Have a great time. Apologies. I can’t make it this year, I will be in Honolulu
from 24th July for two weeks. Any Kr owners or builders in Honolulu ??
Phil Matheson
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>
>
> I hope to see everyone at Oshkosh!
>
I hope to see everyone at Oshkosh!
KR Experimental Aircraft Forum
Monday, July 22 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CDT
Forum Stage 3: Superflite
Thanks,
Rob Schmitt
KR2S
N1852Z
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The KR forum will be at 11:30 am Monday. Forum plaza 3. Hope to see everyone
there. Unfortunately Mark Landford had to fly back home early so I will be his
backup pitcher again this year for the presentation.
Thanks,
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On 7/24/2022 10:10 AM, ROB SCHMITT via KRnet wrote:
My KR2S will also be flying in the Airshow at 5:30 pm on Tuesday.
Barrel rolls? 4 point rolls? What's your routine?
Larry Flesne
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> On Jul 24, 2022, at 9:16 AM, Mark Langford wrote:
>
> Looks like I'm not going to make it to OSH this year, and fortunately Rob
> Schmitt has volunteered to host the KR Forum on Monday the 25th in my plac
Looks like I'm not going to make it to OSH this year, and fortunately
Rob Schmitt has volunteered to host the KR Forum on Monday the 25th in
my place. He'll have an interesting program, and an update on the
FreeBird project, at 11:00-12:45, at Forum Pavilion #3. Thanks Rob!
More i
I've been notified that the KR Forum will be held as usual, at 11AM -
12:45 Monday, July 25th, in Forum Pavilion #3. We'll cover a little KR
history, free plans in the works, and answer questions from the
audience. Afterwards we'll adjourn to the flight line and check ou
On 8/14/2021 5:41 PM, John Bouyea wrote:
Mine broke in the same place; the weld between the right pedal upright and
the cross-bar or torque tube.
That's the weakest point on the KR setup and really only a problem on
tail dragger
Mine broke in the same place; the weld between the right pedal upright and
the cross-bar or torque tube. I considered replacing the rudder bar with a
spare but it was Swiss-cheesed with mounting holes drilled through it to
install the instruction manual described installation method of bolting a
hi
On 8/14/2021 12:13 PM, John Bouyea wrote:
Here is a drawing I made this morning to solve a "non-problem" I
experienced. The rudder bar weld broke on my KR last week. Supposedly this
isn't a problem but I'm fixing it anyway.
++
Act
This effort to source gear legs fits right in with the main topic of
this year's OSH KR Forum, which is the inability to source KR specific
parts. The question of where to get certain KR parts (not to mention
plans) is a recurring theme, and it's becoming clear that most of thes
n via
KRnet
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To: KRnet
Cc: Phillip Matheson
Subject: KR> Kr forum
I got home yesterday to Australia. I had fantastic time st Oshkosh. Great to
see you guys at the forum. And spend some time over a few drinks.
Hope to return again at some stage
Phil Mathes
I got home yesterday to Australia. I had fantastic time st Oshkosh. Great to
see you guys at the forum. And spend some time over a few drinks.
Hope to return again at some stage
Phil Matheson
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It's official...we're on again for the KRnet Forum at Oshkosh. I'm open
to suggestions as to what we cover. See below:
KRNET BUILDERS AND PILOTS FORUM
Monday, July 23 - Monday, July 23
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Location: Forum Stage 3
Presenter: Mark Langford
Visit
https://www.eaa.org/en/airventure
Larry Howell wrote:
>> You know I'm excited about not having to get up and over there for the
>> normal 8/8:30 am KR Forum that we normally do! YIPPEE YIPPEE I'm a late
>> night owl especially at Oshkosh so I don't do early very easy as you well
>> kno
ope to see you there, and we'll try to do something useful this
> year. Suggestions are welcome.
>
> You know I'm excited about not having to get up and over there for the normal
> 8/8:30 am KR Forum that we normally do! YIPPEE YIPPEE I'm a late night
> owl esp
I'm probably late discovering this, but the NOTAM for OSH is now posted
at
https://www.eaa.org/~/media/files/airventure/flyingin/2017-airventure-notam-final-%2003-29-17.pdf
. As usual, the KR guys will try to park together out in front of
Homebuilder Headquarters. Most of us fly in early (Sat
thanks! just started watching... like the crowd shots too...
Some of you guys have asked in past years if someone could record Marks
forum at Oshkosh. This is my attempt.It's not vary good because it was
recorded on my phone.
