Re: KR> today's flight, and Jim Hill's KR2 to KR2S stretch

2020-04-21 Thread Tommy Waymack via KRnet
l mod to handle both. Maybe. > When the engine sputters while barreling down the runway, it gets your > attention. > > Roger > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Mark Langford via KRnet > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 8:18 PM > To: Flesner via KRnet > Cc: Mark L

Re: KR> today's flight, and Jim Hill's KR2 to KR2S stretch

2020-04-21 Thread RB via KRnet
> today's flight, and Jim Hill's KR2 to KR2S stretch Larry Flesner wrote: > I'm wondering if this is something I want to be flying behind at my Just a remindermake dang sure it will run wide open for at half a minute before you commit to a takeoff! If it'll do

Re: KR> today's flight, and Jim Hill's KR2 to KR2S stretch

2020-04-21 Thread Flesner via KRnet
On 4/21/2020 7:39 AM, Flesner via KRnet wrote: On 4/20/2020 8:18 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet wrote: Just a remindermake dang sure it will run wide open for at half a minute before you commit to a takeoff!  If it'll do that, you'll probably get enough altitude to turn back, especially if you

Re: KR> today's flight, and Jim Hill's KR2 to KR2S stretch

2020-04-21 Thread Flesner via KRnet
On 4/20/2020 8:18 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet wrote: Just a remindermake dang sure it will run wide open for at half a minute before you commit to a takeoff!  If it'll do that, you'll probably get enough altitude to turn back, especially if you climb out at a 30-40 degree angle, to make it

Re: KR> today's flight, and Jim Hill's KR2 to KR2S stretch

2020-04-20 Thread sparksfly2ms--- via KRnet
I had the same thing happen many years ago while doing a first flight on a friends KR-2. Ran good on the ground and on climb out but, when I picked up speed, it would just die down. Landed Ok. It was a Posa carb and was adjusted lean on the ground but when we picked up speed, the ram air made

Re: KR> today's flight, and Jim Hill's KR2 to KR2S stretch

2020-04-20 Thread Mark Langford via KRnet
I wrote: > hangar. What we figured out was that the high inlet pressure into carb > throat had introduced a higher pressure into the float bowl vent. Sorrythat "float bowl vent" is nonsense, as the Posa doesn't have a floator a float bowl! I wrote that before I realized it was a P

Re: KR> today's flight, and Jim Hill's KR2 to KR2S stretch

2020-04-20 Thread Mark Langford via KRnet
Larry Flesner wrote: > I'm wondering if this is something I want to be flying behind at my Just a remindermake dang sure it will run wide open for at half a minute before you commit to a takeoff! If it'll do that, you'll probably get enough altitude to turn back, especially if you climb

KR> Today's Flight

2016-03-20 Thread Robert Pesak
Hi everyone,I haven't given any performance report on N863RK for quite some time. First of all I can't understand why I didn't build one twenty years ago, I'm taking some long cross country flights trying to get a good read on everything. My best?cruse speed is at 145 MPH?burning around?6.4 ?-?7

KR> Today's Flight

2016-03-20 Thread Mark Jones
Well I was finally able to make my second flight of 2016 today. What a gorgeous flight it was. Temps were at 39 degrees F and the winds were 10 mph almost straight down runway 30. After climbing to 7000? and on top of scattered cumulus clouds I just relaxed and let all the stress of the last two

KR> today's flight, LED nav lights?

2015-01-25 Thread brian.kraut at eamanufacturing.com
---- Subject: KR> today's flight, LED nav lights? From: Mark Langford via KRnet List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Sat, January 24, 2015 8:20 pm To: KRnet My plan for the day was to fly down to Pat Shows' place in Mississippi to see his KR collection for sale, but I ran out of time an

KR> today's flight, LED nav lights?

2015-01-24 Thread Mark Langford
My plan for the day was to fly down to Pat Shows' place in Mississippi to see his KR collection for sale, but I ran out of time and decided to just fly around the patch, literally. I did a big loop around Huntsville, landing at 10 airports in less than three hours, climbing as high as 6500' be

KR> today's flight, LED nav lights?

