KR>Engine

2021-08-02 Thread Chad Robertson
I am new to the entire KR world my question is I have the opportunity to purchase a Lycoming 0 320 and I was just curious if anybody had ever put one on a KR or if that was just way too much engine for the airframe. From what I can figure out it would weigh approximately 250 pounds wet. I am lo

KR>Re: Engine

2021-08-02 Thread Craig Williams
The short answer is yes it's been done. I would not spent the time and money to engineer such a large engine installation in a KR2. It's more engine than this plane needs since it will do almost 200 with an O-200 in it. I think the guys with the large displacement Corvairs are also seeing spe

KR>Re: Engine

2021-08-02 Thread donald january
Was and may still be a Flying KR with O 200. I wouldn't even consider O 320 unless the craft was a stretched KR-2 with some mod's to firewall On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 11:03 AM Chad Robertson wrote: > I am new to the entire KR world my question is I have the opportunity to > purchase a Lycoming 0 3

KR>Re: Engine

2021-08-02 Thread Chad Robertson
Thank you all for the advice I guess I will stay with my little Volkswagen engine what can I expect power wise out of it and what can I do to improve it It’s a 2180cc Chadrobertson2951@ Gmail. N6GM > On Aug 2, 2021, at 3:47 PM, donald january wrote: > > Was and may still be a Flying KR