I want to thank my son, Michael for helping me get this uploaded to
Youtube. If I did it, it would have been five separate v
Rnet
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Subject: KR> KR Forum at OSH this year
The EAA released their forum schedule today, and once again we are
honored with a spot on Monday in the Forum area. I am open to
suggestions as the content, otherwise I'll just
Good for you a Mark!
Bill Jacobs
-- Original message--From: Mark Langford via KRnet Date: Thu, Jun 9,
2016 10:30 PMTo: KRnet;Cc: Mark Langford;Subject:KR> KR Forum at OSH this
yearThe EAA released their forum schedule today, and once again we are honored
with a spot
well you could mention how Ken Rand crashed a KR1 by *playing a drone* with it
while filming for a movie/tv show!
otherwise I'll just drone on as usual...
>
The EAA released their forum schedule today, and once again we are
honored with a spot on Monday in the Forum area. I am open to
suggestions as the content, otherwise I'll just drone on as usual...
BUILDING AND FLYING THE KR AIRCRAFT
Monday, July 25
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Location: Forum Stage 3
P
Hi! I'm new to the forum, and currently have a set of plans on order. I've been
doing a lot of reading and was wondering if the various changes people have
made and the builder community generally endorses as positive changes had been
tired together anywhere, when this post popped up.
Any chan
Thank you Pete, looking forward to meeting you.
Paul.
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I'll be there all week with my son and grandsons. My cell is 330-388-2074.
Pete Klapp
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> Subject: Re: KR> KR Forum at Airventure
> From: krnet at list.krnet.org
> CC: pk.smith at bigpond.net.au
>
This year's KR Builders and Pilots Forum at Oshkosh Monday morning July
20th, 8:30 at Forum Stage 3. See enclosed image for the location (at
the red balloon), within yards of previous presentations. GPS
coordinates are supposedly 43?59'04.8"N 88?33'43.5"W, and it is in the
main forum area nea
Good news on the OSH Forum, it's back on again! I heard from Mark
Forss at EAA, and it's now scheduled for 8:30-9:45 on Monday, July 20th,
at Forum Stage 3, rather than Stage 10 as we have in the past. I wish
we could slide it back to 11:30 or so, but I'm happy to have a slot at
all.
Any su
I wrote:
> For the last week or two I've been wondering where's the usual form from
> the EAA that they send me to continue the KR Forum. I hadn't received
> that yet, and was going to call them shortly. Tonight they released the
> Forum schedule and we're n
For the last week or two I've been wondering where's the usual form from
the EAA that they send me to continue the KR Forum. I hadn't received
that yet, and was going to call them shortly. Tonight they released the
Forum schedule and we're not on it! Apparently the form w
Trevor; As Mac McClellen has said a million times: IFR
survival is a matter of stacking as many chips in your corner as you can. Speed
is less important than endurance (fuel) because time in the air equals options.
The difference between a stable IFR platform and a nimble one
I found that after rebuilding the tail with a significantly larger tail, and
adding flaps (belly board would work as well), the plane is much more stable
and can be set up to fly a reasonably stable approach (and flies nicely hands
off in cruise). Stability for an IFR approach is really the iss
check on Colin Hales blog -He flew from UK to Australia in his Jabiru
powered KR WITH his girlfriend in 2012
Then flew from UK to Oshkosh -via Iceland -intends to carry on this year
with the westabout to -who knows where.
Mac
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Mike Stirewalt via KRnet <
krnet at
Met him at the KR Gathering in Chino. He is very personable and
knowledgeable. I had a great conversation with him. I believe that his KR
is now stored somewhere in the US as he plans to resume his adventure when
the weather turns warm again as his next place is somewhere in Alaska.
See N64
Put a Dynon auto pilot on your existing Dynon D10A, D180, Skyview or other such
product for $1500 and you will see how stable it is.This took all the work
out of flying my KR in bumpy conditions.
On Thursday, January 22, 2015 1:45 PM, Mike Stirewalt via KRnet wrote:
=
The KR
The KR is not "stable enough" for IFR? Only useful enough for "fun
flying"? Unsuitable for long-distance travelling and can't carry a heavy
load? What a bunch of hooey.
What Dan said is certainly true . . . if you aren't comfortable on
instruments you can't really count on getting where you'r
Steve I looked at the gear photos on your website and they are just as I
remember them. The long taper towards the mounting bracket for nose wheel and
the straight side that goes from bottom to top. I see a taper on the end that
is the up or top end of the gear. The top cut looks perpendicular t
I would have some concerns about the torque moment of a rearward offset on the
bolts going through the unidirectional glass gear legs. The Cessna 120/140
gear legs were steel. I don't know how the unidirectional scotchply legs will
stand up to that, but I would have some concern about them spl
At 02:23 PM 7/10/2014, you wrote:
>The TD version still has the straight leading edge and rear taper.
