KR> Insurance Folly

[Jeff Lange]

What really puzzles me is that they are the provider of my Sonerai insurance. 
They are already insuring me!

Jeff Lange
Race 64 - Skye Racer
Blog: http://schmleff.blogspot.com
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/schmleff

On Jun 20, 2013, at 10:32 PM, Larry Flesner  
wrote:

> At 10:03 PM 6/20/2013, you wrote:
>> However, they are requiring me to have 5 hours of dual in it with a CFI 
>> before they will cover me.
> +++
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> Where do they expect you to find a CFI that even knows what a KR is?  If you 
> can fly a sonerai, you can fly a KR.
> 
> Larry
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KR> Zenith Carb Tuning

[Tinyauto at aol.com]

Years ago I took my Grumman TR2 to get it's annual inspection.  The  
carburetor was rebuilt and I flew it about an hour when the throttle arm  came 
unhooked in flight.  If the carburetor had been spring loaded to go to  idle, 
It would have been a very bad thing.  However, the carburetor was  spring 
loaded to go to wide open.  I flew back to the airport,  made sure runway was 
made, and mixture control to cut off.  I was so  thankful that day that the 
carburetor was set up that way.  Now I am  building this Rotax 582 bird that 
has two carburetors with springs set up where  if I have a throttle cable 
failure it will go to idle.  Bad design and the  thought of it makes me 
cringe.  I realize there are a lot of them out there  flying all over the 
place, 
but that design is wrong for aircraft.  Failure  mode should be the safest 
modewide open.

Kevin Golden
Harrisonville, MO
Streak Shadow 




In a message dated 6/20/2013 9:00:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
smwood at md.metrocast.net writes:

Finally  got my Zenith carb adjusted on my 2180 VW to consistently and 
reliably  idle at 700 RPM.  I found that the torsion spring between the  
butterfly shaft and the throttle arm was not strong enough to return the  
shaft to the full closed position.  I added another extra tension  spring 
from the bracket on the shaft to the throttle arm.  Playing  with the 
mixture 
control from the cockpit while the throttle is closed, I  can get idle 
speeds 
down to 550 RPM.  Don't want to be there - the  engine still runs, but is 
about to shake the plane to pieces.  700  RPM is much smoother and the 4 
straight Dragon Fly pipes sound  great.  Still have to be careful to slowly 
advance the throttle out  of idle or the engine will cough once and die. 
Above 1000 RPM I can snatch  and punch the throttle any which way and the 
response is quick and  positive.  Yes, I used an electronic tach checker to 
verify the Grand  Rapids tach readout.
I am betting that landing roll outs will be much  shorter now.
Now, on to fixing the high oil temps.

Sid  Wood
Tri-gear KR-2 N6242
Mechanicsville, MD,  USA




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KR> Insurance Folly

[Jeff Lange]

I have been flying Pete's KR under the "non owner" part of my Sonerai 
insurance. Basically, I am covered in all ways the same as I am with the 
Sonerai but the hull coverage tops out at what I have it insured for. Since the 
SI is a single seat, there is no coverage for passengers in planes I do not 
own. 

So I called Falcon Insurance and requested a liability quote for me and a 
passenger and I thought the price was reasonable at $378 per year. However, 
they are requiring me to have 5 hours of dual in it with a CFI before they will 
cover me. Um, I don't get it. 

Jeff Lange
Race 64 - Skye Racer
Blog: http://schmleff.blogspot.com
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/schmleff

KR> , a little Mixture setting

[Larry Flesner]

At 08:57 AM 6/20/2013, you wrote:
>I have always wondered why lycoming and continental have steadfastly stuck
>to ancient carb
++

Because they work well and are quite reliable .  I rebuilt my MS carb 
nearly 500 hours ago and have not touched it since.  The only time my 
engine has sputtered was when I suffered a brain cramp and shut off 
the fuel.  It's tough to reinvent the wheel.  They're round and they roll.

Larry Flesner

KR> Broke My Plane, a little Mixture setting

[Nerobro]

I have always wondered why lycoming and continental have steadfastly stuck
to ancient carb (and fuel injection) tech.   ...  i think rotax is running
cv carbs on the 912 which is nice.
On Jun 16, 2013 7:29 PM,  wrote:

> Not saying it is bad, just one thing to consider.  I had the Zenith carb
> on my KR with no accelerator pump and it would still accelerate OK, jut
> need to remember not to ram it forward from idle.
>
>   Original Message 
> Subject: Re: KR> Broke My Plane, a little Mixture setting
> From: "Dan Heath" 
> Date: Sun, June 16, 2013 3:41 pm
> To: "'KRnet'" 
>
> I love my Ellison and would not trade it for any carb, period. No, Not,
> Never.
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> See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org  - Then click on
> the pics
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> See you Oct. 4 and 5, 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il ? MVN
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> Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC
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> One advantage to having a carb with an accelerator pump instead of the
> throttle body injector carbs. Just pointing it out, not trying
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