KR> KR-100 For Sale

[EZ Pilot]

Hello Netter's

Sorry I didn't wait until Friday but I wanted to give the list first chance
before I post it on Barnstormers.  I have the only KR-100 project other than
Kevin Kelly's available for sale.  Kevin apparently assisted on this build
and all KR-100 related components have been built and installed.  The
Project is completed through the boat stage, is on the gear with the
controls installed.  The tail in partially complete with balanced tail
surfaces.  The fiberglass seat has been constructed and installed and is
different from a standard KR seat pan.  Controls are all push tube design.
The gear is an aluminum spring bar and has Cleveland wheels and brakes.
Wing templates are included.  Only the top deck is needed for the airframe
so you can build it to suit your size/ specs.  Some foam is included.  This
is a great opportunity for someone looking for a one or two of a kind
aircraft that was turning speeds in the 240's at Reno.

No tire kicker's please as this has to be a quick sale.  Best reasonable
offer in the next day or so may just have themselves an awesome start to a
REALLY fast plane.  May deliver for the right offer

PLEASE CONTACT OFF NET ONLY!!!

Steve Glover
kr...@cox.net
cell: 714-293-9787

KR>Vacuum

[jack.cooper2009]

 But with 280K I figure that worked out to about 4500 hours. try to get that 
out of an 
aircraft pump... 

Fred Johnson 
Reno, NV 


Fred 

I think you need to double the hour estimate. My 03 Silverado has 142600 miles 
and another feature of the odometer is an hour meter and it has 4120 hours.  
Sounds like it would be good enough for a KR. It may also need a regulator so 
as not to provide too much vacuum for the instruments. 

Jack Cooper 



Jack wrote: 



Did this pump run continously or on demand? If its on demand it may not last 
very long runninc continously. 





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KR> Swift Fuel

[Lee Parker]

I see Embry Riddle University is changing 40 or more of its Cessna 172s over to 
Swift Fuel.  Read about it at AOPA aviation brief.

KR> folding wings

[Orma Robbins]

Well I was thinking along two separate directions.   Have some made and sell 
them, or, have some built as part of a group build.

At this point I am not interest in sharing or selling the plans.   With the 
plans and a sample, building some more is not difficult.   I would be most 
likely trying to do one of the above.

I  believe that the wing folding mechanism represents only a small part of 
what is necessary to safely remove manipulate and nest the wings.


- Original Message - 
From: "The Ainsworths" 
To: "KRnet" 
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: KR> folding wings


Orma
Glad to see your 'at it'... I am in Canada and wish to have a look at these
plans and maybe 'steal' some of it for my design using the wing diheadral
start at the boat. I'll pay but not alot...especially if I am only going to
see how close it is to mine and put it with my plan set.
I'm getting old too, and I may just continue to be a KR 'wannabee'...so it
is not a big deal but will be part of a 'batch' of KR people who may be part
of a purchase. Good luck... and be careful!

Gary - Canada

- Original Message - 
From: "Orma Robbins" 
To: "KRnet" 
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: KR> folding wings


About those folding wing plans.   I Got a set.   Still in the envelope with
all the ceertified postage stuff. .



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KR>Vacuum

[Fred Johnson]

It ran continuously. It has a reserve canister as a means to reduce load
when you kick something on like put it in 4 wheel, but if it didn't run,
trust me on this one, the heater controls locked in the defrost mode and
only ran cold air. Try driving to work in the 10 degree temps with cold air
on your defroster and no 4x to get out of the snow.

I must say that it was only the early`99 model diesels that had the electric
as they went back to belt driven pump in the `00 and later models. But with
280K I figure that worked out to about 4500 hours. try to get that out of an
aircraft pump... 

I can verify that if you need with my brother who is a Ford mechanic. Heck,
if it wasn't for him I probably still would be driving with cold air :0)


Fred Johnson
Reno, NV




Jack wrote:



Did this pump run continously or on demand? If its on demand it may not last
very long runninc continously. 

KR>Vacuum

[jack.cooper2009]

Did this pump run continously or on demand? If its on demand it may not last 
very long runninc continously. 

Jack Cooper 
- Original Message - 
From: "Fred Johnson"  
To: "KRnet"  
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:08:11 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: RE: KR>Vacuum 

Better yet, why not use the Ford electric vacuum pump of the `99 diesels? 
They weight about 12 ounces and barely larger than my fist. At 200 bucks 
they are a lot cheaper and lighter than an aircraft pump. And I put 280K on 
my truck before the pump went out last winter. It ran the 4x4, the heater 
controls and some of the turbo controls. I would think it could run a pair 
of gauges?? 

Fred Johnson 
Reno, NV 



Randy wrote: 

Has anyone tried to use a Chevy belt driven vacuum pump ?  They are readily 
available, reliable and reasonably compact.  They were used on the Chevy 
pickups with the 6.2 litter diesel engines.   I put well over a 100K miles 
on one with no problems.  They could be belt driven or a coupler could be 
easily made to drive them direct.  Just a thought. 


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KR> APRS / ELT

[Tim Caughron]

Hi all, long-time follower, first-time poster.
While I haven't started my KR-2S project yet, I thank all of you for your
dedication to this ongoing resource. I have read many great ideas and hints
and will be doing frequent searches when the building starts.

I work as a Sheriff Deputy in California and am assigned as a pilot to our
Air Support Unit. Having been in the unit for 7 years now, it is safe to say
I have worked my fair share of downed aircraft and beacon alerts. The APRS
discussion has been great and many folks have made some great points.

