Today, I flew exactly one hour on my KR. Again the flight was more than perfect. Outside temp was 44° and no winds with a ceiling of 12,000'. Again, I had full tanks (10 gallons in each wing). After completion of the flight, I measured the fuel burn at 5.5 gallons per hour. My maximum altitude during this flight was 5,000' with a lot of cruising at 4,000'. I did a lot of steep turns both left and right and she would hold altitude with no efforts. Again, I flew hands off in straight and level flight with no variations from where I let go of the stick. I was hands off for almost 10 seconds!!!. On initial climb at take off I held the airspeed at 100 mph, rpm was 2500, oil temp was 190°, oil psi was 40, exhaust temp was 1200° and CHT was 280°. I did three high speed passes down the runway at approximately 100'. During the dive to the airport, I obtained a speed of 175 mph, level over the runway 160 mph and when I pulled out she climbed like a homesick angel. At 4,000' and cruise at WOT, I achieved 150 mph at 2750 rpm, oil temp 190°, oil psi 40, exhaust temp 1100, and cht temp 260°. I am very pleased at how this KR handles with no surprises so far and also with the engine running as smooth as I could expect being it was the first engine I have ever completely built. The only thing is that I firmly believe I have too much prop and that I should be able to get better top end performance with maybe a 52 x 50. I have one that I will be testing soon but for now, I just want to enjoy flying for a while. I took off this Monday and will be putting several hours on the plane. More reports coming soon!!!!
Mark Jones (N886MJ...FIRST FLIGHT made 3-20-2005) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html
