Great info Dan! I love to see KRs with an Autopilot, not sure I'll ever go
there myself but good to see all the gadgets working!
Rob Schmitt
N1852Z
From: "Dan Heath"
Subject: CorvAircraft> A flight in My Magic Carpet
To: "'KRnet'" , "'Corvair engines for homebuilt
aircraft'"
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Boy what a great day for flying! I took 4 young eagles for rides in my
KR2S this morning. It was so smooth I let 3 of them fly the airplane - just
doing straight and level flight, plus shallow turns. They all did an excellent
job! Think it will be easy to get another generation hooked on KR f
Reminder on the fly-in on 18 August in Marion KS.
Link posted on the EAA web site.
_http://www.eaa.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=13634_
(http://www.eaa.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=13634)
> There will be a Fly in hosted by Terry Chizek again this year. The date
is Saturday 1
Concur on calling Joe, and or Ed Sterba. I've got a Revmaster 2100, but I
don't know of anyone running the 2300 on a KR. I could be mistaken. My prop
diameter and pitch is 54" x 54" using on a trigear. Prop by Ed Sterba. 52"
is common as well but not over 54 to keep tip speed below the magic
Eduardo,
Great video, she looks like a great flying airplane!
Rob Schmitt
From: "Eduardo Barros"
Subject: KR> Kr2-egb (Zonda) in fly
To: "KRnet"
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Dear Friend, this is the video of 4th
Brad,
In a KR size does matter. The answer is yes if they can fit height and
width wise. I've flown with two on board regularly and even fly Young Eagles.
It starts getting cramped though if the passenger is over 5-10' and 200
pounds in my airplane. My max allowable pilot and passenger is 37
Dave,
Sorry, I'm slow to comment on this one but I think important. Before you
move the gear mounts out too far from the fueselage sides, consider whether
or not you will be trailering the plane often and the width required. I
think the normal width allowed on the roads is 8' so I would not
DJ,
Yes, you understand it completely. Registering it as an LSA would have
limited the airplane, not the pilot. If I chose to let my medical lapse, I can
continue to fly it. Best of all worlds.
Thanks,
Rob
In a message dated 4/17/2012 6:52:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
d...@deej.net wr
I spent 1500 hours over 8 years building (would have been 5 except for two
military deployments). I documented the building time on a log as I went so
I'm very confident in the hours. Mine is pretty simple and close to
plans, not many modifications. Pretty simple interior, no flaps, and I
p
,
Rob
In a message dated 2/25/2012 11:06:08 A.M. Central Standard Time,
robert7...@aol.com writes:
Sorry, I would have posted sooner, but I was out of town this week on
business.
I've got a series of flight test plans I used for my Trigear Revmaster
powered KR2S.
Links to the file
Sorry, I would have posted sooner, but I was out of town this week on
business.
I've got a series of flight test plans I used for my Trigear Revmaster
powered KR2S.
Links to the files are on my web site at
_http://www.robert7721.com/FlightTesting.html_
(http://www.robert7721.com/FlightTesti
Todd,
My ASI acted similar to yours one day, it turned out to be a split in the
pneumatic tubing developing near the instrument. It was very disconcerting
but I also had the GPS running so I knew I had a major error. For the most
part my ASI/VSI reading have been good.
My pitot and static p
Joe,
I used Aeropoxy on my wings, I used the gallon kit if I recall correctly. I
recommend making up the epoxy in small batches as you move along, not a
large pot - it will cook off. Aeropoxy comes with set mix ratio, I used a set
of West System pumps which matched the required ratio. I took
Seth,
I just used the zinc chromate spray can on my wing attach fittings as the
primer then hit it with a black rustolem for the final coat. Works fine.
Rob Schmitt
N1852Z
In a message dated 12/25/2011 11:00:57 P.M. Central Standard Time,
krnet-requ...@mylist.net writes:
From: Seth and
Dave,
Not for MSFS, but for X-Plane.
When I was in Iraq a couple years ago, I spent some time on both MS FSX and
X-Plane. I built the X-Plane model for my KR2S after I got back. I think I
did find a couple of KR MSFS models on a site
_http://www.simviation.com/downloads.html_
(http://www.s
I found an article that gives some information from his family. It may have
been his 1st flight.
