Re: KRnet> Landing at Idle Re: Landing at Idle

'll likely be better armed for an "unplanned gliding experience"of which I've had more than my fair share!  I guess that makes me a test pilot. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL On 11/3/2024 2:25 PM, Todd Thelin via KRnet wrote: Mark,

Re: KRnet> new builder from France

s far as I need tosometimes within a few feet of touchdown.  All of my landings are done at idle.  This constant practice gives me experience regarding how far I can glide from a given altitude, and still do a decent landing, just in case the engine croaks.  It happens.. Mark Langford

Re: KRnet> KR high speed taxi test

fly it again until I had an Ellison carb on it, which is not a gravity feed carb, and is pretty normal and predictable by comparison. Don't do what I did.bring a trailer with you if you buy an airplane that's been sitting and the owner can't demonstrate full takeoff power

Re: KRnet> Memorial flight

Rich Parker wrote: << I believe Joe is going to deliver the ashes to Mark Langford to bring to the gathering as I am not able to attend. >> Yes, I talked to Joe a few weeks ago, and assured him Dave's ashes would see a lot of KR air time at the KR Gathering.  There are a l

KRnet> KR time and update

doesn't have a prayer of fitting this particular KR2, so I'll have to build it from scratch from stainless steeltime consuming and a very big pain in the butt!  We'll see how it goes.  If anybody has a GPASC four into one exhaust system they'd sell, let me know offline! Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> KR Wheel Fire Write Up

t" red flashing LED in front of my face and the pulsing beeper, I'd probably not have noticed the oil pressure gauge was reading zero until the prop stopped, which it did during rollout! Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Gathering needs

, but am actively working on also. So I'll likely show up in the Swift, or maybe I'll have the usual KR2 up and running by then. I need to attend a seminar on "How to concentrate on one single project and stick to it until it's FINISHED", so are there any behavioral expe

Re: KRnet> 2024 Gathering

s website. This also reminds me to update the KRnet.org website to reflect the 2024 Gathering dates.  I thought I'd done that, but apparently not. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Mixture Cable

with the next step?” ———- I have the A-700, and I think it’s worth it. I previously used something without a lock but it was too easy to move unintentionally, and didn’t always stay where I put it. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com > -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet

Re: KRnet> Fuel pumps.

ift owner flight instructor to work me in to his schedule and fly around with me first for some reminders of the nuances of flying the much larger retractable Swift.   And I'm working daily on Joe's Corvair powered KR2S N357CJ to get it flying again ASAP. Mark Langford m...@n56ml

Re: KRnet> Fuel pumps.

Facet pumps in series with a pressure regulator, controlled by a Left-Right toggle switch to chose the one I want, leaving one as the backup.  Of course there's also a "last-ditch" fuel filter at the inlet of the pair. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsvill

KRnet> Anybody have a Great Plains exhaust system for sale?

  After I get the Swift flying I'll start working on N357CJ that Joe Horton graciously sold me, and it'll become my main plane. Being without an airplane is kind of like being without a girl friend or a wife.. -- Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL

Re: KRnet> AS5048 questions.

or several versions of the airfoil templates, including the one you mentioned, unless I'm missing something.  Free download, just take to Kinko's or the local printing store and have them printed full size. I'm headed out on a trip for the rest of the day. Mark Langford m...

Re: KRnet> Wind tunnel data for AS5045 and AS5048

Steve Loebs wrote: >>And that brings me to my question for Mark or anyone else that has the answer. I found your page, Mark, http://www.krnet.org/as504x/design.html and there is some great info there. Do you or anyone else have the raw data from the wind tunnel tests? Is that something that

Re: KRnet> Freebird progress - Vne

ore details on that.  It's a very simple welded up pivot structure, with no crazy tubing bender required, and far less likely to fail that the previous incarnation, plus it has some damping. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@

Re: KRnet> Freebird progress - Vne

st a dose of conservatism for the plans. One item to note about FreeBird is performance specs.  Somebody pointed out to me a few months ago that "as published", FreeBird would not meet the MOSAIC rules so that a "Sport Pilot" could fly it.  For that reason, the specs will

Re: KRnet> Who is the owner of this folding wing KR?

if they were folding), and if any others have good plans for how that's done on KRs or any other plane, it might be a good addition to the FreeBird plans. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

