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I rewrote my flight report (to correct typos and grammar) and added a few more things to it. ?Rather than posting it here, I'll point you to one of my web pages. ?It is at the bottom of if you wish to read more. -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM

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It's been a few weeks since I got my KR back into the air and got started on Engine break-in and evaluating the changes in the perfromance of the plane. ?I have roughly 10 hours on the new top end now, so temps and performance are finally starting to settle in. In February, as part of the annua

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Larry Flesner wrote: >What software are others using? Larry, Irfanview is a good one, and free. Very cool with the grandkids, but somehow I don't picture you as a grandpa! Someday I'll have an airplane again. Working on the intake manifold and cutting holes in the panel now... Mark Langfor

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Things a bit slow on the net so I'll make a flight report. Had my twin grand kids, Henry and Eleanor, in town for their 6th birthday. They got their first airplane ride Friday evening just before sunset in grandpa's KR2. Two future pilots in the making. I used one of their booster seats t

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Netters, Snakebite had the first flight in 14 months the other day. Temps were not the best, and the sputters comming from the front end of the airplane made me clinch. Oil temp still to high. I talked the Scott Caslier from Hummel engines, Steve Glover and Jeff Scott who were at Coppers

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Woke up this morning at 5:00 am but could not drag myself out of the bed till 5:30. You know an old man needs his rest. Anyway, got to the airport and had N886MJ prepped and ready to go at 6:30 am. Checked the weather: clear skies, visibility unlimited, winds 10 mph at 110 (straight down the run

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Congratulations Mark. Now you can fly out to AZ and visit Lee

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Today I bit the bullet and said I will not let this cold keep me earth bound any longer. I went to the hangar at 1:30 and began pre-heating my engine. The skies were clear and the outside air temp was 10° as was the temp in the hangar. Wind was at 14 mph almost straight down the runway. I allowe

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Very rough, try 22.5" Karl -Original Message- That is one of the nice things about having a manifold pressure gauge. Seting the throttle at 21" of pressure is 75% power regardless of what your altitude or the temperature is. (21" being roughly 75% of 29.92") Brian Kraut Engineering A

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75%of 29.92 = 22.44 Ray Lee KR29763

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61 2 66869075 (W) mobile: 0403 049990 email:johnja...@optusnet.com.au web: www.members.optusnet.com.au/johnjanet/Martindale.htm - Original Message - From: "Pete Diffey" To: "Mark Jones" ; "KRnet" Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 11:17 AM Subje

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The incoming air is just too cold, then it accelerates in the carb throat, and then no heat in the intake, so it never properly mixes. I went to a class lycoming gave when I was visiting in Cal. One of the things they told use, when it is cold below 50* was to pull the carb heat out until you see

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Mark said: RPM: 2900 Exhaust temp: 1250 Oil PSI: 35 CHT: 280 Indicated MPH: 125 I don't believe Mark's numbers are that far off either. Given his prop, I made right at that speed, with RAF 48 wings, 54x48 prop (really 50 pitch) turning 2900 rpm on a VW and 125 to 130 mph. I think he has a clean pl

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-Original Message- At least for Winter use, I would plumb a tube from the exhaust, maybe with a valve for shut off, or with an inexpensive thermac vacuum sensor that responds to temp, directly blowing on the carb to warm it, or duct the intake air that way full time, just like a car has for

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: KRnet; Pete Diffey Subject: Re: KR> Flight report Today, I was just tooling around at 2900. Wide open rpm was hovering between 3350 and 3400 but I did not stay there long enough to get the speed up. I did not want to push the engine just yet after doing all that work on it. I guess I am slowly

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- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Randy Smith Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 10:38 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Flight report mixtures, h. The incoming air is just too cold, then it accelerates in the carb throat, and then no heat in

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% of 29.92") > > Brian Kraut > Engineering Alternatives, Inc. > www.engalt.com > > -Original Message- > From: > krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt@mylist.net > [mailto:krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt@mylist.net]On > Behalf Of > Mark Jones > Sent: Sunday, Jan

