KR> Fuel capacity
On my 3XL KR2S the Stub wing tanks calculated out to 14.5 Gal each. They are aluminum following the contour of the airfoil between the Spars. My stub wings are 2 feet long. The Header tank, I am guest-a-mating at 18-20 Gal. I will have to find that out when I fill it. Dave Mullins Nashua NH On 8/23/2015 7:55 PM, Paul VISK via KRnet wrote: > Yesterday I filled my out board wing tank and found it holds 10 gallons. With > my stub wing tanks of 4 gallons each. I want to add a 10 gl header tank to > help with cg. Total of 38 gallons. What are some of fuel capacity of some of > the bigger tanks out there? I'm thinking this might be a little to much. > I'll be putting on a 3.0L Carvair. > > Paul ViskBelleville Il618-406-4705 > > ___ > 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 > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4830 / Virus Database: 4365/10496 - Release Date: 08/23/15
KR> Fuel capacity
Good morning,My KR2 has a 24 gallon header tank.As mark says it is not user friendly when working behind the panel.For day time VFR it is not a big problem but once you start into high tech land it becomes an issue.An example of flying long distance would be the trip made from Cross City FL.to Pine Bluff,AR nonstop with an early GPS for hikers.5 hours 17 minutes.All the water bottles were full and some were emptied out the landing gear holes.At 4 gallons per hour there was about 45 minutes reserve[maybe]. What I remember is taking a lot of time to get out of the plane.The early astronauts must have been a lot more heroic than I thought.Not many people will ever spend that much time in the air unless they REALLY want to.It was my personal best.Tommy W. On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 4:36 AM, David Mullins via KRnet < krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > On my 3XL KR2S the Stub wing tanks calculated out to 14.5 Gal each. > They are aluminum following the contour of the airfoil between the > Spars. My stub wings are 2 feet long. The Header tank, I am guest-a-mating > at 18-20 Gal. I will have to find that out when I fill it. > > Dave Mullins > Nashua NH > > > > > > On 8/23/2015 7:55 PM, Paul VISK via KRnet wrote: > >> Yesterday I filled my out board wing tank and found it holds 10 gallons. >> With my stub wing tanks of 4 gallons each. I want to add a 10 gl header >> tank to help with cg. Total of 38 gallons. What are some of fuel capacity >> of some of the bigger tanks out there? I'm thinking this might be a little >> to much. I'll be putting on a 3.0L Carvair. >> >> Paul ViskBelleville Il618-406-4705 >> >> ___ >> 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 >> >> >> - >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4830 / Virus Database: 4365/10496 - Release Date: 08/23/15 >> > > > ___ > 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 >
KR> Foam
KR> Fuel Capacity
There seems to be a lot of concern about having so much fuel capacity that the flight will be so lengthy that the pilot's bladder capacity will be exceeded. Pilots & aircraft manufacturers solved this problem in the early days of aviation and I'm astonished that some members of the KR community are apparently oblivious of this aspect of aviation history. For situations where pilot or passenger bladder capacity is exceeded or about to be exceeded, there is a nifty thing called a "bladder tank". These tanks can be either permanently installed or temporarily installed. >From Wikipedia: > "Many high-performance light aircraft, helicopters and some smaller turboprop aircraft use bladder tanks." Now you know! You can buy them ready to go or we can build them ourselves. Naturally we would want to build our own bladder tanks. I don't have one and must confess I've had to make occasional emergency descents to strange airports whose residents were startled to see my tiny plane appearing unexpectedly out of the blue at high speed only to disappear into the bushes. Putting in a bladder tank has been on my to-do list since the beginning but it has so far not become enough of a critical issue to actually do it. Mike KSEE Fast, Secure, NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband. Try it. http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT2
KR> Fuel Capacity
However, relief tubes do not require dumping?! Joe. E. Wallace jwallacep51 at gmail.com > > about to be exceeded, there is a nifty thing called a "bladder tank". > These tanks can be either permanently installed or temporarily installed.
