Wow, I'm looking at putting $8,000 of Dynon stuff in my panel and engine
monitoring equipment and that's just to get off the ground. Not counting auto
pilot, ADS-B and a Garming 430 and a bunch of backup systems.
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406-4705
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If your going to change the dimensions. I would most definitely order per
piece. At Wick's, there is no discount for the kit you're just paying for
individual pieces. and for the various lengths of the 5/8 square. I would get
all 14' pieces. I had a lot of "just a little to short pieces."
I w
I came across this website long time ago on how to finish your composite
surfaces for painting.http://curedcomposites.com/finish.html It talks
about applying micro to the whole surface then sand down with different sanding
board.
One thing that I would change is with the micro. After
Since nV Aero shut down. I have no idea were you can buy plans. Good luck in
your pursuit.
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618 406 4705
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Date: Mo
Just go to www.krnet.org it's down a little ways..
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618 406 4705
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Original message From: piney--- via KRnet
Date:10/18/2014 10:26 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: krnet at list.krnet.org Subject: KR> downlo
I think I'm having better luck using Firefox instead of AOL or Chrome. I've
attempted on different networks. Same problems. my goal is to export the files
into my natural reader. So I can play them over my radio in my truck. I was
able to get the first set to download into my natural reader and
I've heard people using 1.45 oz deck cloth. Saves all of finish ?prep work. I
think it add too much weight.?
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Original message From: Dan Prichard via KRnet
Date:10/14/2014 6:55 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: 'KRnet' Subject:
Mark,?
One of the things from that CD on making your on antenna you let me use is that
the transmission of that transponder antnna is in the microwave band. ?You
should have some type of grounded barrier between the antenna and your
important parts of you body. ?You don't have this issue with me
Another option is camlock fasteners. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1/4 turn and it's on. ?A
little pricey after you get all the parts together. This is how Cessna cowlings
are attached. ?
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618 406 4705
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Original messa
I wish we could come up with a new max weight with the new wings. Then locate
the engine off the fire wall based on best CG location at max weight.
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618 406 4705
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Sid, You said "Gross weight per the FAA guidelines is 1146 pounds. What are
the FAA guideline?
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Belleville Il
618 406 4705
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Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2014 10
4.5 lbs is a lot of weight to add to foam horns. Even with CF on the ends.
Joe, what did you do to beef up the horn areas?
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618 406 4705
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That's a good idea and its cheaper than the floor sander paper.
Paul Visk
Bellev
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Date: Fri, May 16, 2014 7:21 am
Subject: KR> Sanding Blocks
To: "Adam Tippin" , "KRnet"
I just ordered a Ray Alan trim tab servo from Wick's and they have all kinds
stick grips that will work with the servos.
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Date: Mon, May 12, 20
Hi Phill,
I made mine out of .049. I'll be home tonight after 10:30 and be up late. I
should be home all day tomorrow and night if you like to come over and compare
the two thicknesses. Give me a call .
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618 406 4705
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I would like to thank Stave Bray for a great Sunday afternoon. He took me up
in his plane to gave me some valuable stick time to prepare for my KR and
spent the afternood talking and supper.
Thanks again Steve.
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406-4705
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I totally agree Larry. I have the utmost respect for Mark and all the other
builders that have a hell of a lot more experience than I do. Mark I think I
can speak for everyone. You keep doing what you're doing a great job. Keep it
up .
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406;4705
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The problem is. I fly fast. I fly with big engines. I fly at night and I fly
IFR. So that leaves LSA's sitting on the side with the RC's for me. I worked
very hard for my license and my ratings to let some wanna be doctor in Oklahoma
City tell me I can't fly. So I went though hell and back w
I don't now why my email address is showing and not my name
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Date: Thu, May 8, 2014 5:46 pm
Subject: KR> Mark!! You fixed it.
To: "KRnet"
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Nothing against LSA's. I'm build my to be big and fast.
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406-4705
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From: "Graeme Hart via KRnet"
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Date: Wed, May 7, 2014 12:06 am
Subject: KR> Test
To: "KRnet"
I was playing around with my pics on flicker and noticed most of them were set
as private. So I figured out how to change them to public. I also saw how many
views I had. WOW! Thanks for visiting. Sorry about all the inside spar
pictures. There for my DAR.
My email is working : ) Thanks Mark
P
I can't decide where to put my elevator counter weights. I'm adding three inche
foam horns to the elevator and covering the hole thing with carbon fiber.
With the horns just foam will they be strong enough to support the weight or
should I just add the weight off the push rod like Mark did.
I just got out bidded on eBay in the last second on a MA-3SPA carb.
Frustrating !
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406-4705
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Sid, You can't beet the old stuff. I have a 25 year old craftmens hand belt
sanders. That's now just starting to show its age.
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Subject: K
I'm Sorry to hear about your plane. I can't imagine how you feel after putting
all that work into the glass panel.
Were you able to figure out why your engine quit?
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406-4705
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You can also wrap a thread around the balloon and tired of off. after 24
hours if the thread is lose that mean you have lost air. This way is very very
accurate .
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406-4705
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Date: Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:43 am
Subject: KR> Pressure testing my wing tanks
To: "'KRnet'"
Pierre said:
<< "...so I hooked up the compressor,blocked off all the inlet, bre
Hi Paul I will follow you with interest. I met you at the KR gathering last
fall. When the wx gets warmer I am going to restart my construction after a 10
year hiatus. I cut my spars to the length in the plans and plan on the
balancing horns. One of the things I noticed is that the stab/elevator
I'm cutting my horizontal stabilizers spars today. I think I have decided to
leave the stabilizer length as is 35 1/2" from center line. Being that I
added another bay in the fuselage. Then add 3 inches on each side of the
elevator to accommodate the counter weight horns. What do you guys th
Larry Flesner wrote:
> add another 5/8" cross member at that point to support the floor.
