KR> aileron travel / bellcrank 5/5 rule

2009-04-05 Thread Phillip Matheson
Well said Larry But I did get the PIO's and it scared to crap out of me. I was luck I was with another KR pilot for my first flight. Standard KR2, not and S model. SO it can happen, so get good advice before testing you own with much flying. I must say I still have not flown anything that compar

Fw: Re: KR> aileron travel / bellcrank

2009-04-05 Thread joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com
Larry et all, I have been burning holes in the sky the past couple weeks and really started to wonder out loud how to make it respond faster for roll anyway. Anyway I have to say right now that if you are aware and prepared for that first flight of the possibility of PIO then you are already mor

KR> aileron travel / bellcrank

2009-04-05 Thread Dan Heath
Mine do not have quite the amount of travel specified. That is not because of the bellcrank geometry, but because of the cut on the backside of the aileron. At first, I was concerned about it, but my plane fly's just fine. As far as making the ailerons a little quicker, I don't think you will eve

KR> aileron travel / bellcrank

2009-04-05 Thread Barry Kruyssen
mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Larry&Sallie Flesner Sent: Monday, 6 April 2009 7:10 AM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> aileron travel / bellcrank >Thanks Mr. Larry, > UI was just going to ask that question about the KR being so sensitive. >To take some of

KR> aileron travel / bellcrank

2009-04-05 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
>Thanks Mr. Larry, > UI was just going to ask that question about the KR being so sensitive. >To take some of the sensitivity out of it couldn't you make the travel a bit >longer? >David Swanson +++ Almost anyone that has any "actual f

KR> aileron travel / bellcrank

2009-04-05 Thread bdazzca...@aol.com
Thanks Mr. Larry, UI was just going to ask that question about the KR being so sensitive. To take some of the sensitivity out of it couldn't you make the travel a bit longer? I am going with push rods on the elevator and ailerons Just cause I don't want to have to worry about my cables g

KR> aileron travel / bellcrank

2009-04-05 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
I stopped by the airport today and got a photo of my aileron bellcrank. In order to get the correct aileron travel, it appears that I moved the attach point for the cable coming from the stick in toward the bellcrank pivot point about 1/2 inch. That's a guess as I didn't measure it. I did get