Re: KRnet> The hunt for N1004K

2023-09-29 Thread MS
Last time I saw it it was a fuselage under construction in the back of their RR office & warehouse in Huntington Beach.   MikeKSEE -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> The hunt for N1004K-1

2023-09-29 Thread MS
The cockpit appears to be same dimensions as Ken Cottle's design on my KR-1½.  24 inches if I'm remembering correctly.  When I first got the plane it had a Sterba 52x52 prop that would allow the GP-2180 to turn into the 3300's.  That would send oil temp through the roof so the only time I use

Re: KRnet> The hunt for N1004K

2023-09-29 Thread Larry Flesner via KRnet
On 9/29/2023 12:05 PM, victor taylor wrote: I’m not quite so skeptical. Keep in mind that for racing the prop would be changed to run the engine at 4200 rpm’s. That allows the motor to put out around 150 hp. The speed was measured by lap times so it’s going to be fairly accurate. With that bei

Re: KRnet> The hunt for N1004K

2023-09-29 Thread victor taylor via KRnet
I’m not quite so skeptical. Keep in mind that for racing the prop would be changed to run the engine at 4200 rpm’s. That allows the motor to put out around 150 hp. The speed was measured by lap times so it’s going to be fairly accurate. With that being said Steve Alderman told me last year that

Re: KRnet> The hunt for N1004K

2023-09-29 Thread Larry Flesner via KRnet
On 9/29/2023 9:20 AM, Mark Langford wrote: I didn't know there was a straight and level thing at Reno, but am highly skeptical of the 262 mph top speed. ++ I was beyond "skeptical" when first reading that.

Re: KRnet> The hunt for N1004K

2023-09-29 Thread Mark Langford
It's worth noting that the "anticipated speed" listed in the RR document is 210 mph, and they were famous for their optimism.  I didn't know there was a straight and level thing at Reno, but am highly skeptical of the 262 mph top speed.   And at what altitude, and was it a high wind day? Was it

Re: KRnet> The hunt for N1004K

2023-09-29 Thread Larry Flesner via KRnet
https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=197886 http://www.krnet.org/krs/kr100/ -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

KRnet> The hunt for N1004K

2023-09-29 Thread Larry Flesner via KRnet
After recently selling my KR I went on a search for the KR100 listed below.  I had not heard of it's fate for 20 years or more and thought it would be a KR worth saving from a burn pile.  I contacted a former owner and received the following reply. " I sold it to a guy in Alabama 20+ years a