KR> flying stories ?

[Phillip Matherson]

Where are all the inspirational flying stories
-

What about the ones that almost stop us from flying again.

This is my Engine Failure on takeoff story.

25th August approx 1730 Daylight saving time. Down under.

Take off RW 23,( sealed-crop duster strip lot of trees and houses) Full
power to about 400 feet about 1 mile from runway, no warning engine stopped
dead. Nowhere to go ahead 160dec turn to right to the only open field, tried
to start twice, tanks, fuel pump etc, nothing, by now low and fast. Trim,
slow down full flap, but running out of intended field. Had to decide to go
over or though the fence, went over, around a tree ( not good) then a
channel I had to STALL over the irrigation channel, I think the left wing
clipped the ground first ( now I was only along for the ride) then flipped
to L wing down, and nose wheel and Left main collapse and ground loop to the
left and stopped.

Someone was looking after me as it did not flip over. 

What did 007 say ? shaken and VERY stirred. 

Engine stoppage caused by the Electronic ign. wire inside the distributor
rubbed and shorted on the rotor.

Damage- nose wheel and one of three prop blades, Left main, 3 x broken bolts
and damage to underside of inner wing, the nose wheel folded back but sat
under the F/WALL and keep the nose up off the rough ground. What a very
strong little aircraft!!!

Lessons leant, forget restarting the engine twice and fly the plan, how many
times have we heard that Should have done a Mayday call, as if it had of
turned over, I could have been in trouble.


KR2 flying again.

But needs some underside and wingtip paint sometime.

Accident reports and inspections done.

Phil Matheson


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KR> auto pilot

[kr2coo...@comcast.net]

Thanks joe, I knew it couldn't be as easy as I had hoped for. 

Jack Cooper 

Chuckey TN. 



- Original Message -


From: "joe kr2s builder"  
To: kr...@mylist.net 
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 3:44:34 PM 
Subject: Fw: Re: KR> auto pilot 

Jack,That is the code that supplies the GPS information to another unit Like 
the D10A which in turn does the actual control of the servos. The GPS mainly 
supplies a track and lets the auto pilot controller difine what needs to be 
done to adjust for wind. I talso confirms the altitude. When no flight plan is 
in the GPS the Dynon reverts to heading for the course selection.Joe Horton 

-From: "kr2coo...@comcast.net"  
To: KRnet  
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 8:24 AM 
Subject: Re: KR> auto pilot 





Joe wrote - Original Message - 
  The other thing that i have been up to is i 
bought myself a Christmas present. I bought the servos for the dynon D10A and 
installed them a couple weeks ago. I started flying and testing and adjusting 
them last weekend. I have about 5 hours with the Auto Pilot working now. 



My question. I have a ifly700. On their website they say " NMEA output 
support for autopilot, EFIS or other GPS  driven device". Is 
this the siginal that drives the servos or is there more to it than that? I'm 
sure it can't be that simple. 

Jack Cooper 

 
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Fw: Re: KR> auto pilot

[joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com]

Jack,That is the code that supplies the GPS information to another unit Like 
the D10A which in turn does the actual control of the servos. The GPS mainly 
supplies a track and lets the auto pilot controller difine what needs to be 
done to adjust for wind. I talso confirms the altitude. When no flight plan is 
in the GPS the Dynon reverts to heading for the course selection.Joe Horton

-From: "kr2coo...@comcast.net" 
To: KRnet  
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: KR> auto pilot





Joe wrote - Original Message -
  The other thing that i have been up to is i 
bought myself a Christmas present. I bought the servos for the dynon D10A and 
installed them a couple weeks ago. I started flying and testing and adjusting 
them last weekend. I have about 5 hours with the Auto Pilot working now. 



My question. I have a ifly700. On their website they say " NMEA output 
support for autopilot, EFIS or other GPS  driven device". Is 
this the siginal that drives the servos or is there more to it than that? I'm 
sure it can't be that simple. 

Jack Cooper 


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KR> auto pilot

[Craig Williams]

It's a message format

http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm

Craig
www.kr2seafury.com




 From: "kr2coo...@comcast.net" 
To: KRnet  
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: KR> auto pilot





Joe wrote - Original Message -
      The other thing that i have been up to is i bought myself a Christmas 
present. I bought the servos for the dynon D10A and installed them a couple 
weeks ago. I started flying and testing and adjusting them last weekend. I have 
about 5 hours with the Auto Pilot working now. 



My question. I have a ifly700. On their website they say  " NMEA output support 
for autopilot, EFIS or other GPS    driven device". Is this the siginal that 
drives the servos or is there more to it than that? I'm sure it can't be that 
simple. 

Jack Cooper 

Chuckey TN.
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[kr2coo...@comcast.net]

Joe wrote - Original Message -
      The other thing that i have been up to is i bought myself a Christmas 
present. I bought the servos for the dynon D10A and installed them a couple 
weeks ago. I started flying and testing and adjusting them last weekend. I have 
about 5 hours with the Auto Pilot working now. 



My question. I have a ifly700. On their website they say  " NMEA output support 
for autopilot, EFIS or other GPS    driven device". Is this the siginal that 
drives the servos or is there more to it than that? I'm sure it can't be that 
simple. 

Jack Cooper 

Chuckey TN.

KR> KR-2 Fuse at the EAA Woodworking Workshop

[Rich Angel]

Hi folks,

     I had a chat yesterday with EAA's Mark Forss.  He is the gentleman who 
coordinates the traveling road show that is EAA's SportAir Workshops.  They 
came to near-by Columbus, Ohio in late October.  The timing and proximity could 
hardly be better so I took in the composites workshop taught by Mark Forss 
himself.

     Recently, while looking through KRNet's archives I discovered an article 
from the Oct. 1975 Sport Aviation about the woodworking workshop at Airventure 
turning out a KR-2 fuse and most of a horizontal stab by weeks end.  I had been 
wanting to fire off a note of thanks to Mark for such a well done effort on the 
October workshop when the thought occurred to me that it sure would be nice if 
a KR-2S fuse build were the focus of a workshop coming back to a future Oshkosh 
Airventure workshop.

     Now many of you are probably well past needing something like this, but 
I'm sure some of us would be greatly benefited and that would be a great way to 
draw attention to the KR in an audience of likely builders.

     Mark tells me that there are several woodworking projects being considered 
for upcoming Osh workshops and though the KR-2S wasn't one of them, he'd see 
that it was "thrown in the hat". 

     Mark's email addy is mfo...@eaa.org and I bet it would "ramp up the 
momentum" if others among us fired off a note to him supporting the idea.  Just 
a thought.

     Thanks,

Rich

KR> AP in the KR

[joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com]

 Guys,I have not gotten the AP fully debugged yet but the insatllation seems  
to be fine. Mark Langford knowing that I am cheap and lazy has posted a few 
pictures on a web page he created for me at http://www.krnet.org/krs/jhorton/   
The last three pictures on the page. One detail that did not show in the 
pictures is the CWS button that was added to the left stick. I'll give more 
information after I finish the flying part of the set up. One thing i know is 
it is really kick butt to push the 180 button and the plane rolls into a 30 
degree left bank and 90 seconds latter I am headed exactly back where i came 
from at the same exact altitudeMerry Christmas,Joe Horton, Coopersburg, Pa.

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