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2015-01-17 Thread Pete Klapp
tank levels setting up a curve to approximate actual tank levels. I had my probes built with low level alarms that hopefully will prevent the possibility of running out of fuel. Pete Klapp, Canton, OH > To: krnet at list.krnet.org > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 21:48:39 -0500 > Subject:

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2015-01-16 Thread Chris Prata
or just buy a precise fuel totalizer! a far better system, which even shows GPM, etc. > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:14:37 -0600 > To: krnet at list.krnet.org > Subject: Re: KR> project update > From: krnet at list.krnet.org > > > > how to use capacitance probe

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2015-01-16 Thread bjoenunley
Original message From: Patrick Driscoll via KRnet Date:01/16/2015 7:01 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Robert Pesak ,KRnet Subject: Re: KR> project update Larry advised, Know what fuel you start with, know your fuel burn, and watch the clock. I read somewhere, quite a while

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2015-01-16 Thread Mark Wegmet
--Original Message- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Flesner via KRnet Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 6:15 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> project update > how to use capacitance probes for my wing tanks without placing them

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2015-01-16 Thread Flesner
> how to use capacitance probes for my wing tanks without placing > them in the tanks. ++ Robert, The only possibility I can envision is to have a stand pipe inside the cockpit , connected to the tank , where the level of fuel in

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2015-01-16 Thread Dan Heath
How is that possible. I had them in my wing tanks and they worked great. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics? 2015 KR Gathering - McMinnville, OR. September 3 - 6 -- See U There. Peoples Choice at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il ? MVN Best KR at 2013 - KR

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2015-01-16 Thread Robert Pesak
Oh. I should have mentioned the probes are a after thought . My wing tanks are part of the leading edge of the wing, and this is the only way without major surgery on the wing. http://s449.photobucket.com/user/rkpsk1/library/ On Friday, January 16, 2015 6:39 PM, Robert Pesak wrote:

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2015-01-16 Thread Robert Pesak
Your right Larry, I don't understand why I have everything so complicated. Please let me know when coming, my cell number is 615-974-4417 http://s449.photobucket.com/user/rkpsk1/library/ On Friday, January 16, 2015 6:15 PM, Flesner via KRnet wrote: > how to use capacitance probes

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2015-01-16 Thread Robert Pesak
Hi everyone, I'm trying to get things finished up in my garage because once I get it to the hanger it will be much harder. One of the things that's been bugging me for the longest is how to use capacitance probes for my wing tanks without placing them in the tanks. I thought of a sight gauge

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2014-06-30 Thread Dan Heath
KRs just keep getting better all the time. Great work. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics Peoples Choice at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN Best KR at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN Best Interior at 2013 - KR

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2014-06-29 Thread Paul Visk
Nice pics Robert. ?I like your paint booth.? Paul Visk Belleville Il 618 406 4705 Sent on the new Sprint Network from my Samsung Galaxy S?4. Original message From: Robert Pesak via KRnet Date:06/29/2014 8:30 PM (GMT-05:00) To: KRnet at list.krnet.org Subject: KR> Proj

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2014-06-29 Thread Robert Pesak
Try this link for my photobucket http://s449.photobucket.com/user/rkpsk1/slideshow/

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2012-01-04 Thread bdazzca...@aol.com
I cant imagine your shipping costs. must be doubling your costs. David Swanson Tucson, AZ In a message dated 1/4/2012 4:20:57 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, rkp...@comcast.net writes: I try to be really nice to my UPS lady because, she carried every part of my KR to the front

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2012-01-04 Thread Larry Flesner
Seeing the photo of Robert's prop reminded me of a tip I may have posted in the past but it bares repeating. It is a good idea when ordering a prop to have the maker put a flat black paint finish on the back side of the blades to cut down glare. My landing lights are inboard of the prop

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2012-01-04 Thread rkp...@comcast.net
; <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 5:05:49 PM Subject: Re: KR> project update Congratulations! Your plane is looking like we should be seeing it in Mt Vernon this fall.  I've had the same situation, except Fed Ex had rammed the prop through the end of the crate, then bro

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2012-01-04 Thread Jeff Scott
otice with Fed Ex Ground before they finally paid for it. Glad yours wasn't damaged. -Jeff Scott - Original Message - From: rkp...@comcast.net Sent: 01/04/12 03:42 PM To: krnet Subject: KR> project update Hi Everyone, Just a update on my project. Last Friday the UPS Lady carried a lon

