KR> Composite Gear Legs
|Pat wrote: I did make a gear spring as you describe, 55 layers in all of Bid and uni, came out to 7/8" thick and weighed in 20% heavier than the cessna spring I was copying and was not as stiff. I was surprised. Perhaps I used too much resin.| I laminated the the 78 layers for the gear legs on a cool day, about 50F. It took 5 hours to wet out each layer individually and press them into the mold. After curing, I took them to a commercial composite aircraft fabricator in town. He was impressed at how much less resin I used than he had anticipated. (Each layer was thoroughly wetted out.) I then wrapped them with BID, installed the brake line tubing and wrapped that. They are stiff, but with 200lbs they bend about 1/8", and are light, approximately 4.3lbs each at 29" in length. I still need to test them with more weight. As I cut out each leg from the single mold, 8"x30" I inspected to insure there were no air pockets. I will post pictures when I get a website setup. Rodger
KR> Hemlock
Pat, I'm using hand selected western hemlock with better than 1:15 grain deviation, which, according to AC 43.13-1B, can be used as a direct replacement for Sitka Spruce.. Rodger
KR> Ride to gathering
I will be flying to the gathering in my Grumman and can take one passenger. My plans are to leave 04TN (near GCY) Thursday midmorning to MVN then depart MVN Sunday morning return to 04TN. Of course my plans are dependent upon weather as I will be VFR. If anyone near 04TN or near my route of flight would like to fly sharing the cost of gas email me off net. kr2coo...@comcast.net . Jack Cooper Chuckey TN.
KR> Fuel Systems
Terry Chizdek, Thanks for grouping the fuel systems info together.I have been off the net for some time and picked up the tail end of the thread. Thanks Terry. Eric Evezard, South Africa.
KR> Fuel System
fly in at marion ks { 43k} fish fry sat August 20th eat at 5:30 pm
campout terry chizek t...@toast.net
On 8/5/11, Craig Williams wrote:
> Mark, That is good info! I have the Ellison and now will add a FP gauge to
> the panel.
>
> Thanks
> Craig
> www.kr2seafury.com
>
> --- On Fri, 8/5/11, Mark Jones wrote:
>
>> From: Mark Jones
>> Subject: Re: KR> Fuel System
>> To: "KRnet"
>> Date: Friday, August 5, 2011, 10:45 AM
>>
>> .> It also has a port on it for installing a Fuel
>> Pressure sender, in case
>> you
>> >want to know what your pressure is.
>>
>> I would highly reccommend installing a fuel pressure gauge
>> as I once had a
>> ground wire break going to one of my Facet pumps and had I
>> not had the
>> pressure gauge I would not have known as fast what the
>> problem was. The
>> Ellison will have enough suction to draw the fuel from wing
>> tanks with no
>> pumps once the engine is running and you have a pump
>> failue. BUT, it will
>> not draw enough fuel to get you more than 2000 rpm.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Jones (N886MJ)
>> Stevens Point, WI
>> E-mail: flyk...@charter.net
>> Web: www.flykr2s.com
>>
>>
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