I look forward to seeing your progress on this!!!! M. ________________________________ From: KRnet <krnet-boun...@list.krnet.org> on behalf of Robin Macdonald via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> Sent: Friday, April 8, 2022 11:45 PM To: krnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> Cc: Robin Macdonald <flyer67.ro...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: KRnet> Composition of a KR 2 with Subaru EA 81
Hi Guys I am looking at an electric unit for my KR2 MGM Compro 70Kw. electric motor, the electric motor weighs approx 14 KG plus the controller, plus battery I have a VW Happi but the price of fuel is going up, so why not try an electric Unit. Regards Robin Macdonald New Zealnd. ------ Original Message ------ From: "GARRY COWLES via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> To: krnet@list.krnet.org Cc: "GARRY COWLES" <babyw...@aol.com> Sent: 9/04/2022 9:12:54 am Subject: Re: KRnet> Composition of a KR 2 with Subaru EA 81 >Check out Fisher Flying. They are putting together a 80hp electric with >battery and controller for maybe 10 grand > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 8, 2022, at 3:37 PM, Randall Smith via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> >> wrote: >> >> Until he popped up with my name I wasn't gonna say anything. I would not >> waste my time with that Subaru. Les had a total of about an 4 1/2 hours on >> his KR I had about 60 hours on it. He had troubles with a reddrive it could >> never produce the horsepower it says it's supposed to produce. the radiator >> takes up a lot of space so there's a lot of drag through the cowing. it's >> heavy once you add everything up including the water. I sold it to a guy >> down south of Waco I believe somewhere around Georgetown and I know he had a >> problem an the engine quit and he put it in a pasture I don't know what >> happened to it after that. Les was a Tinker and he was really good at it. >> But he could never get that thing to perform like it was supposed to. I >> would fly it for an hour or two and he'd work on it for a week or two. I >> flew it to one or two flyings. and I believe he trailered it to two of them. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Apr 8, 2022, at 10:34 AM, Mark Langford <m...@n56ml.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Arie Post wrote: >>>> >>>> I did come across another article on the site by Les Palmer. >>>> He also has an EA 81 sitting in front of his KR 2 there. >>>> He seems to have flown with it. >>>> What about him, is he still flying it? >>>> Could I possibly receive his email address? >>>> I also came across an article by Ken Thomas. >>>> He is flying a Subaru EA 82 there, what about him? >>> >>> Ken removed the Subaru and installed a Jabiru. I don't know the details >>> of why, but it's not uncommon. My thought when it had a Subaru in it was >>> that it looked like it had a filing cabinet or a small refrigerator under >>> the cowling! The water cooling system takes a lot of space. Ken is long >>> gone, but I saw his airplane in a photo of what I believe was an Alabama >>> hangar that had been hit by a tornado. I'll leave the Les Palmer KR to >>> Randy, who has flown it, and is likely still on KRnet. >>> >>> Steve Makish and Bob Lester both built planes with Subarus, and later >>> swapped them out with Corvairs. Their advice was that the Subarus would >>> pound out the crankshaft bores (like VWs do after many years using the >>> stock crankshaft). Corvairs don't have that problem, although I realize >>> that Corvair engines are not widely available outside of the US. >>> >>> Mark Langford >>>m...@n56ml.com >>>http://www.n56ml.com >>> Huntsville, AL >>> >>> -- >>> KRnet mailing list >>>KRnet@list.krnet.org >>>https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >> >> -- >> KRnet mailing list >>KRnet@list.krnet.org >>https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet > >-- >KRnet mailing list >KRnet@list.krnet.org >https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet
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