You should sell the engine to a vintage Subaru collector. I have a friend who
has been trying to piece an EA81 together and he says the parts are very
difficult to find. Strike one! Next to develop full power, the Subaru has to
turn too fast requiring a reduction. I have a friend who rebuilt
Wouldn't that make it worse? The shorter the stick the less travel you have
for the same movement. I would think if the stick was 3 foot tall it would be
better, but not practical.
Kevin GoldenHarrisonville, MO
-Original Message-
From: Flesner
To: krnet@list.krnet.org
Sent: Sun, Aug
Rob are you the only KR guy in the area? Kevin Golden Harrisonville MOSent
from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
Original message From: Rob Schmitt via KRnet
Date: 3/3/21 7:04 AM (GMT-06:00) To: 'KRnet'
Cc: robert7...@aol.com Subject: Re: KR> N1436 on display
Free fuel at Osh
Again. Using the term "plexiglass" and "lexan" are brand names from the days
owned by GE. The actual name is "acrylic"and "polycarbonate" and using this
you can buy several different brands of the product. Often cheaper! Acrylic
is clearer and tougher, but breaks easier. Lean can be bent in
I think your question is polycarbonate or acrylic?Sent from my Samsung Galaxy
smartphone.
Original message From: victor taylor via KRnet
Date: 3/8/20 1:53 PM (GMT-06:00) To:
krnet@list.krnet.org Cc: victor taylor Subject: KR>
Windshield For fixed windshields is it lexan or
Agree.. When an article appears by Wainfan, I stop and read it! Kevin
Golden.Harrisonville, MOSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
Original message From: Mark Langford via KRnet
Date: 1/5/20 9:18 AM (GMT-06:00) To: KRnet
Cc: Mark Langford Subject: KR> Landing
gear con
It looks like Medford OR. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
Original message From: Craig Williams via KRnet
Date: 9/26/19 9:59 AM (GMT-06:00) To: KRnet
Cc: Craig Williams Subject: Re:
KR> N133RM Sorry for your loss. It would be best if someone here could see the
pla
I don't think he said the engine was heavy, but only that it was 150 hp.
Guessing Yamaha engine, but just a shot in the dark guess. Kevin in
MissouriStreak ShadowSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
Original message From: Flesner via KRnet
Date: 4/11/19 7:38 PM (GMT-06:0
I know nothing about this airplane, but thought you guys might like to see a
tandem 2 seater. I found the pic on homebuiltairplanes.net.
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What model 0235? C2C??Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
Original message From: Mark Boese via KRnet
Date: 2/22/19 9:52 AM (GMT-06:00) To:
krnet@list.krnet.org Cc: Mark Boese Subject: KR>
0-235 Is there any one who has a Lycoming 0-235 in a Kr2? There is one that
wast
Those who build airplanes know it's not ultralight. Just another orphaned
aircraft being sold by someone that don't know the difference between a J3 cub
and a piper cherokee.
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Original message From: jehayward--- via KRnet
Date: 12/6/18
No 51% rule?!! I thought was being changed was flying model airplanes!
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I had a friend who built several airplanes in his lifetime. He HATED to fly.
He used aircraft construction as a way to satisfy a creative desire. I think
there are a lot of people like that. Not everyone likes to fly. I had a
friend who wanted to fly so badly he went through many hours of t
Also Trump cancelled the trip to MO so I would think airspace is wide open.
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Original message From: Flesner via KRnet
Date: 9/12/18 7:47 AM (GMT-06:00) To:
krnet@list.krnet.org Cc: Flesner Subject: KR> winds
aloft on Thursday
For t
I know the guy that owned it passed away, but thought someone else took over.
Kevin in Missouri
-Original Message-
From: Terence Teer via KRnet
To: krnet
Cc: Terence Teer
Sent: Mon, Sep 3, 2018 10:25 am
Subject: KR> Great Plains Aircraft?
Does anyone know if Great Plains Air
Price? Location? Thanks. Kevin in MO
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Original message From: Roy Keller via KRnet
Date: 6/26/18 8:45 AM (GMT-06:00) To:
krnet@list.krnet.org Cc: rrkel...@skybest.com Subject: KR> Two KR2 projects for
sale health reasons
Two KR2 p
I like it! Was flaps built into the wing?
Kevin Golden
Harrisonville, MO USA
-Original Message-
From: Robert Pesak via KRnet
To: KRnet
Cc: Robert Pesak
Sent: Sat, Nov 18, 2017 8:09 am
Subject: KR> One piece wing design.
