pressure and temperature. Either find a density
that's in the proper units, or put conversion factors in the equation.
I'm supposed to be working right now...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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hat was a lot lighter, shorter, and less robust...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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hen he rebuilt it, the engine had a starter on
it...
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nutes, if not seconds...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org
I'm sure there are other opinions,
but that's been my experience...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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m, if you have a leak it will suck in air bubbles, and it will not
be obvious if it's a small leak.
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he
engine mount (with a 250 pound Corvair hanging off of it), and my 1/4"
"per plans" firewall is still firmly attached...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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ory. But that would assume you'd actually READ the post before you
replied to 800 people!
I can't believe how incredibly dense some folks are. It's a very simple
concept, and so rarely complied with........
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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The hole will grow with the
rest of the part.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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ust a data point, but I personally will lose no sleep over my spars
breaking...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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ate.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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the plane is already built and you add them to an experimental,
the builder can add them and be night legal with a logbook entry.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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Looks like we all need a break for a few days, so any mail sent to the
list will go into a "moderated" black hole for a few days, so don't
bother sending email to the list. I'm tired of this...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
ML "at" N56ML.com
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.org to change options
one shortly...it's a great value for the money.
I also brought along another borrowed Stratus, and it worked perfectly
and continuously with Foreflight on my iPhone. I had to leave the
kitchen sink at home though...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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off for OSH. One more thing I'm going to do is wrap
those hot exhaust pipes (just inside the inlet) with insulating wrap.
No sense in preheating my inlet air...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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;t think you need it (and I've
proven it) if you attach the engine mount near the longerons...where the
load path is. Just a small pad of 1/8" aluminum epoxied to the wood on
the backside to prevent pull through should be fine. Save weight
wherever possible...
Mark Langford, Ha
em. See
http://www.krnet.org/info.html for the list rules, which explain this...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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ircraft?id=FBC31A4683644B24828C0319247CCB78
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rvest, AL
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eople have answers. Everybody go off in
a corner and either come up with a question you need answers to,
opinions on how to do something, or a How-To article on something you're
an expert on. Let's get back to basics...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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mposite airplane when you leave the Sonexes in the dust. This
exercise in futility will seem insignificant when you fly it to the
Gathering the first time. We're proud of ya!
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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ere quite soft and easily
bent, and not up to the job of landing a 1000 pound plane, apparently.
Fortunately those went away when I went to Matcos, which use the 1.25"
aluminum axles that are virtually bulletproof (tested to 5.5 g's, at
least).
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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And keep in mind that there should be an adjustable turnbuckle in each
of those two cables, set to a neutral position, for adjustment in stick
location and to get the cable tension right.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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There's a photo comparison of the "Chinese" heads at
http://sbeaver.com/cgi-bin/fournier/cutecast.pl?session=2EW3tGIDH3wRUhpa0YWijyN56D&forum=13&thread=707,
as well as a link to the HOT VWs pages with more comparisons.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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e quite reasonable. DRD
Aircooled sells them, and I plan to order some tonight. Whatever you
buy, make sure you get stainless valves!
Another good chart that wraps up a lot of VW head details is at
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=573099
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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y it was new. And what a
battery...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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27;ve proven, with nothing more than the unit and a battery and an
o-scope, that the only thing compromised about my installation is having
that EFIS in the panel...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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me, but I'm short on time,
since I really need to get out to the airport and tear my instrument
panel out to replace an IEFIS system that is simply not up to the job.
For more opinions regarding KR building, see
http://www.n56ml.com/kopinion.html ...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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ead. And just because you
have 50% more power doesn't mean you burn 50% more fuel, just throttle
back to the same speed as the VW and you will get very similar fuel
burn, although there is a slight penalty (~7%, depending on all-up
aircraft weight)for the extra weight. Yep...that's anoth
, preventing spalling, for
example. I use it on the VW also.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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I think I just verified it. See the photo at
http://www.n56ml.com/fuel/05121531m.jpg , which shows the 37 degree
Earl's fittings, and the number 40108 written in Sharpie on the top of
the pump.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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http://www.facet-purolator.com/cube-fuel-pumps.php , where the picture
doesn't match the pump...it shows NPT female threads, and the
description only says "3/8 flare", but it's 37 degrees for sure. He's
probably thinking SAE brake lines. If I go to the airport today I will
verify it...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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ph. I flew up at
10,500' and back at 9500'. I like to keep a long glide path under me...
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plane, if it's a two seater. That's at
http://www.n56ml.com/kcf.html.
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person I've carried is my 100 pound daughter!
See http://www.n56ml.com/wb/index.html for more on what happens if you
go too far aft. Been there, done that, and don't want to repeat it!
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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at I'd call it 8"-14" for reasons we all know...the
aft 2" is not a pleasant place, if not just plane unstable.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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nd then cut the holes. That's a lot easier than the other
way, and it'll work fine.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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problems, so it is tested and
makes a huge difference in slowing the airplane down, as well as
improving the view over the nose. If I forget to retract it after
landing, I have to give it a lot more power to taxi fast!
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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tml (I never used this one, went to wing tanks
instead)
http://www.n56ml.com/swings.html (my main wing tanks)
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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for that, and last a lot longer than you
would think...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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s redrilling the spar cap
to make the WAFs fit properly, so that's not an option on this
application. It's a moot point anyway for curing the single hole
alignment problem between the two WAFs.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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gford, Harvest, AL
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retention hinges, so I
replaced the standard hinge pin with a piece of smaller diameter piano
hinge wire. Given that this is an aileron with flutter potential,
that's probably not the best way to fix this...filing probably is.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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lly
boards are far easier to implement though, especially if the plane is
already built, and do a pretty good job slowing the plane down...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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;ll
slip it hard to still try to get it as close to the end of the runway as
possible, at the lowest possible speed. These skills are something that
you never know when you might need, but are really good to have when you
need them
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
ML "at" N56ML.com
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ht
controls" is the reason you don't want to leave anything to chance.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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opposed to the 15% thick RAF48. For the longer KR2S
wing, that's probably 50-55 pounds each, depending on how much "icing"
and primer is on the thing, and how hard you tried to keep it light...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
ML "at" N56ML.com
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numbers. These fuel consumption numbers should demonstrate why
turbines in KRs are a rarity. Maybe reliability is the attraction...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
ML "at" N56ML.com
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ilicone around the
edges. The VW is far more difficult to keep air-tight than the Corvair,
which has two simple surfaces to bolt a plenum onto.
For those who don't know what I mean about the plenums, see
http://www.n56ml.com/corvair/plenum/.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
ML "at&quo
ird in many respects, but maybe next time.
I do applaud Dan and John for running a great Gathering, and I welcomed
the change of venue.
As for N891JF, I've ordered just about everything it's going to take to
"rebuild" it, although it will essentially be an entirely new engine,
except the sheet metal that goes under the cylinders...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
ML "at" N56ML.com
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t 1995 KR Newsletter regarding
the specific WAF design...the value of the "lightning" holes in load
sharing. The Newsletters are posted at http://www.krnet.org/newsletter/
. I'll try to identify exactly which batch that one is in and post it
tonight.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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ew spar design to
match it, I'll happily add them to the "new airfoil" site as a fourth
alternative for "new construction". In the meantime, those of us who've
built wings per the original templates and put hundreds of hours on them
will probably stick with what we have...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
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rvest, AL
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going through the web, I wouldn't worry about immobilizing it with
a fitting or RTV. It'll be fastened in other ways anyway. Although
they have their place, I'd view the bulkhead fitting as another expense,
more weight, and two more failure points...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
ML "at" N56ML.com
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