Re: KRnet> Inquiry About Acquiring the KR-2 Project

2024-09-20 Thread Dave Klingler via KRnet
Marcio, Do you live in a different Brazil? I am only familiar with the country in South America where VW Type 1 and Type 4 engines are still very easy to buy. Once you have your engine, there are still other things to know about making it reliable for an airplane. The VW Type 1 engine is the

Re: KRnet> Freebird plan

2024-09-16 Thread Dave Klingler via KRnet
Any chance that the boat plans, if they're near completion, could be put up on the website? That would allow folks to get started. On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 8:14 AM David Swanson via KRnet < krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > I have parts for a kit wing and tail section mostly but have odd and end > p

Re: KRnet> Mystery airplane

2024-05-20 Thread Dave Klingler via KRnet
Oo! Jeff, you’re in New Mexico? I’m in Albuquerque. - Dave > On May 20, 2024, at 6:00 AM, Jeff Scott via KRnet > wrote: > > > Now we know how well some of us are remembered... or not. > > Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 6:25 PM > From: "Larry Flesner via KRnet" > To: krnet@list.krnet

Re: KRnet> Poem and Freebird project

2023-12-25 Thread Dave Klingler via KRnet
By the way, freebirdsplans.org has a new broken link, the one at the top that led to Mike Sylvester’s KR-2S blog, just underneath the photo. Dave Klingler -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Flesner

2023-01-26 Thread Dave Klingler via KRnet
You made me curious, Mike, so I looked up the crash. The pilot was 62, a former chief pilot for Alaska Airlines, and very experienced. The NTSB speculated that he might have become unresponsive due to a health condition. He had had a stroke two years before and managed to get his medical back, perh

Re: KRnet> Fuel tank Capacities

2023-01-10 Thread Dave Klingler via KRnet
Mike, in your photos, did that aircraft have a tail number? Dave Klingler > On Jan 9, 2023, at 11:57 PM, MS wrote: > > "My long-term pipe dream is to attempt to follow Colin Hales' example. Does > anyone have opinions about the maximum fuel capacity a KR-2S could handle if > built for that m

Re: KRnet> long distance flights

2023-01-10 Thread Dave Klingler via KRnet
Using Google to search through the newsletters, I found: Keith James 1328 E. 45 Place Tulsa, OK 74105 (918) 745-8085 Keith James was the program chair for at least one KR Gathering and used to supply stub wing skins to KR builders. Unfortunately, his phone number no longer works. Dave Klingler

Re: KRnet> Fuel tank Capacities

2023-01-09 Thread Dave Klingler via KRnet
had hoped my pipe dream would help us both. Dave Klingler On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 3:12 PM Flesner via KRnet wrote: > On 1/9/2023 2:05 PM, Dave Klingler via KRnet wrote: > > My long-term pipe dream is to attempt to follow Colin Hales' example. > > Does anyone have opinions about

Re: KRnet> Fuel tank Capacities

2023-01-09 Thread Dave Klingler via KRnet
My long-term pipe dream is to attempt to follow Colin Hales' example. Does anyone have opinions about the maximum fuel capacity a KR-2S could handle if built for that mission? Dave Klingler On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 1:13 PM Flesner via KRnet wrote: > On 1/7/2023 8:39 AM, G R Pickett via KRnet wrot

Re: KRnet> Wing stubs

2022-10-30 Thread Dave Klingler via KRnet
Just to be sure there’s no ambiguity, do NOT put a layer of peel ply down and then glass over it. Peel ply will prevent your fiberglass from adhering to the foam surface, and it will delaminate. Cotton flox mixed with epoxy will fill the surface, but it’s heavy. So will glass microballoons. I

Re: KRnet> First landing in a KR

2022-07-20 Thread Dave Klingler via KRnet
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 Australia with two people on board. 66 flights over > 22,000 miles. Through lovely weather but also sand storms and severe > turbulenc

Re: KRnet> Composition of a KR 2 with Subaru EA 81 engine

2022-04-07 Thread Dave Klingler via KRnet
Go take a look at homebuiltairplanes.com. There are a fair number of Subaru owners there. It’s plenty popular. Dave Klingler > On Apr 5, 2022, at 4:55 AM, Arie Post via KRnet wrote: > > > Dear Members, > > Recently I bought a Subaru EA 81 engine. > I want to install this engine on the KR

Re: KRnet> Engine Replacement

2022-03-30 Thread Dave Klingler via KRnet
Hm. Where is the rotary going? Dave Klingler > On Mar 28, 2022, at 1:00 PM, bjoenunley--- via KRnet > wrote: > > Who has a test flight program for an engine replacement? Does anyone have > experience getting engine replacement approved? Any advice is appreciated. > > I am replacing a rot