Greetings.
I have been trying to follow the gear reduction /
Tork / vs hourse power thread. Horse power should
basically be constant, that is just foot pounds of
energy per second... just the friction costs of the
reduction drive. Like my cordless dewalt drill can
still drive a screw in on
--- Dann Johnson wrote:
the VW crank
> failures, and the corvair crank failures that I
> have
> read about in FAA accident reports, IMHO make the
> prop
> vibration stability gear reduction worthwhile.
>
>
I guess ya haven't read about any of the failures on
the gear reductin units yet.
When I was test flying my first KR, the local FBO and AP, kept telling me
that and had my wife chanting that mantra. Sure glad that I did not listen
to either of them.
See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering
See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics
There is a time for bui
Forget about what the A&P EAA guy told you (Its just as you said a fly in
the oiament) I did the same as you I got the first run KR-1 plans and
built the boat, spars and tail. i had and engine that had already flown
in a Jeanny Two and my flying buddys said I would kill myself n it
because of the p
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