ke some similar
info. If so, contact me off net at fles...@frontier.com I'll not put
the information on public display for harvest by spammers.
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outside Brazil? Someone can answer you questions if
they have more information.
Good luck.
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eral years ago that I'd ask him to post
and the inspiration for doing it.
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er.com and I'd be happy to share any of the hundred or so
songs I've penned over the years. There might be one or two you'd like,
Anyone that has photos or stories from this years Gathering to share,
get them posted or send photos to John for posting on the Gathering
site. k...@b
I got request for the lyrics from those unable to open the attachment.
This is not ideal but everyone that wants them can get them this way.
Larry Flesner
NO NEED TO CRY WHEN I’M GONE
¾ time, moderate speed
Verse 1
ADA
There’s a day I knows’ coming that’s the end of the line
AE
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n one day
with 2 fuel stops in a KR. Some kind of record?
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ncing ball. Open the attachment while you listen to the song.
Lets hear some going home reports from this years attendees.
Larry Flesner
On 9/16/2024 7:31 AM, Luis Claudio via KRnet wrote:
For those that were unable to attend the 2024 Gathering, I asked and
got permission from Larry Flesner
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https://www.facebook.com/MtVernonIL/
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standard plans-built KR2S already on the field (Rob Schmitt) to look
over and the forums should answer any questions anyone wants answered.
No reason to cancel plans.
See you in Mt.Vernon....
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Fly and travel safe everyone.
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Travel safely all.
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The reason I question that registration is Pete sold the KR 10 years ago
and it appears no one has updated their ownership.
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back in the hangar.
See you in Mt.Vernon.
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urious about where Pete's beautiful KR2 is located today.
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f a leak in the gauge it
doesn't dump all your oil before you can get down safely.
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While stumbling around the web I was reminded of Pete Brautigam's KR
N1436 that sold as long ago as 10 years and wondering where it is now.
Still registered in his name. Beautiful KR I've never seen again.
Anyone know it's where it is today?
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and the diehards start showing up at Mt.Vernon. Several are
there already. 4 of us had lunch on Friday at the Light Sport Expo.
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Here is the National Weather Service forecast for Mt.Vernon next weekend. 🙂
*Thursday*
Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.
*Friday*
Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.
*Saturday*
Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. East wind 3 to 7 mph.--
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On 9/7/2024 3:14 PM, Larry Flesner via KRnet wrote:
He has suggested that Chris Price take his place with Jeff Scott on
Saturday to cover engines,
I should have included that Mark recommended Chris be
e family a note, and head to Mt.Vernon.
Larry Flesner
KR Gathering schedule
*Thursday:*
First arrivals, fly-bys, catching up with old friends
--EACH EVENING-- Camp fire by the lake - story telling & root beer
Friday9:30AM – 11:00AM with break
- Mark Langford - Freebird plans progress upda
Luis,
there seems to be two videos on youtube on the 50 anniversary. The
finished version and one at the following address. Please check and
delete this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3U-LNdm3y4
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I recently became aware that the comment section of the 50th Anniversary
video was restricted. Luis has corrected that. You may now view and
post a comment if you'd like.
Larry Flesner
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I am pleased to announce that I have turn
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in the Smithsonian museum , and ended on this one.
https://xeroxnostalgia.com/2019/07/23/xerox-5090/. The crypto equipment
I worked on is also in the Smithsonian museum and my military uniforms
in the museum in my home town. I'll be in the museum soon myself.
Larry Flesner
P.S. The P.A
They often find the acorn
but they also spend a lot of time rooting and find nothing. 🙂
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seem to be quite accurate. Each
scale has a 600 pound capacity with remote read-out and are certainly
better than bathroom scales. If anyone flying their KR to the Gathering
would like to weight their aircraft I'll bring them to the Gathering.
Larry Flesner
Drury Hotels
Drury
Fresh N
/watch?v=AUqoyStN9kU
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUqoyStN9kU>
Corrections anyone???
Submit directly to Luis Claudio dallasbori...@yahoo.com
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All that nitpicking, and not a one of you bothered to post a link so the
rest of us out here enjoying the comments could actually go see what
you all were bickering about.
Cheers,
Todd Thelin
N825MW
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https://www.youtube
video to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the KR. Luis, who is not a
professional, volunteered his time an effort to help celebrate the
occasion. It doesn't take much character to call the baby ugly when you
won't even help dress it.
Thanks again, Luis
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istakes made in
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p the car, kiss the wife goodby, wave at the kids, and head
to Mt.Vernon.
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On 8/28/2024 6:37 PM, Larry Flesner via KRnet wrote:
Check out the KR 860.
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For those technically challenged.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_KR-860
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Maybe we should set our sites a bit higher than Freebird. Check out the
KR 860.
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Rs having been built on probably every continent
except Antarctica, I think their induction is long overdue.
Let's make it happen.
Larry Flesner
P.S. I think I have Jeanette's autograph on one of my photo albums when
she visited my project 25+ years ago and 211LF is flying with E
airplane for all new builders.
www.krgathering.net
Come join the fun....
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weeks.
