Hey all Remember Mr. Hoover helped a freind named Ken test some parts for a small fast Dynel coverd plane He was loosely basing on the Taylor mono plane;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 9:00 AM Subject: Re: KR> Successful VW Conversion
> In a message dated 4/23/2004 7:46:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > Sic em Bob. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > You may have mistaken me for a junk-yard dog :-) > > Bottom line is that I like to fly; I enjoy it. Toward that end I'd like to > see millions of people flying rather than the dwindling tens of thousands we're > presently down to. More airmen means a bigger voice. The politicians listen > -- with their hand out -- and a bigger voice is easier for them to hear. > > Alas, flying has become too expensive for the majority of Americans. The > bean-counters that have taken over general aviation discount that simple truth by > citing fallacious statistics reflecting Average Income or Household Income > when the reality of economic survival is reflected by the nation's median > income, presently somewhere around $28k based on adjusted Census 2000 data. > > That's the folks I want to get into the air. And there's about sixty-eight > million of them out there. I've found they are just as eager to go flying as > the fat cats and far more attuned to the realities of grass roots aviation. > > When you're talking powered flight one of those realities is a reliable > powerplant. In that regard the best bet for the lo-buck builder is probably an > industrial engine from Ford or GM but their use dictates a substantial airframe > such as a Piet, the cost and size of which is often beyond the means or > facilities of such builders. A smaller airframe, such as a Teenie Two or KR tends to > be among the first considered by lo-buck builders and that concept is vali d > so long as the powerplant doesn't break the bank. > > Putting the prop on the clutch-end of the crank and a coaxially mounted PM > dynamo on the other converts the VW engine into a reasonably reliable powerplant > at minimum cost. Best of all, the required skill-level for such a conversion > is low. > > Nothing promotes progress so well as success. Based on my mail, about half > of which comes from other countries, the simple, inexpensive yet reliable > method of conversion I've been advocating since the 1970's offers a higher > probability of successful flight for the newbie. Not high-speed flight nor > long-range flight but simply hauling their ass into the air at a price they can afford. > > Seems like a good idea to me. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > > > The KR was originally designed for low cost > > and excellent cruising speed. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > I'll go with the low cost but the open cockpit on Kenny's Original Receipe is > fair evidence speed was not a major consideration. (Yeah, I noticed the > retractable gear and the canopy :-) The KR is fairly clean right out of the > box. The wide speed range (ie, cruz vs stall) is simply the dividend of a light, > aerodynamically efficient airframe. > > Fact is, if you clean up a Teenie Two -- or any of the other lo-buck > one-holes (S-22, Windwagen, etc.) -- you'll see a nice improvement in your cruise > speed. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ------- > > Now before the flaming starts remember one > > > > thing, we are aiming for performance and reliability. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > - > > Not me. Maybe forty years ago. Now I'm more interested in getting there > than in how fast I do so. Reliability. Durability. AFFORDABILITY. Then maybe > performance. I like dull engines. No excitement at all :-) > > -R.S.Hoover > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
