KR> First Flight - NOT

2012-08-25 Thread peter
Sid & Jeff; I'm in the middle of test flying my homebuilt- an osprey 2- at an airport in Ohio. I am very sympathetic to your delays...mine have been similar, including a new canopy and prop, malfunctioning airspeed...etc. I have found that just because an aircraft has passed inspection and look

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2012-08-24 Thread Jeff Scott
iginal Message - From: Sid Wood Sent: 08/24/12 05:29 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> First Flight - NOT I took my KR-2 to the airport in November, 2011, expecting to wait two or three months for the FAA inspection, then go fly. Not so fast: fuel pump problems, transponder calibration,

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2012-08-24 Thread Kenneth B. Jones
In fact, if your experimental, amateur built plane is day VFR only, NO instruments are required by the regs. Did the FSDO include these requirements in your letter of limitations? Ken jones On Aug 24, 2012, at 7:29 PM, Sid Wood wrote: > I took my KR-2 to the airport in November, 2011, expecti

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2012-08-24 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
At 06:29 PM 8/24/2012, you wrote: >yes, N6242 has 2 ASI and 3 magnetic compasses per >FSDO mandate), Where in the h*l* did they come up with that mandate There is nothing in the regs that I've ever seen to mandate 2 ASI's and 3 magnet

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2012-08-24 Thread Sid Wood
I took my KR-2 to the airport in November, 2011, expecting to wait two or three months for the FAA inspection, then go fly. Not so fast: fuel pump problems, transponder calibration, additional back-up airspeed indicator and wet compass installation (yes, N6242 has 2 ASI and 3 magnetic compasses