Stay tuned
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JKmeKfqAd5RsptE=>?
If not, why not.
After all, they started the "glass airplane" process that dominates the
industry today.
Is there anyone in this group that would like to investigate and if not,
determine what we would have to do to nominate them?
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Oscar,
Congratulation on your new bird !!!
I hope we get some update reports when you get it in the air.
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an issue on first taxi or 20
years and 1000 hours later. I hope that lesson has not been lost in the
shuffle.
How many days till Mt.Vernon
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are qualified to
do first flight. Some times it works out, sometimes it doesn't.
Without checking the records I seem to recall an accident will most
likely occur on landing and / or "crow hops" rather than takeoff .
Go with what makes you feel good, until it doesn't feel go
On 8/9/2024 4:19 PM, Dr. Feng Hsu via KRnet wrote:
Can you tell us who's Dave in the pickle you sent? I want to know if
myself or many of us ever met Dave in our previous KR gatherings?
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terials and
components we were already using. Simple to build and strong. Never
underestimate the talent and resources of your audience! The last major
building hurdle was now in the past.
==
Oscar has been on the KR net sharing his knowledge with us for as long
as I can remember. Tha
inish up your project or start that project you've been putting off.
With just 4 people planning to attend there is close to, and probably
more than, 5000 hours of flight time in KR's. Bring your questions and
see you in Mt.Vernon.
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for freedom, your thoughts are greatly appreciated. Those of us still
able to respond are the lucky ones. The heroes voices have all been
silenced.
Larry Flesner
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If anyone has aircraft parts / tools / etc. for sale, feel free to bring
them to the Gathering. We'll find a table to display items. Also, if
you're looking for parts, a list of wanted items posted ahead of time
might find some of them making their way to the Gathering "for
will have flight line activities Saturday morning and a
forum in the hangar with P.A. Saturday afternoon. The Awards Ceremony
will be in the conference room.
See you at Mt.Vernon.
Larry Flesner
KR Gathering schedule
*Thursday:*
First arrivals, fly-bys, catching up with old friends
--EACH
pable of
controlling the airplane if experiencing marginal control ability,
someone else should be making the test flight.
Bottom line, know what you're actually testing for, consider failure
modes, self evaluate your abilities, and do so as safely as possible.
See you at the Gathering
t;My only hope, God bless these wings that I might fly again".
All ended well and 211LF is back in the air.
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thers. The
lessons longest remembered are from personal pain or financial loss."
See you at Mt.Vernon......
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On 7/28/2024 5:37 PM, Larry Flesner via KRnet wrote:
After 5 minutes of looking, stretching the photo I finally figured out
you were on left downwind for 18 in the Dillenger mill / tape factory
area
While in my 8'X10' home library I was leafing through the August 2024
(latest issue) of Kitplanes magazine. A yee haa moment occurred when I
turned to page 83 and found an awesome air photo of Chris Pryce in his
beautiful Corvair powered KR2. Way to go Chris !! Many of us would
like to see
ule in the next few
days. We got bumped from our conference room on Saturday morning till
3:00PM by a scheduled family gathering but things will work out in spite
of the conflict.
See you at Mt.Vernon....
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l ) in the "community
hangar" has been available to campers during the Gathering. I will
confirm that in the near future.
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scount when you purchase fuel.
What you save at the motel you can spend on fuel.
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there I will offer free rides to and from the
airport. (depart by 8:00, home by 10:00) If anyone decides to book,
call them direct at 618-246 5201 and ask for the "aviation rate" of $112
a night as quoted by Stephanie, the manager.
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Mt.Vernon.....
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location at the 2024 Gathering banquet.
Make us an offer we can't refuse.....
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location at the 2024 Gathering banquet.
Make us an offer we can't refuse.....
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Thanks.
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n old person."
Have a good day, keep on building, and see you at the Gathering...
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that you will be attending the
Gathering, make motel reservations unless you plan to camp on the field,
get the KR in shape for the trip, check the tires on the vehicle and do
an oil change, buy a clean pack of underwear, and whatever else needs
doing before the big event.
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need to work on their project, and
leave with the motivation to finish.
See you at Mt.Vernon......
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on a Sunday afternoon. The group looks forward to returning, year after
year.
Thanks to you and your staff from the KR community.
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tive enough to justify people traveling from
across the U.S. and around the world to attend. Let's not let the
Gathering fade away to lack of effort.
See you at Mt.Vernon.
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On 7/6/2024 8:07 AM, mark jones via KRnet wrote:
67 days to go till the Gathering.
11 people registered to attend Really? Can't we do better than that?
Only 7 planes so far? And that is if I get WonderBird through the
test flight stage before the gathering.
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Get some wheel covers that cover the entire wheel and brake assembly.
Drag in that area gets quite high once you get to 130 knots. Expect a 5
to 10 knot increase. Don't make any changes with the prop until you
have wheel covers. As the speed doubles the drag squares !!
Larry Fl
omatic charger, just hook up the charger
and do a momentary jump on the battery. Be advised that each and any
time a battery is drained to near zero volts it's life has been
shortened by some percent.