KRnet> VW noise update

anyway.  I'll get it back together eventually.  Meanwhile, back to the hangar to finish building a work bench addition.using TORX head screws! -- Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

KRnet> Dr. Dean's plane

ots of places and owners in between. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Sell?

n't need is a bunch of  conversations between seller and buyer online, so once a connection is established, please take it "off-line". Thanks, Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL - On 3/11/2024 5:09 PM, Edwa

Re: KRnet> vw based crankshaft fail

om N891JF (with new exhaust valves and reground valve seats) and am headed to the airport to hopefully start reassembling the engine case halves with crank and cam. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL On 3/3/2024 1:58 AM, Chris Prata via KRnet wrote: this is interest

Re: KRnet> what's this noise????

less you might squirt some oil onto those gears via the distributor hole in the case??  Again, I'm not that up on VWs. OR could be camshaft end play clunking from the same source pressure when turning the crank.  Doubtful the crank is the noise source but when the gears have slop, just

KRnet> what's this noise????

oo!  Note that the distributor and drive gear are removed, just so I could get a better look at the brass distributor drive helical gear on the crank, which appeared secured and in one piece, and because it eliminated those two parts as a source of the problem. -- Mark Langford m...@n56ml

Re: KRnet> Dual Control Schematic

drawings and lots of photos there. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Wing mounting brackets

same thickness,  and that's completely understandable. Also, I should point out that the very outer wingtip (past the spars) is just foam, sanded to shape using the complete outer wings skins as a sanding guide., and then fiberglassed (or carbon fibered, in my case).  See http://www.n56ml.c

Re: KRnet> KR-2 plans - FreeBird plans

ize human beings, newer composite technology, alternative construction techniques, and larger engines, while making plans freely available for download, like FreeBird.  We're not taking money out of anybody's pocket, either way you look at it, and nobody is profiting from the effort..

Re: KRnet> KR-2 plans - FreeBird plans

off" of the plans version, but a serious effort at filling in the blanks such as materials, sources, best practices, etc.  Let me know if you'd like to tackle on of these chapters. Thanks, Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list

Re: KRnet> KR Newsletter free download, issues 1-287 (all of them)!

( http://www.krnet.org/ ), so I haven't been keeping it a secret.   Looking through it just now, there are some broken links I need to fix and some other changes I could make, and I'll try to get the big ones, but I'm swamped at the moment with other airport problems that are a lot

Re: KRnet> KR Newsletter free download, issues 1-287 (all of them)!

_newsletter.pdf as a single file .  These are "text searchable", and there are a LOT of good ideas and various ways that folks tried over the years, and the results of those efforts.  Also a good lesson on KR history. See http://www.krnet.org/newsletter/kr_newsletter.pdf Mark Lan

Re: KRnet> The hunt for N1004K

.org/krs/kr100/ , so the disinformation is my fault, but I was going on what I was told.   I'm not even sure I had N56ML flying yet when I wrote it.  I'll probably edit it page to reflect my comments above.and my 2000 hours of flying KRs now, so I should be complaining to my

Re: KRnet> New member w/ N58SB seeking KR orientation flight while at Mr. Vernon Meet

ork as well. OSH would be the perfect place for to look for something like that (on the flight line), and maybe you've done that, or perhaps ask on the "Homebuilt Aircraft" forum (from a "burner" email account). Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Props for the 0-200

new ones out there, please let me know and I'll add them..which will also give me some incentive to delete the dead links while I'm in there! Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> WAF bolt torque

and nuts are pretty tight, but again, I don't think it matters. The joint is apparently "good enough for KR" work. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Glide range

er pole and fried everything with an Ethernet cable plugged into it, so yet another complication! Apparently I have not been "living right". Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Questions for those with RV wheelpants

he ground if the screws aren't really tight. See the bottom of http://www.n56ml.com/kgear.html -- Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> sad news........

now owns and flies it. ------ Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Oshkosh KR's?

