No Don You must check stuff out better and not rely on memory. Mark's glide ratio is far better than the beasts you mention and the KR does not get bounced around significantly more since its wing loading at around 15lbs/square foot is comparable.
John Martindale 29 Jane Circuit Toormina NSW 2452 AUSTRALIA ph: 61 2 66584767 mobile: 0417 584767 email: johnja...@optusnet.com.au web: www.members.optusnet.com.au/johnjanet/Martindale.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "D F Lively" <riksh...@interl.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 12:33 PM Subject: Re: KR> engine outs > Mark: > > That glide ratio informationis valuable to me and gixes me some idea as to > what > I can expect. It seems to me if my memory serves me right that the glide > ratio > is lower than the 172 or the early 150/160 hp 177s(Cardinals) and very > much a > "Brick" compared to the 150's. The 182s & up of course have lower glide > ratios > with the 182's down in the 10:1 area if I remember well but since the > 182's > are in the 2600 to 2800 MTOW area they do not get bounced about near as > much as > a KR will. > > Don > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Mark Langford wrote: > >> I did a flight test in my KR2S a few weeks ago to check the facts on >> windmilling props and glide ratio. Two tests from 10,000' (one with >> engine >> on, one with it off) proved to me that there is no appreciable difference >> in >> glide rate between engine idling and engine off. Engine off in a VW or >> Corvair engine mean the prop is stopped, rather than windmilling, so that >> may be the difference in KR "real world" and "conventional wisdom". >> Short >> props and high compression ratios keep the prop from windmilling when the >> engine is off. I did these tests because I wanted to know what my real >> glide rate was (13.5:1 in present configuration) and because I wanted to >> know if my glide rate would improve with the engine off. >> >> Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama >> see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford >> 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 > _______________________________________ > 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