Sorry, but I'll have to throw the "unnecessary beefing" flag on that one
Thanks Mark and Larry. Another question. Do you think the 1/4 plywood under
your feet is structural or a foot rest. That's a lot a w
Ok, I'm talking about the floor inside the cockpit. The wood that goes on top
of the soundproofing / insulation foam. The drawing shows the floor to go
all the way back to the front of the spar. there is nothing to glue the floor
to front of the spar.
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406-4705
Fwd of the spar there is no 5/32 cross member for the back edge of the 3/32
plywood to sit on. I thinking when I step into the plane the back edge will
collapse. I double check the drawings to see if I miss the crossmember and I
didn't.
Paul Visk
Belleville, Il
618-406-4705
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I cut my holes for my front spar today and notice when I put the plywood floor
in. The back edge has nothing to glue. Any suggestions.
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406-4705
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What is OSH?
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406-4705
I too have had a lousy experience with 2 EAA chapters. If there is no E in EAA
then why bother. At this point the only reason I stay a member is the magazine
and discount to OSH.
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Can someone tell me the distance between the bottom of the firewall and the
center line of a corvair engine? I might have a 56x60 prop. I need to know
how long the nose and main gear needs to be so I don't make rumble strips down
the runway.
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406-4705
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I think pulling staples is pretty boring job . I remember when I was in the
Air Force as a sheet metal mechanic. A B-52G pilot accidentally put the flaps
down when he was going much to fast. Me and three other airman had to reskin
the back sides of all the flaps. Now that was boring.
Paul
I hate auto spell check. I come up with some doozies I catch most of them
before I sent.
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406- 4705
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Date: Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:14 pm
I went to the Nov. Meeting and met Paul (president). They was a good meeting.
I brought my center sparse to see if someone could look at them before I closed
it out. Someone asked why it wasn't solid. That was a good question. I don't
know. Maybe it would be too heavy. But, if Ken designed
I don't think there's any KR experts in my chapter. But there's a lot of RVer.
People can be so lost and confused and not know what there missing. : )
Paul Visk
Belleville, Il.
618-406-4705
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I think the real question is varnish better than polyurethane or are they about
the same
Paul Visk
Belleville, Il.
618-406-4705
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From: "Doran Jaffas"
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Date: Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:08 pm
Subj
I tried to thin down T88 MEK and it made a mess. Will acetone work better?
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Date: Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:15 am
Subject: KR> They don't have varnish
To: "'KRnet'"
Once you
Thanks for the info. I need to seal aft of the the horizontal stab area before
I install the the plywood webs. I won't have access after there installed.
Paul Visk
Belleville, Il.
618-406-4705
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I'm at home depot and they said they don't carry it anymore. They told me to
use polyurethane. Is that okay?
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Marry Christmas everyone!
Did anyone get a $25 Home Depot gift card and would like to swap for a
Lowes card. I'm trying to consolidate all my cards to Home Depot so I can get
a band saw for all my aluminum cutting.
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406-4705
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This are so true mark. : )
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Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406-4705
Looking at drawing A dated Sept 1992. At the diagonal memberbetween
vertical A&B. You'll see the member goes from the top longeron down to the
bottom longeron. If you look at drawing B detailed B. The diagonal member goes
up to the bottom of the bottom shelf under the engine mount rails.
Thanks for the input guys.
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406-4705
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Date: Sat, Dec 14, 2013 8:00 pm
Subject: KR> The need for Dr. Dean hinges
To: "KRnet"
The plan
very interesting.
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/house-Pushes-Expansion-Of-Drivers-License-Medical221107-1.html
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The original horizontal stabilizer calls for 5/8 Square stock on the outboard
edge. With Mark's airfoil, does the outboard template need to be made out of
5/8 spruce? I hope not that's a lot of weight. I'm thinking quarter inch
plywood would be sufficient .
Paul Visk
Belleville Il
618-406-4
Just call the FFA to get an update on my physical. It's been three months.
They said a letter was sent out on Friday. This is the first one since my
physical back in August . As you all know I'm in no hurry. I just hope its
good news. Prayers and hopes would be appreciated. I'll let you a
I meet William Wynne tonight from flycorvair.com at a truckstop by his house.
Him and I went though all my parts from my core that I bought from Steve Bray.
Looks like I have a good start for a 3 liter, 3000cc engine except for the
crankshaft which will need to be replaced. William said as of
Does anyone have an alternate way of contact William Wynne at Flycorvair.
I'm heading into Florida and I would like to stop by and have him look at my
core and help me come up with a game plan. I've been trying to contact him for
two days on his phone and email and he has not responded.
Pau
I just saw a nice looking KR2 on a trailer westbound on Interstate 40 in
Oklahoma . Any idea who it is?
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Where I'm getting my measurements from are from the AS5045 drawings. Not from
the plans. The fwd center spar caps are 2.16". Add the web material you come
up with 2.253". This would be the same for the outboard spar also. The AS5045
outboard spar is .22" wider. So I think it would be best
I'm seeing that the fwd center spar is 2.16" wide not including the plywood.
The fwd outer spar is 2.16" also. Doesn't the outer spar need to be narrower
for the waf to go inside the center spar waf? I know it does I'm just missing
something. rk from Sprint!
As I'm sitting in my truck in Kingmen Az. for a couple of days looking at the
plans for the AS5056 wing. I noticed the inboard an outboard spars are 2.16"
fwd and 1.13" aft. were they join. How are the outboard WAF's slip inside the
inboard WAF's? Em I missing something being I'm looking at th
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