, especially Larry and Gwen Howell. And thanks to Rob for handling the KR Forum with only two hours notice. Please don't reply to this message, as KRnet already has enough flotsam and jetsam in the archive... -- Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com -- KRnet mail

Re: KRnet> VW crankshafts

actually works! It took the CorvAircraft world a while to catch up, but a similar solution has ended broken crankshafts in flying Corvair engines also. -- Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> MotorAV

ttle something about aircraft crankshafts, and how and why they fail. Please take my advice on this and don't cheap out. It could cost you your airplane, and your life. Mark Langford www.n56ml.com m...@n56ml.com -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Any other KRs flying to OSH this year?

l the from EMPI directly, and others sell them as well.  I bought my first pair at a local Advance Auto, even. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Any other KRs flying to OSH this year?

e will be more than one KR there this year.  What day do you plan to arrive? Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

KRnet> Any other KRs flying to OSH this year?

general. The KR "Builders and Pilots" Forum will be at Forum Stage 3 at 11:30 on Monday July 24th.  After the forum we'll wander to the flightline for KR show and tell and to answer questions that might arise. -- Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL --

Re: KRnet> flight report 211LF

course, a very good job of aligning the gear and rigging the tailwheel by a very meticulous builder.   Thanks for the PIREP Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Upper longeron

o don't fly around with an aft CGbad things happen!  See http://www.n56ml.com/wb/index.html for my scary story on that.  A CG 2" aft of the CG limit came very close to killing me on takeoff Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Starting my KR continued

unch of photos of the rebuild of the 2180cc engine in N891JF, at http://www.n56ml.com/n891jf/2180/ , although it will likely just confuse you more.  Sorry, I didn't bother adding text to it yet.  Maybe someday See enclosed degree wheel. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56m

Re: KRnet> Starting my KR continued

to the pilot is number one, and the one forward of that is number 2.  Closest to the passenger is number 3, and forward of that is number 4.  See enclosed image, where "front of car" is actually "rear of airplane". Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL

Re: KRnet> Starting my KR continued

-2, although they are hard to come by, and I believe Rotec may make something similar for the VW.  There are other options as wellnot still in production, but floating around out there. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krne

Re: KRnet> Starting my KR continued

he basics are therespark and compression.  Fuel is another matter, especially since you are talking POSa. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Upper longeron

o  shorter pieces and "scarfing" them together mid fuselage somewhere, using T-88 epoxy or something similar. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Freebird status

x27;s involved.  And best of all, you don't have to reinvent the wheel like lots of us did.  Let us know how it goes, and take lots of photos for the on-line manual!  Where there's a will, there's a way. For the newbies, the FreeBird website is at http://www.freebirdplans.org/ I'

Re: KRnet> Mark's crankshafts and ethanol - Fifth Bearing

s  pretty smelly stuff, at least what I used was.  Don't put it in your fridge or you'll likely want to trash it afterwards. For a LOT more info on Corvair engines in airplanes (and the several that I built over the years), in excruciating detail, see http://www.n56ml.com/corvair/  and

Re: KRnet> water injection

se, or even know what it should be.  Maybe excess water, considering it was coming through the primer ports (although they do have a pretty fine orifice in them).  Just my experience.  It did what I wanted it to do, and that's all I asked of it. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.

Re: KRnet> water injection

KR with a lightweight pilot doesn't hurt either, I guess Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Mark's crankshafts and ethanol - Fifth Bearing

ing the main tank in it with a home-built ethanol- tolerant tank using vinylester epoxy. See enclosed photo of Sport Performance Aircraft's "Gen2" fifth bearing on my soon-to-be-flying 3100cc Corvair engine. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL Mar

Re: KRnet> Mark's crankshafts and ethanol

nders, and having rebuilt both, the Corvair is far simpler to rebuild or maintain than an O-200, and especially to make a non-leaking engine.  At least that's been my experience and observation. For the "crankshaft odyssey" mentioned above, see http://www.n56ml.com/corvair/c

Re: KRnet> what is the timing for the Hapi engine

Rick Cochenet wrote: What the hell is a Hapi engine??? Please go to www.google.com and key in "HAPI engine", and then you'll know. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Ignition switch wiring.

ed an "ACCessory" position in an airplane, but just because it's there, doesn't mean you have to use it. See http://www.n56ml.com/electrical/index.html for details of N56ML's wiring, including a "schematic" of sorts that will likely answer a lot of your question

