KR> DIEHL LANDING GEAR LEGS

Would someone be kind enough to submit to the group or to me the size of the blank one must have to cut out the Diehl landing gear legs. With the Canadian dollar trading at 75 cent US the thought importing them just doesn't exist. And there is a firm nearby that sells cutoffs. Thanks Bill Weir

KR> RANGE

Colin Hales, wing tanks and undercarriages have come up in the group discussions Colin has an inverted U of aluminum for the undercarriage of his KR2. Her is his description of it. " My undercarriage is made of 7075 T6 Aluminum. It's 4 inches wide and 3/4 inch thick bar that is then bent cold.

KR> TRIGEAR KR2

Hi Mark, You had for sale ,or sold a KR2 that was described as having a retractable trigear undercarriage that was being converted to a taildrager. I wonder if you could describe how the trigear retract was done? Thanks. BillWeir

KR> RUDDER SIZE

Just to say thanks for responses re rudder size. Would seen plan size to 10 percent larger seems to be consensus. Bill Weir

KR> RUDDER SIZE

Would appreciate any comments any of you would have concerning the size of the KR2 rudder. Is it too small, is it larger than required, or is it just right? Thanks, Bill Weir

KR> M1 KR1

I've lost the reference. If the party who was searching for a "boat" to start a "original" KR1 would make contact with me perchance we can work out something. Contact through this chat group or my email "wmiweirgtmail com" or landline 5194610593. Bill Weir

KR> PARACHUTES

Colin hales makes an interesting point re parachutes. Is baling out an acceptable action if one is caught on top? Bill Weir Virus-free. www.avast.com

KR> PINK FOAM

I seem to be missing something. Where did the pink foam story start? Bill Weir This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com

KR> LANDING GEAR

Has anyone used the "plastic" spring from a Pontiac van for landing gear? I know it is pretty heavy to start with. Can it be cut? Bill Weir This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com

KR> TOOLS

Larry Fiesner suggest that a small drilpres is a tool that one really requires if one is going to build a KR or any aircraft really. I saw on another builder site where there the drillpress column came up through a hole in the table. Seems like a very good idea. One can lay those long pieces on

KR> WING ATTACH FIYYINGS

maybe the wing attach fitting problem could be approached this way. Use a die grinder and enlarge the holes of the outside WAFs. Make "washers" having holes reamed to 3/8th and lay them on the fitting, put the bolt through and make sure everything in in alignment. Now a spot of weld or jbweld to

KR> INTAKE MANIFOLD VACUUM

Don't you fellows remember when the windshield wipers were driven by a vacuum motor connected to the intake manifold? Open the throttle and go blind. Not a good idea for an airplane. Bill Weir This

KR> CHRISTMAS POEMS

I seem to have lost my copies of the KR Christmas poems. Would someone who has them please send them so I can capture them and save them with care and use them in our RAA Chapter newsletter? Thanks Bill Weir

KR> DOWNLOAD

Thanks Phil. That is one fantastic KR [or anything}! Billweir

KR> WEB PAGES AND PHOTOS

Phil Matheson What web pages and photos? Billweir

KR> WAFs

Thanks to those who told me where to fin the drawings for the WAFs. We are in process. Bill Weir

KR> WING ATTACH FITTINGS

Now that I've found someone to make the WAFs I can't find the drawing. Whether I've lost a sheet or haven't looked hard enough but I'm stuck. Would someone please tell me where to look or if I have lost the sheet send me the drawings? Attachment? Thanks Bill Weir

KR> 200 MPH KR

The 200 mph KR has come back on the stage. Here are some thought thereto. In the back of the hangar we have a KR1. It is not and never will be in flying condition. It's ancestry is unknown. I gave Jay $300.00 for it which is what he had given Hank who is gone now and we will never know where he

KR> KITPLANES KR ARTICLE

I have EVERY Kitplanes. I will go through them and scan the KR article. When my grandson comes this weekend I will have him make them into a package and send it to the group. Bill Weir

KR> LOAD TESTING

If wing spars or whatever are being load tested, rather than make sandbags one could go to the garden centre or agriculture supply and borrow bags of chemical fertilizer. They will already have their weight printed on them and so on. Bill Weir

KR> LANDING GEAR LEGS

Has anyone cut down and used Grumman Yankee surplus landing gear legs for his/her KR2? And if you did, how did you do it? Bill Weir

KR> (no subject)

This article by Dudley Pattison is from Light Aviation, the magazine of Light Aircraft Association, the British equivalent to EAA, RAA [Canada] RSA [France] and so on. The Flitzer is a biplane of all wood construction including the cowl over the cockpit where plywood is curved over laminated bows.

KR> COLIN HALES

Has anyone heard from Colin Hales. The world wind map showed an east wind over Iceland and I wonder if he made it to Greenland. Bill Weir Ontario CA

KR> COLOIN HALES

Hi Colin, I hope this gets to you via KR chat. We have communicated before re your coming to Canada and on to Oshkosh etc. If yoy would care to send your bike to me I will care for it until you arrive. I'm at London Ontario which will be on your route. Phone 519-461-0593 wmiweir at gmail.com

KR> LANDING GEAR LEGS

Has anyone made landing gear legs from the fiberglass rear springs that Pontiac used on vans a while ago? Bill Weir

KR> RE RUDDER CABLES

If you are building in Canada you will be required to use 1/8 cable unless the design specifically specifies other. Them's the rules and the delegated inspector will check. Bill Weir

KR> PROPS

The question re Props was meant to be an opener. I suppose at the bottom of the page it doesn't matter which engine. That being said, a friend had crankshaft breakage of his VW-based engine when he installed a thee bladed prop. I don't know the make. Bill W.

KR> METAL WING SKIN

So I phoned Titan to ask them how they do it in their Tornado and this is what they said. The Wing is conventional metal from the metal builtup main spar to the rear spar with metal ribs and the aluminum skin riveted thereon. The front of the wing has foam ribs with the skin glued onto them. I

KR> WING SKIN

>From a fringer. Has anyone skinned the wing of his KR with aluminum sheet glued to the foam the way titan build their wings? Bill Weir

KR> PANTHER

Paul dye's story in Kitplanes was all about flying the Panther and not about building it. I would like to have seen Dan Wessman's shop. It would be my bet that he is pretty well computer equipped. Bill Weir

KR> Corvair engine group link?

Is there an equivalent VW engine list Bill Weir : > Rich wrote: > >>Could someone post the Corvair engine group link, please? Thanks. > > > ___ > Search the KRnet Archives at

KR> Landing gear

I didn't note who it was but he was proposing to use a GM fibreglass leaf spring for undercarriage. Wonder how it is going. Bill Weir On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Donald Greer wrote: > A question for the field. > > Aside from Grove, who else makes an aluminum

KR> MEMBERSHIP

Test to check if I can access KR list. Thanks. Bill Weir

KR> Trailering

And if you are railering, remove the engine. Its mass boucing over the road will destroy the engine mount. Bill Weir On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Ronald Wright wrote: > In a lot of cases they are putting the engine weight over the wheels > instead of forward on the

KR> Working on KR2S Flight manual

If you don't mind, which Suberu are you using and where have you placed the radiator? Can you tell me a firewall-forward weight? Thanks, Bill weir On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Kirk Lacewell < kirk.lacew...@mostqualified.com> wrote: > I'm working on my flught manual for my KR-2S with the