I made mine from 1x1/8 aluminum bar stock. Couldn’t be any simpler than that. Just a u shaped bracket rubber lined to grip the battery. It is mounted on the shelf behind the seat. It is not going anywhere. Mark JonesOldsmar, FlN771MJ “WunderBird”www.flykr2s.comflyk...@gmail.comOn Feb 20, 2025, at
earing about, although I'm not sure I
can afford shipping from Australia or Europe.
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> On Jan 20, 2025, at 4:54 PM, Larry Flesner via KRnet
> wrote:
>
> On 1/20/2025 2:38 PM, Mark Jones via KRnet wrote:
>
>> Technically, WunderBird made its first flight today.
Technically, WunderBird made its first flight today. I did four high speed runs
down 05 at KZPH today and on the third one she broke loose and flew about 30
yards. Getting there. 😀
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one is better than the other, like a tailwheel for the
unfortunate case of landing in a plowed field!
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the caliper to the gun
drilled landing gear by Grove, I have replaced those with appropriate fittings
and hose. I am confident that everything is going to be in order and I will
report to you on my first flight as soon as it happens.😁
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Zero😀I have about 30 hours taildragger. First 10 hours flight time was J3. I
loved the J3.
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> How many "bush planes" use tri-gear.
>
> Larry Flesner
>
> P.S. You were kind to pull the ai
No. Never did.
I love the nose wheel attitude on the ground. Makes life real simple.
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> On Jan 15, 2025, at 11:24 PM, Phillip Matheson via KRnet
> wrote:
>
> Mark
> Ever considered a tailwheel ?
Everything I see says it is public and viewable.
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On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM mark jones wrote:
> I will try to correct that.
> Sorry
>
> Mark Jones (N771MJ)
> Oldsmar, FL
>
> flyk...@gmail.com
>
I will try to correct that.
Sorry
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On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM Stef den Boer via KRnet <
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> Mee too
>
> Op 15-01-2025 16:56 CET schreef lee vandyke2.com :
>
>
> Shows up a
https://youtube.com/shorts/4qRenGH5Y4U?si=hvjFFbBDmSsSkUsi
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Dang!!! I’m impressed.
No photo but I should have WunderBird in the air real soon😀
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> On Jan 6, 2025, at 3:04 PM, tiekie bernardus via KRnet
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Everybody.
> Hope this will
detailed update as I get closer to getting it ready to fly. I work on it
almost every day, so it shouldn't be long
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reatment wasn't done on the batch in question.
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right place, and we are all kindred spirits.
Today I got in three hours of flying in an RV-7A with 12 takeoffs and landings
on short and narrow strips, so I guess I'm good to go for another two years!!!
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Is there any information on this yet? Or did I just miss that post?
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'll likely be better armed for an
"unplanned gliding experience"of which I've had more than my fair
share! I guess that makes me a test pilot.
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On 11/3/2024 2:25 PM, Todd Thelin via KRnet wrote:
Mark,
s far as I need tosometimes
within a few feet of touchdown. All of my landings are done at idle.
This constant practice gives me experience regarding how far I can glide
from a given altitude, and still do a decent landing, just in case the
engine croaks. It happens..
Mark Langford
Hi Adam.
Do you have wing tanks? Aluminum? Just a thought.
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> On Oct 25, 2024, at 6:16 PM, Adam Deem via KRnet wrote:
>
> Yesterday while doing wind-up turns for testing, I heard a slight pop sound
>
The resolution is low so you may not be able to see the solar panel on the wing
tips and on top of the turtle deck.
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> On Oct 15, 2024, at 9:21 PM, Mark Jones wrote:
>
> >
> Mark Jones
> Oldsm
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Who knows what method of painting Pete Brautigam used on that beautiful bird he
built.?
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19 DAYS
Are you going to be there? 🛩️
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fly it again until I had an
Ellison carb on it, which is not a gravity feed carb, and is pretty
normal and predictable by comparison.
Don't do what I did.bring a trailer with you if you buy an airplane
that's been sitting and the owner can't demonstrate full takeoff power
Just booked the Drury. Easy peasy.
See you guys in 32 days!
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On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 6:31 PM Larry Flesner via KRnet <
krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote:
>
> On 7/24/2024 5:02 PM, Jeff Scott wrote:
> > The discou
Let’s reiterate on this. I have done both high speed taxi tests with wings on
and wings off. If you are doing this wings off, remember that the stub wings
create enough lift to pull you off the runway without ailerons. Be careful out
there.