>From my viewpoint, the 121.5 system was extremely unreliable. Easily, at
least half the searches we conducted for downed aircraft were without any
ELT activation - at least by the time we made it on scene. Generally, an
aircraft was reported overdue. Authorities were notified and a search begun.
This generally started with origination and destination airports. Then
expanded to known course. Sometimes, the search was delayed hours or even
days. Unfortunately, pilots have a habit of not filing flight plans anymore,
so more likely than not the notification comes from friends or family. Even
if we were lucky enough to pick up a signal, the 121.5 system required a
very complicated search of the "alert area" because of the omni-directional
signal and no equipment to zero in on it.

As for the 406 system - it looks promising and will be a huge help for
searchers because of the GPS reporting. I have had only one experience with
the system so far - that being a camper in the Sierras experiencing chest
pain and made notification via the "Spot" unit he had for the trip. We
received instant notification and coordinates that were right on the money.
Flew to the location and hoisted him out without searching or delay.

As for APRS, let me just say that I was so impressed with its capabilities
that I studied for and received my Technician license so I can operate one.
My plan is to make one or two portables to carry while flying at work. We
generally operate in remote terrain and without a flight plan or flight
following (just the nature of the business). If we had a mishap, it could
literally be forever before we were located if I was unable to activate my
portable PLB. 

The interesting thing is that the APRS is a free version of commercial
flight tracking systems that are becoming very popular and quite expensive.
They offer everything APRS is capable of. The benefit is the live flight
tracking. Even if the unit fails in a crash, the last point of contact is a
much better place to start than pointing to a random place on the map. As a
rescuer, I hope that someday one of my searches involves the APRS system. It
would be of great benefit to pull-up an aircrafts flight before I begin a
search. I know it would greatly assist in the location and can be nothing
but beneficial.

While I don't condone anymore gov't regulation, I would hope that all airmen
see the benefit of this equipment and move to a volunteer adoption of
installing and using it. By my experience, it is likely to be your friends
and family that make the overdue report anyway, why not give them the tools
and ability to track you and narrow the search information for the
authorities. Think of it as a redundant system - when it comes to aircraft,
you can never have too much of that. Oh yeah - I guess I would recommend a
"Spot" also if you are of the outdoor adventurist type.

Tim Caughron
KR-2S plan holder
caugh...@bak.rr.com

KR>Vacuum

[Tony Wright]

I think it is a great idea, and you could back it up with engine vacuum very 
much like Precise Flight.

Tony Wright
N6654

KR>Vacuum

[Hall, Rodney CTR NNSY, C210]

An excellent idea. But isn't one of the ideas behind using vacuum
instruments so they won't have to rely on the electrical system? I could
see this as a good thing because vacuum instruments are usually cheaper
and surely there is a more reliable pump than on current aircraft but
using an electric pump takes away some of the advantages of a vacuum
system.

Now that being said we are in an era of many all electric airplanes,
EFIS, Electronic Ignition and redundant systems so an electric pump if
needed would be acceptable in those craft with redundant systems. 

Rodney

-Original Message-
From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On
Behalf Of Fred Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:08
To: 'KRnet'
Subject: RE: KR>Vacuum

Better yet, why not use the Ford electric vacuum pump of the `99
diesels?
They weight about 12 ounces and barely larger than my fist. At 200 bucks
they are a lot cheaper and lighter than an aircraft pump. And I put 280K
on my truck before the pump went out last winter. It ran the 4x4, the
heater controls and some of the turbo controls. I would think it could
run a pair of gauges??

Fred Johnson
Reno, NV



Randy wrote:

Has anyone tried to use a Chevy belt driven vacuum pump ?  They are
readily available, reliable and reasonably compact.  They were used on
the Chevy 
pickups with the 6.2 litter diesel engines.   I put well over a 100K
miles 
on one with no problems.  They could be belt driven or a coupler could
be easily made to drive them direct.  Just a thought.


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KR>Vacuum

[Fred Johnson]

Better yet, why not use the Ford electric vacuum pump of the `99 diesels?
They weight about 12 ounces and barely larger than my fist. At 200 bucks
they are a lot cheaper and lighter than an aircraft pump. And I put 280K on
my truck before the pump went out last winter. It ran the 4x4, the heater
controls and some of the turbo controls. I would think it could run a pair
of gauges??

Fred Johnson
Reno, NV



Randy wrote:

Has anyone tried to use a Chevy belt driven vacuum pump ?  They are readily 
available, reliable and reasonably compact.  They were used on the Chevy 
pickups with the 6.2 litter diesel engines.   I put well over a 100K miles 
on one with no problems.  They could be belt driven or a coupler could be 
easily made to drive them direct.  Just a thought.

KR> folding wings

[The Ainsworths]

Orma
Glad to see your 'at it'... I am in Canada and wish to have a look at these 
plans and maybe 'steal' some of it for my design using the wing diheadral 
start at the boat. I'll pay but not alot...especially if I am only going to 
see how close it is to mine and put it with my plan set.
I'm getting old too, and I may just continue to be a KR 'wannabee'...so it 
is not a big deal but will be part of a 'batch' of KR people who may be part 
of a purchase. Good luck... and be careful!

Gary - Canada

- Original Message - 
From: "Orma Robbins" 
To: "KRnet" 
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: KR> folding wings


About those folding wing plans.   I Got a set.   Still in the envelope with
all the ceertified postage stuff. .