John Bouyea via KRnet wrote:
> What kinds of speeds are people using to land their KRs?
>With flaps, N56ML will touch down at the minimum airspeed at which it
>doesn't drop like a rock, which is right at 60-62 mph.
I have very similar speeds to Mark L. I use 90 on down wind, 80 cross wind
>From: Mark Langford via KRnet
>Sure is quiet lately! Too cold to work on KRs, and too busy shopping or
>making Christmas presents anyway, I'm guessing.
Oh contra my friend. The shop is a toasty 64 deg and the progress is going
well. Rudder horn completed, rudder hinges completed. Rudd
Goosh, I'm almost sorry I started this thread. While it has been informative
Mark Jones is the only one that answered the question. Will it make a
difference in the flying characteristics of a KR2s. His answer was No from
actual flying of the non conforming configuration. While this debate has
Paul,
you may be right about that and it is what I was going to try on paper first. I
never had a rotation problem with the dual control stick set up in my flying
plane nor in this one. Also never really had a problem getting around the gear
brackets. My control sticks are 2 7/8" off the rear fa
What I should have said is that liniar travel is easy - i.e. 20 deg up and 20
deg down on the opposite side. I was actually thinking that the differential
deflection had more to do with not having to use rudder for yaw
I did not have full deflection and by the performance, I could not tell.
H
Morning Guys,How important is the differential aileron deflection in
anyone’s opinion. I am working through the final configuration of a push
pull system and getting 20 deg down and 10 deg. Up on the opposite side is a
bit problematic. (I think)Thanks,Joe Horton,N357CJSecond one under construct
Hello Guys land Dolls, As some of you already know I took over a project
from Eric Pitts over the summer. I think that I might be the fifth owner of
this project and there have been many changes from owner to owner. This is a
unique project that was started by Dr. Dean about 16 years ago now
Hey guys took a little trip again this weekend. Flew down to Barnwell for the
engine building weekend by William Wynne. There was a good turn out with a few
KR guys there. IT was beautiful weather but for the trip down I continued my
streak of only flying if there is a head wind. With another 4.
Morning Guys,We have been seeing all this information about first flights and
it is all good. But first things first. I don't know where or how but I had
decided to do 10 hours of taxi testing before first flight. Taxi testing is
when I found that the carb did not like ram air. Taxi test is when
Hey Guys,
I had planned to write up a bit of a story and include a few pictures of
the trip of a life time for me but I had a computer melt down at the very
moment that I was down loading the picture card and I lost over 300 pictures
from the time we left LosAlmos until I got home. I'm very
Well maybe if weather and location and timing all came together at a magical
moment. Give him my cell number 215-399-6139Joe Horton
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From: Dene via KRnet
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Subject: KR> KR ride
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Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 17:51:14 +020
Hey Colin
I used the blue foam from the big box airplane store. I used it every bay from
the rear shelf foreword including between the floor boards. I planed it down to
5/8" thick and fitted it between every space in the truss work of the cockpit
area. I never operated the plane without the insu
I'm sorry to say that the inside of N357CJ is not ply anything. It is paper
thin western red ceder veneer that was left over from a church that we built 20
years ago. It is simply glued to the inside frame of the sides and the infill
insulation. It is also covering my panel which is really alumi
Hey Guys,I haven't been following this thread closely but everything thing that
Jeff has mentioned is completely accurate. Our performance is nearly identical.
I only used full power to catch him or climb. I ran 2 to 300 rpm below full
power but did know what my true airspeed was at all times. O
Alrighty Guys,I arrived home by air at 3 pm eastern time. A few of the
sististics are (not exact as I am just figguring them out now) About 5000 miles
flown over a five day period. 12 airports and 8 of them new to me. 36 hours in
the air. longest leg about 4 hours or nearly 600 miles. About 170
Hi everyone, I made my final landing for the day in mid Arknesaw. Still 960
miles from home. The weather was perfect all day, but the wind never did give
any help. But not having a head wind at least ground speed and true air speed
were the same. If I'm not foggged in in the morning I should be
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From: Lawrence Bell via KRnet
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Subject: Re: KR> Main gear locations
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Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:54:39 -0700
Sid has his main axle distance 17" aft of the stub wing leading edge, Joe
has his 7" aft of the <
Sid,, The reason that I gave a measurment from the rear face of the main
spar is because not everyone's or even maybe no one's leading edge is in the
same place. There are several different airfoils around and different hands
building them. But the gear axle relative to the main spar would a
Sid,I just happen to have measured my locations for mains and nose wheel the
other night to compare to the new project. N357CJ main axle center line is 7"
behind the main spar and the nose wheel axle is 10" in front of the firewall. I
agree that the actual dimension is not in the instructions bu
Hey guys- You can follow Collin on Facebook at KRii Worldtour. You may have to
ask to be friend but he took me so the rest of ya should be no problem.Joe
Horton
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Hey guys,Does anyone have heel breaks installed? if so got any pictures? How do
they work?Joe HortonCoopersburg, Pa
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Hey folks- I believe in being supportive to friends in every way. Eric Pitts is
undergoing heart surgery this morning and I would like to see the KR community
support him with well wishes or prayers. Thank youJoe Horton
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Hey Guys,Well it looks like I'm back at it. I picked up a partially
completed kit from Eric Pitts over the weekend. This is the original Dr. Dean
fuselage project. Eric had accumulated much of the materials need to complete
the airframe and engine as well as some of the instrumentation. The
I just ran across a odometer on my gps while I was programing in the trip to
Chino. It shows just shy of 12000 miles flown presumably since I bought it 4
years ago. I thought it was interestingJoe Horton
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Jeff,Will give ya a call in a few weeks as I will be working on a new project
and this is one of the things that I may do to it. But on another note you seem
to get better looking everyday- I bet you can hardly wait for tomorrow. I
am going to weigh in on the single vs. double stick. I hav
Colin,I would be more than happy to help you out with the bike. It could be
shipped to our business address as we get fedx and ups everyday. I am located
at KUKT Quakertown Pennsylvannia. About 50 miles north of Philadelphia. I would
be honored to have you as a guest and a couple hot meals. Let
Dan- I think this may be the difference between accepted practice and the
official word. Bottom line is the controlers will determine what you may be
called. the object is to not be on the radio very long and they get the
information from the name. honestly I doubt that they would care if you ca
ToddExperimental 357Charlie Joilett. That gives them the information they need
and they may ask for your speed range so that they can properly work you into
the other traffic as an experimental could be from 40 kts to 300 kts.Joe Horton
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Paul,This may be a simpletons answer but I think the new wing was designed
completly around the KR design. So all the paerameters would remain the same.