_http://www.wcyb.com/news/29421820/detail.html_
(http://www.wcyb.com/news/29421820/detail.html)
Rob Schmitt
N1852Z
From: "Tim"
Subject: Re: KR> KR crash
To: "KRnet"
Message-ID: <867137A05731
Josh, Chanel, and I made it home today. Had to wait out the low ceilings in
Missouri till about 11:30 am this morning, but the rest of the trip was
uneventful.
Managed to download my pictures and video to my web site. They are not
near as good as Marc Baca's .
Main web site is
_www.robert
Weather trouble trying to get home. Josh, Channel and I made it as far as
Columbia, MO today before weather stopped us. We hopefully should be home to
Elsworth and Kansas City Monday afternoon. Not all is lost however, the
hotel we are at in Columbia actually has a hot tub for Josh and Channe
Weather trouble trying to get home. Josh, Channel and I made it as far as
Columbia, MO today before weather stopped us. We hopefully should be home to
Elsworth and Kansas City Monday afternoon. Not all is lost however, the
hotel we are at in Columbia actually has a hot tub for Josh and Channe
Reminder,
Terry Chezik is having his annual fish fry and fly-in Saturday 20 August.
The fun and food starts at 5:30 pm at Marion Kansas, 43K.
There will be at least 2 KR's there. I'll be there and usually there is a
pretty good crowd.
Thanks,
Rob Schmitt
N1852Z
Dave,
I run a Revflow on my Revmaster VW and have had no issues with vapor lock.
I do run 100LL. I do not have a separate heat shield on the Gascolator but
do have the line well protected with firesleeve.
As far as "Unusual attitudes" go, the Revfow and gravity feed mean no fuel
when you g
Terry,
I'll be there by 5:30 pm, I plan to spend the night and then fly over
Sunday morning to see Josh's O200 KR2 in Elsworth. He says its flying pretty
good now but would like to get the oil leaks to a more manageable level.
Josh and I were talking about all three of us to fly-in in toget
I flew N1852Z home from Oshkosh Saturday to Kansas City. I had a great
time as usual and it was good to see all the KR folks at the forum Monday, at
Bob Gliddens cookout at Found-du-lac, and Larry's campout in Camp Scholar.
Got to hang out at Larry's with Joe H, Mark L, Josh and Channel for s
I'll put in an opinion for what it is worth. I built my KR2S pretty close
to plans and am pretty happy with it. Just the RAF48 airfoils and VW
engine. I went flying again this morning with our "Breakfast Club" and I
really
enjoy flying this great little airplane. When I tell folks I built i
John,
The engine had lost a bit of RPM/power so I started checking things out. I
redid valve clearance check, all good, so I pulled the heads and found 2
burnt exhaust valves. I bought new replacement valves from Revmaster and
new springs. I gave it all to a Cylinder Head shop here in Kansa
Weather between Kansas City MO and Madison KY is not looking great for
Friday flying. We haven't given up yet, but the morning looks bad. Afternoon
may be acceptable. Hopefully we'll make it.
I'll be flying in with Terry Chezik. I'll be in my KR2S, Terry in his C150
Tail dragger.
Rob Schmi
Dave,
I can not answer your question directly, but I did have the same problem.
I recommend you put a lock (key or cover) on your master power switch
prevent it from turning off while the engine/alternator is running. When the
turn off master when the alternator is generating you get a volt
Jim,
I have a Revmaster and use just a voltmeter. I get 14.1 volts when nothing
else is running. When I turn on the lights/stobes/landing light it drops to
12 volts. Sounds like the volt regulator needs replacement, but I'd call
Joe Horvath at Revmaster and discuss with him. He is very helpf
Terry Chezik is having his annual Fly-in/ BBQ at his airport in Marion
Kansas (43K) this weekend. It will be Saturday the 21st, the food will be
served at around 5:30 pm. He usually gets several local flyers to come in. I
plan to be there with N1852Z.
Thanks,
Rob Schmitt
Kansas City
Thought I would past this on from the VW engine list.
Bob Hoover (VW Guru) pasted away over the weekend. Definitely one of my
hero's. Always a bit of an attitude with tons of knowledge that he pasted on
to a great following of VW engine builders.
