yes i think the kr is very efficeient my vw down at 100mph burning around 10-12 litres hr 2.2 - 2.5 uk gallons hr
very nice but here the gas price is ridiculous nearly 5 pounds gallon about 8 dollars --but the sheep over here just smile and shrug -it wouldnt happen in the usa i know you wouldnt stand for it phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft" <corvaircr...@mylist.net> Cc: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 3:49 AM Subject: KR> 180 hours on the 2700cc engine > VairHeads, > > I made a trip to my father's sod strip again yesterday, and hit the 180 > hour > milestone on my 2700cc engine, 220 hours for the KR altogether. On the > way > down I was at 9500' throttled back to 110 mph IAS (128 mph TAS) and > burning > 3.0 gallons per hour at 2850 rpm, which is 43 mpg. When I got back I > dumped > the oil and did a differential compression check (pretty good, except one > cylinder is down to 65/80 due to some kind of ring blowby), and installed > new plugs. The plugs looked pretty good, except one of them had a little > buildup on it (not the low one). Not bad for 130 hours of abuse (I > swapped > them out after 50 hours, for some reason). I have a feeling I'm going to > rack up a lot more hours in the next three or four months. > > I'm going to take it down for a few days to improve cabin cooling, install > the GPS into the panel, fix the radio, and do a few other things I should > have been doing instead of flying the crap out of it. > > I took another pretty nice picture of his 3600' long sod strip at > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/flights/060513050m.jpg ... > > Mark Langford, Harvest, AL > see homebuilt airplane at http://www.N56ML.com > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release Date: 14/05/2006 > -- ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 24928 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com/pro for free now! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release Date: 14/05/2006
