KR> KR2 crash, June 23rd, Richfield Utah

[ttcse/Tom]

While de-hoarding in my storage unit today I saw an old stack of printed KR 
crash reports.  (I always found flight and crash reports interesting)  
 
I was just now google-ing for more and saw this recent one, I don't recall 
hearing of it on the list ...
 
http://www.velozia.com/?p=4601
 
Tom
 
 
 
 

KR> Fw: Whatever happened to videoBob?

[Mark Langford]

The Gathering is coming up soon, and it's inevitable that somebody will ask 
about videos of the Gathering, maybe if videos of past Gatherings were 
available yet, and eventually, "whatever happened to Video Bob"?.   He 
answers that below.  It reminds me of something William Wynne says often, 
"every day that passes, you're one day closer to losing your medical".  Bob 
is one of those guys with infectious good humour...he's always smiling, has 
something positive to say, and is happy to see you.  Let's keep Bob in mind 
at the Gathering this year, and we'll expect him at MVN (or wherever) next 
year...

From: "Bob Vermeulen" 
To: <"N56ML "@hiwaay.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 3:48 PM
Subject: Whatever happened to videoBob?


> Hi Mark,
>
> It's been a long time since I've seen you or been able to talk with you. 
> Once again I won't be able to make it to Oshkosh or to the Gathering.  I 
> know I'm going to miss a lot of good things and not see a lot of my old 
> friends.  Sorry about that.  I still get the KRNet digest and usually read 
> it everyday.  So now to bring you up to date.  As you may know several 
> years ago I sold my KR project to Keith Crawford.  I loved that project, 
> but when Sport Pilot came on the scene, I realized that it might be a good 
> way for me to go.  I mean, my blood pressure was going up and I realized 
> that passing a physical may not always be something automatic for me. 
> Anyway I built a MiniMax.  Put a Citroen engine in it, flew it and loved 
> it.  A couple of years ago I also bought a Kolb MK III that had been 
> balled up in a hard landing and rebuilt it. It turned out real nice and I 
> was very proud of it.  Nice plane.  My business thrived over the past ten 
> years.  I normally worked 70 to 80 hours a week.  Work was nuts!!  Anyway 
> I turned 62 at the end of November 2009.  My plan was to retire (or 
> seriously cut back my business) on December 1, 2009.  I figured this would 
> give me more time to do what I wanted to do.  Flying low and slow. 
> Getting to Osh, Sun n' fun and the KR Gathering.  Retirement was something 
> I was looking forward to.  I worked hard for it and I was READY.
>
> Dec 3rd was a good day, but in the evening I became sick.  Serious 
> throwing up and sharp pain in my stomach.  I had had the sharp pain in my 
> stomach all last summer and while I mostly grounded my flying activity, I 
> didn't let it slow me down.  My doc thought I probably had a hiatal 
> hernia.  Made sense to me.  I deserved ulcers and anything else that might 
> come along.  I also had high blood pressure.  It was out of control. 
> Anyway around midnight on Dec.3 My wife dragged me to the Emergency Room. 
> They rolled me in as I argued with them about what was happening.  To me 
> it was a hiatal hernia.  The docs at the Heart Center said I was having a 
> very serious heart attack.  I don't remember too much after that.  In the 
> days that followed, the doctors told me I had a 100 percent blockage of 
> the LAD (Lateral anterior descending artery)  This one is also known as 
> the "widow maker".  He informed me that he had never had anybody survive a 
> 100 percent blockage of the LAD.  He worked on me till he got two stents 
> in the artery.   Open heart "bypass" surgery was out of the question 
> because of the weakened heart.  They took good care of me and I am 
> greatful to all the docs and to God for saving my life.  Well, after a 
> weeks stay in the hospital they finally let me go home.  I worked the next 
> day to tie up a few loose odds and ends.  My business associate suggested 
> that I didn't look too good and that maybe I should go home.  I went home. 
> Can't be too cautious can we.  A few hours later  I'm kicked back in my 
> LazyBoy  and I am having a strange sensation.  I see my hands and my feet, 
> but I don't know who they belong too.  I felt like I was outside of my 
> body.  STRANGE.  Hard to explain.  Sharon (my wife) sensed something was 
> wrong and got me to lay down.  I was having a stroke. That was Dec. 9.  It 
> was back to the hospital for nearly two weeks The next thing I remember is 
> Christmas day. My first recollection of it was that my daughter and 
> husband were there.  I always love Christmas morning.  The next thing I 
> recall was realizing that I was pretty much blind.  I could see very 
> little and could figure out very little of what I did see.  The stroke was 
> not good to me, but it could have been so much worse.  I lost most of my 
> eyesight, but I could walk and talk, and both hands and arms worked.  I 
> didn't druel all over myself.  It was a "hoot" watching me dress.  Trying 
> to figure out where my arms went in a shirt.  A number of times I tried to 
> put two legs into one pant leg.  I've learned to dress all over again. 
> Sometimes I still get the buttons all cockeyed on my shirt.  I've learned 
> to laugh at a lot of things and am happy when I get some things right.  My 
> 

KR> wings

[Mark Langford]

Leif G Alstadsæter wrote:

> I'm going to build a KR2S. I have look and studies a lot about this little 
> bird.
> One thing I don't have a good answer to, is what kind of wing-profile I 
> should use.
> I have not the opportunities to try either the old or the new profile.
> Can somebody tell what the different to fly the old or the new profile?
> What is the advantage to fly one or the other?

