I've been out of town for the last two weeks building a deck for my daughter and son-in-law. I've been wading through e-mails for two days now with several I'll make a short comment on.
My canopy (fixed windshield) is the forward portion of a broken Pulsar canopy. Several pieces of this canopy were used for the rear windows. The center section is segments cut from a regular KR half bubble. I'm sure an entire Pulsar canopy would work great on a 2 or 2S if cut to fit. On fuel burn, rule of thumb is 1/2 pound of fuel per horsepower per hour. I think the formula Paul Smith posted hinted at that but was above my ability to interpret. Easy way to calculate is as follows: My 0-200 running at 65% power would be 65hp X .5 = 32.5 pounds of fuel / 6.5 pounds per gallon = 5 gallon per hour. If I'm running an engine burning 4 gallon per hour than I'm burning 26 pounds of fuel X 2 = 52 hp. This is a general rule-of-thumb and depends entirely of system efficiencies. Sorry to hear of Brad's problems on taxi testing N774A. It brought to mind a bit of advise I've posted here in the past that I'll repeat now. NEVER, EVER, NEVER, take your project to the runway unless the airplane and pilot are both, without question, ready to fly. Low speed taxi test can be done on the ramp or maybe inactive taxiways but once on the runway, anything can happen. When I say "ready to fly", I mean seat belts fastened, enough fuel, all controls functioning, etc. The pilot also must be mentally ready to make a flight and not surprised if the airplane becomes airborne. And Joe, your KR is hotter than a "natural redhead" !!! I should know. My mother was a redhead, my wife is a redhead, my two daughters are redheads, and I've got 350 hours on my KR. Larry Flesner