>Tri gear is tapered on both sides.
>Steve Glover
+++
If the tri-gear leg has two tapers, that begs the question: which
taper
It is readily apparent as one side of the taper fits the contour of the
mounting bracket perfectly.
Steve Glover
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> On Jul 10, 2014, at 16:32, Flesner wrote:
>
> At 02:23 PM 7/10/2014, you wrote:
>> The TD version still has the straight leading edge and rear taper. Tri gea
All I know is that when my friend ordered the new trigear set from Diehl we
were sent the one side taper one side straight set. I assumed they were all
like that.
If I had a choice who wouldn't want the double taper! LOL
Larry H
> On Jul 10, 2014, at 2:23 PM, "Steve G. via KRnet"
> wrote:
The Diehl gear has two separate leg assemblies for conventional or
tricycle. The tricycle gear legs have angles on both sides. The
conventional gear legs are straight on one side.
Chris Pryce
Burlington, NJ
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> The Diehl gear has two separate leg assemblies for conventional or
> tricycle. The tricycle gear legs have angles on both sides. The
> conventional gear legs are straight on one side.
>
> Chris Pryce
I was going to dispute this statement since I went to nvAero web s
I converted a KR 2 from a taildragger to a nose dragger for a friend of mine
many years ago. I wrote about it at the time. That plane then became mine
temporarily. I described his losing power we were pretty sure of at the time
from vapor lock. He thought he was going to die but at the last sec
Larry,
Thanks for the input on the Cessna 120 gear legs.
I have done weight and balance on my KR-2 (and on Larry Flesner's also).
Getting very familiar with the Excel spread sheet. My personal measurements
on my KR-2 and using the W & B spread sheet clearly indicates the main
wheels need to be
The TD version still has the straight leading edge and rear taper. Tri gear is
tapered on both sides.
Steve Glover
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> On Jul 10, 2014, at 12:12, Mark Jones via KRnet
> wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
>> The Diehl gear has two separate leg assemblies for conventio
Mark,
Your statement below reminds me of my old Cessna 120. The Cessna 120 could
nose over if the right situation arose probably mostly from applying too much
braking by the pilot. Several 120s I have seen over the years had a horizontal
steel bracket bolted to the normal axle bolt holes. This
At 06:00 PM 7/5/2014, you wrote:
>I am trying to avoid re-designing my KR-2.
++
Sid,
Is your gear the standard Diehl tri-gear setup? I'm wondering why
other tri-gear builders aren't having the same problem. Are you
using a step or peg located aft of the
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Subject: Re: KR> KR Forum-gear placement
A retractable pogo stick on the tail does not seem to practical for my KR-2
at this time.
This morning with just myself onboard and half fuel, the cg is at 12.6
inches. I tried raising the nose on a fast taxi down the runway. With
Sid I don't know what gear you have, but if its the two piece gear, could
you put a spacer between the gear base and spar?
KRnet
Sent: Friday, July 4, 2014 1:12 PM
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Subject: Re: KR> KR Forum
Mark,
For the KR Forum you could address the cg concerns for different engines and
extending the engine mounts. Some of the additional things going in the
tail not in the plans could be trim tab moto
A retractable pogo stick on the tail does not seem to practical for my KR-2
at this time.
This morning with just myself onboard and half fuel, the cg is at 12.6
inches. I tried raising the nose on a fast taxi down the runway. With an
estimated steady ground speed of 25 knots, I can easily rais
Sid Wood wrote:
> Mar Pazmany shows lots of math to design the gear geometry to properly
> comply with Part 23. I am trying to avoid re-designing my KR-2. I want a
> practical machine I can fly now without another year or two down time.
> So, not dropping bombs yet, anyone have any other sugge
GaryH wrote:
> Try this. See attached doc.
You can see a more readable version of this at
http://www.krnet.org/misc/pazmany_gear_forum.pdf . Pazmany wrote a "Light
Aircraft Design" book that has this kind of stuff in it, along with a lot
more. See http://www.pazmany.com/profile/Pazmany_prof
As far as airframe goes, I can only suggest what I've done. I have
personally chosen to go with 43" wide at peak. AS5048-AS5046 airfoil plus
ML's tail foils. 14" aft and 2" forward. Tail dragger.
Try this. See attached doc.
Gary
Soli Deo Gloria
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Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 3:03 PM
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Subject: KR> KR Forum-gear placement
At 01:11 PM 7/4/2014, you wrote:
>For tri-
At 01:11 PM 7/4/2014, you wrote:
>For tri-gear I am very much aware that the main wheels are not set
>far enough to the rear to consistently keep the tail from dumping
>when trying to mount or dismount.