The "new" AS504x wing profile has almost identical characteristics as the 
RAF48, except for lower drag, which translates into higher speeds and more 
efficiency.  Considering they are created the same way when scratch 
building, it is a "free lunch".  The thicker AS5048 tapering to AS5045 
yields more fuel capacity.  I believe Navaero now sells a version of the new 
AS504x airfoil. As Dan said, there's a lot more info on the subject of the 
new KR airfoil (designed specifically for the KR2S, but applicable to the 
KR2 and KR1 as well) at http://www.krnet.org/as504x/ .

Mark Langford
N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
website at http://www.N56ML.com

KR> 2nd set plugs

[Dan Heath]

Yes, if you have the 3/4" reach plugs, I am sure that you will have no
problems with it.

See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics 
See you at the 2010 - KR Gathering in Richmond, Ky - I39
There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for Flying
has begun.
Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC


-Original Message-
From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf
Of Eric Evezard
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 8:03 AM
To: KRnet
Subject: KR> 2nd set plugs

Hi Dan,
Thanks very much for your response.I have a 2 L type 4 VW engine that runs
exceptionally well on a distributor similar to a Bosch type 009 distributor
imported from Great Plains.and standard VW plugs.I have installed a backup
system that will need an extra set of plugs.Thanks for clarifing the
matter.I will have Auto.Engineers do the job without steel inserts.
Thanks Again,
Eric,
South Africa.
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KR> wings

[Dan Heath]

I can't tell you the advantages of one over the other.  I have the stock
wing, maybe an advantage is that there are wing skins built for it that you
can buy.  I understand that the new wing is faster, and has more fuel
capacity.  I do believe that everyone who is building a KR these days, and
has the opportunity to choose the airfoil, is going with the new wing.  I
would if I were, buy I finished a project that was started with the RAF 48,
and don't think there are enough advantages to change it out, but do think
that there are enough advantages to build it if starting from scratch.  Mark
L. has a long write up on it on his web site, and if you search the
archives, you should be able to find it.

Welcome to the KR family.

See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics 
See you at the 2010 - KR Gathering in Richmond, Ky - I39
There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for Flying
has begun.
Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC


-Original Message-

I have not the opportunities to try either the old or the new profile.

Can somebody tell what the different to fly the old or the new profile?

What is the advantage to fly one or the other?

KR> 2nd set plugs

[James Ferris]

Why do you need another set of plugs? Use Bosch PLATNUM  plugs with the backup 
system, it is better than puting new holes in the heads.



- Original Message 
From: Eric Evezard 
To: KRnet 
Sent: Sat, August 7, 2010 8:02:55 AM
Subject: KR> 2nd set plugs

Hi Dan,
Thanks very much for your response.I have a 2 L type 4 VW engine that runs 
exceptionally well on a distributor similar to a Bosch type 009 distributor 
imported from Great Plains.and standard VW plugs.I have installed a backup 
system that will need an extra set of plugs.Thanks for clarifing the matter.I 
will have Auto.Engineers do the job without steel inserts.
Thanks Again,
Eric,
South Africa.
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KR> Battery

[Jeff York]

Joe.


had something that sounds just like this a couple years ago. all your 
sympy\toms just before gathering.

I too bought a new regulator. mine ended up being a bad crimp on one of my 
voltage regulator as I recall. i am sure it was a wire connection and it was on 
or around the regulator. i have a GP VW 2180.

jeff york

Lexington, KY.

