KR> Engine start without prop

[Phil Matheson]

Thanks for all your concerns.
My geared RG 2000 engine has a flywheel and gear reduction.

I do not remember saying anything about over revving or flogging my engine, 
I did say I started it up.
Vw Engines also ran it last week without a prop, just check they fixed all 
the oil leaks.


Phil Matheson
SAAA Ch. 20
VH-PKR
Australia

EMAIL:   phillipmathe...@bigpond.com
KR Web Page: www.philskr2.50megs.com
http://www.vw-engines.com/ 

KR> engine start

[JIM RALEIGH]

I am using a 3 inch extension for my 0200. I don't know how you would put a
cowling on it otherwise.
- Original Message - 
From: "Randy Smith" <crz...@yahoo.com>
To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 6:16 PM
Subject: RE: KR> engine start


> I put an 0-200 on my KR-2 and did not use an
> extension. The closer the prop is to the plane the
> better of. Especially if you do aerobatics, witch it
> will do very well.
>
> --- Boyd James E LtCol 437 ADOS/CC
> <james.boyd...@charleston.af.mil> wrote:
>
> > I have an engine question.  I also have an 0-200.
> > do we need to have a
> > prop extension.  I have the Diehl cowling but it
> > isn't fitted yet.  I
> > have someone finishing up that for me and we need to
> > know before we do
> > the final fitting.
> >
> > James Boyd, LTC, USAF, MC, SFS
> > 437th ADOS/CC
> > Charleston AFB, SC  29404
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net
> > [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On
> > Behalf Of JIM RALEIGH
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:07 PM
> > To: KRnet
> > Subject: KR> engine start
> >
> > ye-ha.  Well not quite but at least woopee.
> >
> > I started my 0200 last night that I removed from my
> > citabria 4 years
> > ago.  I had spent the last week or more getting
> > every thing hooked up
> > properly,.  I had spent a week modifying the exhaust
> > to make it fit
> > inside a streamlined cowling.  Then several days on
> > the control cables
> > to the mixture and throttle and carburator heat and
> > oil lines ect.  When
> > I pulled the starter cable it fire up like it
> > handn't been filled with
> > 23 quarts of oil.  Not even a puff of smoke.  It
> > idled perfectly and
> > strained at the rope I had the tail tied down with.
> > No big deal but it
> > made me feel good to hear it run again.
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KR> engine start

[Myron (Dan) Freeman]

Yeah, I'm using a 3" also.


- Original Message - 
From: "JIM RALEIGH" <drale...@ktis.net>
To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: KR> engine start


>I am using a 3 inch extension for my 0200. I don't know how you would put a
> cowling on it otherwise.
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Randy Smith" <crz...@yahoo.com>
> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 6:16 PM
> Subject: RE: KR> engine start
>
>
>> I put an 0-200 on my KR-2 and did not use an
>> extension. The closer the prop is to the plane the
>> better of. Especially if you do aerobatics, witch it
>> will do very well.
>>
>> --- Boyd James E LtCol 437 ADOS/CC
>> <james.boyd...@charleston.af.mil> wrote:
>>
>> > I have an engine question.  I also have an 0-200.
>> > do we need to have a
>> > prop extension.  I have the Diehl cowling but it
>> > isn't fitted yet.  I
>> > have someone finishing up that for me and we need to
>> > know before we do
>> > the final fitting.
>> >
>> > James Boyd, LTC, USAF, MC, SFS
>> > 437th ADOS/CC
>> > Charleston AFB, SC  29404
>> >
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net
>> > [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On
>> > Behalf Of JIM RALEIGH
>> > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:07 PM
>> > To: KRnet
>> > Subject: KR> engine start
>> >
>> > ye-ha.  Well not quite but at least woopee.
>> >
>> > I started my 0200 last night that I removed from my
>> > citabria 4 years
>> > ago.  I had spent the last week or more getting
>> > every thing hooked up
>> > properly,.  I had spent a week modifying the exhaust
>> > to make it fit
>> > inside a streamlined cowling.  Then several days on
>> > the control cables
>> > to the mixture and throttle and carburator heat and
>> > oil lines ect.  When
>> > I pulled the starter cable it fire up like it
>> > handn't been filled with
>> > 23 quarts of oil.  Not even a puff of smoke.  It
>> > idled perfectly and
>> > strained at the rope I had the tail tied down with.
>> > No big deal but it
>> > made me feel good to hear it run again.
>> > ___
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KR> engine start

[D F Lively]

Myron:

Isit possible that there may be alot of ways to deal with this issue?  So many
infact that alot depends on a whole host of considerations to the point that
what one person does makes for differnces such as sepation from the firewall
andthe kind of cowl mods and many other things.