Rob Schmitt
N1852Z
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N1852Z made it. Row 308 Homebuilt camping. Still no GA aircraft being allowed
in at 10:00 this morning.
Rob Schmitt
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N1852Z is in Baraboo WI and will try to fly in today (sunday). They have been
turning GA planes back due to the ground conditions. Showplanes/homebuits have
been getting in.
Baraboo has the Wittman Tailwind Flyin which had 8 planes. Lots of Oshkosh
traffic coming through here.
Hopefully Mark
Larry,
N1852Z (KR2S) should be at Oshkosh from Sunday 25 July through Saturday 31
July. That's the plan at least.
She will be residing in the Home built camping area. I'll be in and
around, my cell phone is 816-309-0099. Call me and we can probably get together
at some point.
Rob Schmitt
Thought I'd send an update on my plane since I've made a few changes lately
and had some maintenance done on her as well. I passed the 250 hours mark
on N1852Z and she is ready for another trip to Oshkosh and the KR Gathering
this year. This spring I installed a Dynon D6 in the cockpit. I hav
Ron,
Bill Clapp has the PVC tubes in his wing tanks. Not sure it was irrigation
tubing. Pretty sure Bill just used PVC and it looked like 2 each 3 "
tubes. Should be able to find pictures and details of it somewhere on Mark
Langford's site on one of the KR Gathering photos collections. Proba
Great Photo Mark!
I got in 2 hours yesterday myself. Flew with 6 other RVs to breakfast at
Miami Co. K81. (we'll I took off with them at least- could not keep up with
their airspeed). Kind of a weekend EAA chapter ritual out of the Lees
Summit, MO Airport (LXT). Flew around and did a touch
Mark,
I've done some stuff with X-Planes.
I created a fairly plane version one of my KR2S. I posted it on my web site
at _www.robert7721.com_ (http://www.robert7721.com) today for anyone who
wants to download it. I've got the performance pretty close to what my
plane can really do.
Yes
I'm in. Missed it last year, but should be no issues this year. Yes, flying in
is an experience to remember - quite an adrenaline rush.
I don't have 500 hours like Joe, but I don't have any crankshaft breaks behind
my VW at 250 hours either ;-). Hope I didn't just jinx myself.
Rob Schmitt
N
Jeff Scott sent me a note asking if I was back, so I figured I would let
everyone know I'm finally home from my latest military deployment to Iraq
and that my KR2S is back in the air. But I didn't get home until last
Tuesday the 29 of Sep, so I've missed two KR Gatherings in a row, and yes
Mark,
Sorry to say, it is probably the begining of the end for you poor 315A. I had
the exact same model and did all the downloads you had recommended on the web
for the aviation database.
One day it started to do strange things. The whole sattelite screen went blank
one day while flying
Brad,
Congrats! Good to hear.
FYI, I flew off the test period myself - without insurance. I know it was a
risk, but the price was so steep it was ridicous. Once the test phase was flown
off I was able to get liability insurance?for under $600/year.
Please send flight reports out, those
Brad,
Congrats! Good to hear.
FYI, I flew off the test period myself - without insurance. I know it was a
risk, but the price was so steep it was ridicous. Once the test phase was flown
off I was able to get liability insurance?for under $600/year.
Please send flight reports out, those
Sid,
I've flown Young Eagles in my KR2S. Only requirement was to have a minium of
liabilty insurance for the aircraft. Lot's of fun. Our chapter flies them in
everything from Cessnas, to RVs, to my poor little KR2S.
Rob Schmitt
N1852Z
Lees Summit, MO
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org
Date: Tue,
Sid,
I've flown Young Eagles in my KR2S. Only requirement was to have a minium of
liabilty insurance for the aircraft. Lot's of fun. Our chapter flies them in
everything from Cessnas, to RVs, to my poor little KR2S.
Rob Schmitt
N1852Z
Lees Summit, MO
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org
Date: Tue,
Larry,
I sent him a note, not sure how much I can help him as I am still in Iraq, but
I will certainly link him up with our EAA Chapter. Yes, Ron Sr. will be missed.
I remember having about a 1 hour discussion with him on the merits of gorrilla
glue.
