The standard Jab configuration uses a Bing altitude compensating carb with
no mixture control. I'm used to litres in this part of the world, but I
know the J160 (same engine) at my local club is documented as burning 18
litres per hour (4.7 US gal per hour) for flight planning purposes. On
that b
I can speak to this, owning a Jabiru and having flown it coast to coast. The
Jabiru has a bing carb, which is altitude compensating with no mixture control
in the cockpit. It uses a tapered draw-needle for metering. The taper on this
needle has been modified by jabiru over time. Early ones prov
Colin Hales wrote:
>>My 75 hp 2.2 Jabiru Powered KR2 does 148 mph flat out burning shed
loads of fuel. 7 Gallons an hour. <<
Don't Jabirus have a mixture control? Apparently not. My bone-stock KR2
with a 75 hp VW 2180 burns 4.0 US gph (3.33 UK gph) at 148 mph,
throttled back a bit to conserv
At 12:23 PM 6/21/2015, you wrote:
>What about Troy Pettaeway's N100TP cruising at 200 with an O-200..
+++
Troy was not pulling 65 to 70% power running those speeds. I'm quite
sure he was running 3000+ rpm on an engine rated at 100 hp at 2750
200 mph cruise Kr2?
Not a chance.
May be in a dive or flat out for 5 mins running nitros and burning insane
amounts of fuel.
A major reality check is required.
My 75 hp 2.2 Jabiru Powered KR2 does 148 mph flat out burning shed loads of
fuel. 7 Gallons an hour. I did fly in a competition 16.4 hou
Ken Rands KR2 200 mph
metal c/s prop
turbo 2100
tight cowl
spring bar seals
15k alt
On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 10:12 AM, colin hales via KRnet <
krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote:
> 200 mph cruise Kr2?
> Not a chance.
> May be in a dive or flat out for 5 mins running nitros and burning insane
> amount
ds so I plan to replicate exactly that seating.
This project is only in the planning stages which is kind of fun, as only now
will no conclusions cost anything to re-consider. :)
> To: krnet at list.krnet.org
> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 18:12:21 +0100
> Subject: KR> 200 mph c
What about Troy Pettaeway's N100TP cruising at 200 with an O-200...
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