The early Monette? conversions had a 4th bearing option. It was an al. housing with a sealed bearing supporting the shaft. A friend of mine had one in a sonori ? two place. Jim
In a message dated 4/11/2016 7:12:28 P.M. Central Daylight Time, krnet at list.krnet.org writes: Also ONLY a 2 blade. The VW does not like 3 blades. It will tolerate a 4 blade but why pay for extra blades In a message dated 4/11/2016 9:34:21 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, krnet at list.krnet.org writes: I have over 500 hrs on my 2180 cc, standard shrink fit hub, with a 3 inch aluminum extension. No problems with the standard bearing or the crank. And I have pulled tight turns at high engine rpms.ALWAYS USE A WOOD PROP! Anything else is too heavy. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Sid Wood via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> List-Post: [email protected] Date: 04/11/2016 11:05 (GMT-05:00) To: krnet at list.krnet.org Cc: Sid Wood <smwood at md.metrocast.net> Subject: KR> Prop Shaft Extension Owen, On your web site pictures looks like you have an extension on the prop shaft for the VW engine. Steve Bennett was always adamant about keeping the propeller weight to a minimum, not putting extensions on the crank shaft or anything that would aggravate the gyroscopic forces on the VW crank shaft. http://hugheskr2s.yolasite.com/progress.php http://hugheskr2s.yolasite.com/resources/IMG_5516.JPG Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...See bottom of: http://hugheskr2s.yolasite.com/progress.php <http://hugheskr2s.yolasite.com/progress.php> ... Any thoughts?... Owen ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