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"battery" discussion is that we
should not be using technology in our airplanes that we don't fully
understand, know how to use correctly, and recognize and design around
any failure modes.
Accepting all that, fly safely everyone......
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On 6/13/2024 10:58 PM, Jeff Scott via KRnet wrote:
I once heard or read that it was lithium that they added to
the atomic bomb in WWII to increase the yield. As atomic weapons were
not a settled science at that point they added too much on one test and
they nearly wiped out a few observers.
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s, what is being taught to
fight lithium fires now days?
Does anyone on the net fly with a "burn bag" in case their smart phone
catches fire or perhaps the iPad you use to navigate?
https://brimstonefireprotection.com/products/copy-of-battery-explosion-fire-containment-bag-small-tablet-
Sorry about the "3 posts". They appeared to not be going through and I
kept re sending. It was like the duck with the hammer and the caption
says "hit any key to continue".
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On 6/12/2024 8:36 AM, Larry Flesner via KRnet wrote:
I'm by no means an expert but does your "dynamo / alternator/
whatever" need to see battery voltage to have an output? If so and
the battery
t 5000 feet.
Again...YRMV...
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your system. The pumps I installed in 211LF 20+
years ago have in excess of 1000 hours now. I tested them for possible
back flow and installed them in parallel without check valves.
As always.YRMV
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;t want to insure me.
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That airplane in the ad was the KR that Jeff Scott built and flew off
the mountain top in New Mexico for many years. Here is a photo of the
complete airplane taken at the Gathering in Mt.Vernon.
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Who's / what is the mystery airplane (tail dragger) in the photo on the
right edge of the page.
First to respond with the correct answer gets a gold star for knowing
their airplanes.
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before it happens so you can avoid the panic and survive to tell us all
about your near death experience. 🙂 "There I was, above a cloud deck at
10K and d#m*, the alternator fail light came on, bright as the sun!
If you survive you are allowed to embellish the story a bit as m
he greater the voltage or current the brighter the sparks ! 😮
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than necessary.
Understanding how batteries and cells are rated lets you decide what
your needs are and spend accordingly. With you buns on the seat at 5000
feet, more is almost always better.
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#x27;m also not sure how these were being use but I believe they were used
in marine use like a trolling motor or similar.
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#x27;m also not sure how these were being use but I believe they were used
in marine use like a trolling motor or similar.
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le 3 -18650 cell pack and the ckt board
(BMS) . Your 18 volt drill pack will have 6 of these cells.
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than an Oddessey AGM battery. 18 years
and 800 hours on Oddessey without a single issue.
As always, YRMV...
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#x27;s hope the birthing goes well. 🙂🙂
Way to go Mark......
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Thanks Rich. I wish we would have had "accelerometers" 60 years ago
when I met my wife. I wasn't sure at the time what was happening but I
think I went in to flutter mode. Thankfully I survived and it's been
full speed ahead for 56 years !!!
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Omaha
Nebraska/ Red Oak , Iowa area and Dan Diehl and friends in the Tulsa
area are all safe and don't experience and storm damage. They just
announced 10 tornadoes warnings in progress.
Mother nature is upset today.
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On 4/23/2024 1:08 AM, mplaneman via KRnet wrote:
It's a 1917 Lawrance A3
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https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/excelsior-lawrance-3-horizontally-opposed-2-engine/nasm_A19560078000
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Go to :
http://www.krgathering.net/ click on "registration"
Also, I think John updates manually so you may not get an immediate
response to confirm your registration. Patients,
please....
Lar
?
Dr. Hsu
Go to :
http://www.krgathering.net/ click on "registration"
Also, I think John updates manually so you may not get an immediate
response to confirm your registration. Patients, please.
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of variables there in testing like was the air calm or turbulent,
aircraft weight, were the controls "bumped" to test for flutter, etc.
We would probably be amazed how many times we fly on the edge of
disaster without knowing it.
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cable tension? I've watched model aircraft disintegrate in flight from
control surface flutter and it took about 2 seconds. Without testing
we can only hope the designer knew what he was doing and
l surface size, shape,
weight, distance from hinge point to T.E., and identical cable tension?
I've watched model aircraft disintegrate in flight from control surface
flutter and it took about 2 seconds. Without testing we can only hope
the designer knew what he was doing and follow t
211LF. 🙂 Zach, the new
owner, was up flying yesterday watching the needle on the ASI spin
around the dial and the T-handle was repaired long ago.
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On 4/2/2024 7:28 AM, Larry Flesner via KRnet wrote:
If anyone has photos / stories from lasts years Gathering, please send
to John Bouyea at j...@bouyea.net so he can update the Gathering web
page for last year. There seems to be a void in the records.
Thanks.
Larry Flesner
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cast. I just thought I'd answer before the question was asked..)
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If anyone has photos / stories from lasts years Gathering, please send
to John Bouyea at j...@bouyea.net so he can update the Gathering web
page for last year. There seems to be a void in the records.
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ioned that 211LF has shorter
wings. They are shorter by only about 8 inches total due to the tips I
built. Not a major change from the stock RAF48 KR wing.
good luck...
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