I raise the question so that I may not back myself into a corner that can be
easily avoided.

Don
  

"Myron (Dan) Freeman" wrote:

> Yeah, I'm using a 3" also.
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "JIM RALEIGH" <drale...@ktis.net>
> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 5:14 PM
> Subject: Re: KR> engine start
>
> >I am using a 3 inch extension for my 0200. I don't know how you would put a
> > cowling on it otherwise.
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Randy Smith" <crz...@yahoo.com>
> > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 6:16 PM
> > Subject: RE: KR> engine start
> >
> >
> >> I put an 0-200 on my KR-2 and did not use an
> >> extension. The closer the prop is to the plane the
> >> better of. Especially if you do aerobatics, witch it
> >> will do very well.
> >>
> >> --- Boyd James E LtCol 437 ADOS/CC
> >> <james.boyd...@charleston.af.mil> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I have an engine question.  I also have an 0-200.
> >> > do we need to have a
> >> > prop extension.  I have the Diehl cowling but it
> >> > isn't fitted yet.  I
> >> > have someone finishing up that for me and we need to
> >> > know before we do
> >> > the final fitting.
> >> >
> >> > James Boyd, LTC, USAF, MC, SFS
> >> > 437th ADOS/CC
> >> > Charleston AFB, SC  29404
> >> >
> >> > -Original Message-
> >> > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net
> >> > [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On
> >> > Behalf Of JIM RALEIGH
> >> > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:07 PM
> >> > To: KRnet
> >> > Subject: KR> engine start
> >> >
> >> > ye-ha.  Well not quite but at least woopee.
> >> >
> >> > I started my 0200 last night that I removed from my
> >> > citabria 4 years
> >> > ago.  I had spent the last week or more getting
> >> > every thing hooked up
> >> > properly,.  I had spent a week modifying the exhaust
> >> > to make it fit
> >> > inside a streamlined cowling.  Then several days on
> >> > the control cables
> >> > to the mixture and throttle and carburator heat and
> >> > oil lines ect.  When
> >> > I pulled the starter cable it fire up like it
> >> > handn't been filled with
> >> > 23 quarts of oil.  Not even a puff of smoke.  It
> >> > idled perfectly and
> >> > strained at the rope I had the tail tied down with.
> >> > No big deal but it
> >> > made me feel good to hear it run again.
> >> > ___
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KR> engine start

[Myron (Dan) Freeman]

The only reason I'm using one is that it gives you more room up front around 
the engine and you can make the cowling more streamlined, nothing more than 
that. Three inches isn't that much.


- Original Message - 
From: "D F Lively" <riksh...@interl.net>
To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: KR> engine start


> Myron:
>
> Isit possible that there may be alot of ways to deal with this issue?  So 
> many
> infact that alot depends on a whole host of considerations to the point 
> that
> what one person does makes for differnces such as sepation from the 
> firewall
> andthe kind of cowl mods and many other things.
>
> I raise the question so that I may not back myself into a corner that can 
> be
> easily avoided.
>
> Don
>  
>
> "Myron (Dan) Freeman" wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I'm using a 3" also.
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "JIM RALEIGH" <drale...@ktis.net>
>> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 5:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: KR> engine start
>>
>> >I am using a 3 inch extension for my 0200. I don't know how you would 
>> >put a
>> > cowling on it otherwise.
>> > - Original Message -
>> > From: "Randy Smith" <crz...@yahoo.com>
>> > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 6:16 PM
>> > Subject: RE: KR> engine start
>> >
>> >
>> >> I put an 0-200 on my KR-2 and did not use an
>> >> extension. The closer the prop is to the plane the
>> >> better of. Especially if you do aerobatics, witch it
>> >> will do very well.
>> >>
>> >> --- Boyd James E LtCol 437 ADOS/CC
>> >> <james.boyd...@charleston.af.mil> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I have an engine question.  I also have an 0-200.
>> >> > do we need to have a
>> >> > prop extension.  I have the Diehl cowling but it
>> >> > isn't fitted yet.  I
>> >> > have someone finishing up that for me and we need to
>> >> > know before we do
>> >> > the final fitting.
>> >> >
>> >> > James Boyd, LTC, USAF, MC, SFS
>> >> > 437th ADOS/CC
>> >> > Charleston AFB, SC  29404
>> >> >
>> >> > -Original Message-
>> >> > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net
>> >> > [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On
>> >> > Behalf Of JIM RALEIGH
>> >> > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:07 PM
>> >> > To: KRnet
>> >> > Subject: KR> engine start
>> >> >
>> >> > ye-ha.  Well not quite but at least woopee.
>> >> >
>> >> > I started my 0200 last night that I removed from my
>> >> > citabria 4 years
>> >> > ago.  I had spent the last week or more getting
>> >> > every thing hooked up
>> >> > properly,.  I had spent a week modifying the exhaust
>> >> > to make it fit
>> >> > inside a streamlined cowling.  Then several days on
>> >> > the control cables
>> >> > to the mixture and throttle and carburator heat and
>> >> > oil lines ect.  When
>> >> > I pulled the starter cable it fire up like it
>> >> > handn't been filled with
>> >> > 23 quarts of oil.  Not even a puff of smoke.  It
>> >> > idled perfectly and
>> >> > strained at the rope I had the tail tied down with.
>> >> > No big deal but it
>> >> > made me feel good to hear it run again.
>> >> > ___
>> >> > Search the KRnet Archives at
>> >> > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp
>> >> > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to
>> >> > krnet-le...@mylist.net
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>> >> >
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KR> engine start