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ering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -Original Message- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Randy Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:07 PM To: KRnet Subject: RE: KR> Flight report On my O-360 acording to the book 21" is only 55%

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> Hmmm, seems I can't multiply. 75% of 29.92 is more like 22.5 but that > does not agree with your numbers. Maybe it is not a linear relationship > like I am doing it. Someone knowing more than me please help! > Obviously we are looking for numbers for non turbo engines here. Interesting, I had

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The engine manufacturer does the testing and sets the points. Ask anyone with a certified airplane for there manual. It will have a chart that tells power setting to temperatures to airspeed on a chart. My IO-520 was in a Bellanca Viking if you look at the book it would tell you at 1 ft 22" 250

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I was at the airport this morning at 7am with heavy frost covering everything it looked like it had snowed. I goofed off till 8am before I started up N886MJ allowing the sun to start warming things up a bit. As I taxied out the temp was -1°C and the dewpoint was -2°C with the barometric at 30.60

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Hi Mark, Glad to see you are back in the air. I would love to hear about the numbers you are getting now with the rebuilt engine. I know you had problems with the baffling, and when you first flew you were a little slower than expectations. I'm wondering with the Corvair what the cruise d

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Mark Glad to hear that you are back up flying and more dependable than before. Your experience is something that I brought up some time ago, and I hope did not go unnoticed. Especially at altitude, ALL ENGINES NEED SOME HEAT. This is because the fuel and air will separate if the mix is too cold an

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Mark, I would be curious to know if moving the throttle and knocking the ice off the needle would have produced similar results. Jeff

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ering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -Original Message- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Mark Jones Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 12:22 PM To: KRnet; Corvair Net Subject: KR> Flight report I was at the airport this morning at 7am with heavy frost

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anuary 07, 2007 3:02 PM Subject: Re: KR> Flight report > Mark, > > I would be curious to know if moving the throttle and knocking the ice > off the needle would have produced similar results. > > Jeff

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At 01:30 PM 1/7/2007, you wrote: >A look at Lycoming and Continental engines shows their intake >runners run THROUGH the oil pan to get heated air by picking up engine heat >from the oil. Lycoming yes, Continental engines, no. At least

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Ron, I'll take a little shot at an answer for ya here. I have the same plane as Mark Jones and a 3100 corvair. Mine is pretty well cleaned up and mine has been truing out at 172 mph although this morning with everything really working well today the true was 176 mph. From flying with Langf

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sit my web site: www.flykr2s.com E-mail: flyk...@wi.rr.com - Original Message - From: "Joe H Horton" To: Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 3:36 PM Subject: Re: KR> Flight report > Ron, >I'll take a little shot at an answer for ya here. I have the same > p

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Hi Mark, That is interesting, I would have expected more ! What do you get flat out ? and what is the max revs in level flight I am surprised you are cruising at 2900 revs, is that normal cruise revs for a corvair? As it is a car engine, I would have expected that it could be propped to cruise

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al Message - From: "Pete Diffey" To: "Mark Jones" ; "KRnet" Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 6:17 PM Subject: Re: KR> Flight report > Hi Mark, > > That is interesting, I would have expected more ! > > What do you get flat out ? and what is the max r

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Just in case someone can find it interesting, here is my report on my first "semi-solo" on the KR2S. I took some bicycle hours on a Kitfox before, and faced the KR two weeks ago. The first hour was about taxiing with the tail down, to get acquainted with such condition. The second hour was about g

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That empty weight is amazing, 456 pounds is the lightest KR in the modern era, that I have ever heard of. It is also a beautiful airplane. Congratulations. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you at the 2007 - KR Gathering There is a time for building and a time for

