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2008-10-12 Thread wa7...@aol.com
Don. We have a fly-in breakfast here in central Oregon the second Saturday of each month and Dave Figer fly's his over 1800 hour, Vw - KR-2 from John Day, Oregon. He told me this morning that he had a whole gambit of problems test flying his. He wanted me to tell you of how he found his ram ai

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2008-10-12 Thread Dan Heath
RE: Some think ram air is a cheep turbo. But, it's a no-no with some carburetors Lynn Hyder What carb is he using? N64KR Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC da...@kr-builder.org See you in Mt. Vernon - 2004 - KR Gathering See our KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Click on the pic See our EAA Chapter

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2008-10-12 Thread dspragu...@aol.com
The carb is an Ellison EFA2 designed to be used in the 1835cc VW. Don

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2008-10-12 Thread dspragu...@aol.com
Lynn, Do you know what kind of carb he is using? Don

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2008-10-12 Thread roger mitchell
if you check out ellison's instructions, I believe you need to build a pressure box around the carb for proper operation The carb is an Ellison EFA2 designed to be used in the 1835cc VW. Don ___ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/in

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2008-10-12 Thread wa7...@aol.com
What carb is he using? N64KR I don't remember now. I'll ask him again if the weather is good and he can make it over next month. In the conversation he did mention float bowls and unvented carburetors. Perhaps the float bowl cavity is unvented on some. My time was really spent trying to keep

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
Lynn Hyder wrote: > I don't remember now. I'll ask him again if the weather is good and he can > make it over next month. In the conversation he did mention float bowls and > unvented carburetors. Perhaps the float bowl cavity is unvented on some. Jim Hill had the same problem. He had a great ru

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2008-10-12 Thread dspragu...@aol.com
Netters, I finally got my KR2 Airworthiness Inspection and have taken my first 3 flights. I bought my plane off the KR net about 18 months ago and converted it to a tricycle landing gear. The engine is a Great Plains 1835cc with an Ellison carburetor mounted underneath. I have a 12 gallon he

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2008-10-12 Thread Mac McConnell-Wood
Hi Don, I would suspect your tank vent,- if it's close to the cowling you may be in a negative pressure zone. Please reply as my e/ms seem to be bouncing for some reason. Regards MacUK - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 3:04 PM Subject: KR&g

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2008-10-12 Thread Jim Sellars
ssage - From: To: Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 11:04 AM Subject: KR>Engine quits > Netters, > I finally got my KR2 Airworthiness Inspection and have taken my first 3 > flights. I bought my plane off the KR net about 18 months ago and converted it to > a tricycle landing

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2008-10-12 Thread wa7...@aol.com
What???I found this under KR>Engine Quits Lynn Hello: Could you give me some info about where you acquired the nose wheel strut and hardware for the conversion? I have a nose gear equiped KR2 and need to do some over winter repairs and reconditioning but I can't find a so

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2008-10-12 Thread flymaca711...@aol.com
i don't think its your vent i have tried it like that with no problem i also had it with just small hole drill in the cap. what you will find in the archives is flow check gals hour flow i cant remember but you will find that its in the achieves all have went to 3/8 line or better 3/8 i feel is