Mark, Truly a feeling of pride when you pulled up to the airport with your plane. Can't wait for your first flight. I bet when you returmed home to an empty garage, you felt very strange not having it there. It is kind of like when you realize a child has left home and moved on. Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI
----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Langford <[email protected]> List-Post: [email protected] Date: Sunday, May 15, 2005 10:37 pm Subject: KR> project update > KRnetHeads, > > I've taken the last two weeks off to do nothing but work on the > plane, and if I have my way, I'll take this week off and maybe fly > it before the week's out. In the last 14 days I've put 172 hours > into the plane. I spent most of today wiring up the limit switch > and DPDT switch for my flap motor. You ain't seen nothin' 'til > you've seen 30 degrees of barndoor flaps on a KR! It takes four > seconds to go from zero to 30 degrees using an RV flap motor. > That ought to be fast enough. > > Most normal people would put the thing on a trailer, but being a > lazy scud, I just removed the tailwheel and replaced it with the > hitch from my Harbor Freight trailer. It took all of 2 minutes to > hitch the KR to the Audi and haul it away on its main gear, > although I'll admit that I never got over 35 mph on the 10 mile > drive to the airport. See > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/05051551m.jpg for further > amusement . > > These are "plane ports", the only thing available at MDQ right > now. I'm starting out there because they have a 100' wide 5000 > foot runway surrounded by fields, as opposed to Hazel Green (M38), > which has a 40' wide runway that's only 2700' long (although > that's where I'll keep it after I get skilled enough to get it in > there). The wings are now stuck on it, and now all I have to do > is rig the ailerons and I'll start taxi testing in the morning. > The engine's running great and I've pretty much finished up all > the little things on that punch list. > > I feel a YeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaa comin' on... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