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> I got my fix tonight. The withdrawal pains are gone for now. > Mark Jones (N886MJ) > Wales, WI USA > E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com > Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at www.flykr2s.com > Good for you Mark! Your flights are for fun Mine are all work. I can hardly wait until they are fun. 3

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>Good for you Mark! Your flights are for fun Mine are all work. I can >hardly wait until they are fun. 3.1 hours total time and 9 survivable >impacts with terra firma and still smiling >Joe H. Come on Joe, flying the first hours on an a

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yk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at www.flykr2s.com - Original Message - From: "Larry&Sallie Flesner" To: "KRnet" Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 6:50 PM Subject: Re: KR> Flight Report > > >Good for you Mark! Your flights are fo

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> Come on Joe, flying the first hours on an airplane you took how > many > years to build shouldn't be WORK. > > Have a cold one and relax. Enjoy the part of your dream it took > you > so long to get to. > > Larry Flesner - 181 hours, needing a KR fix, but still grinnin' Larry- How quickly

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> >Larry- How quickly you forget all the riveting emails you wrote and the >intimate discussions of pucker factor. Don't you remember how using >those muscles can make ya break right out in a sweat? Joe +++ You're right Joe but I don't think m

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I have yet to have a Night flight in AZ. I'm working on getting checked out for night flight. Congrats Mark. Right now I have the front deck cut out so fix a small leak in the tank. Pain in the A_ _. Leaked fixed putting the deck back in tomorrow. Have fun until the snow flys. Here in AZ thi

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> > By the way, how is she getting along from the patio falling on her? > > Larry Flesner > Thanks for asking. She is getting better. She started to drive again this past week and I think that it all will just be a memory before Christmas. KR- no flying for the next few days while the weather G

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> I will flip the prop around tonight to see if it changes the small >vibration I still have. Have you considered a dynamic prop balancing? Ron Lee

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> > > I will flip the prop around tonight to see if it changes the > small > >vibration I still have. > > Have you considered a dynamic prop balancing? > > Ron Lee Yes I have and that will be the next step if I can not resolve it myself. I was told some where around $250 and that motivates m

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ber 09, 2005 7:47 AM Subject: Re: KR> Flight Report > >> I will flip the prop around tonight to see if it changes the small >>vibration I still have. > > Have you considered a dynamic prop balancing? > > Ron Lee > > >

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If you do decide to fly without the spinner, be sure to watch the temps closely. It can make quite a difference. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building i

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None, nada, absolutely no air under my wings. Thanks Mother Nature, you managed to keep me grounded for another week. Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at www.flykr2s.com

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@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-bounces+kr02g=cox@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Mark Jones Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 4:57 PM To: KR Net Subject: KR> Flight Report None, nada, absolutely no air under my wings. Thanks Mother Nature, you managed to keep me grounded for another week. Mark Jones (N88

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r 06, 2005 9:09 PM Subject: RE: KR> Flight Report > Bummer, I flew for a couple hours today. It was great!!! I sure am > going to miss this thing...Oh, did I mention I have sold my KR? The > buyer will be picking it up between the 15th and 17th. :( > > Steve Glover > KR

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, 2005 9:09 PM To: 'KRnet' Subject: RE: KR> Flight Report Bummer, I flew for a couple hours today. It was great!!! I sure am going to miss this thing...Oh, did I mention I have sold my KR? The buyer will be picking it up between the 15th and 17th. :( Steve Glover KR-2

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- Original Message - From: "Steve Glover" ...Oh, did I mention I have sold my KR? The > buyer will be picking it up between the 15th and 17th. :( Am I reading this correct? This is a shock and a bummer. will we still see you at the Gatherings? Please tell us more. Mark Jones (N886MJ)

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Oh no, tell us it is not true. You are not building one of erector set airplanes, are you? Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com I'm afraid it is true...however I would never give in to the Dark Side of the Erector sets! (sorry Dana) :) The deal is done pending final inspe