Re: KRnet> KR origins

ite, stiff burlap!  Jim Faughn's KR2 is made of that, so I get to see some every time I repair a composite piece of it! Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> FreeBird - was WANTED: KR-1 plans

chapter in the build manual, or at least one aspect of the build process. Depending on how much feedback I get, I may not get back to you immediately, but will at least have a small pool of contributors lined up, who are willing to do some  writing. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56

Re: KRnet> Sensors:

://www.n56ml.com/corvair/o2meter/ Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Sensors:

ouple wire, and the ring terminals... Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Sensors:

hould should all be the same temp or maybe a degree offclose enough for KR work! Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> EGT Sensors

t to build your own exhaust system, here's a go-by, having "been there, done that",  at http://www.n56ml.com/corvair/exhaust/ Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> EGT Sensors

I'd think a hole in the pipe is required. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> spinners

of it was.  Fiberglass and carbon fiber are so light that any imbalance due to material overlap isn't even noticeable.  The bulkhead has survived all the calamities , at least up until now. See http://www.n56ml.com/spinner/ for more on that. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.co

Re: KRnet> Canopy failure question

d "everything" myself, but when it comes to canopy latches, I just take the easy and proven way of buying a pair of these inexpensive canopy latches and move on Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Canopy failure question

s on how to fix that are at http://www.n56ml.com/n891jf/canopyhinge/ Don't worryyou don't need a lathe to build your hinge points.  I've got a lot of hours this thing, so it works.  I recently hit 200 mph in it (in a three second dive) and wasn't worried about the c

KRnet> Pete Klapp crash comments from NTSB

of the canopy connections don't tell a lot, because it's likely impossible to tell what failed in flight, and what failed in the air. See https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103795 -- Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.o

Re: KRnet> Counterweight weight

ly) to relieve any hinge "sticktion" while doing this. And of course, the aileron should be painted before you balance it. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Fuel tank Capacities

to get there at the appointed time (usually for lunch with other KR fliers). Having said all this, I put two 8 wing gallon tanks in N56ML.  I later added another one in the outboard right wing, just so I could fly back non-stop from OSH.  Once I get up to 10,500', it's a hassle to com

Re: KRnet> Engine issue reveals itself

lly if "it ain't broke, I wouldn't fix it".   But then I've had a lot of in-flight engine failures, so you might not want to believe a word I say.  If you just want it to do it for good measure, I know of at least one guy who does it, Ken Hand, at https://corvairm.dev2.liv

Re: KRnet> Diehl main gear

Mark Jones wrote: >Actually they are Grove gear. < Yep, that's right, and they appear to still be for sale, for $1879 plus shipping from CA, at https://www.groveaircraft.com/landing_gear.html#kr  .    A less expensive alternative would be nice to have in the KR community.

Re: KRnet> Diehl main gear

ut that may be "in the noise". Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

KRnet> Diehl main gear REPLACEMENT effort

eeBird.  We'll need somebody that has a new gear leg to do some flexure testing on it, or send it to somebody who can/will do the testing.  Anybody interested, please contact me offline at m...@n56ml.com . Thanks, Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRne

Re: KRnet> Access panels

find more uses for this as life goes on.  I end up glassing something every few weeks in my everyday life.most recently a new carbon fiber belly flap for N357CJand a small aux. panel.  It's kind of fun. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL --

Re: KRnet> Access panels

of the process, but I'm sure somewhere it's been documented out there on somebody's website, probably many of them.  What few covers I installed on N56ML were under the wing, exactly as I've described. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL --

Re: KRnet> Wing skins

y Rand Robinson parts. "KR builders are among the cheapest airplane builders on the planet. Don't count on monetizing the KR, because like me, most builders pride themselves on doing it all themselves"... Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRn

Re: KRnet> FlyBaby and Freebird ramblings

t point for the Freebird project.  Please disable membership in that Facebook page, and put it on the back burner or delete it. Thanks, Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL On 11/24/2022 8:16 AM, Craig Williams wrote: So I was poking around Al Gores Interweb and found tha

Re: KRnet> Brake Fluid

ss with it when a leak develops or some other very good reason to do it.  If "it ain't broke", I don't "fix" it. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Brake Fluid

ulic brake oil are two completely different things. Yes, car fluid is hygroscopic, and I do replace my automotive brake fluid when it discolors, as it has become corrosive, at least the stuff in the reservoir.  Last I heard, water and oil don't mix. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.co