2015-01-24 Thread John Bouyea
Nice going Mark! That sure beats my flying around the patch today as I only got .6 and 1 landing. I need to tweak my RevFlow; it's running way too rich. -Original Message- Subject: KR> today's flight, LED nav lights? ...[but I ran out of time and decided to just fly aro

KR> Today's flight

2012-10-14 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
At 04:08 PM 10/14/2012, you wrote: >Dan, I am so looking forward to taxiing up in my KR and getting the >response from people that you just mentioned. My Cessna ( grocery >getter) gets very little reaction from people when I taxi up. +++

Re: KR> Today's flight

2012-10-14 Thread jeffyor...@yahoo.com
o: "'KRnet'" Subject: KR> Today's flight List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Sun, Oct 14, 2012 2:52 pm Every two weeks in South Carolina, on Sunday morning, people from all over the state and a few from bordering states, get up early and fly to a designated location to h

KR> Today's flight

2012-10-14 Thread Mike Sylvester
look at good as the Blackbird but compared to my Cessna, she'll look like a Ferrari. > From: da...@windstream.net > To: kr...@mylist.net > Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:52:24 -0400 > Subject: KR> Today's flight > > people started coming around. They had never s

KR> Today's flight

2012-10-14 Thread Dan Heath
Every two weeks in South Carolina, on Sunday morning, people from all over the state and a few from bordering states, get up early and fly to a designated location to have breakfast. This has been going on since 1938, missing only events during World War II when fuel was not available. Since the

KR> Today's Flight

2011-01-09 Thread Mark Jones
Today in Stevens Point, WI the weather was delightful. Beautiful clear blue skies, wind calm and the temp was 19°F. I just could not wait any longer since my last flight was Oct 29, 2010. I hooked up the preheater while I checked over the plane, removed the wheel pants to check tire air pressure

KR> today's flight

2010-04-08 Thread Joe. E. Wallace
Mark, I am amazed at your photography, and thrilled to be able to travel with you through the pictures. I have taken the liberty of sharing these with a couple of elderly who live for the world through it. and they have passed on their thanks for allowing them to see things they never kn

KR> today's flight

2010-02-05 Thread ttcse/Tom
e I wanted to share the experience.  It was what pushed me to finish off as a student pilot years ago.  But I've been doing some aerial photography and find that it helps a great deal.  I do enjoy the photos.   Tom     --- On Tue, 2/2/10, Mark Langford wrote: From: Mark Langford Subje

KR> today's flight

2010-02-03 Thread Peter Drake
Mark Here in the UK we have a "Cloud Appreciation Society", You should be a member! Peter Drake Mark wrote: I flew a little today, and it was a real hoot. See the top two pictures at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/sunsets/ ___ Search the KRnet Archives

KR> today's flight

2010-02-03 Thread Fred Johnson
Not fair! While some of us struggle to get our birds flyable, you are out rubbing it in :o) I showed this to guy t work here and he was, as I, very envious. Fred Johnson Reno, NV Mark wrote: I flew a little today, and it was a real hoot. See the top two pictures at http://home.hiwaay.net

KR> today's flight

2010-02-02 Thread MICHAEL SYLVESTER
From: n5...@hiwaay.net > To: kr...@mylist.net > Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 19:52:03 -0600 > CC: corvaircr...@mylist.net > Subject: KR> today's flight > > I flew a little today, and it was a real hoot. See the top two pictures at > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/sun

KR> today's flight

2010-02-02 Thread Mark Langford
I flew a little today, and it was a real hoot. See the top two pictures at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/sunsets/ Mark Langford N56ML "at" hiwaay.net website at http://www.N56ML.com

KR> Today's Flight

2008-10-12 Thread Dan Heath
Today was a beautiful day here in SC. High 70 and winds below 5 with forever visibility. So I decided to venture off, for the first time, sort of break the bonds of the home airport. I took off for the 35 mile trip to Orangeburg to visit Matt and do some landings at a different airport. They ha

KR> Today's Flight

2008-10-12 Thread Mark Jones
Great photos Dan. Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI Visit my web site: www.flykr2s.com E-mail: flyk...@wi.rr.com - Original Message - From: "Dan Heath" To: Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 5:08 PM Subject: KR> Today's Flight > Today was a beautiful day here in SC. Hi

KR> Today's Flight

2008-10-12 Thread Brian Kraut
...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Dan Heath Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 6:09 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> Today's Flight Today was a beautiful day here in SC. High 70 and winds below 5 with forever visibility. So I decided to venture off, for the first time, sort of break the bonds of

KR> Today's Flight

2008-10-12 Thread Dan Heath
: Brian Kraut List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: 11/25/06 10:28:43 To: KRnet Subject: RE: KR> Today's Flight Great to hear. You may not realize it, but you have just publicly announced that you will fly to Sun N Fun this year. We will not accept any excuses! Brian Kraut Engineering Alte

KR> today's flight

2008-10-12 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
At 08:52 PM 4/22/2006, you wrote: >I hit 199 hours today... > >Mark Langford + You're about to catch me. I hit 207.3 at shutdown after todays flight. I got to fly a bit of formation with a C-195. What a gorgeous looking airplane, on the ground or in

KR> today's flight

2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
Larry wrote: > You're about to catch me. I hit 207.3 at shutdown after todays > flight. Quicker than you thinkI shut mine down with 203.3 hours on it this afternoon. I flew over to Dan Heath's to help him get a little lead out of his KR flying effort, but I was just about as confounded as