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Hi Steve: Its really none of my business, but why would you use a 63 series airfoil when ther are airfoils out there that will give you 40% more laminar flow to increase you top speed? Sincerely Jim On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 19:38:14 -0800 "Steve Glover" writes: > Oh no, tell us it is not true. > > You

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2G AJO, Ca -Original Message- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of JAMES FERRIS Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 5:03 AM To: kr...@mylist.net Cc: kr...@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR> Flight Report Hi Steve: Its really none of my business, but why would

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ation. I believe it is also what Mooney uses. > > Regards, > Steve Glover > KR-2 N902G > AJO, Ca > > > > > -Original Message- > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On > Behalf Of JAMES FERRIS > Sent: Monday, Novemb

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Its O.K. but its pre-world war II technology and it is laminar flow up to 30% chord on the airfoil where Jeff Vikens airfoil that he used on the Cirrrus VK-30 had laminar flow up to 70% deminstrated in flight by NASA on a Cessna 210 . Sincerely Jim >>>

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I got my fix tonight. The withdrawal pains are gone for now. I arrived at the airport at 4:30 after work today. Civil sunset was at 4:37. Once I got the KR out of the hanger and preflighted her, I climbed in the cockpit and started the engine. What a sweet sound that was. It had been 9 days since I

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> Then I noticed the >VASI and that I was seeing all red. I was 1.5 miles out and 500'. There goes >the heart again...beating pretty hard. >Mark Jones ++ Most pilots tend to make lower approaches at night. Keep a close eye on the altimeter

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Excellent poem Larry Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at www.flykr2s.com - Original Message - From: "Larry&Sallie Flesner" To: "KRnet" Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 9:22 PM Subjec

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Went to the airport today after work. Fueled the plane, preflighted her and got airborne at 5pm. The flight was just a basic local lazy type of flight with long slow turns and never getting above 3500' and I stayed within about 10 miles of the airport. I was just truly enjoying the view of the beau

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Mark, Sounds like a beautiful sight to behold and a wise decision made. Congratulstions. - Original Message - From: "Mark Jones" To: "KR Net" Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:27 PM Subject: KR> Flight Report Went to the airport today after

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I left work today and headed straight for the airport. The temperature was 46°, ceiling was 3000' agl and the winds were 15 mph straight down the runway out of the west. This would be the first flight in such cool temps since last April and I was anxious to fly. I arrived the hanger and did a prefl

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Larry you have got to set the dates for >the 2006 Gathering so I can start the countdown. >>Mark Jones Sept 29 and 30, 2006 Let's start praying to the weather Gods. We'll drop the Sunday date from the schedule as everyone leaves out

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Normally I go full power and the tail is off the ground, 2 up I have about 20 meters ground roll before the tail comes up Barry - do you let it come up by itself, or do you deliberately bring it up with down elevator? Full down? Performance from the Jab sound pretty good

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l the above. Best regards Jim - Original Message - From: "Stephen Jacobs" To: "'KRnet'" Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 4:02 AM Subject: RE: KR> Flight Report > Normally I go full power and the tail is off the ground, 2 up I have > about 20

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Slight forward pressure on the stick, I don't have to push it to the stop. - Original Message - From: Stephen Jacobs Normally I go full power and the tail is off the ground, 2 up I have about 20 meters ground roll before the tail comes up Barry - do

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m Sellars To: KRnet Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:49 PM Subject: Re: KR> Flight Report Stephen: Tell us what power plant and prop you use, and what is your typical takeoff weight, please. That sounds like great performance, I've seen alot of the planes run on for a long t

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Well over the weekend I finally took a passenger up. (to date I had only had 40kg extra in the aircraft as that is all I could safely secure) The extra weight, 65kg, affected my climb and acceleration significantly. Normally I go full power and the tail is off the ground, 2 up I have about 20

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This weekend was a huge YeeHaaa one for me. I managed to get in four separate flights and all were absolutely awesome. The KR2S has turned out to be more than I ever dreamed possible. It is truly the most fun plane I have ever flown. The last four flights had some pretty interest

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Great report Mark Sounds like you MAY be happy with your NEW toy. I can not wait to finish my KR2. Fitting my Canopy, I now have it ( Tods Canopy) cut down to the correct size and fit, with rear canopy / turtle deck bulkhead ready for shaping the turtle deck. It will then be a complete air frame.