This is in response to some interest in a one piece wing. Fi
Tim, Sounds like a fun project. I am one of those guys that think all KR's
are KR1s as they are just too small for a normal size American person. I
bought the KR1 plans several years ago and was planning to build with a small
inline engine like the Yamaha snowmobile engine and put fixed land
Grumman American Tr2 has belleville washers to keep tension on the nose fork.
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Original message From: Mark Jones via KRnet
Date:08/10/2017 12:40 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: KRnet Cc: Mark Jones
Subject: Re: KR> Todays Flight
Thanks Joe,
The front was reb
Well that is scary! Lucky he didn't get to pattern altitude and then
break out in flames. Looks like the only thing salvageable would be the
engine. Thank goodness the guy will survive!
Kevin Golden
Streak Shadow
In a message dated 1/29/2017 4:21:37 P.M. Central Standard Time,
kr
If you like this, check out what else this kid has built. I like the one
where he took 4 single cylinder Briggs engines and put them all together to
form one 4 cylinder engine. A bit crude, but still neat!
Kevin
In a message dated 1/28/2017 9:58:46 P.M. Central Standard Time,
krn
I don't think he said retracts. He said it had tricycle gear. Normally
these are tail draggers.
In a message dated 1/2/2017 9:24:12 P.M. Central Standard Time,
krnet@list.krnet.org writes:
very cool! question, I think you said it had retracts, if so where
does the nosegear retract
Well I must say Dennis is building very different from what is normally
seen. The photos bring up a lot of questions. You may have mentioned it
before, but is the sides of this fuselage fiberglass instead of plywood? Also
are the rib to spar shelf brackets temporary? Neat canopy. I am t
Gene Smith of Valley Engineering Obituary.
http://www.nullandsonfuneralhome.com/obituary/david-eugene-gene-smith
I think the real problem with a 2si engines is parts availability. They
are not supposed to be used on man carrying craft, though we all know they
are. If someone insists on an inline 3 cylinder 2 stroke for aircraft, then
Hirth has a couple that put out a lot of power. Stillnot the be
The first flight should be an almost non-event. Make sure your
comfortable to go. Maybe get some dual in a hotter home built. Relax and be
safe.
Kevin Golden
Streak Shadow.
In a message dated 9/1/2016 7:07:14 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
krnet at list.krnet.org writes:
OK Guys, She
are very right But I just got a call and got it sold.
Thanks Dennis
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Original message
From: Tinyauto--- via KRnet
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org
Date: 8/6/16 8:25 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: krnet at list.krnet.org
Cc: Tinyauto at
No Mark. Liberty Landing is NE of Kansas City. It is SE of LIberty, MO.
A small gravel strip where the Dawn Patrol flies with their WWI Nieuports.
Its a very active "homebuilders" airport.
Kevin Golden
Harrisonville, MO
In a message dated 8/6/2016 8:10:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
Good for you! Safe happy travels.
Kevin Golden
Harrisonville, MO
In a message dated 7/20/2016 12:15:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
krnet at list.krnet.org writes:
Hi All,
In a special effort honor my son Cedric?s desire to catch Mark?s Forum
(and a few other events ;-), we are ignoring
Not mine. Listed on local craigslist in KC, MO
https://kansascity.craigslist.org/for/5638850968.html
RV6 not even close to a KR. Hand a VW 2100cc engine on an RV and see how
it performs.
Kevin Golden
Streak Shadow .and others.
In a message dated 5/31/2016 9:25:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
krnet at list.krnet.org writes:
I'm waiting to see an all aluminum KR-2. Oh yeah, it's alre
I drug one home to cut on and see if it would work. ?It cuts about as easy as
any thick fiberglass but the rubber bump stops are hard to get off. ?Never put
it on a plane but I think it would work.
Kevin Golden
Harrisonville MO
Streak Shadow
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Original message
Funny.
Kevin Golden
Harrisonville, MO
In a message dated 2/21/2016 6:04:08 A.M. Central Standard Time,
krnet at list.krnet.org writes:
The whole top half has come apart from the bottom. It appears to have
just fallen off. It's just lying there on the ground next to the plane.
Tornado
Looks like VW/Audi and Volvo had there pumps also. Not all are what I could
call cheap. Quick look at ebay has new piston pump style ones at $200-$300ish
and the rotary style European car style ones are used for $25-$75ish. I don't
know what the specs are on each of these, but interesting to
I would go buy another bird as that would be the cheapest. ?Go for a Piper this
time. ?Something like a Warrior. ?Glad everyone is safe. ?
