this helps.
Colin H.
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Fellow KR heads;
Does anyone know where I can ge
Hi Phil,
Can you just clear up for me and possibly for all your thinking and reasoning...
Why would you want to increase the angle of attack with your main wheels on the
runway? When you take off, you push the stick forward to get the tail off the
ground and lessen the angle of attack to reduce
I've built, rebuilt and been the over signing inspector on countless Taylor
Monoplanes and built and over signed many KR2. Looking at the KR1, the wing
attachments, contols and dimensions are identical. The 5/8th spruce and ply
skin construction is identical. The KR1 is basically a Taylor Monop
Yes but why bother? Its 45 hp, blows up every 100 hours or seizes. It only
weighs 80 lb, so it's too light to create the correct forward empty C of G. You
would have to add 100 lb of lead in the engine bay to balance the aircraft,
which does away with any benefit of weight saving.
So yes you c
Hi Jamie,
With regards to solid proven advice, I can solidly say, I didn't extend the fin
forward. I don't have any stability issues so my advice is that there is no
need to extend the fin. But if you want to extend forward the fin an inch or
two, I can't see any harm.
But I am blue in the fac
Hi there.
Yes indeed, the KR1 fuselage width and the KR2 fuselage width to tailplane
ratio are I believe very different.
The KR1 tailplane width from memory, 72 inches wide. KR1 fuselage width
approximately 28 inches. Ratio 2.6 / 1
KR2 tailplane width from memory, 72 inches wide. KR2 fuselage
st four gallons for
the header tank in case of an electrical failure.
Fly safe!
Victor Taylor
On Jan 10, 2023, at 07:04, colin hales via KRnet
mailto:krnet@list.krnet.org>> wrote:
Hi there,
I've been reading the "How much fuel" issue for a few days now. There are a few
fa
Hi there,
I've been reading the "How much fuel" issue for a few days now. There are a few
factors I think are missing that might need to be added into the stirring pot.
First some necessary background information. My KR2 is just a standard KR2 and
certainly not specifically designed for long d
I've read all the brake fluid communications. There still seems some confusion
that does need clearing up, or mistakes might happen. If you know all, this you
can stop reading and press delete. If not then read on...
There are six (6) different types of brake and hydraulic fluid. Each of them
Can I bite too. Ive just read:
I'm a U.S. citizen and can come home when money runs out. EVERYthing over
there is inordinately expensive (compared to the U.S.). They HAVE to have
semi-socialist governments if their citizens are to survive.
Yep everything over here is so inordinately expensiv
I know this is not how you should fly or a good example of good practices, so
please don't have a go at me. But I was blagging my way towards China trying to
cross through Russia anyhow I could and some people say it's interesting. I was
lucky again or was I making my own luck? The video link is
I have a decent pneumatic tail wheel and tail wheel steering is excellent and
that means full power can be applied immediately. This actually decreases
take-off distance quite a surprising amount as the tail wheel lifts earlier,
reducing drag from the wheel and profile drag reduces also, which i
If I land gently and then hit the brakes hard, I sometimes need full back stick
almost immediately to balance the forward rotation around the axles due to the
braking effect. It depends how good your brakes are and the runway condition.
As the speed decreases, the main lifting effect of the cent
Yes, sounds like a good idea. Don't forget to drill all the hinge holes where
you think they will need to go and place all the captive nuts on the back of
both pieces of wood before you place them into the foam on the wings and glass
over them. Including where you are going to fit the aileron
I've got Mike Whitakers stress calculations for the KR2S. He went through the
whole aircraft including the seatbelt shoulder attachments.
I wrote about this about a year ago. He found the weakest part of the aircraft
is the top skin between the spars of the stub wing. It needs two layers of
gla
I keep my gob shut mostly, unless I read something that's just so obviously
wrong and damming to anyone who might read it and get the wrong idea about this
wonderful aircraft we all built.
I read these words...
(Those first KR's had a reputation for stick sensitivity. They did fly fine
with o
The whole idea about small aircraft is, to get them to perform you keep them
light! To add a heavy weight on an electric motor to move the C of G around
doesn't help with keeping the aircraft light. That is why no one does this. Why
would you want to add weight??? Just have space on the rear par
d take off with me on any beach or salt bed, grass or any surface
they like with a 20knot crosswind and see who gets on best. If you mention that
you will only ever take off from a hard runway, then you are limiting where you
can fly, which would be a great shame.
