Jeff,
Here is how I did my wheel pants. Backing plates definitely needed.
http://websites.expercraft.com/sidwood/index.php?q=log_entry&log_id=4033
http://websites.expercraft.com/sidwood/images/9261150634548046811dd7.jpg
I used metal stopnut plates riveted to small aluminum rectangles. The
alumin
The way I did my wheelpants over Cleveland brakes is at the bottom of
http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/kgear.html ...
Mark Langford
N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
website at http://www.N56ML.com
Post some pictures Sam...
Thanks
Luis
On Monday, January 10, 2022, 04:04:57 PM CST, Samuel Spanovich
wrote:
Just a quick post on my results with a new set of RV-style wheel pants.
Background: Tri-Gear Stock KR2S, RAF48 airfoil, ~650 lbs empty. 80 HP
Revmaster 2100D. 111 KTAS cruis
On 1/10/2022 4:04 PM, Samuel Spanovich wrote:
Just a quick post on my results with a new set of RV-style wheel pants.
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I too used a set of RV wheel pants on my KR and gained about 15 mph top
end. The faster the airplane the gr
On 1/10/2022 6:19 PM, Flesner wrote:
called "coupling nuts" (
ttps://duckduckgo.com/?q=coupling+nut&t=newext&atb=v256-1&ia=web
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make that
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=coupling+nut&t=newext&atb=v256-1&ia=web)
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http://www.n56ml.com/kgear.html shows how I installed my "RV-like" Klaus
Savier wheel pants (down near the bottom of the page), as well as most
everything else you might need to know about main gear and tailwheel
installation on a KR. They made a similar difference in top speed as
Sam noted
If you suspect the maintenance might be an issue, than maybe a simple circuit
with a LED on the instrument panel might be interesting. Circuit can be
designed to light up when a bulb is out and can be active even if the lights
are not powered on (ie: day time) That might save some cycles on the
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