How many of you fly in temps below freezing? I am again having withdrawal
symptoms from not flying my KR. My last flight was January 7th due to the fact
it has been below freezing here every day since then except for one day and I
had to work that day. Our forecast says we will not get above 28°
I thought that was part of the reason for wood spars. The lanairs are
all plastic and they fly in the flight levels where it is always very
cold. I've never hear of them shedding a wing. If cold is a concern,
maybe our skins should be carbon ?
-dave
Mark Jones wrote:
>How many of you fly in t
Mark,
We have finally warmed up above freezing here in the last week and a
half, but prior to that we had not gotten above 32 for 5 weeks straight!
Our lowest temp was only -10F but still that's cold. I live about 600'
high than the townies do and very close to 4SD's altitude. Yet when the
sun was
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Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 3:23 PM
To: 'KRnet'
Subject: RE: KR> Cold Weather Flying
Mark,
We have finally warmed up above fr
I'm with you and being too cold to work in, that's why my fiancé has let
me move my project into the family room where I've converted the top of
our pool table to a work bench. As I'm in the "boat stage" and only
working with glue and wood it hasn't been a problem {thank God for shop
vacs:) } The t
I have flown in weather below freezing a lot and have
not had any trouble as long as I stayed out of clouds.
--- Mark Jones wrote:
> How many of you fly in temps below freezing? I am
> again having withdrawal symptoms from not flying my
> KR. My last flight was January 7th due to the fact
> it h
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Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 3:10 PM
Subject: KR> Cold Weather Flying
> How many of you fly in temps below freezing? I am again having withdrawal
> symptoms from not flying my KR. My last flight was January 7th due to the
> fact it has been below freezing her
Over the years, I have flown in cold temps (14f or -10c), or colder, in the
clouds and as long as engine and guages are properly preheated , the
airplane runs very well. I always keep some power to the engine to keep
the cabin from getting too cold on descent, I have heard about shock
cooling
stic.
Ken Jones, kenbjo...@cinci.rr.com
Sharonville, OH
N5834, aka The Porkopolis Flying Pig, KR-2
EAA Chapter 974 - KHAO
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From: "Mark Jones"
To: "KR Net (E-mail)"
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:10 PM
Subject: KR> Cold Weather Flying
H
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:10:05 -0600 "Mark Jones"
writes:
> How many of you fly in temps below freezing? I am again having
> withdrawal symptoms from not flying my KR. My last flight was
> January 7th due to the fact it has been below freezing here every
> day since then except for one day and I
...@wi.rr.com
- Original Message -
From: "Kenneth B. Jones"
To: "KRnet"
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: KR> Cold Weather Flying
> Mark,
>
> I flew today. Temp was about 28 F. on the ground, 14 F. at 4500 ft. (I'm
>
king into maybe
adding cabin heat. And for you guys in the NORTH,, you could move SOUTH,,,
the DUCKS DO.
Lee
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From: "Mark Jones"
To: "KR Net (E-mail)"
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 2:10 PM
Subject: KR> Cold Weather Flying
How many of
now where I'm looking into maybe
adding cabin heat. And for you guys in the NORTH,, you could move SOUTH,,,
the DUCKS DO.
Lee
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From: "Mark Jones"
To: "KR Net (E-mail)"
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 2:10 PM
Subject: KR> Cold Weath
At 06:48 PM 1/31/2007, you wrote:
>Have fun it just may be a little shorter than you would like in which
>case you should fly twice.
>Joe Horton
Winter time is a good time to go airport hopping. You fly until the
body says it could use some
At 07:01 PM 1/31/2007, you wrote:
>I just need to figure a way to pre-heat the Corvair engine.
>
>Mark Jones
If you have any opening at all in the bottom of your cowl,
get a sheet of 1/2 inch foam board with foil on both sides
and build a duct that will
In the airconditioning business they call that Duct
board. It is not cheep but will handle just about any
temp you would want to put in your cowl. Any
airconditioning,(Heating for you Yankees) supply house
will carry it. If you have a friend in the business
ask him to get it for you. Walk ins will
Mark
It is a really simple job to fit a heater.
I used a Air box from A/Spruce, it is a kit not complete and only about $35.
And of course a hot box around the exhaust
Phil Matheson
VH-PKR
Australia
KR Web Page
www.philskr2.50megs.com
http://www.vw-engines.com/
paying the
price.
Mark Jones (N886MJ)
Wales, WI
Visit my web site: www.flykr2s.com
E-mail: flyk...@wi.rr.com
- Original Message -
From: "Phil Matheson"
To: "KRnet"
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: KR> Cold Weather Flying
> Mark
> It is
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