Anyway, as you like.
Regards C
Blimey, that is a scary thing to have to report over the radio, that your
controls are iced up. I wondered how people could know this is what happened...
But he said it over the radio.
Yep, I had quite a bit or rime ice, but everything was still moving freely.
Wow.
RIP Ken.
Thanks for the sad re
KR2 don't seem vulnerable to ice. I was heavily iced up flying to Japan, till I
ditched the IFR flight plan and went VFR along the coast to get out of the snow
clouds and melt the build up. The ice seemed to make no significant
deterioration to flight characteristics or performance. No idea what
Just for clarification and this is just in the UK, but I expect it is the same
in Europe, we can only build the original KR2 to the original design. MAUW of
900 and a max empty weight of 580lb. Any heavier and it becomes a single-seat
aircraft only. That is the law. I'm not actually that sure of
attachments. The KR2 brackets are all but
identical to the Taylor Monoplanes earlier design.
Basically, the KR1 is a fiberglass coated Taylor monoplane.
Colin H.
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I'm just saying this, if you have done it fine, well done, if you haven't, then
as you like.
The bonded-on top deckings and fuel tank act as a top fuselage brace to stop
the top of the fuselage longerons from moving further apart or getting closer
together when you pull and relax G loads. So if
Air race E are trying to create an Electric Race formula for what were 0-200
powered Formula 1 Reno air racers. I'm part of a team working with Nottingham
University. There are about 6 teams around the world all working on this and no
one can do it yet. We can't do it yet either. It's proving vi
ject as I am bored of defending the delightful flight
characteristics.
Watch this again if you want to see how little you move the control column.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FJuTyf2sJc
Colin H.
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It was mentioned that "Short direct cables will only work if the wind is
straight on your nose and you are not producing any torque; otherwise it won’t."
Unfortunately this statement is completely wrong or has many errors and please
allow me to explain why.
As we all know, landings are easy, as
I don't think there is no torque figure for the win attachment bolts. Just do
them tight and no need for cotter keys or pins, as you can never get them to
line up when you have a good tightness of the bolts and nuts. Just use nylocks,
they won't come undone. I take my wings of regularly. You can
My belief is that it depends on what type of tail wheel assembly you have. If
you have a castoring or non-castoring. The springs you see in cables are either
so you can still use the rudder while the tail wheel steering is locked in a
straight position, or because you might want to use full rudd
I read recently that a KR2 pilot was worried about "stuffing a 2nd std pilots
in a KR."
There is no need to worry about stuffing any payload onboard a KR2 if the
aircraft remains within the C of G range. That is what the C of G range is for
after all.
In the UK we did extensive tests of aircra
If you overfly a country and fly into their airspace, technically yes you need
their permission. To obtain their permission look at the countries AIP for how
to do that, all the information is there in a pretty standard format for all
countries of the world. But there is an issue with doing that
Again it is choices? The best thing about building a KR2 is, it's your plane,
so you can do what you like.
For me, I bent the stainless sheet around the corners of the firewall. I use a
fireblanket between the firewall and stainless sheet. If you have fire blanket
or firewool material between t
I've read lots about stability and landing.
I have a stock KR2. It's fine
You don't need to extend the fuselage length or put a bigger tailplane on to
make it more stable. Those people who say there KR" is unstable haven't got it
set up right with respect to the C of G. Just make sure your
When building my kr2, I took seat design very seriously. I knew well a
professor at my local gliding club, who was on the European board for aviation
safety with regards to gliders in particular. I went to him with my seat design
and I planed to make it colapsible, so if there were any major imp
In Britain, we build the KR using blue Styrofoam as it is better, being
stronger and more resilient to compression fractures and delaminations from the
glass skin. Trouble is, fuel melts the Styrofoam, so we can't have fuel in the
wings in any way, as a fuel leak would lead to failure of the win
Hi there all,
You know me well by now, I don't comment on much, just glad to read through the
trials and tribulations we all went through while building and flying our
planes. But when I read something that is just plain wrong, bad advice, then I
have to speak up, as bad advice helps no one, in
With respect to the strength of the KR2 and KR2S, we had a stress analyst carry
out in depth calculations on the whole airframe many years ago.
The stress analyst's report is intellectual property, but I'm sure by now the
gent who paid for the calculations shouldn't mind if I release the informa
;t splice it as that is another mod The world has gone crazy.
Don't worry on this one, I think I have go it sorted.