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2012-01-04 Thread rkp...@comcast.net
Hi Everyone,  Just a update on my project. Last Friday the UPS Lady carried a long box up to the front door,I ordered a 60" x 68" pitch from Ed Sterba, after she handed it over I seen a hole punched through the 1/4 plywood.I thought this can't be,she was nice enough to stay lone enough

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2012-01-04 Thread rkp...@comcast.net
Hi Everyone,  Just a update on my project. Last Friday the UPS Lady carried a long box up to the front door,I ordered a 60" x 68" pitch from Ed Sterba, after she handed it over I seen a hole punched through the 1/4 plywood.I thought this can't be,she was nice enough to stay lone enough

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
NetHeads, I guess I'm about to answer my own question. I'm sure there are lots of alternatives as to the best hinge pin lubricant, but I suspect that good old fashioned carnauba paste wax is hard to beat. My aft deck has been so difficult to install that up until today, I needed somebody to

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2008-10-12 Thread Joseph H. Horton
> I got the plane back together just in time to fly it for an hour > before > dark. Five landings, and only one of them was something to be > ashamed of. > The weather's > been > fantastic, and is forecast to be that way all next week. Life is > good... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville,

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
Joe Horton, from the great white windy North, wrote: > Ohh Great -- The only thing in our forecast is more wind. > Did you put a shield on the factory wire or replace it all the way to the > connector with a new shielded wire?? I replaced the whole wire with an MS spec wire that I fished out of

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2008-10-12 Thread Joachim Saupe
Great Mark! > [Original Message] > From: Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> > To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > Date: 10/29/2005 7:38:37 PM > Subject: KR> "project" update > > NetHeads, > > I guess I'm about to answer my own question. I'm sure t

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2008-10-12 Thread Scott William
--- Mark Langford wrote: > Any > recommendations on a > small digital tach? Just a suggestionback in the eighties, the racing world started using digital gauges. WHen racers complained they couldn't read them, a study was commissioned by a university (I forget which

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2008-10-12 Thread Hauck, John MAJ HHC-37th TRANS
krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Scott William Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 1:06 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> "project" update --- Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > Any > recommendations on a > small digital tach? Just a suggestionback in the ei

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2008-10-12 Thread larry severson
> It >found that people could read the gauges, but just >weren't able to interpret them as quickly as an analog >gauge. We are analog. We see angular differences, even out of the corner of our eyes. Digital (and tape) displays need to be read which requires looking directly at the gage. Also,

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2008-10-12 Thread Doug Rupert
John Get back to me off list. Hawks have to talk Doug Rupert drup...@sympatico.ca 519-426-2178 -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/146 - Release Date: 10/21/2005

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2008-10-12 Thread Dean Cooper
Netters, It's been quite today. Hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day weekend (USA). I spent some time today updating my website with some backlog of pics. As for project updates, I recently purchased a corvair motor that has already been converted for aircraft use and was

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
KRnetHeads, I've taken the last two weeks off to do nothing but work on the plane, and if I have my way, I'll take this week off and maybe fly it before the week's out. In the last 14 days I've put 172 hours into the plane. I spent most of today wiring up the limit switch and DPDT switch for

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2008-10-12 Thread Brian Kraut
. 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 Langford Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 11:38 PM To: KRnet Subject: KR> project update KRnetHeads, I've taken the last two we

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2008-10-12 Thread flyk...@wi.rr.com
(N886MJ) Wales, WI - Original Message - From: Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Sunday, May 15, 2005 10:37 pm Subject: KR> project update > KRnetHeads, > > I've taken the last two weeks off to do nothing but work on the > plane,

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
Mark Jones wrote: > Truly a feeling of pride when you pulled up to the airport with your > plane. Can't wait for your first flight. I bet when you returmed home > to an empty garage, you felt very strange not having it there. It is > kind of like when you realize a child has left home and moved

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Jones
-Original Message- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Mark Langford Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 6:48 AM I drove my wife's Audi to tow the plane, while she followed in my GTI. Then we ran back home and each carried a wing back. She helped me get

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
I just thought up another KR slogan, almost as good as "good enough for KR work". This one's "so many compromises, so little time"... See http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/first_runs/engine_tests.html for something of a progress report on N56ML.. That picture at the top is so similar

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2008-10-12 Thread Joseph H Horton
Mark, This is my saying that ends meetings more quickly but certainly applies to this list "When it is all done and said , There is way more said than done!" Joe Horton On Fri, 6 May 2005 22:46:59 -0500 "Mark Langford" writes: > I just thought up another KR slogan,

