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Hi Steve and Pete Just wondering where you got this 5 hinge requirement from? It may have applied under the old Australian ABAA (Amateur Built Aircraft Approval) but I don't recall it. In any case the ABAA is now obsolete and replaced by Experimental. Under the latter, provided you can convince your Authorised Person that it is safe (normally by reference to the manufacturer's plans) then you should get a CoA. My KR2 has the stock three hinges per the plans and has an experimental CoA. Search the archives for more info on 5 hinges, the topic has been discussed previously. One point to consider is the hinge pin alignment/bind when the tail plane or elevator flexes. Under the Australian Experimental, the only government approvals you need comply with are: 1. An approved maintenance schedule, either your own one, the manufacturers, or CASAs. 2. Airworthiness Directives of which there are none for the KR2 specifically only general ones relating the engine, prop, cables, radios, timber inspections, seat belts etc etc. 3. The conditions on your CoA imposed by the Authorised Person (the government's delegate). You can also do your own maintenance if you built the aircraft but I understand this is likely to change in the New Year unless you have completed the SAAA maintenance procedures course...that reminds me, I'd better do the open book exam this weekend...g. See Ya John ...snip..
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Steve, If you're wanting to get an Australian CoA for the aircraft then you might have to refit to the Aus. standard of 5 hinge points along the Horizontal. Cheers. Pete. On 2/11/2010 12:50, Steven Bedford wrote: > Sorry Dan I did not mean to say that the original hinges were not airworthy.. > I had read somewhere > that the Australian government required 5 instead of 3 elevator hinges and > I wasn't sure > if I would be able to receive an airworthiness certificate when I was > finished with the plane. Now > that I know that other people are flying with just 3 I may just leave it > alone. And yes, I do know that > the Aus. Feds and the Faa have different policies but wasn't sure on the kr2 > hinges so I thought I > would ask. Good job on your wing tanks I have been following your progress. > > Thanks > Steven Bedford > s1bedf...@msn.com >
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Dan Heath wrote: > Sorry, can't resist...Please explain > where this new knowledge comes from. Sorry Dan I did not mean to say that the original hinges were not airworthy. I had read somewhere that the Australian government required 5 instead of 3 elevator hinges and I wasn't sure if I would be able to receive an airworthiness certificate when I was finished with the plane. Now that I know that other people are flying with just 3 I may just leave it alone. And yes, I do know that the Aus. Feds and the Faa have different policies but wasn't sure on the kr2 hinges so I thought I would ask. Good job on your wing tanks I have been following your progress. Thanks Steven Bedford s1bedf...@msn.com
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Sorry, can't resist... What is it that we "know now about KR hinges"? Sure, Dr. Dean hinges may be better, but KRs have been flying for years on the original hinges and I have never heard of a failure. Please explain where this new knowledge comes from. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you at the 2011 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN There is a time for building and it never seems to end. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC -Original Message- knowing what we know now about the kr hinges.
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I've got to keep the record straight but the rod ends I used came from a gentleman named Mel Locke from Calgary Alberta they are not rod ends like Dr. Dean suggested and personally I like his idea better. They were easier to do than what I did on my KR1. I'm still amazed that I got my hinge alignments proper but it did probably take 3 tries if I remember correctly. which explains why I spent so long building it because I probably built the plane 3 times. To the people just starting or planning on starting, stay the line because you're on a life altering venture and will develop skills and create associations that will serve you well. It's all about focus
