KR> Lectern Carb / Central Cal Advice / o-290

2016-03-24 Thread Mac McConnell-Wood
I switched from Posa to Amal Monobloc on the advice of an EAA engineer. Similar to the Bing as used on the Thruster Light plane. Had problems when the throttle stuck in the WOP. Spoke to the engineer who ran a flight of Thrusters for a charity and he also had this prob with the carb. His solution w

KR> Lectern Carb / Central Cal Advice / o-290

2016-03-23 Thread Chris Kinnaman
Hello Owen, I had some experience with Lectron carbs on a motorcycle. They were a real PITA to get dialed in so they worked smoothly over the entire range of throttle. I don't think we ever got both of them working right at the same time. Performance didn't seem to be improved all that much eith

KR> Lectern Carb / Central Cal Advice / o-290

2016-03-23 Thread svd
Greetings KR folks, 1) I am looking for any KR / VW folks in the central California area I might be able to meet and have a look at my KR project. I?m looking for rational on what?s there (original builder died, no info from family), and advice on moving the project forward. I?ve built befor