KR> nose vs tail
On Oct 18, 2015, at 8:01, n357cj via KRnet wrote: > In my airplane as in life I prefer to see where I am going and avoid most > obstacles instead of weaving around like a drunken sailor. I guess Dan just > likes to drag his A$$ around. But seriously, other than personnel preference > the nose wheel comes with a about a 5 mile and hour penalty depending on > fairings. > Joe Horton, > Coopersburg,Pa > For all those would be KR builder/operators out there, I taught myself how to fly this little tail wheel gem with a grand total of 1 hour officially logged tail wheel prior experience! I don?t recommend others doing this but just that the KR-2 is probably the easiest and most forgiving tail wheel airplane I have ever flown. I had a lot of experience (not logged) in aircraft such as citabria, commonwealth, Stolp Star Dusters, Cessna 140 and 120. I also had about 4000 hours of F4 Phantom simulator as well as T-38, T37, 727, L-1011, DC-8, DC-9 and B-757 time. My point is don?t be afraid of learning how to fly the KR-2 in it?s original design, it isn?t that difficult to see over the nose while taxing, it doesn?t have much of a tendency to ground loop either. JUST FYI from a self taught conventional gear pilot with the original built to plane (including the retracts) KR-2. Thanks Parley Byington N54PB KR-2 Henderson Nevada byington1954 at embarqmail.com
KR> Nose vs tail
Joe Horton said, > "In my airplane as in life I prefer to see where I am going and avoid most obstacles instead of weaving around like a drunken sailor. I guess Dan just likes to drag his A$$ around." I'm doing a prop balance on this Cavalier I'm delivering to its new owner in Indianapolis in a couple days and was driving it around the ramp this morning warming the engine up in preperation for the run-ups and again noted this tail-dragger drives just like a tri-gear. I can easily see over the nose without craning my neck. This Cavalier is a good example of having it both ways. It's possible with a KR to extend the fuselage enough that the angle it sits at is so shallow that taxiing a KR around would be similar or the same as with this Cavalier. Mine is almost that way since Steve Bennett (I think) put a block underneath the tailspring in order to raise the tail and thus make it easier to see over the nose. In Ken Cottle's original pictures of the plane it sat at a steep angle, something like Richard Shirley's. I can crane my neck and barely see over the nose so that's nice, but the penalty for that is you can't get the wing anywhere near stall when trying to make a full-stall landing. I've been meaning for a long time to take that block out but never have gotten around to it. It's fine the way it is and I've never had any trouble so far getting into tight spaces. Really short strips would be a different matter though. Jim Morehead's tri-gear (the only tri-gear KR I've ever flown) was/is a real piece of cake to stall the wing at touchdown and make extremely short landings. Not so with the KR taildraggers though - mine at least. I can't get very close at all to stalling the wing when touching down. Jim's wife Rae mentioned at McMinnville that they need to sell the plane since Jim's knee issues are preventing any further KR flying. If somebody would like a head start on flying I'd highly recommend Jim's airplane. It's very carefully built and "true." If Jim and Rae haven't sold the plane already, anyone wanting a really well-done KR-2 ought to get in touch with them. It was an absolute pleasure and privilege to fly it. That drag flap and really smooth and sturdy extension mechanism he built are examples of how to do it right. kr2jm at sbcglobal.net *** One bit of odd information I picked up on the Google Group having to do with the Cavalier aircraft https://sites.google.com/site/cavalieraircraft/ is that some are claiming the tri-gear is about 15 MPH faster than the conventional gear (original) model.This is a claim I haven't seen disputed anywhere in the reading I've done on the Cavalier so it's possibly true even though counterintuitive. If it is true I'd be interested to read the theory of why this is so - sort of defies logic that sticking another drag producing item into the slipstream would make a plane go faster, but airplanes and engines sometimes have their own logic. Mike KSEE A Balance Transfer Card With An Outrageously Long Intro Rate And No Balance Transfer Fees That Can Save You Thousands http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5623ef8d9e9a96f8d0a65st02vuc
KR> KRnet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 276
Craig, I might have fliwn your Smith Miniplave. A prior owner was Sam Milburn of Winchester, VA. Doug Steen On Oct 18, 2015 11:03 AM, wrote: > Send KRnet mailing list submissions to > krnet at list.krnet.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > krnet-request at list.krnet.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > krnet-owner at list.krnet.