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Good Job Mark. I'm glad to hear someone flew this weekend. The more you fly the better it feels. Have you tried to compute your fuel burn yet? Orma

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" To: "KRnet" Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 8:28 PM Subject: Re: KR> Flight report > Good Job Mark. I'm glad to hear someone flew this weekend. The more you > fly the better it feels. Have you tried to compute your fuel burn yet? > > Orma > > > > __

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Mark So how many gallons is it, from Wales, Wi. to Mt Vernon, Il Congratulations on a great weekend of flying! Brant Hollensbe bhollen...@mchsi.com DSM Ia > The nearest I figure is that I am burning 5 to 5.5 GPH.

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I have a good start on the baffling thanks to Lee Van Dyke for his pics and GPASC for the templates. If you want to see progress so far, click here... http://kr-builder org/FirewallForward/Baffeling/index.html See you in Mt. Vernon - 2005 - KR Gathering See N64KR at http://KR-Builder.org - The

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Today, I was flying my third flight and I had been up for about 45 minutes just leisurely flying around getting to know my KR. I was really having one of those YeeH moments, as it was as smooth as glass up there. I was having the time of my life. Then, all of a sudden, ov

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Sorry the first flight report was not complete. Here is the whole story: Today, I was flying my third flight and I had been up for about 45 minutes just leisurely flying around getting to know my KR. I was really having one of those YeeH moments, as it was as smooth as gl

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Sorry guys, for some reason the whole story will not post. Here is the second half... I immediately radioed Joe and told him I had a bird strike. He acknowledged that he had seen something and I immediately turned to the airport. Joe in turned pulled up beside me to check for damage on my stabi

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Mark Jones, I'm so jealous. Jack Cooper > [Original Message] > From: Mark Jones > To: Joe Weber ; KR Net ; Corvaircraft > Date: 3/28/2005 8:30:08 PM > Subject: KR> Flight report. > > Today, I was flying my third flight and I had been up for about 45 minutes

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The spinner had separated from the aircraft and struck the prop being thrown up and over the top of my plane. It did absolutely no damage except for a small scratch on the prop. The contributing factor to this event was the lack of a front bulkhead spinner. Do not fly without one. >Mark Jones ++

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I cracked three spinners of the same type as Mark's on my KR, each on the first flight with that spinner. I eventually mounted one with a front bulkhead similar to the one Larry is using. After the first flight, I was also seeing quite a bit of aluminum oxide "smoke" inside the spinner from i

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YEEEH > Gee - being out of town for a few days and I miss all the good stuff, not only the rest of the story, but flight 1 and 2 as well. Well done Jones, if Langford gets his sht together before Mt V, I will be there for sure. I will not sing anythin

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As of today 6.6 hrs on the hobbs, 2 flights, 1 yesterday and one today. Still not happy with the prop. Think I either have way too much prop or retarded timing alittle too much prop. Anyhow, testing going well. Simulated a person with 100# today and went well with climb and maneuvers. Landing left

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9-3873 k...@bigpond.com http://users.tpg.com.au/barryk/KR2.htm - Original Message - Subject: KR> Flight report from Colin Rainey She got alittle busy with the new weight, but nothing that was unsafe, just kept wanting to lift the nose. I do not have adjustable trim so this

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Larry Don't let them talk you into testing your crash restraint!;-) - Original Message - From: larry flesner To: KRnet Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 4:51 PM Subject: KR> flight report > > > Steve and Netters, > > I did ( or tried to do) the flight test tod