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Original message From: Raymond Fuenzalida via
KRnet Date:12/10/2015 9:46 AM
(GMT-06:00) To: KRnet Cc:
Raym
http://www.sonerai.net/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3468.0;attach=611
2;image
This is a picture of a flywheel drive extension I found on the net on a
Sonerai. For some reason, these setups never caught on.
Kevin Golden
Now that I think about it, back in the 70s there was somebody
Great info here Chris! To my eye it would appear that the old style of rear
drive would be better with the bearing supporting the shaft than the open shaft
design of today.
On your magneto setup Evenrude made some boat motors with a belt drive
magneto. I saved a boat motor from the scr
I am talking about the drive Steve had many years ago. I was a cast "bullet"
extension housing with a prop extension shaft, anti-vibration link, and thrust
bearing. It was not a PSRU.
That sounds simular to what I saw on the Wittman V-Witt at the auction this
weekend. I should h
.
On Monday, November 23, 2015 11:16 AM, tinyauto--- via KRnet wrote:
Steve Wittman had flywheel drive VW drives for the V Witt aircraft. They just
sold a complete V Witt needing restored with a flywheel drive engine with the
long snout like his engines had for $200 at an auction.
is full of
airplanes or I would have bought them all.
Kevin Golden
Harrisonville, MO
Tinyauto at aol.com
When selling items at Oshkosh in the fly market, I saw Steve and was
shocked at how much he had gone down hill. I always enjoyed learning from
Steve. He will be missed.
Kevin Golden
Harrisonville, MO
In a message dated 10/28/2015 2:19:22 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
krnet at list.krnet.
t.org writes:
Looks like very sudden stoppage based on the image in picture 24 where one
full side of the propeller broke off. Could it be worth it for the
equipment in the panel?
Joe
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Original message
From: Tinyauto--- via
Not my airplane...I know nothing about it... Just passing on the info..
http://desmoines.craigslist.org/for/5052761019.html
I did a search on the N number and it has been written off as destroyed
some time ago. This looks like a deal even if you threw the airframe away!
Kevin Golden
Harriso
Grumman Tr2s have a WOT spring on them and thank goodness they do. Years
ago, shortly after coming out of an annual inspection that included a carb
rebuild the throttle push/pull came unhooked due to the nut falling off of
the swivel. The throttle went wide open and allowed me to go to my
Very nice highly modified KR2! I have not seen a KR2 built to have the
wing one piece and removable. Nice!
Kevin Golden
Harrisonville, MO
I am a member of the LAA out of the UK just because I have a lot of
interest in British aircraft. As I understand it, if you make modifications
to
plans built aircraft in the UK, you have to get the ok from the engineering
dept within the LAA. That spar mod might be an issue.
While m
Subj: Re: KR> speaking of interesting engines
That is the engine that is going into the flying car "Samson".
Kevin Golden
Harrisonville, MO
Streak Shadow
Hiperlight SNS9
In a message dated 1/21/2015 9:56:22 P.M. Central Standard Time,
krnet at list.krnet.org writes:
I have been fo
I thought a neat engine for the KR would be the Yamaha Genesis (Vector
snowmobile) engine. 120-150 HP in a tiny 4 stroke package. There is even a
commercial conversion adapter being made for it now that adapts the Rotax
gearbox to the engine. I think the running weight is somewhere around 16
I like making things myself. The KR airplane is so simple that I don't
think you need any parts that are prefab. I certainly wouldn't buy the skins
as the new KR airfoil would be faster anyway. Landing gear is easy to
make. Wheels and brakes...maybe Tracy Obrien or find someone who has s
ALL KR's are KR1's. Unless you and your "fly buddy" are anorexic midgets,
your not going to fit. That is a common issue with airplanes. I do learn a
lot from this group about aircraft construction and that is why I am here.
Kevin Golden
Harrisonville, MO
Streak Shadow (2 seater tandem, but
am
Subject: Re: KR> Conduit
I am not familiar with that. Where do you get it and what is the Part # or
ctual name of it?
hanks,
On Monday, December 29, 2014 6:18 AM, tinyauto--- via KRnet
rote:
=
he regular black flex conduit is light weight and comes in several di
I have the same issue. What I am looking for needs to be fairly rigid and was
considering PVC tube, but if you just want something flexible the regular black
flex conduit is light weight and comes in several different sizes. I think
down to 1/4".
