KR> LED bar vs needle for AFR gauge
Need some insight I am putting an oxygen sensor in the Smith. I am leaning (no pun intended) twords the LED bar meter because I think it would require less thought. Just pull the mixture until you're in the green. Any real reason to have numbers or a needle gauge? Craig
KR> Projects for sale
I have 3 KR23 projects for sale. One is a stock KR bow completed on retracts rudder pedals and cables installed. The second is a KR to extended a few inches wide and a few inches below rudderpedals installed on fixed gear with Diehl wing skins old Airfoil. I also have a 2180 V wagon engine with electronic ignition for sale. The third project is set up for the new airfoil I have fixed gear for that one. The boat is complete and I have outboard spars for all three. Contact me off-line at lee at vandyke2.com Lee Van Dyke
KR> never know what you will find at Craigslist
Jeff Scott wrote: "That is a 200 cu inch engine Continental Engine (Air Force used these in both APUs and fuel tanker trucks) but likely has an C-90 camshaft in it, so has significantly less cam duration and is tuned for 2400 - 2500 rpm. Seems to me they also have a flange stud that is slightly off line for indexing, so the prop may require having one hole opened up a bit. Hey, but with the intakes on top, you could just tell everyone it's the latest tuned top intake model like the IO-360s and IO-550s found in the Cirrus Aircraft. I've only seen one of these engines in service in an aircraft. That was on a Dragonfly. He called it a top intake C-90, but the plane performed pretty well with it. FWIW, put an O-200 cam in it if it isn't already, magnaflux the crank so you know what you have, or switch to an O-200 crank, then mount an Ellison throttle body to it and you would have a nice engine. But even if it's only a C-90 configuration, it would perform well in a KR." I would add to that my hangar mate has been flying a VP2 with one of these converted GPU's known as PC-60's they share most of their components with C-90's. The case is significantly different and is set up to be bed mounted. The cylinders not only have the intake on the top but also is drilled for only one spark plug. My hangar mate drilled the cylinders for the extra plug and had the cylinders honed and chromed as they had some pitting. A second mag was installed on the accessory case where the starter normally resides on the GPU. The crankshaft flange was opened up to correct the offset mounting hole and Continental prop bosses inserted to match the normal pattern. He just turned over 1000 hrs with no significant problems. The only real problem is that with the case it has it is a bit heavier than an C-90 and doesn't seem to put out the equivalent horsepower. Otherwise it is good solid engine that has served him well. Rick Human KR-2 N202RH Houston, Tx
KR> Jet Engine in KR
Hi Randy, That was me with a modified single seat KR2. I carries 48 gallons which is enough fuel for about 3 hours at full power at sea level or almost 5 hours at 10,000 feet. I sold the plane to Steve Alderman around 2005 and bought it back a couple of years ago. Steve had done very little work on it. It has become a labor of love spending most of its time under a plastic tarp but still receives very slow progress from time to time. Mike Ladigo Randy Smith via KRnet wrote: > There has been a jet engine on a KR many years ago. I believe he had enough > fuel for a 30 minute flight. If I remember right he had the plane at the KR > flying in Oklahoma. On Friday, October 30, 2015 12:37 PM, Jeff Scott via KRnet wrote: > > I have a line on a turbine engine I think I want for the KR-2S ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Now that should start lots of speculation on the forum! -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM ___ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options ___ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
KR> Question for Roger Bulla
Chris The Tillotson does not have a idle cutoff per say, but all fuel going to both the idle and main circuit has to go through the main needle. If you turn the main mixture to the stop the engine will quit even at idle. I always shut down using the ignition switch and leave the mixture at the setting it was when I landed, just a tad rich. It has never dribbled fuel while sitting even when I forget to turn off the fuel valve. Roger Bulla -Original Message- From: Chris Kinnaman via KRnet Sent: Sunday, November 1, 2015 7:29 AM To: KRnet Cc: Chris Kinnaman Subject: KR> Question for Roger Bulla Roger, Do you use the mixture control on your Tillotson carb for an idle cutoff? Thanks Chris ___ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