Thanks,
Rob Schmitt
KR2S
N1852Z
Kansas Cit
Just did the same testing in my KR2S last week. At 10,000 I was still
getting 200-300 fpm with my Revmaster 2100D (no turbo). That is the highest
I've
taken my plane at this time. I now have 73 hours on her since first flight
last Sep.
Rob Schmitt
N1852Z
_www.robert7721.com_ (http://www.r
Ok I have one for you. I took my mother (75+) years old to breakfast
yesterday (Saturday) for mother's day. Flew from Lee's Summit MO LXT to Miami
Co
Airport KS K81. Saturday was the best flying day so far this year for me as the
wind was still and the sky was clear as I've seen this year.
I've gotten work some work done on my KR2S during the winter and I will be
getting it back out to the airport this weekend (weather permitting). I painted
her and added lights so I can operate at night. Paint was just a gloss white
boat enamel. I painted her using a harbor freight air sprayer
I saw some discussion on the Great Plains strobes this past week. I'm on the
digest and don't catch up on my reading very quickly. So sorry if this is
late.
I purchased two Great Plains Strobe kits and didn?t have any trouble getting
them to work. I?ve added a new page to my web site at _
Larry,
Jeff is pretty close to what the DAR said. The RC servo does needs power to
hold position. The DAR stated that if it lost power it would not remain
fixed in place and therefore would potentially cause flutter in the elevator -
therefore unsafe. Right now I only have a ground adjust
Reference the header tank vs wing tank discussion. Just like most things on
the KR, there are many ways to do things.
My KR2S has just a header tank with approx 16 gallons. My reason not to put
fuel in the wings was complexity. I simply didn't want to add a fuel pump
and tanks to the wings.
Chris,
I found out that there really are no absolute answers on how to do it. Most
folks buy wheel pants from a variety of different suppliers. Aircraft Spruce
is just one of them. Some folks get one pant/fairing and make molds and copies
of them themselves for the other legs. Some people mak
Mark,
Good to see you are home and all in one piece. I always have had concerns
about what would happen if I got stuck someplace remote and not knowing anyone.
It is great to see these folks just practiaclly gave you the shirt and
"trailer" right off their back. Cool!
My trip home was uneve
Jeff,
Sorry I'm slow to respond. I've been flying my airplane this weekend quite a
bit to get the 40 hours completed, and I've got it done. Looks good for a
Thursday departure for me as well. I expect to depart KC around 1:00 pm and
will
be monitoring 123.45 once airborne. See you Thursday.
I've completed all major items on the test cards for my planned Phase I
testing. There are some items I did not complete, but I was not thinking of
ever
doing serious aerobatics in my airplane so I passed on some of the more
rigorous aircraft testing such as accelerated stalls at high bank ang
Phillip,
I've got a servo motor doing my elevator trim. I used a (Radio Shack) rotary
potentiometer for the control (less than $5). I made a larger wheel for the
pot out of plywood, painted it black, turned it sideways and put it in the
instrument dash (lower left side in front of pilot). I ju
Larry,
Servo motor came from "Hobby Town" it is a HITEC HS-300. Size 1.6 x .8 x
1.4".
Plywood thickness was 1/4".
I did build a small electronic control board for the management of the servo,
but have lost the skematic since. Probably could find another copy on the web
if necessary. It was n
I installed belly cross member at station E only. No issues with this on my
KR2S. I doubt it would make a large difference whether you have one at D and
E. A little bit more work to install the floor insulation between the members
before you cover it with plywood.
Rob Schmitt
---Original
Gav,
You had also asked a question on how much epoxy to buy. I ended up using 4-5
gallons of epoxy, but I am also scratch building all the way. I bought a
gallon at a time as I needed it, not all at once, and bought the next gallon as
it
was getting low. That way you don't have epoxy sitting o
John,
Here?s the link to the Pilot Operating Handbook which has several checklists in
it:
http://www.robert7721.com/kr2oprfs.doc
Afraid I?m still on active duty in Bosnia and haven?t made any updates to my
web site in a while. Going to miss the Fly-in in September, I had made it
every one f
Eduardo,
I've got $10,500 in mine, should add another $1,000 to that before I'm done.
Should be about 1400 hours, however you want to calculate that cost.
Rob Schmitt
Subj:KR>Value of a KR
Date:Sun, 13 Apr 2003 19:27:16 -0300
From:"Eduardo José Jankosz"
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