-Original Message-
From: Graeme Hart
The idea of differential control having a side advantage of reducing the
chance of stall is nonsense to me. Lets say we are flying along checking
out something on the ground and are in a moderately steep bank of maybe 30 de
grees and allow the airplane to get somewhat slow. It would seem i
Thanks Mark and to all those involved in making this available! Though I will
probably never build a KR, the knowledge in these newsletters apply to other
builds.
Kevin Golden
Harrisonville, MO
-Original Message-
From: Mark Langford via KRnet
To: KRnet
Sent: Tue, Oct 7, 2014 9:
Just below the picture of the Parabeam fabric, I meant to say "Resin" not
"Glass".
Kevin Golden
In a message dated 2/10/2014 10:47:49 A.M. Central Standard Time,
Tinyauto at aol.com writes:
Interesting stuff.
According to a Chinese manufacturer, they can make
Interesting stuff.
According to a Chinese manufacturer, they can make this stuff in carbon
fiber. The only other manufacture I have found is in the Netherlands.
http://www.parabeam.nl/
One question I have with this product is how do you keep the space between
the two fabrics from saturati
Can you give me an "L"?
Kevin Golden
Streak Shadow
In a message dated 2/8/2014 6:29:05 P.M. Central Standard Time,
no1son38 at aol.com writes:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/krIIairpane
I started this group on yahoo.comcome post there thanks randy moore
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I went through the class a couple of years ago in Kansas City and really
enjoyed it. It is a bit pricey, and I missed my once a year car show that I
hadn't missed in years, but felt to make the best possible plane I could, I
better go. I am glad I went. There was a lot of guys there not b
Almost hate to chime in as my question isn't KR related, but there has to
be others like me that find the KR site the most informative out there.
So... When sealing wood that fabric will later be glued down to, is there
anything I should look out for? I assume I should scuff the
varnish
I took one of those EAA classes on how to work with fiberglass thinking if I
could pick up something, it would help make my airplane a bit better. I got my
moneys worth. One tool I discovered in the class was the vibrating
sander/cutter tool. These cut fiberglass with ease with a cut that is
almost no one got because you couldn't do anything but
circle your home airport...
On 12/16/2013 6:55 PM, Tinyauto at aol.com wrote:
> IF the introduced legislation for your 3rd class medical can be your
> drivers license for aircraft up to 250 knots and 6000 lb gross weight
goes
IF the introduced legislation for your 3rd class medical can be your
drivers license for aircraft up to 250 knots and 6000 lb gross weight goes
through, don't that make all this talk about LSA null and void?
http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2013/December/11/new-bill-would-expand-dr
Mark,
As always, great posting with this information! I might ad that the LAA
puts out a magazine that is very nearly on par with the EAA magazine. I
am a member of the LAA due to the aircraft I am building (Streak Shadow) and
I am always interested in anything that is going on around th
I have seen this pin on the distributor gear shear once in aircraft
application. It was on an E-racer that had an aluminum oldsmobile or buick in
it
for power. Shortly after take off it quit in Dubuque, IA and the landing
was bad enough to destroy the airplane, but the pilot was ok. This
The disconnect I had came from the ball joint that goes through the
throttle arm. The nut that held that ball on fell off. I believe it was
never
tightened after the carburetor was rebuilt during the annual inspection. I
was only 15 miles from the airport, but at 2500 feet, that meant my
Years ago I took my Grumman TR2 to get it's annual inspection. The
carburetor was rebuilt and I flew it about an hour when the throttle arm came
unhooked in flight. If the carburetor had been spring loaded to go to idle,
It would have been a very bad thing. However, the carburetor was spr
Looking good Mark. I was reading up on the iFly 720 and saw where it can
be used for automotive navigation too. I assume your not interested in
this feature? It appears your mounting isn't set up for quick removal. Maybe
it would be best to use a $100 GPS for ground work so this $700 uni
I have always heard they have more friction than cables. One advantage in
using these push-pull setups compared to cables is failure in one side
could still let the other side work in the ailerons. The plane I am building
uses them on all flight surfaces, but does use a cable on the rudder
The R/C airplane guys are using this on foam and balsa surfaces. The idea
is to seal and level out surfaces to prepare for paint. It looks like you
can use any kind of paint over this stuff. Since the KR is foam/glass, I
thought I would throw this idea out there. I know there are some
a
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