Mark Jones
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Rich Parker wrote:
<< I believe Joe is going to deliver the ashes to Mark Langford to bring
to the gathering as I am not able to attend. >>
Yes, I talked to Joe a few weeks ago, and assured him Dave's ashes would
see a lot of KR air time at the KR Gathering. There are a l
In "KR Wheel Fire Write Up" Larry Flesner wrote:
>>With Mark having more than 1000 hours of KR time and surviving 3 off
airport landings (that he has told us about), no one is going to
question his ability to fly a KR..<<
It's actually about 1800 KR hours, bu
t" red flashing LED in front of my
face and the pulsing beeper, I'd probably not have noticed the oil
pressure gauge was reading zero until the prop stopped, which it did
during rollout!
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cables
are too long and need to be shortened an inch or two. Personally I would not
exclude high speed taxis from the testing phase.
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> On Jul 30, 2024, at 1:24 AM, MS wrote:
>
>
> There's n
full size hangar. I’m in a gyrocopter hangar right now. Probably won’t get a full sized hangar until January. Some are being built that I’m on the list for. Hangars here have an average of a four to five year wait list. I’ve been on the lists over four years Mark JonesOldsmar, FlN771MJ “WunderBird
Jeff Scott wrote:
>> I'm sure that if there is interest, Mark and I could likely stand up
front and do an engine Q&A as we have done a few times in the past.
(Hope Mark doesn't mind me volunteering him!)<<
Sure, I can talk all day about Corvair and VW engines. A
Mark Jones wrote:
>>67 days to go till the Gathering.<<
And see https://www.krgathering.net/ to register, on the left in
blue "register to attend" . Nothing binding, no cost, just an
indicator of who might be there and when. Thanks to John Bouyea for
running thi
67 days to go till the Gathering.
11 people registered to attend Really? Can't we do better than that?
Only 7 planes so far? And that is if I get WonderBird through the test
flight stage before the gathering.
Please get registered asap.
Mark Jones (N771MJ)
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with the next step?”
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I have the A-700, and I think it’s worth it. I previously used something
without a lock but it was too easy to move unintentionally, and didn’t always
stay where I put it.
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As a follow up to my Lipo battery issue:
I installed an Odyssey agm PC680 yesterday and ran the engine almost an hour
with no issues.
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I agree. I ordered my Odyssey yesterday and it arrived today. Glad this happened on the ground and not in the air. Mark JonesOldsmar, FlN771MJ “WunderBird”www.flykr2s.comflyk...@gmail.comOn Jun 13, 2024, at 2:14 PM, shafferj45...@twc.com wrote:Hi Mark. I am using an Odyssey Battery, in my KR. A
Yep, that's right. For you older guys like me you will remember these
emails from when we were first time builders. There ARE ONLY 91 days till
the Gathering.
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the BMS somehow disable the entire system? I am feeling like Larry Flesner
said. I think I too will only fly with AGM batteries. Seems this BMS in
Lipo batteries is a source of failure we do not need.
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Mine are the 40108. The reason I’m asking is that one of the two has failed and I need to replace it. The testing phase after airworthiness certification has found this problem and also some brake issues so I’m installing new brake masters. Mark JonesOldsmar, FlN771MJ “WunderBird
ift owner flight instructor to work me in to his schedule and
fly around with me first for some reminders of the nuances of flying the
much larger retractable Swift. And I'm working daily on Joe's Corvair
powered KR2S N357CJ to get it flying again ASAP.
Mark Langford
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Mark Jones wrote:
"Just curious guys, has anyone found better and quieter fuel pumps than the
Facet."
Facet also makes a cylindrical rotary pump, if it bothers you that
much. I've had one in some incarnation of one of my KR or cars, and
they are pretty quiet by comparison
Just curious guys, has anyone found better and quieter fuel pumps than the
Facet.
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Learn something every day.
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> On May 15, 2024, at 5:05 PM, Larry Flesner via KRnet
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> On 5/15/2024 3:26 PM, Mark Jones via KRnet wrote:
>> Some batteries are now
off ( by mistake)
and all of a sudden I had no battery power. Ten seconds later it came back up
but needed charging. Slapped a lipo smart charger on there and it’s good as
new.
Mark Jones
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> On May 15, 2024, at 3:40 PM, Ro
My KR2S became a real airplane today. She has her airworthiness certificate!!!
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Tomorrow is the big day for my airworthiness inspection on WunderBird. Here
she is sitting in the hangar waiting on the DAR.
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After I get the Swift flying I'll
start working on N357CJ that Joe Horton graciously sold me, and it'll
become my main plane.
Being without an airplane is kind of like being without a girl friend or
a wife..