I'll post some photos of the repairs as soon as there are any worthy stages met.
Cheers Colin.
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spar caps. I've got
feelers out all over the world and I'm waiting for replies.
Either that or if anyone has got a completed set of main and rear centre spars
kicking around. There is a set here in the UK, but that would mean breaking up
a boat and wing completed project and I can'
Grass Runways.
Information about landing on grass runways... Having big tyres helps especially
on the tail. A pneumatic tyre gives better grip than a hard small tyre that
just skips around on the surface. The shortest distance my KR2 landed in was
1,350 feet 450 meters, the runway was 1,380 fe
IFR,
My wooden prop has a brass leading edge, many wooden props come with some type
of leading edge protection. All the Hoffman and MT props do as well. The
Hercules props have a composite leading edge. I flew IFR for many hours with no
problems. Also, just because you are in cloud, it doesn't
Well that only took 7 months.
Now we wait on the weather...
Colin.
Subject: RE: 127条について
１２７条の申請について、新潟〜岡南の区間は下記のとおり許可
しましたので、お知らせします。
許可日（approval date）：2017.7.5
許可番号（approval number）：国空国第1551号 RJSN〜RJBK
鹿児島空港及び那覇空港との調整が完了しましたら、お知らせ下さい。
Dear Captain
Colin again.
They say there are no dumb questions, well I just asked one. Sorry and yes,
thank you John Bouyea, for your fast and absolutely accurate response and the
humour too. It made me laugh and I haven't done much of that recently.
But, 'Deep breath in', its been a long
Colin Hales here,
I've been asked to display my plane in a hall and they asked me, how much space
does it take up? The sort of dumb question you should know and apparently "Not
a lot!" is not accurate enough for them.. The plane is 400 k away at the moment
and I don't
>From Colin Hales Kr2 Worldtour.
The petition is going well. Thanks to anyone who signed it.
To answer one question. I don't think the JCAB have any outside connections
with home built aircraft organisations anywhere outside Japan, full stop. So
neither the LAA or EAA can have any i
Colin Hales Online Petition for KR2 Worldtour...
Hi all,
Sorry to fill your inbox up twice in a week, but now I have to submit new
documents to the JCAB who like me, have been let down by the Japanese Flight
Permission Agents also. They were supposed to help, but after months of simply
Colin hales
Subject: Not Flying in Japan
The latest.
The British Embassy were doing a very good job of helping me with my
application paperwork, even though they are very busy because it is raining
North Korean Missiles around here. But the JCAB did not like my hand writing
style. (Honest
ut on completion,
the free cable must protrude from the ferrule by at least 1D and it is
permissible for the thimble ends to just enter the ferrule.
Regards,
Colin H.
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April, as requested.
I hope for a positive response from you today.
Best regards,
Captain Colin Hales
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Sent: 20 April 2017 17:00
To: krnet@list.krnet.org
Subject: KRnet Digest, Vol 5, Issue 94
Sen
I've got this covered and do not need any more help for a while. I will
be in touch in the new year with the much improved and focused home run for
Itzy and the Kr2 Worldtour.
So Merry Christmas and a happy New year to
and I just thought I would ask and
check.
Cheers Colin Hales.
Paul Visk?Belleville Il.
618-406-4705
xcept for when I filled the
distributors up with hot water trying to unfreeze it at Khabarovsk. But at +12,
no more heating!!!
Colin.
Well that didn?t go to plan.
I?ve just read this and wish I was a writer not just a mechanic as then I could
have a good go at explaining better the scenarios and the environment and the
humourous Russians and the warmth and friendship of the Russian people to an
idiot in a tiny aircraft arrivi
A bit of foreign KR fun...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbUEH1dPXuY
Colin.
future you will stand
up and not flee anymore,
Best regards,
Colin Hales.
Thank you all for your kind words.
I just have one thing to add to put things in perspective.
I'm not that brave.
During my journey, every time I take off, I am expecting to land safely again,
or I would not fly.
Those who took off to go and fly over enemy territories of certain conflicts
thr
chance to do so.
Let?s see what China brings. I am still in Russia and may be here for some time
as I try to obtain permission to fly on through The Peoples Republic of China.
Best regards,
Colin Hales.
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? I have flown England
to Australia before, so if I can get to Thailand I?ll pick up that old route,
it should be so much easier, the plane will know the way home, but we might
miss out Syria this time.
Best regards,
Colin Hales.
