KR> DIY O2 System(was: Hypoxia)

2014-07-11 Thread Patrick Flowers
>From this PoA thread: http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3399 Go to a welding shop or a medical supply shop and BUY outright the biggest Aluminum cylinder you can- a Super "D" or 50 cu. ft. Why? Because a fill of the smallest compared to the biggest runs the $13.00 up to

KR> Hypoxia

2014-07-11 Thread Patterson, John E Col USAF ANG 183 MSG/CC
Ray, the takeaway for you is that your tingling symptoms will always be there if you are experiencing hypoxia. Hopefully you felt some at least some flushing also, that is commonly associated with the tingling. Everyone reacts slightly differently, but the symptoms are repeatable so that when

KR> Gear Placement

2014-07-11 Thread smwood
I appreciate all the comments and concerns about main wheel gear placement for a tri-gear KR-2. I know the main gear placement on my KR-2 needs improvement. I can work that. One pronouncement is conspicuously missing: What should the horizontal distance be in inches from the datum to the gear

KR> Hypoxia

2014-07-11 Thread Raymond Fuenzalida
Hello All, Not KR related, but definitely aviation related. The 99's are having a convention this week in New Orleans and one of the seminars was/is on hypoxia and is open to all pilots in the area. I went there (instead of listening to Mark) on Wednesday and it was excellent. it's one thing to

KR> Gear placement

2014-07-11 Thread Mark Langford
Of course if you ever land this thing really hard on that leg, the discontinuity in the leg where the old holes were drilled will likely be the place it breaks, and if it breaks you may have prop/crank/spar issues afterwards. There is something to be said for new gear legs if you ditch the

KR> Gear placement

2014-07-11 Thread Mark Langford
Now that I notice that gap at the very bottom of the gear, the bottom bolts would see some tension, rather than compression, but the gear bracket itself is still doing most of the resistance to bending. I'd let the available hole spacing be my guide, but sandwiching the bottom of the leg a bit

KR> Gear placement

2014-07-11 Thread Mark Langford
Larry Howell wrote: >I'm not sure I would want to move the first bolt at the bottom closest to >the shear web further aft out on the bracket but that may be structurally >ok, I don't know that though. Maybe Mark Langford can tell us that. I think the bolts at the bottom of the leg are just

KR> Gear placement

2014-07-11 Thread Larry Howell
Hi Sid, I don't want to come across as some sort of know it all or expert on KR landing gear because I have only moved the landing gear brackets from the front side of a KR2 spar/shear web to the aft side and installed new Diehl glass gear legs once on a KR2 to transform a taildragger to a

KR> KR Gathering 2014 Update!

2014-07-11 Thread Dan Prichard
Steve, please sign me up for the gathering. Dan Prichard Portland Oregon Fri - Sun attending + banquet 1 Xlg shirt + 1 hat Not bringing the KR in. No spouse coming. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 4, 2014, at 8:43 AM, "Steve G. via KRnet" > wrote: > > Ok, it seems that copy and paste is not