KR> Project Update - Firewall

2008-10-12 Thread Dan Heath
I put together a little presentation on the work that I have been doing on the firewall. The installation of the fuel system and almost everything else that goes on the firewall is now complete. The exhaust pipes should be in by next Friday, from Jet-Hot, and I have a long weekend to get the

KR> Project Update - Heat Muffs

2008-10-12 Thread raybeth...@sbcglobal.net
o: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 4:23 AM Subject: KR> Project Update - Heat Muffs > > See you in Mt. Vernon - 2005 - KR Gathering > KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html

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2008-10-12 Thread Ron Smith
Hello Knetters, I've been doing some work on the "device". I skinned the bottom with carbon. Not bad for my first try. I added some pieces here and there, and worked on the main spar. I have a couple of months before I can sit in it, I think. Take a look

KR> Project Update - Heat Muffs

2008-10-12 Thread Dan Heath
Last Saturday, Jerry and I took a little trip up to Spartanburg, to see Sherman and get his help building some airplane parts. Sherman is the person who sold the KR2 to Brian K. He now has a Hawk and an Ercoup. I thought you might be interested to see how the Heat Muffs turned out. We are putting

KR> Project update - Low Cost KR?

2008-10-12 Thread rparker
I need to update my building page as I'm still building although VERY slowly. - Last spring I decided that my 24x24 garage wasnt big enough for building an airplane and other toys so I decided to build a 2 story 3 car garage - 24'x40' Did everything myself from digging and pouring the

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2008-10-12 Thread Scott Cable
Mark, Nice work on the airbox (as usual)however, I did notice a couple of areas that I was wondering about: 1.) The heat muff is secured by wrapping safety wire around it? What prevents vibration from allowing the heat muff to move around and start chafing the header? Also, wouldn't

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2008-10-12 Thread Bubba
Scott Cable wrote: > > 3.) The air filter looks like it needs something to support it in the > center. Especially since you added a diffuser plate to the center of > the filter. From the way it is supported only along the top and > bottom, it concerns me that the combination of ram air and engine

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
Scott Cable wrote: > 1.) The heat muff is secured by wrapping safety wire around it? What prevents vibration from allowing the heat muff to move around and start chafing the header? What keeps it from moving is the fact that it straddles the down pipes through very tight fitting holes that keep

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2008-10-12 Thread Joseph H Horton
Hi Guys, Just stopped at the paint shop on the way home from work. He had the cowl, ailerons and forward deck done. They look so good. I brought the forward deck home and put it on just to admire. I'm sooo excited (there's a song in there somewhere). He promised all the rest for the weekend. I'll

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2008-10-12 Thread Dan Heath
That is a rip off. I pay $142 for a 2 year contract with http://webhostingetc.net and I can download anything that I want. See N64KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Then click on the pics There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building has expired. Daniel R. Heath -

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2008-10-12 Thread Ron Smith
"Robert L. Stone" wrote: Ron, In regard to this which you wrote: "I am starting this week on the spars. I plan to built them with the dihedral bend at the fuselage wall. "Bent Spars" as they have become known." Are you going to just make the center spar shorter,

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2008-10-12 Thread Ron Butterfield
At 03:42 PM 12/5/04, Ron Smith wrote: >I have constructed the bottom of the fuselage to conform to the shape of >the AS5048 airfoil. I would be really interested to see this. I played with the idea for a bit, but didn't like the way it looked (at least with what I came up with). Regards,

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2008-10-12 Thread Ron Smith
Hello Knetters! I have nearly completed the fuselage structure of my KR2SSXL. I say "SSXL", because the structure is 42" at the shoulders, inside dimensions, 44.25 outside (approximately 6" wider than plans), 41" inches at the firewall. I have constructed the bottom of the fuselage to conform

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2008-10-12 Thread Kevin Farley
Hey Ron, Just wondering. Do you have a place to store your website at? Meaning, do you have a server, and/or a domain for all the pictures to be placed. Kevin Farley On Dec 5, 2004, at 14:42, Ron Smith wrote: Hello Knetters! I have nearly completed the fuselage structure of my

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2008-10-12 Thread Ron Smith
Kevin Farley wrote: Hey Ron, Just wondering. Do you have a place to store your website at? Meaning, do you have a server, and/or a domain for all the pictures to be placed. Kevin Farley Hi Kevin, I've been trying to get them loaded on my Geocities site that I

KR> project update for N56ML

2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
KRnetHeads, After fearing that I was about to have twenty hours in Spray Lat removal, I finally got the stuff off! This morning I tried several suggestions, including Goop and Purple Power, but they didn't help much. I'd already tried WD-40 yesterday, and it helped as a lubricant, but I didn't