[Randy Smith]

I know there is an engineer out there that can jump on
that one. How much gyroscopic forces are out there at
3 more inches?

--- "Myron (Dan) Freeman" <mfreem...@indy.rr.com>
wrote:

> The only reason I'm using one is that it gives you
> more room up front around 
> the engine and you can make the cowling more
> streamlined, nothing more than 
> that. Three inches isn't that much.
> 
> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: "D F Lively" <riksh...@interl.net>
> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 9:21 PM
> Subject: Re: KR> engine start
> 
> 
> > Myron:
> >
> > Isit possible that there may be alot of ways to
> deal with this issue?  So 
> > many
> > infact that alot depends on a whole host of
> considerations to the point 
> > that
> > what one person does makes for differnces such as
> sepation from the 
> > firewall
> > andthe kind of cowl mods and many other things.
> >
> > I raise the question so that I may not back myself
> into a corner that can 
> > be
> > easily avoided.
> >
> > Don
> > 
>

> >
> > "Myron (Dan) Freeman" wrote:
> >
> >> Yeah, I'm using a 3" also.
> >>
> >> - Original Message -
> >> From: "JIM RALEIGH" <drale...@ktis.net>
> >> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
> >> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 5:14 PM
> >> Subject: Re: KR> engine start
> >>
> >> >I am using a 3 inch extension for my 0200. I
> don't know how you would 
> >> >put a
> >> > cowling on it otherwise.
> >> > - Original Message -
> >> > From: "Randy Smith" <crz...@yahoo.com>
> >> > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 6:16 PM
> >> > Subject: RE: KR> engine start
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> I put an 0-200 on my KR-2 and did not use an
> >> >> extension. The closer the prop is to the plane
> the
> >> >> better of. Especially if you do aerobatics,
> witch it
> >> >> will do very well.
> >> >>
> >> >> --- Boyd James E LtCol 437 ADOS/CC
> >> >> <james.boyd...@charleston.af.mil> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > I have an engine question.  I also have an
> 0-200.
> >> >> > do we need to have a
> >> >> > prop extension.  I have the Diehl cowling
> but it
> >> >> > isn't fitted yet.  I
> >> >> > have someone finishing up that for me and we
> need to
> >> >> > know before we do
> >> >> > the final fitting.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > James Boyd, LTC, USAF, MC, SFS
> >> >> > 437th ADOS/CC
> >> >> > Charleston AFB, SC  29404
> >> >> >
> >> >> > -Original Message-
> >> >> > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net
> >> >> > [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On
> >> >> > Behalf Of JIM RALEIGH
> >> >> > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:07 PM
> >> >> > To: KRnet
> >> >> > Subject: KR> engine start
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ye-ha.  Well not quite but at least woopee.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I started my 0200 last night that I removed
> from my
> >> >> > citabria 4 years
> >> >> > ago.  I had spent the last week or more
> getting
> >> >> > every thing hooked up
> >> >> > properly,.  I had spent a week modifying the
> exhaust
> >> >> > to make it fit
> >> >> > inside a streamlined cowling.  Then several
> days on
> >> >> > the control cables
> >> >> > to the mixture and throttle and carburator
> heat and
> >> >> > oil lines ect.  When
> >> >> > I pulled the starter cable it fire up like
> it
> >> >> > handn't been filled with
> >> >> > 23 quarts of oil.  Not even a puff of smoke.
>  It
> >> >> > idled perfectly and
> >> >> > strained at the rope I had the tail tied
> down with.
> >> >> > No big deal but it
> >> >> > made me feel good to hear it run again.
> >> &

KR> engine start

[JIM RALEIGH]

ye-ha.  Well not quite but at least woopee.

