwe?
Happy new year,
Serge Vidal
KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud"
Paris, France
"AVLEC"
Envoyé par : krnet-bounces+s
Good info Colin, I will definately keep that post for future refrence. I had
no idea that you could not just leave off one plug lead and use just the
other(never tried it and probably never will). Is it possible to use the
same system to fire single output coils on say a five cylinder engine. Each
Hi Serge
I was just thinking about your primary ignition system (the one with the
centrifugal advance). You actually have two seperate systems there which
are joined by one common mode of failure, the switch. If you changed the
switch to a
double pole switch with two seperate positive supplies and
Hi gang
We over here have a problem with a new zero time aerovee motor that is
fitted to the new Whisper express prototype.
I am no VW expert, Mark L or someone else might be able to shed some light
here.
If you look at the motor from the prop flange, the prop hub exits the case
off centre by appro
John I will take that motor if it is still available. Will you ship it to
South africa?
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
South africa
Whisper assembler
See: www.whisperaircraft.com
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
William
The type 1 motor does not have a seal at that end of the motor. It has an
internal slinger. The pulley (in this case the prop hub) also has a shallow
screw thread cut into it that "pumps" the oil back into the motor much like
an archemedes screw pump.
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2SRT builder
So
Hi John
To answer your questions:
I can pay for it by going to my local bank and organising a direct transfer
into your bank account. All that I will need is your banking details. I have
just done a similar deal with a guy in australia
and it is a simple task. The funds were available to me the sam
t
>
> On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:41:06 +0200 "AVLEC" writes:
> > William
> > The type 1 motor does not have a seal at that end of the motor. It
> > has an
> > internal slinger. The pulley (in this case the prop hub) also has a
> > shallow
> > scre
Hi guys
Regarding my problem with missing subject lines, only the subject lines of
mail originating from krnet or corvaircraft are missing. All other e-mail
received including spam and other private e-mails come through no problem.
This leads me to believe that the problem is associated with someth
Guys, All of a sudden all my messages coming from krnet as well as from
corvaircraft are missing their subject lines. In order for me to find the
subject I have to right click on the message to see its properties. Is this
happening elsewhere or is it just on my side?
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2S build
KR heads
Those of you that have hung your rudder pedals from the shelf in stead of
mounting them on the floor. Were you happy with the height above the floor
that the horizontal made (the bit that your foot rests on)? I have a set of
pedals made to plans and have decided to hang them from the shelf
Does anyone know what ever happened to Kip Lounsbury (sp). I think he lived
in Main and had a pretty good looking KR2.
Regards
Dene Collett
KR2S builder
Freelance whisper assembler
South Africa
mailto: av...@telkomsa.net
Hi Guys
Dart industries is a South African company and their canopies are supplied
by another South African company by the name of "Acrylform" in Cape Town run
by a chap by the name of Jan Diener (sp). I will be ordering one shortly and
have been advised by Dart ind that I can expect to pay around
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