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aircraft mechanic from Staffordshire, took off from Nome Airport, Western
Alaska and head further west. His intention was to cross the Bering Straights
and fly into Russian
oices for their projects. Let?s give them the best chance of making their
right choice, by keeping to the facts. Regards, Colin H.
rrive before heading back out to Alaska
from the UK to try to continue on around the world with my plane.
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Nice article that actually sums it up.
http://generalaviationnews.com/2015/11/15/around-the-world-in-a-kr2/
Cheers all.
Colin.
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nk to my facebook page showing
all I fit in to the plane and the rear fuselage space and how my mountain bike
comes apart to fit on the passengers seat in a canvas bag.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=406907709493483&set=pcb.406908502826737&type=3&theater
Cheers Colin.
Hi there, the following was quite funny and made me laugh. Can we have more
humour on here please:
Larry, a bare bones KR with a 2180, no electrical system, and a climbprop will
take off in 350' (with a 120 pound pilot), the same plane witha 1600 VW will
land in 650, and put an O-200 on it and y
Can anyone fill in the history? I found Fred Keller's Kr1 hanging from the roof
of the Alaskan Transport Museum. It says it was the first completed Kr in July
1973? Did he beat Ken Rand then to finish his prototype? Enjoy the
gathering.Colin.
day, but only 5 to 6 hours at a time with no problems. I got rained out the sky
so couldn't finish the course. I flew 1,600 nm in the day. It was fun, but not
something I would want to do every day.Regards,Colin Hales. Anchorage.
rough Mc.Minnville a week or
two ago on my way up to Alaska. It is a brill place to visit, town is lovely,
the puce Goose and the rest of the Museum is top rate and Graham, Northwest Air
Repair is a great host, so please pass on my regards.
I'm now in Anchorage, eyeing up the Russians and seeing what can be done to
continue.
Cheers Colin.
ve got a fuel flow meter on my other Kr2. Take off power its drinking
24.5 litres, 5.4 UK gallons an hour, that's about 6.5 US an hour.
I hope to meet up again with some of you as I fly across America again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJXKZhHkfQ
Cheers Colin.
rying to be as positive as I can be. You have
far bigger concerns over just the logistics of finishing the plane and flying
in it than wondering if you can make it cruise at 200 mph.
All the best and good luck with the build.
Colin Hales.
I'm presently at Wurtsboro, 60 miles North of New York
t all, and return to Oshkosh and attend the KR2 gathering, I've a
lot of other places I want to see and lots of other things I want to do, so I
have to move on.
I'm working on a new web site, when it is up and running I'll link it on here.
Blue skies.
Colin.
rtant, if I had my
way, all Kr's would be forward hinging. We all have the Kr' aircraft operation,
function and design reputation to protect. Regards Colin Hales.
I'm trying to decide on which way to hinge my canopy. I know the currant trend
is to mont it from the front. ?But
craft becomes neutrally stable. Remember this is food
for thought. Have you ever seen two Kr2's the same. Each is different. Just
telling you about mine... Absorb and make your own decisions.
Colin H.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FJuTyf2sJc
Hi all,
I've been reading the messages about landing and approach speeds. I've read
some quite scary stuff. I don't like posting on here because all you get is
shot down and people tell you what you are doing is dangerous. So I've hardly
ever quoted or
tube soon.
You can watch how little fiddling I do. Regards to all. Colin Hales.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omBs9lCkBLI
se engines, if you have a worry, you are probably right and
you should take a look, it never hurts.
Best regards,
Colin Hales.
Heck some of the things that
happened that I've talked to people about, have them falling over and telling
me I'm making it up... you get people to read and think, I enjoyed that, I'll
read another. Again, job done...
So, all smiles people, and as you do like to say... "Have a good day!"
Regards Colin.
sorry but the blog just took up too much time that I didn't have.
Thanks all, and please pass on to anyone you might think I've missed.
Colin.
have a postal address at an airfield (East of
Oshkosh) I can post the bike to and pick up on my way from the East coast of
Canada, on my way to the EAA event at Oshkosh.
So I'll freight it on boxed, if someone can receive it and look after it till I
can pick it up, I'd be much oblig
that the signal vacuum port underneath is not plugged up,
or blocked. If no vacuum signal, no fuel flow; same with my Mikuni carbs on
the Yamaha V-Star.