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or several versions of
the airfoil templates, including the one you mentioned, unless I'm
missing something. Free download, just take to Kinko's or the local
printing store and have them printed full size.
I'm headed out on a trip for the rest of the day.
Mark Langford
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For those following WunderBird, the airworthiness inspection has been
postponed.
A few issues popped up that I had to resolve which caused the delay.
I am requesting May 13th from the DAR. He has not confirmed yet.
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>>And that brings me to my question for Mark or anyone else that has
the answer. I found your page, Mark,
http://www.krnet.org/as504x/design.html and there is some great info
there. Do you or anyone else have the raw data from the wind tunnel
tests? Is that somethin
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details on that. It's a very simple welded up pivot structure, with no
crazy tubing bender required, and far less likely to fail that the
previous incarnation, plus it has some damping.
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st a
dose of conservatism for the plans.
One item to note about FreeBird is performance specs. Somebody pointed
out to me a few months ago that "as published", FreeBird would not meet
the MOSAIC rules so that a "Sport Pilot" could fly it. For that reason,
the specs will
if
they were folding), and if any others have good plans for how that's
done on KRs or any other plane, it might be a good addition to the
FreeBird plans.
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Hello everyone I'm a new member I'm an old Marine Corps jet mech from the
early '70s I used to work on F-4s in the Marine corps. Since getting out
I've always been interested in aircraft. I don't fly I just collect
memorabilia and keep it around my shop. I recently picked up a kr-2 from an
estate s
What a strange feeling with my plane gone from the garage. It’s the second
time I have experienced this feeling. Kind of like having a kid move out. Now
Karen can park her car back in the garage.
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anyway. I'll get it back together eventually. Meanwhile,
back to the hangar to finish building a work bench addition.using
TORX head screws!
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Good suggestion Larry. Thanks
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> On Mar 15, 2024, at 11:47 AM, Larry Flesner via KRnet
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> On 3/15/2024 10:28 AM, mark jones via KRnet wrote:
>> N771MJ is scheduled
N771MJ is scheduled for April 22 airworthiness inspection.
YeeeH
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ots of places
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back to the airport safely. So, this tells me that the Corvair
engine and the Ellison throttle body will suck enough fuel on their own to
keep the engine running. You may not be as lucky as I was!!!
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On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 2:11 PM
n't need is a bunch of conversations
between seller and buyer online, so once a connection is established,
please take it "off-line".
Thanks,
Mark Langford
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-
On 3/11/2024 5:09 PM, Edwa
om
N891JF (with new exhaust valves and reground valve seats) and am headed
to the airport to hopefully start reassembling the engine case halves
with crank and cam.
Mark Langford
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On 3/3/2024 1:58 AM, Chris Prata via KRnet wrote:
this is interest
less you might
squirt some oil onto those gears via the distributor
hole in the case?? Again, I'm not that up on VWs.
OR could be camshaft end play clunking
from the same source pressure when turning
the crank. Doubtful the crank is the noise
source but when the gears have slop, just
Date: Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: KRnet> play day
To: KRnet
Cc: Larry Flesner
I love the crab Zach drew.
Mark Jones
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> On Feb 25, 2024, at 3:59 PM, Larry Flesner via KRnet
wrote:
>
>
>
> Z
Mark,
It’s not April Fools day so I have a gut feeling your wife is tried of you
being the airport all the time. That sound was her out side hitting two
pieces of metal together hoping you would give up and come home 😀
Mark Jones
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flyk
Mark,It’s not April Fools day so I have a gut feeling your wife is tried of you being the airport all the time. That sound was her out side hitting two pieces of metal together hoping you would give up and come home 😀Mark JonesOldsmar, FlN771MJ “WunderBird” www.flykr2s.comflyk...@gmail.comOn Feb
I love the crab Zach drew.
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> On Feb 25, 2024, at 3:59 PM, Larry Flesner via KRnet
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Zach is out playing again today in his favorite toy. Can you guess what he
> added
oo! Note that the distributor and
drive gear are removed, just so I could get a better look at the brass
distributor drive helical gear on the crank, which appeared secured and
in one piece, and because it eliminated those two parts as a source of
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drawings and lots of photos there.
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Hey Guys,
WunderBird is almost ready for airworthiness inspection. Got that
YeeeHaaa feeling.
But I do have a question, how much do your aileron weights weigh? I know no
one's will be the same. Mine came in at 2lbs.
Thanks
Mark Jones (N771MJ)
Oldsmar, FL
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Has the date been set for the 2024 Gathering?
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same thickness, and that's completely
understandable.
