I got my KR back home today at my home strip. I floated more than I expected
but I got stopped in 900' even with our wet grass today and minimal braking
effectiveness. That's a good thing; our strip is 2000' with a ditch at the
over-run end.
Anyway, 14 landings at the big airport and I feel some
I saw Steve and Linda at Sun N Fun last year. They seemed happy to be
there and not exhibiting for probably the first time in a very long
time. I hope it was a good run for them and wish them a very happy
retirement.
Original Message
Subject: Re: KR> Great Planes ???
From: "St
Dan, i remember going through this exercise about 13 years ago. I did find some
tension numbers that seemed to apply to the cables on a KR. I bought a
tensionometer and proceeded to set everything up. The numbers are way to much.
I ended up doing it by feel and also tried getting a reading from
>From the expert:
"By the way, one reason for a heavy control system feel is excessive control
cable tension. Loosen them upthey don't have to twang. If you can make
them twang and vibrate they are too tight." P. 126, The Sportplane Builder,
Tony Bingelis.
Gary
Soli Deo Gloria
-Orig
Dan,
You probably did not find a number, because there probably isn't one. This
subject has come up over the years, in fact, back in the day, I asked the
same question. The rule that I have always followed, is NO slop, and not so
tight that it is going to break anything. That is advice, not d
It is not TSO'd. I don't intend to do anything for some time as the end
solution is still in a state of flux. The manufacturer says they are working
on a TSO "upgrade" kit which will consist of:
1) An FAA approved high $$$ WAAS GPS puck (should that be necessary to comply)
to replace the non-
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