Colin Rainey
brokerpi...@bellsouth.net <mailto:brokerpi...@bellsouth.net>
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With the possible exception being the actual control surfaces themselves, if
things work out that you have to fabricate them separate. Otherwise, invest
in something else that yield actual improvements, i.e. better engine, wheel
pants, lighter high quality paint, Sensenich Prop, etc...
Colin
deflected do they cause the designed drag
to balance the outboard lift/drag induced (but that is another story)...
Colin Rainey
brokerpi...@bellsouth.net
down.
Colin Rainey
brokerpi...@bellsouth.net <mailto:brokerpi...@bellsouth.net>
-Original Message-
From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On
Behalf Of John
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 10:41 PM
To: kr...@mylist.net
Subject: KR> help with aileron li
ing the "gecko" hands down. So being a
member does have perks, as well as protecting our airports, and privileges
to fly!
AIG is an umbrella company with many subsidiary insurance companies, auto
and aviation just a few...
Colin Rainey
brokerpi...@bellsouth.net
ns the wing for easy
attachment, and a tray to roll the wings onto and off the trailer.
Colin Rainey
N96TA
d and proven, so the more documentation the
better.
Otherwise plan to use/get a PPL...
Colin Rainey
brokerpi...@bellsouth.net <mailto:brokerpi...@bellsouth.net>
Netters
There is a Corvair engine for sale on eBay
Item number: 220098284796
Big jump for any who need an engine already assembled for a great price.
>From the looks of it you cannot buy and assemble it yourself for this price.
Colin Rainey
brokerpi...@bellsouth.net
Netters
Engine sold thanks.
Now back to other KR news...
Colin Rainey
brokerpi...@bellsouth.net
ld 50 feet in a KR you can hold any plane!
Colin Rainey
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iance, there is no
reason why the plane cannot be certified as all KR2 and KR2S models
previously have been, and then operate under LSA rules.
Source: EAA.org website
Colin Rainey
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.
Good luck. Just cleaned the house out of infestation. Took out one whole
side of the living room and one bedroom.
Colin Rainey
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Behalf O
you still have a problem with 3 running that rich, look at that cylinder
specifically: compression, valve seating, intake valve hanging open, etc...
Colin Rainey
brokerpi...@bellsouth.net
got, I think the Mazda is too heavy, and high
output. Better to use a different engine with slightly less HP but just as
much torque after the re-drive and stay with what your firewall/airframe can
handle...
JMHO...
Colin Rainey
brokerpi...@bellsouth.net
N96TA
a good radio. It also comes with its own built in intercom, though I did not
set mine up that way.
Colin Rainey
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ld convert mine except I am still in the
engine swap mode. I may still later...
Colin Rainey
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acteristics (we used to include reliability for cya) needs a maintenance
flight by a rated pilot certifying the airplane is safe and can return to
service. Just a flight and log entry signed by the pilot making the flight
and all good...
Colin Rainey
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add a carb or fuel injection that offers vacuum advance, and add
a vacuum advance distributor. If you are compelled to have separate ignition
systems, get the universal MSD crank trigger system and MSD box for complete
redundancy. I published the numbers a while back for the parts needed.
Colin Raine
crimper. The
must use it due to space issues, etc...
If it were alot more economical, I know Cessna and Piper would use it and
they are not except maybe on the throttle, mixture, or prop controls. I
would think that even a pushtube system would be should be cheaper...
Colin Rainey
brokerpi
add a carb or fuel injection that offers vacuum advance, and add
a vacuum advance distributor. If you are compelled to have separate ignition
systems, get the universal MSD crank trigger system and MSD box for complete
redundancy. I published the numbers a while back for the parts needed.
Colin Raine
change in
the behavior of the plane to speak of at all.
Just some ideas for thought. I was once considering a PSRU or re-drive as
some call them, for my 1915 cc VW original engine. Had I installed that, I
would have been 4 to 5 inches higher. This may be an issue many builders
have contemplated o
the lower rpms, with less cfm demand. Use The Auto
Mathbook to find you engine demand, then match the carb to it).
The Averovee and of course the Ellison are other examples of drastic
improvements.
And of course then there is fuel injection made easy:
http://www.lnengineering.com/fi.html
Colin
For those that it matters to, here is the book that I spoke of; I finally
found it. It is the reference that I used when analyzing what size pitch,
blades etc...
"Propeller Making for the Amateur" by Eric Clutton with forward by propeller
maker Ray Hegy.
Just food for thought.
Co
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