++
Mark,
For the KR Forum you could address the cg concerns for different engines and
extending the engine mounts. Some of the additional things going in the
tail not in the plans could be trim tab motors, elevator counter balance
stuff, wider elevators, antennas and associated wiring, auto pilot
.
If anybody has any input as to what we should talk about at the KR Forum
(Monday morning July 28th at 8:30 in Pavilion 4), I'm open to suggestions. I'm
hoping my webinar will keep me from having to go over the very basics of KRs,
so we should have a lot more time to dedicate to spec
HI Mark,
How about 23 JULY instead.. I doubt anyone will still be up north in Aug..
Wish I could attend..
Ron
From: Mark Langford
To: KRnet
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 8:27 AM
Subject: KR> KR forum at OSH
KRNetHeads,
I'm a little late an
KRNetHeads,
I'm a little late announcing this, given that it's only a little more than a
week away, but the KR Building and Flying Forum will be at the usual time and
place, Monday August 23rd from 1:00PM to 2:15 at the 02 "GAMA K09" pavilion in
the forum area. I had a request for someone to
NetHeads,
The KR forum will be at the usual 1PM on Monday in the "GAMA" Pavillion 2 in
the "Forums Plaza". See the inset in the top left corner of the map at
http://www.eaaapps.org/images/K09.jpg .
For those planning on flying into OSH, it makes a lot of sense to order th
There is also a KR forum at
http://www.recreationalflying.net/forums/kr-1-and-2.47/
Cheers!
Hey guys I took the time to set up a forum so we can post pictures, manuals,
plans, or anything else KR related you want to I hope this helps out with
some of the "data" storage limitations of email let me know if there is
anything you want changed
Noah
www.kraircraftforum.com
Hey guys I took the time to set up a forum so we can post pictures, manuals,
plans, or anything else KR related you want to I hope this helps out with
some of the "data" storage limitations of email let me know if there is
anything you want changed
Noah
www.kraircraftforum.com
Seems to be lots of postings are coming up missing on the forum lately.
I'm hardly getting anything.
Mike
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Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:16 PM
To: KRnet
Cc: Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft
Subject: KR> KR Forum at OSH
KRNetHeads,
The Forum schedule for OSHkosh just came out, and the KR Builders and Pilots
Forum will be at the usual time and p
KRNetHeads,
The Forum schedule for OSHkosh just came out, and the KR Builders and Pilots
Forum will be at the usual time and place, 1:00-2:15 on Monday the July 26th at
the GAMA Pavilion number 2 in the Forum Area. No immediate plans yet...just
stand up there and rant about KRs and answer ques
Jeff Scott Wrote
" This forum never ceases to amaze me. "
Something that amazes me from time to time is how widely read the forum
is. People from all over the world will suddenly pop up with questions
or information about their part of the woods and what they're doing.
Re fuel tanks - thank g
Dave McCauley wrote:
> I'll bring my video camera and a tripod and we'll see what happens. If
> everything goes ok, I'll put it on a DVD and let you know how to get a copy.
>
>
>
> Dave McCauley
>
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I'll bring my video camera and a tripod and we'll see what happens. If
everything goes ok, I'll put it on a DVD and let you know how to get a copy.
Dave McCauley
Pete Diffey is handling all of the registration for the forum. In the
beginning he had it set up similar to the email list where there is a
confirmation that must be replied to, but sometimes that didn't work because
your ISP would snag the confirmation as spam, and in other cases spammers
would r
And since I have not heard it elsewhere, thank you Mark again for doing your
best to make the KRNet a beter place for all of us.
Brian Kraut
Engineering Alternatives, Inc.
www.engalt.com
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>And since I have not heard it elsewhere, thank you Mark again for doing
>your
best to make the KRNet a beter place for all of us.
I'll second that.
Regards
Myron (Dan) Freeman
Indpls, Ind. 46203 USA
mfreem...@indy.rr.com
EAA Airventure has announced today the forum schedule and they have Mr.
Langford scheduled on opening day, Monday July 24th from 1:00 till 2:15 at
Forum building 02 GAMA Pavilion. Here is the link to the schedule:
http://www.airventure.org/forums/date.asp?EventID=12&SessionDate=7/24/2006
Mark J
For the last few years at the KR forum we've talked about how to build a KR,
and it's getting a little old. I thought this year maybe we could have a
"free-for-all" question and answer thing. If I can coerce enough KR pilots up
front to field questions, I think we'll
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