Also, I should point out that the very outer wingtip (past the spars) is
just foam, sanded to shape using the complete outer wings skins as a
sanding guide., and then fiberglassed (or carbon fibered, in my case).
See http://www.n56ml.c
ize
human beings, newer composite technology, alternative construction
techniques, and larger engines, while making plans freely available for
download, like FreeBird. We're not taking money out of anybody's
pocket, either way you look at it, and nobody is profiting from the
effort..
off" of the plans version, but a serious effort at filling in the
blanks such as materials, sources, best practices, etc. Let me know if
you'd like to tackle on of these chapters.
Thanks,
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), so I haven't been keeping it a secret. Looking through it just now,
there are some broken links I need to fix and some other changes I could
make, and I'll try to get the big ones, but I'm swamped at the moment
with other airport problems that are a lot
_newsletter.pdf as a single file .
These are "text searchable", and there are a LOT of good ideas and
various ways that folks tried over the years, and the results of those
efforts. Also a good lesson on KR history.
See http://www.krnet.org/newsletter/kr_newsletter.pdf
Mark Lan
.org/krs/kr100/ , so the disinformation is my fault, but
I was going on what I was told. I'm not even sure I had N56ML flying
yet when I wrote it. I'll probably edit it page to reflect my comments
above.and my 2000 hours of flying KRs now, so I should be
complaining to my
Hi Guys,
Check out these plenums:
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Check out these plenums. Mark JonesOldsmar, FlN771MJ “WunderBird”www.flykr2s.comflyk...@gmail.comOn Sep 20, 2023, at 12:13 AM, Zachary Martine via KRnet wrote:Does anyone know if there is any details that Robert had made about the aluminum plenums for his O-200? They seem like they'd be
Hi guys,
Please send photos to all of us unlucky KR nuts that were not able to make
it this year.
Did N886MJ show up?
Thanks
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So sorry I could not make it this year.
Please send photos of the planes.
Thanks
Mark Jones
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> On Sep 16, 2023, at 8:40 AM, Jeff Scott via KRnet
> wrote:
>
>
> Well kids, If you are sitting at home today,
ork as well. OSH
would be the perfect place for to look for something like that (on the
flight line), and maybe you've done that, or perhaps ask on the
"Homebuilt Aircraft" forum (from a "burner" email account).
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To throw some more math in:
Your "actual speed" (120) vs. "theoretical speed" (132) would be
120/132=0.9090909 or 91% efficiency (over simplification): not too bad.
Mark W
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On 8/27/2023 10:28 PM, Phillip Matheson via KRnet wrote:
I had the tach overhauled
new ones out there, please let me know and I'll add them..which
will also give me some incentive to delete the dead links while I'm in
there!
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and nuts are pretty tight, but again, I
don't think it matters. The joint is apparently "good enough for KR" work.
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er pole and fried everything with an Ethernet cable plugged into it,
so yet another complication! Apparently I have not been "living right".
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. Mark JonesOldsmar, FlN771MJ “WunderBird”www.flykr2s.comflyk...@gmail.comOn Aug 17, 2023, at 3:02 PM, Sid Wood wrote:
I had Falcon subbed to Global Aerospace for $1M liability and $20,000 hull
coverage on my KR-2 N6242, premium $1,100 per year. That included first
flight coverage with the
he ground if the screws aren't really tight.
See the bottom of http://www.n56ml.com/kgear.html
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now owns and flies it.
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, especially Larry and
Gwen Howell. And thanks to Rob for handling the KR Forum with only two
hours notice.
Please don't reply to this message, as KRnet already has enough flotsam
and jetsam in the archive...
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actually works! It
took the CorvAircraft world a while to catch up, but a similar solution
has ended broken crankshafts in flying Corvair engines also.
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ttle something about aircraft crankshafts, and how and why
they fail. Please take my advice on this and don't cheap out. It could
cost you your airplane, and your life.
Mark Langford
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l the from EMPI
directly, and others sell them as well. I bought my first pair at a
local Advance Auto, even.
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e will be more than one KR there this year. What day do
you plan to arrive?
Mark Langford
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general.
The KR "Builders and Pilots" Forum will be at Forum Stage 3 at 11:30 on
Monday July 24th. After the forum we'll wander to the flightline for KR
show and tell and to answer questions that might arise.
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Question:
Does anyone know of a way to use an existing KT-76A transponder as an ABS-B
OUT system?
Mark Jones (N771MJ)
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course, a very good job of aligning the
gear and rigging the tailwheel by a very meticulous builder. Thanks
for the PIREP
Mark Langford
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