HAving said that I have my KR2S gross at 1250# and limited the G load to 4.5
G's. I well also admit that I have exceeded both of those limits b
Hey Guys,About 2 years ago the FAA was to start charging for the charts data
base that everyone was updating their GPS units. All the GPS makers were going
to pass this unknown amount of money on to us consumers. I finally did update
mine a week ago and they did not chatge me. What ever happened
LArry Bell wrote> The chatter on air
>locks was good too and I am going to try to get all my tubes straight.
>Larry Bell
Larry - don't just try to eliminate air locks in the fuel line. try to make it
all slope up hill towards the tank so air that may ever get in for what ever
reason rises natur
Oscar,Your math is just about spot on as I see .9 to 1.2 lbs depending on the
actual fuel level in the tank in cruise flight.Joe
Do THIS before eating carbs (every time)
1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fa
CraigAll 3 of my tanks are ram air vnted. The header tank has a vent out the
side of the fusealage and the wing tanks are out the bottoms of the wings with
flared ends a piece of screen and then faired inn under the wing. The header
vent is just out the side and faced foward and flared. no prot
Space hardware or not he probably doesn't have a KR to mount it to since his
burned to the ground on some pervious April fols day
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Hey,Sorry about the way my notes come through as run on sentences. The provider
scrambles it for some reason, not the way I type or send them. I'm changing
providers in the next week or so - that should stop it.Joe Horton
NetZero now o
Phil Hill wrote:
> I'd like to know what the typical service ceiling is for a normally
> aspirated KR2. Anyone want to share? Phil,I have a 3100 corvair KR2s and have
> been to 17,999 ft. I stll had a climb rate in excess of the 100' per minute
> climb rate. I think it was still close to 200 ft
Hey Guys, I could be all wet here but I would think that there is a huge why
not. A major part of the wings ridgedness and overall strength is from bonding
the fiberglass cloth to the wing spars and forming a true composit structure. I
do not see how you would acheive this with a aluminum skin.
www some! Great looking plane.
I like the looks of the weather too
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From: robert gill
To: "krnet at list.krnet.org"
Subject: KR> first flight
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 21:10:50 +1100
KR 19-8322 here in Aus. finally
And Rob's comment is valid but could be a function of power available. I did
have to s turn a bunch taking off behind him and his mom one day so I didn't
run over them. (or maybe he was just flying like a little old lady)Joe
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Pierre et all, I had done the slight extention of the nose on my trigear right
from inception without ever any real concern. I only cut the amount off the
bottom part of the verticle part of the gear leg before drilling any mounting
holes to get it postioned correctly for prop clearance which
Doran, I'm going to say no. Mark L and I have a couple of the 2 closest built
KR2s' and we flew each others planes withinn the first year of their
operations. 2 of the significant differences of our planes is that he clipped
the wings and I extended them and he built the full volume tail feat
Joe,A number of years ago a very good friend of mine called the extensions
"hooky". But after getting over it I still wanted the extensions for the better
climb and glide beifits that should come from the extended tips. I did modify
the building method a bit to make them less hooky.First I glued
I might be able to help you this weekend. I am at KUKT but could meet somewhere
in between if the weather is good. GIve me a call 215.399.6139Joe Horton
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Hey Ron,I also use the MMO in about the same proportions and in a 200 hour
test period of using it for a year and not using for a year I had a good 70%
less lead build up on the heads. As many know I lean aggressively. I do not
know what the Decalin is and what the supposed benefit is. Coul
Hi Guys,I received my new aircraft registration certificate the other day and
promtly put in the plane. This got me thinking that we are now at the end of
the cycle to re- register all aircraft in the country. This fact along with a
recent AOPA email handout type of document titled "What to do i
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the Subaru and
Corvair are a bit over rated also. Just my humble opinion. :-) Joe
Horton seems to have gotten some good reliability from his 3300
Corvair. I'd sure like to do a head to head run with him at this
years Gat
Hey Guys, While this is a very entertaining and fun toy app and the
instruments are a nifty back up I have to also point out (as a very recipient
of a very real emergency) that the emergency mode for finding and gliding to an
airport is a very big sense of false security. There is just not tim
What a beautiful day, the first in months really and on a Saturday to boot.
The hanger doors were still in a state from hurricane Sandy and the couple
times that I had tried to get the plane out over the winter had resulted in
several hours of work and sever failure. Today was to be different.
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