KR> Foam
I also received my plans, thanks Steve..robert duneavy On Monday, August 24, 2015 12:38 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet wrote: ___ 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
KR> Fuel Capacity
Tony,?I'm ?on the same page as you are. I would love to have the range to be able to fly from Seattle to Ketchikan Ak. or Miami to the Turks and Caicos Islands non stop. It might be by my self but what a trip.I have a medical condition which requires me to drink a lot of water. ?Bladder relief has never been an issue with me being an over the road truck driver and the most I can drive now is eight hours without a thirty minuet ?break.? Paul ViskBelleville Il618-406-4705 Original message From: Tony King via KRnet Date: 8/24/2015 4:45 PM (GMT-06:00) To: KRnet Cc: Tony King Subject: Re: KR> Fuel Capacity Mike, I can't tell whether your tougue is firmly in your cheek there - I think it must be.? I always understood bladder tanks were an alternative approach to having fuel vents, since the tank expands and contracts according to the volume of fuel remaining. For me there's little correlation between fuel capacity/range and bladder capacity (or other elements of in flight comfort).? I want extended range (well beyond bladder capacity) so I can go somewhere interesting and come home again without refuelling.? There are lots of places in Australia where fuel's not so readily available as it seems to be in the US. Cheers, Tony On 25 August 2015 at 06:20, Mike Stirewalt via KRnet wrote: > There seems to be a lot of concern about having so much fuel capacity > that the flight will be so lengthy that the pilot's bladder capacity will > be exceeded.? Pilots & aircraft manufacturers solved this problem in the > early days of aviation and I'm astonished that some members of the KR > community are apparently oblivious of this aspect of aviation history. > For situations where pilot or passenger bladder capacity is exceeded or > about to be exceeded, there is a nifty thing called a "bladder tank". > These tanks can be either permanently installed or temporarily installed. > > > From Wikipedia: > > > "Many high-performance light aircraft, helicopters and some smaller > turboprop aircraft use bladder tanks." > > Now you know!? You can buy them ready to go or we can build them > ourselves.? Naturally we would want to build our own bladder tanks. > > I don't have one and must confess I've had to make occasional emergency > descents to strange airports whose residents were startled to see my tiny > plane appearing unexpectedly out of the blue at high speed only to > disappear into the bushes.?? Putting in a bladder tank has been on my > to-do list since the beginning but it has so far not become enough of a > critical issue to actually do it. > > Mike > KSEE > > > Fast, Secure, NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband. Try it. > http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT2 > ___ > 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 > ___ 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
KR> Fuel Capacity
Relief tubes are vital for most flights, long or short, because drinking enough water to keep hydrated results in safer landings and safer taxi speeds (better mental acuity, and fewer bodily distractions in the last hour of confinement.) In the summer I freeze a water bottle to sit on during the hot climb to altitude, and drink it during the cruise portion. I learned this from motorcycle touring where dehydration is a killer. Peter
KR> Fuel Capacity
The first part of a relief tube is uphill. Residual fluid has to go somewhere. Think Gravity, Virg On 8/24/2015 5:19 PM, Joe. E. Wallace via KRnet wrote: > However, relief tubes do not require dumping?! > > Joe. E. Wallace > jwallacep51 at gmail.com > >> about to be exceeded, there is a nifty thing called a "bladder tank". >> These tanks can be either permanently installed or temporarily installed. > > ___ > 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
KR> Less than 10 days to the Gathering!
That's right; the 2015 KR Gathering at McMinnville just around the corner. Quick update; *Dan stopped by this evening to pick up the check from Steve Glover forwarding the funds remaining from the 2014 Chino Gathering @ $3266.12. Hopefully there will be a full accounting to close those Gathering books. *I flew Saturday morning before the wildfire smoke brought visibility to less than the VFR 3 mile limitation. The rest of Saturday and all Sunday we had vis from 1.5 to 2 miles. If you're flying in, please check both TFRs and weather conditions before you launch. *Dan says the banquet menu will feature chicken parm or flank steak so bring your appetite! *I've got an air-to-air camera platform arranged for Mark L. to wield his magic. Sure hope I get the chance for one of his signature photos! *No promises but Dan's working on a mystery guest! Looking forward to seeing you soon at McMinnville. John Bouyea N5391M/ KR2 OR81/ Hillsboro, OR
KR> Fuel Capacity
I was hoping my somewhat tongue in cheek comment would cause some stir. https://sites.google.com/site/mykr2stretch/ https://sites.google.com/site/mykr2stretch/parts-for-sale
