NVaero s actual shop location was at Chino. The UPS store is where the
mail goes.
On 8/28/2022 10:33 AM, Margi Armstrong via KRnet wrote:
Hello, my son drove past the location and it is now a UPS store. Just
to let you and the others know. The address is the one in Sport
Aviation. Rick
On
When I was a kid, I used to spend my summers on my uncle's farm in Iowa.
Both he and my other uncle had crank phones on their farms, where
turning a crank generated power from a magneto (yes, the same device
used to produce sparks on most small airplane engines) to ring
everyone's phone on the
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*Subject:* Re: KRnet> Bounced landings
On 8/2/2022 1:03 AM, Daniel Branstrom via KRnet wrote:
>
> I have come up with Branstrom's Law of Aviation. The quality of one&
This is in reply to a post by Larry Flesner about bounced landings.
I have come up with Branstrom's Law of Aviation. The quality of one's
landing is inversely proportionate to the number of people watching.
That's why, when I've been alone, I've greased the landing, but given an
audience, it'
John Bouyea is west of Portland, close to Hillsboro, but he may be at
Oshkosh this week.
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Thanks, Jeff. I have to admit that, searching my memory, the report was
a while ago (at least one decade, possibly more) that someone reported
the problem with the plastic brake lines. IIRC, they did NOT specify
that they were nyaflow or not. That could have been the problem: an
inferior plasti
Lulubelle, I don't have experience with plastic brake lines, but I have
encountered leaks in plastic plumbing lines to appliances because I left
too much plastic line beyond the ferrule. Tightening the nut doesn't
stop the leak. That may be your problem. The extra tubing prevents the
ferrule fr
IIRC, Colin has a Jabiru 2200 for an engine. Please, correct me if I'm
wrong.
On 7/20/2022 10:51 AM, Dave Klingler via KRnet wrote:
Colin, I’m curious to know what engine you were flying.
Dave Klingler
On Jul 20, 2022, at 5:44 AM, colin hales via KRnet
wrote:
I flew from England to Austral
There was one plane, I believe it was an experimental, that had some
questions about its flight characteristics at aft CG. It was, IIRC, A
4-place plane. The designer took a garage door opener screw mechanism,
with a trolley attached and hooked a weight of ~125 pounds to it. The
motor for the m
I happened to Google Dr. Feng Hsu. If I've got the right person, his
credentials are impressive in the field of high tech risk assessment. I
would also like to add that the other people who have contributed to the
discussion are also not lightweights. I'm probably in the lightweight
category, b
Thanks, Jeff. You put things in perspective and in order.
Is it true that, because of their internal construction, AGM batteries
have lower internal resistance, and that enables them to deliver the
higher amperage for cranking power than other types of lead-acid
batteries? It's been a long whi
I couldn't find William's post on the battery, but, IIRC, he warned that
lithium batteries have internal wiring to protect them, and a plane that
was using one had that circuitry shut the battery down, which killed the
ignition. There is no such circuitry in a lead-acid battery.
AGM [Absorbent
IIRC, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember that
William Wynne recommends an Odyssey AGM battery, I believe a 680 or
larger. It's a battery that can be mounted in any position. It is
smaller than a regular lead acid batteries, and safer, more reliable and
powerful. It has none
Thanks for the article, Larry.
Years ago, on the internet, there was a video of an ultralight
experiencing flutter. I believe it was a prototype during testing. I
could not find it now. Luckily, it was a high-drag airplane, so all that
was needed to get out of the condition was to cut the thro
This is from the EAA.
https://www.eaa.org/eaa/aircraft-building/builderresources/while-youre-building/building-articles/control-systems/control-surface-balancing-in-homebuilts
To add to that, the faster a plane is, the more important it is to have
control surfaces balanced. Many slow planes (
I accidentally sent this just to Mark earlier.
During both Sun 'N Fun and Oshkosh, and possibly other times, iFly
subscriptions are offered for 15 months for the price of 12 months. This
also applies to new subscriptions. I just took advantage of the special
and added 15 months to my subscript
Off topic. What used to be known as a "sex bolt" (a bolt with the
threads on the inside, to be mated with a regular screw or bolt), is now
called a barrel nut, barrel bolt, 'Chicago screw' or post and screw
instead of a sex bolt.
*Dan Branstrom
*
On 3/15/2022 11:01 AM, Michael Quinn via KRnet
Years ago, i attended a seminar put on by Bob Nuckolls, who writes The
AeroElectric Connection. He started out by taking a wire, crimping on a
push-on connector, then connecting it to an item by pushing it on that
had a little weight, then spinning it around by the wire. The push-on
connector h
Hi Mark,
Thank you for all of your efforts on behalf of the KR community.
This is Dan Branstrom, and I have two problems. The first is that I'm
getting every email, instead of a digest. The second is that somehow,
the information for my log-in is wrong, so, while I receive everything
from the
ecommend it for good reading
and great insight. FWIW
On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 2:56 PM Daniel Branstrom via KRnet <
krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote:
I am not an engineer, and my comment here is based on some reading and
observations that I have made over the years in aviation. My opinion is
worth th
I am not an engineer, and my comment here is based on some reading and
observations that I have made over the years in aviation. My opinion is
worth the electrons that were used to produce this post.
In every machine that has rotating parts, torsional harmonic vibration
is present. I'll call i
I want to specifically thank John Bouyer, Joe Beyer, and Pete Gauthier
for their generosity in showing me their KR projects and engines this
week while I've been visiting Portland, Oregon. I'm not a KR builder,
nor am I anticipating building one, but the ingenuity and work of the KR
crowd is al
Hi,
I'm now visiting family in Portland, OR, for a few days. Is there a KR
or project that I can see? I can be called at 760 799 5645, or by email.
I may not be able to get together this visit, because time and
transportation are limited, but at least contact would be set up for a
future time
If you're buying a used homebuilt, be sure that the weight and balance
are accurate.
One problem is that planes tend to gain weight over time, but a more
serious problem is that some builders just copy other's builder's weight
and balance. Needless to say, that can be dangerous.
I mentioned
This is just a personal opinion. It's worth what you're paying for it. I
know that there are fuel flow sensors out there that are made of
plastic, like inline fuel filters that are often used on cars, and they
have the fuel lines connected to them by clamps. Personally, I would not
use them in
Paul,
This crimper is not what I would use. For one thing, the thickness of
the ferrule crimped onto the wire is very thin. If you crimp something,
you want it to really crush the wires and the crimped metal around it
together, providing what is, in essence, a connection that becomes one
soli
I have worked in construction and painting planes and houses. My advice
is never to use electrical tape or duct tape, because both leave a
colored residue if they get heated up by the sun. The blue painter's
masking tape works well, but you can get by with good quality 3M regular
masking tape.
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