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>Larry >Don't let them talk you into testing your crash restraint!;-) + That's one system that each builder has to do their own testing or lack of testing on. If I ever test mine it will not be voluntary!! Larry Flener

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: larry flesner To: KRnet Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 6:57 AM Subject: Re: KR> flight report And we sure do appreciate the flight testing. It's nice >to have a NetHead behind the stick who's willing to answer the tough >questions for us. &

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I sincerely hope you are serious about the leather cap and white scarf, that is SOO cool >Richard Alps I'm afraid that's just the "Walter Mitty" in me coming out. In reality I do wear just a baseball cap to the airport. Speak

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congrats,larry. i can share in your excitement , having gone thru what you are experencing ! ! the fun is only begining for you. i'm still feeling like you @ 118 hrs on my kr & lookin forward to my first long cross country trek enjoy & fly safe steve jones n212kr

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Congratulations, Larry. It's great to share in your exhileration and "dream of my future time." Thanks, Ray GoreeArlington, Tx.

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x27;s is a modified 2 correct. The KR2 is 34" (I think) while the S is 36". A KR2 firewall template and KR2S template are different so their must be a difference. Justin KR2S - Original Message - From: "larry flesner" To: "KRnet" Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004

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JW wrote: > The KR2 is 34" (I think) while the S is 36". A KR2 firewall template and > KR2S template are different so their must be a difference. They're the same width in the area of the spars (where you sit). The one thing that needed stretching the most didn't get stretched! Mark Langford, H

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>Im sure this has been asked before but what is the cockpit width with your >KR2?? >Justin +++ Mark answered your questions on the 2 vs 2s and I've never seen the 2s plans so I have nothing to add there. My KR2 modified is basiclly a KR 2 , plan

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Steve and Netters, I did ( or tried to do) the flight test today that Steve requested. That test was the glide speed at the cruise trim setting. I must confess, I weenied out. I had the KR set up in cruise and trimmed out. I brought the power back to idle. I assumed the glide speed would

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I had the KR set up in cruise and trimmed out - power back to idle. I assumed the glide speed would be maybe in the 120 mph range - held the nose up to bleed the speed off a bit - about 120 smph indicated I slowly released the stick and let it center to the air loads The nose dropped to a rather

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>To my thinking, the next likely suspect tugging the snozzle down is a >fwd CG. Unlike tail heavy, a fwd CG is healthy any day of the week, but >if this is the case it may be useful to know. Is the elevator still >effective right into the stall - a fwd CG could provoke elevator stall >before the

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Larry wrote: > Look how many great KR air shots she has given us to enjoy. Amen to that one! And we sure do appreciate the flight testing. It's nice to have a NetHead behind the stick who's willing to answer the tough questions for us. So who's going to take their door off for this year's ph

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Larry, What is your cruise speed? Ryan > > I will try the test again without slowing down from cruise speed and > see what happens. > > Larry Flesner

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>Larry, >What is your cruise speed? >Ryan +++ 156 smph measured with GPS in an eight direction run. I don't have wheel pants installed yet and have 600X6 mains and 30 inch Diehl gear legs, a taller canopy, 24"stretch, etc. so that's about what I

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And we sure do appreciate the flight testing. It's nice >to have a NetHead behind the stick who's willing to answer the tough >questions for us. >Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama There's nothing really that hard about flying a KR. I'm j

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At 9000 and 90 smph indicated I was still showing a solid 500 fpm climb rate .. 90 INDICATED at 9,000'- Isshh. Not sure what the OAT is like this time of the year, but that's talking Bud. That's better than a C150 flat out S&L at SL - and the KR d

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for reference, i flew to 12,000 ft, lite on fuel & still was gettin 450-500 ft per min climb, got worried about brain o2 after a while&decended,,steve jones n212kri'll have to try the trimmed level @ cruise & pull the power & see the results

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Congratulations, Larry. It must be a great feeling. I hope to be there next SummerRay Goree

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