KR> Insurance Folly
On 6/21/2013 11:01 AM, Jeff Lange wrote: > Before I started flying the KR, I called Bob Mackey, the local Falcon rep in > Oshkosh and asked him what my options were for covering the KR. He informed > me that as long as I am not listed as an owner I am insured to the same > limits that I am on the Sonerai. > I find this very surprising. As far as I know every policy I have had for a plane I owned covered me for only that single airplane, and no others regardless of owner. There was usually a clause that allows others to fly my airplane if they met certain requirements. Essentially, the only way I would be covered to fly someone else's airplane was if THEIR policy had a clause that covered me. You might consider asking Bob Mackey to show you exactly where in your policy (in writing) that it covers you flying other people's airplanes. -Dj -- Dj Merrill - N1JOV - VP EAA Chapter 87 Sportsman 2+2 Builder #7118 N421DJ - http://deej.net/sportsman/ Glastar Flyer N866RH - http://deej.net/glastar/
KR> Throttle springs
The disconnect I had came from the ball joint that goes through the throttle arm. The nut that held that ball on fell off. I believe it was never tightened after the carburetor was rebuilt during the annual inspection. I was only 15 miles from the airport, but at 2500 feet, that meant my glide wouldn't have made the airport by about 14.5 miles if the throttle would have gone to idle. I was glad that the certification process of my airplane included a spring to take the throttle to wide open. Kevin Golden In a message dated 6/21/2013 10:36:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time, ml at n56ml.com writes: http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/wiregrip.php
KR> Zenith Carb Tuning
I have a spring on the Zenith throttle shaft that will pull WOT if the throttle cable breaks. That WOT spring was keeping the butterfly slightly open and not closing fully at idle. Verified operation by loosening the Bug Nut for the Bowden cable on the carb throttle arm: The throttle goes to WOT and stays there. So now there are three springs on the throttle butterfly shaft and everything works fine. Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA -- 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
KR> SU CARB
Glenn, There are a number of Sonerai folks using Su's. I have not followed what they are doing very closely but there a few mods that the do to them. After that they love them. Jeff Lange Sent from my iPhone On Jun 21, 2013, at 9:55 PM, KR2PilotBiloxi wrote: > Has anyone used an SU carb on a VW conversion? It's similar to the bings and > the stromburgs. Seems like it would be a great carb. All the benefits of the > injectors, but the fact that it opens based on the manifold pressure would > keep it from stalling out when opening it hard. I had them on a Datsun 1600 > Roadster engine and was very pleased. BTW..yes im still alive and kicking, > just suffering from terminal unemployment at the moment. Cleaning out the > shop so I can move the planes back and and take out my frustrations on them. > > Glenn Martin > Biloxi, MS > > > ___ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