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Jones
- Original Message - From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 8:18 PM Subject: KR> project update for N56ML > KRnetHeads, > > After fearing that I was about to have twenty hours in

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Jones
;Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 8:18 PM Subject: KR> project update for N56ML > KRnetHeads, > > After fearing that I was about to have twenty hours in Spray Lat removal, I > finally g

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2008-10-12 Thread F Ross
Mark, Tell your neighbor we all said thanks. That little movie clip was WELL worth waiting for! Congratulations! Frank = Frank Ross, EAA Chapter 35, San Geronimo, TX RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England, UK Visit my photo album at: http://photos.yahoo.com/alamokr2

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2008-10-12 Thread Dan Heath
That is one fantastic KR and the engine, what a sweet sound! There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building has expired. See N64KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Then click on the pics Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC See you in Mt. Vernon - 2005 - KR Gathering

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
Mark Jones wrote: > Hey Langford, why is that kid holding his ears when you went by him in the > movie? > Totally awesome!! Still grinnin ain't ya? I almost "qualified" his behavior, because that's my son Jordan, and he thinks the refrigerator is too loud! It really isn't that loud

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
KRnetHeads, It's been kinda quiet so I thought I'd throw this out there. My progress has slowed somewhat, but I've still managed 21 hours a week on average for the last few weeks, so Jeff Scott was right when he said the pace picks up toward the end. I just finished remounting my seat belts. I

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2008-10-12 Thread Donald Reid
It has been quite some time since I made an update to my website. Since I have started the painting process and the color is (more or less) an even white, I thought that it was time to post a few new pictures. Don Reid mailto:donr...@erols.com Bumpass, Va Visit my web sites at: KR2XL

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
NetHeads, Last week I showed y'all a photo that proved that I am "nowhere near flying". This week, I am a little more hopeful. See http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/bodywork/index.html . We're still talking next Spring though, at the earliest, so don't ask... Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL

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2008-10-12 Thread Russ Fenlason
Looks great to me. I wish mine even had the posibility of looking that good or flying next spring.. Thanks for all you do for us who use the net. Russ - See you at Red Oak > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html

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2008-10-12 Thread Jim Faughn
)652-7659 Email - sub @ for "at" jfaughn "at" socket.net Web Site http://jfaughn.com -Original Message- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Mark Langford Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 5:14 PM To: KR builders and pilots Subjec

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
Jim Faughn wrote: > I love it. The next wave. I'm sure you understand what I'm saying. The > next wave is the new group of KR's that will be flying by next year. We > have at least 3 and I'm betting it is more like 5. I truly can't wait. Yep, I think of it as the Next Generation. KR2S's with

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2008-10-12 Thread ace nunye
. Mike KR2S in 10EC >From: "Mark Langford" >Reply-To: KR builders and pilots >To: "KR builders and pilots" >Subject: Re: KR>project update >Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 20:51:47 -0500 > >Jim Faughn wrote: >

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Jones
R builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 5:14 PM Subject: KR>project update > NetHeads, > > Last week I showed y'all a photo that proved that I am "nowhere near > flying". This week, I am a little more hopeful. See > http://

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
Well, not really. I've been working on it, but you'd never know it. The photo at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/03081738m.jpg is for those folks who keep asking me how close I am to flying. The answer is "nowhere near it". I recall Larry telling me about taxiing around his and the neighbors'

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Jones
To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:44 PM Subject: KR>project update... > Well, not really. I've been working on it, but you'd never know it. The > photo at > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/03081738m.jpg is for those folks w

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Jones
...@wi.rr.com> To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:54 PM Subject: Re: KR>project update... > Mark, > What is that on the right horizontal tip? > > Mark Jones (N886MJ) > Wales, WI USA > E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
Mark Jones wrote: > What is that on the right horizontal tip? I wondered if anybody would notice that. It's a new anti-reversionary vertical outflow containment winglet of my own design! Well, maybe not. It's a piece of 3/4" plywood with an airfoil shaped cutout in it. I use it to lock the

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Jones
- Original Message - From: "Mark Langford" > As for LEDs, I've changed my mind. I'm going with this trick setup that I > got off of ebay (see http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/light.jpg ). > Aerodynamics, shmaerodynamics. This outfit will guarantee that I'm seen! > I

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2008-10-12 Thread Brant Hollensbe
> Those trick lights are just the ticket for us building on a budget. A guy good at scrounging , could pick up a working set for nothing ...almost anywhere. Brant Hollensbe