--- On Sat, 8/7/10, joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com  wrote:

> From: joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com 
> Subject: KR> Battery
> To: corvaircr...@mylist.net
> Cc: kr...@mylist.net
> Date: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 1:39 PM
> Hey guys,
> Absolutly a perfect day today and I am sitting her typing.
> Tried to start N357CJ and the battery was dead, I thought
> that I had left a gps on or something so I just stuck the
> charger to it for 20 min. and triedd to crank it and she
> barly turned over. The battery was new in March but I
> thought I better take a closer look. When I looked at the
> battery I could see it was bulged out on 3 sides and when I
> got it out it actually had a blow out hole in the middle of
> a verticle corner on the groung end. I took it back to the
> battery warehouse nad they thought heat but couldn't be
> sure. They also said they were going to keep it as an
> example. I bought a new battery of a larger cranking amp
> size that they did not have before. I am gooing to check
> ground and power connections again and I may change the
> voltage regulator. I have the JD alt. and regulator.There
> has been no sign of over voltage as 14.1 is the highest I
> have seen and mostly 13.8 to 14.1. No popped breakers and
> cowl temps and engine temps have not gone where it should
> have affected a battery. Leave it to me to find new ways to
> not be able to fly.
> 
> Joe Horton
> coopersburg, Pa.
> Sent from my burgerking lunch stop
> 
> Try this Weight Loss Trick
> Simple weight loss secret to lose 12 pounds in 30 days
> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c5d9a5b815953827st06duc
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KR> Battery

[joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com]

Hey guys,
Absolutly a perfect day today and I am sitting her typing. Tried to start 
N357CJ and the battery was dead, I thought that I had left a gps on or 
something so I just stuck the charger to it for 20 min. and triedd to crank it 
and she barly turned over. The battery was new in March but I thought I better 
take a closer look. When I looked at the battery I could see it was bulged out 
on 3 sides and when I got it out it actually had a blow out hole in the middle 
of a verticle corner on the groung end. I took it back to the battery warehouse 
nad they thought heat but couldn't be sure. They also said they were going to 
keep it as an example. I bought a new battery of a larger cranking amp size 
that they did not have before. I am gooing to check ground and power 
connections again and I may change the voltage regulator. I have the JD alt. 
and regulator.There has been no sign of over voltage as 14.1 is the highest I 
have seen and mostly 13.8 to 14.1. No popped breakers and cowl temps and engine 
temps have not gone where it should have affected a battery. Leave it to me to 
find new ways to not be able to fly.

Joe Horton
coopersburg, Pa.
Sent from my burgerking lunch stop

Try this Weight Loss Trick
Simple weight loss secret to lose 12 pounds in 30 days
http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c5d9a5b815953827st06duc

KR> wings

[Leif G Alstadsæter]

Hei

I'm going to build a KR2S. I have look and studies a lot about this little bird.

One thing I don't have a good answer to, is what kind of wing-profile I should 
use.

I have not the opportunities to try either the old or the new profile.

Can somebody tell what the different to fly the old or the new profile?

What is the advantage to fly one or the other?



Will be very pleased if somebody can help me.



Regard



Leif G Alstadseter



Norway



lei...@lyse.net

KR> 2nd set plugs

[Eric Evezard]

Hi Dan,
Thanks very much for your response.I have a 2 L type 4 VW engine that runs 
exceptionally well on a distributor similar to a Bosch type 009 distributor 
imported from Great Plains.and standard VW plugs.I have installed a backup 
system that will need an extra set of plugs.Thanks for clarifing the matter.I 
will have Auto.Engineers do the job without steel inserts.
Thanks Again,
Eric,
South Africa.

KR> apology

[Dene Collett]

Sorry guys that was meant to go to Eric direct.
Regards
Dene Collett
Avlec Projects cc
Port Elizabeth
South Africa

KR> stainless exhaust parts

[Dene Collett]

Robert, you might try finding some stainless dairy pipe. It is a little 
heavy but will last forever.
Regards
Dene Collett
Avlec Projects cc
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
- Original Message - 
From: 
To: "krnet" 
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 1:11 AM
Subject: KR> stainless exhaust parts




Hi Everyone,

Anyone out there know of a good supplier of stainless steel exhaust pipe?

Robert Pesak

Hermitage, Tn.

KR> 2nd set plugs

[Dan Heath]

Eric,

Are you talking about a VW engine?  What kind of plugs, depth of the
threaded area?  The only place I have seen a problem, is on the VW when the
plug treaded area has been bored out, to allow for the 1/2" reach of the
aircraft plugs for the magneto.  It is not uncommon for these to get blown
out.

However, if you have genuine VW heads, they have plenty of meat, where the
plug goes, either one.  And if you use auto plugs with a 3/4" reach, or can
find aircraft plugs with a 3/4" reach that you are willing to pay for, you
should not need any type of insert.

See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics 
See you at the 2010 - KR Gathering in Richmond, Ky - I39
There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for Flying
has begun.
Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC

-Original Message-
Shortly I hope to have a second set of spark plugs installed for dual
ignition.Are there any do's or dont's of note ? Should one have the helicoil
steel inserts for example ?

KR> 2nd set plugs

[Eric Evezard]

Hi Netters,
Shortly I hope to have a second set of spark plugs installed for dual 
ignition.Are there any do's or dont's of note ? Should one have the helicoil 
steel inserts for example ?
Best Regards,
Eric,
South Africa