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of KRnet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re: Dissing (Larry) >2. Looking for a builder near Luray, VA (John O'Conner) >3. Re: Nose gear engine mount (Paul & Karen Smith) >4. Re: Dissing (Flesner) >5. Re: Cross-Country flying (n357cj) >6. Re: flight #2 (n357cj) >7. Re: Nose Wheel Shimmy (n357cj) >8. Re: flight #2 (Chris Prata) >9. Saturday flight (Flesner) > 10. Re: flight #2 (Dan Heath) > 11. Re: Nose Wheel Shimmy (Dan Heath) > 12. Re: Looking for a builder near Luray, VA (Craig Williams) > 13. Re: Nose Wheel Shimmy (Paul VISK) > 14. Re: Nose Wheel Shimmy (Dj Merrill) > 15. nose vs tail (n357cj) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 12:11:21 -0500 > From: Larry > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> Dissing > Message-ID: <19BF7818-289C-4067-9189-275195414C71 at yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > What dis all about? If you want to know sumpn just axe me! > Larry H > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 16, 2015, at 12:41 PM, Dj Merrill via KRnet > wrote: > > > >> On 10/16/2015 01:33 PM, Chris Prata via KRnet wrote: > >> However, I as a rule, dont use words that originated from "da street" > within recent memory, as this word has. I'm sure I use many words that > started in "da hood" many generations ago and we'd never know it. > > > > > > The English language is wonderfully divergent sometimes. Sometimes you > > can get as many meanings for a single word as recommendations when > > asking which type of primer you should use! ;-) > > > > -Dj > > > > -- > > Dj Merrill - N1JOV - EAA Chapter 87 > > Sportsman 2+2 Builder #7118 N421DJ - http://deej.net/sportsman/ > > Glastar Flyer N866RH - http://deej.net/glastar/ > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > > -- > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 13:23:58 -0400 > From: "John O'Conner" > To: KRnet > Subject: KR> Looking for a builder near Luray, VA > Message-ID: > < > CAHN_BLP09HpvDv4uux+HdWPhGVOZ-Cu3ez9eyRqsEDGJ9jFmPA at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I'm came to Virginia this week to get a little "cabin time". Is anyone in > close proximity to Luray, VA that would let me come by and take a look at > their project? > > R/ > > John > > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > -- > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 06:47:00 +1000 > From: "Paul & Karen Smith" > To: , "'KRnet'" > Subject: Re: KR> Nose gear engine mount > Message-ID: <000601d1091c$f9246020$eb6d2060$@bigpond.net.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > This is the O200 arrangement. > Paul. > > -Original Message- > From: stefkr2--- via KRnet > > Normally you will connect your 2 nose gear tubes to the aft of your engine > ( > I think) . > -- next part -- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: 01 Original engine mount6.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 243652 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://list.krnet.org/mailman/private/krnet_list.krnet.org/attachments/20151018/52b51938/attachment-0001.jpg > > > > -- > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 17:23:45 -0500 > From: Flesner > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> Dissing > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; ch
KR> Nose Wheel Shimmy
> "It's okay Dan. Don't let it happen again though. : )" Yeah, Dan. Criminy . . . . jeepers. A Balance Transfer Card With An Outrageously Long Intro Rate And No Balance Transfer Fees That Can Save You Thousands http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5623e08b3f8fd608b50ccst01vuc
KR> nose vs tail
In my airplane as in life I prefer to see where I am going and avoid most obstacles instead of weaving around like a drunken sailor. I guess Dan just likes to drag his A$$ around. But seriously, other than personnel preference the nose wheel comes with a about a 5 mile and hour penalty depending on fairings. Joe Horton, Coopersburg,Pa - Original Message - From: "Dj Merrill via KRnet" On 10/18/2015 6:47 AM, Dan Heath via KRnet wrote: > Make your > KR with a conventional gear. Since "conventional" means "ordinary, rather than different", and the vast majority of aircraft created today have the little wheel up front, wouldn't "conventional" now mean "nose wheel" by today's standards? ?*wink* -Dj
KR> Nose Wheel Shimmy
On 10/18/2015 6:47 AM, Dan Heath via KRnet wrote: > Make your > KR with a conventional gear. Since "conventional" means "ordinary, rather than different", and the vast majority of aircraft created today have the little wheel up front, wouldn't "conventional" now mean "nose wheel" by today's standards? *wink* -Dj -- Dj Merrill - N1JOV - EAA Chapter 87 Sportsman 2+2 Builder #7118 N421DJ - http://deej.net/sportsman/ Glastar Flyer N866RH - http://deej.net/glastar/
KR> Nose Wheel Shimmy
It's okay Dan. ?Don't let it happen again though. : ) Paul ViskBelleville Il618-406-4705 --my I know that y'all knew this was coming.? I have resisted all I can.? There is one sure, and absolute, way to get rid of nose wheel shimmy.? Make your KR with a conventional gear. Sorry, but I had to say it.? Could not help myself. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC ___ 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> Looking for a builder near Luray, VA
I am just north of there in Martinsburg WV. My project is on hold for 6 months but I can show ya what I got. Just bought a Smith Miniplane and I am in the process of getting that back together and ready to fly this spring. Previous owner removed a O-290 and I am putting in my O-235 I just built for the KR. Craig www.kr2seafury.com www.flightwidgets.com > On October 17, 2015 at 1:23 PM John O'Conner via KRnet list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > > I'm came to Virginia this week to get a little "cabin time". Is anyone in > close proximity to Luray, VA that would let me come by and take a look at > their project? > > R/ > > John > > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > ___ > 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