I started my 0200 last night that I removed from my citabria 4 years ago.  I 
had spent the last week or more getting every thing hooked up properly,.  I had 
spent a week modifying the exhaust to make it fit inside a streamlined cowling. 
 Then several days on the control cables to the mixture and throttle and 
carburator heat and oil lines ect.  When I pulled the starter cable it fire up 
like it handn't been filled with 23 quarts of oil.  Not even a puff of smoke.  
It idled perfectly and strained at the rope I had the tail tied down with.  No 
big deal but it made me feel good to hear it run again.

KR> engine start

[Boyd James E LtCol 437 ADOS/CC]

I have an engine question.  I also have an 0-200.  do we need to have a
prop extension.  I have the Diehl cowling but it isn't fitted yet.  I
have someone finishing up that for me and we need to know before we do
the final fitting.

James Boyd, LTC, USAF, MC, SFS
437th ADOS/CC
Charleston AFB, SC  29404

-Original Message-
From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On
Behalf Of JIM RALEIGH
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:07 PM
To: KRnet
Subject: KR> engine start

ye-ha.  Well not quite but at least woopee.

I started my 0200 last night that I removed from my citabria 4 years
ago.  I had spent the last week or more getting every thing hooked up
properly,.  I had spent a week modifying the exhaust to make it fit
inside a streamlined cowling.  Then several days on the control cables
to the mixture and throttle and carburator heat and oil lines ect.  When
I pulled the starter cable it fire up like it handn't been filled with
23 quarts of oil.  Not even a puff of smoke.  It idled perfectly and
strained at the rope I had the tail tied down with.  No big deal but it
made me feel good to hear it run again.
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KR> engine start

[Randy Smith]

I put an 0-200 on my KR-2 and did not use an
extension. The closer the prop is to the plane the
better of. Especially if you do aerobatics, witch it
will do very well.

--- Boyd James E LtCol 437 ADOS/CC
<james.boyd...@charleston.af.mil> wrote:

> I have an engine question.  I also have an 0-200. 
> do we need to have a
> prop extension.  I have the Diehl cowling but it
> isn't fitted yet.  I
> have someone finishing up that for me and we need to
> know before we do
> the final fitting.
> 
> James Boyd, LTC, USAF, MC, SFS
> 437th ADOS/CC
> Charleston AFB, SC  29404
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net
> [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On
> Behalf Of JIM RALEIGH
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:07 PM
> To: KRnet
> Subject: KR> engine start
> 
> ye-ha.  Well not quite but at least woopee.
> 
> I started my 0200 last night that I removed from my
> citabria 4 years
> ago.  I had spent the last week or more getting
> every thing hooked up
> properly,.  I had spent a week modifying the exhaust
> to make it fit
> inside a streamlined cowling.  Then several days on
> the control cables
> to the mixture and throttle and carburator heat and
> oil lines ect.  When
> I pulled the starter cable it fire up like it
> handn't been filled with
> 23 quarts of oil.  Not even a puff of smoke.  It
> idled perfectly and
> strained at the rope I had the tail tied down with. 
> No big deal but it
> made me feel good to hear it run again.
> ___
> Search the KRnet Archives at
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KR> Engine Start-up

[raybeth...@sbcglobal.net]

  I have an 1835 VW engine that I will be starting soon. My question: Is it 
okay 
to start the engine and run it a minute or two or two, without damage? ( It 
would be
convenient not to have the prop in the way)
  Thanks for your replys.
  Ray
  
Arlington, Texas
Ray Goree
817-795-4779

KR> Engine Start-up

[airgu...@comcast.net]

I ran my Vdub 1835 at idle and slightly above for about 2 minutes total without 
dire consequences.  I was using Mystery Oil to get lube to distant parts of the 
engine because it had not been started in years. Your mileage may vary.

--
Paul 
KR2 Stretched 
Derry, NH

-- Original message -- 
From:  

> I have an 1835 VW engine that I will be starting soon. My question: Is it 
> okay 
> to start the engine and run it a minute or two or two, without damage? ( It 
> would be 
> convenient not to have the prop in the way) 
> Thanks for your replys. 
> Ray 
> 
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KR> Engine Start-up

[Phil Matheson]

 I have an 1835 VW engine that I will be starting soon. My question: Is
it okay
to start the engine and run it a minute or two or two, without damage? ( It
would be
convenient not to have the prop in the way)
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Running an engine for a short time can cause other problems, depending how
long before it will be started again.
By only running for a short time, you get condensation in the engine,
because it does not get hot enough to get rid of the moisture.
So if the engine is to be stored,and not used ,rust MAY form on the bore
etc.
I have my new RG2000 in and out of my Kr and have not started it for that
reason. So I remove the plugs, insert some oil and crank over to get oil
through the crank bearings, then refit the plugs and spin over again to get
the oil over the valves and cylinder calls under compression. I do get some
oil drip out of the exhaust.
This works well.
Others may not agree.

Phillip Matheson
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VHPKR
Australia.
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