Re: KRnet> Brake Fluid

if it's good or not".  I think we buy and throw away more vegetables and other foods than we eat in this countrysomething like 70% (from memory, probably not correct), and a large percentage of it is still fine to eat. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> Brake Fluid

from the wheel up, this is not usually an issue.  It's the bleeding through pumping stuff that can get you in trouble. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> ram air....potential issue!

fore takeoff.  Both of these planes were set up for ram air under normal circumstances, with a cable-operated flapper sealing off ram air and sucking air from a heat muff under the cowling for winter use and prevention of carb ice. The Posa ram air is what got Jim Hill's KR in t

Re: KRnet> Auto pilot servos

servos on N357CJ. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> ram air....potential issue!

K, if I remember correctly, to fund the engine for the Sportsman he was buying. Note that his engine is a single port VW. The photos at the website above were taken in Jim's hangar, which I now own (after his sudden death), but it's a LOT more cluttered now than when Jim owned it! Mark Lang

Re: KRnet> GPAS 2180 VW cylinders advice

Such was the case on Monday.  By the way, I adjust intake valves to .006" and exhausts to .008", just for good measure, especially given the high temperatures these things run when wide open like we tend to run them.  I also run "swivel feet" to spread the load on the val

Re: KRnet> GPAS 2180 VW cylinders advice

at, but the spray bar with 50 tiny holes in it atomizes the fuel very well, and leads to very good efficiency, and low engine deposits.  And N891JF is a very slick and  aerodynamic KR2 Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet

Re: KRnet> GPAS 2180 VW cylinders advice

do during winter". two years ago.  I finally knocked out number one on that two year old list last week, so no promises!  See http://www.n56ml.com/n891jf/2180/    for excruciating detail in the 2180cc photos. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> GPAS 2180 VW cylinders advice

are VERY similar to VW's), and on most of my engines, I run VW pistons and cylinders.  See http://www.n56ml.com/corvair/valvejob.html for a LOT more on this subject.  I could go on forever about this kind of stuff, but I'll spare you and quit here. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> For Sale: KR Wing Skins and Tail feathers

. Freebird will have slightly longer wings also.  But there's no reason Diehl skins can't be fitted to a FreeBird. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL On 10/15/2022 3:05 PM, Kayak via KRnet wrote: agree. when I saw them I snapped them up without any hesitatio

Re: KRnet> flutter?

year. See details on my "non-standard" outer wings at http://www.n56ml.com/owings.html , but I didn't see details on the balance weight installation... Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> question for chemist

fill up my 6 gallon cans, and I'm good with that.  It's a lot cheaper than 100LL, and you don't have a bunch of lead buildup in your engine, not to mention lead in the air. See https://www.pure-gas.org/ for more stations near you. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.

KRnet> Robert Pesak's KR2S is for sale!

is on the website above. -- Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> kr-info.html

guys.  We need it for the http://www.freebirdplans.org  website, which is in progress but getting fleshed out a little better Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> FreebirdPlans.com

d site for "consumers" will be www.freebirdplans.org, which I just started on today, and is also when I noticed that I apparently didn't follow through with my purchase of the .com site, and contacted through the system. I'm quite relieved, and happy to have more expert help

KRnet> Steve Bray's plane for sale

Photos of Steve Bray's KR2 for sale. Plane is in Humboldt, TN. See http://www.krnet.org/krs/sbray/ It needs a carburetor and a good dose of "finishing up".Contact info is in the title at the web page, so please email him directly for more info. -- Mark Langford m...

Re: KRnet> anstennas

than curved for a dipole, although curved does work. Not so sure about circular thoughmy guess would be considerably degraded. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> anstennas

ld transmit and receive. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet

Re: KRnet> KR-2 For Sale in Jackson Tenn

I took a bunch of pictures of Steve's plane a few weeks ago, but haven't had a chance to put them into a website yet. I'll try to do that in the next few days. It is a HUGE head start on a flying KR. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL -- KRn

Re: KRnet> Newsletter idea

s already flying, and guys building their own engine, and making it all work! I think the formula is already in place to fix many of your concerns. Please bear with me on this effort. I will ask for help as it is needed. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com Huntsville, AL On

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