KR> Purchased a KR-2, want to change the landing gear config....

" simply 'flipping around' the main gear so that it angles backwards and is mounted to the back of the spar, and then adding a nose wheel " Sounds easy doesn't it? That is how you create a tri-gear KR2, although my understanding is that sentence probably covers a couple hundred hours of work.

KR> Purchased a KR-2, want to change the landing gear config....

New poster here... I recently purchased a completed KR-2 (N86DK, S/N 4336), fixed conventional gear & some form of VW motor, posa carb... There appears to be minor glass repair needed on the elevator (I was an airframe mechanic in the Army, so that's no big deal to me), and it's short a few

KR> using a loop antenna for VHF comms

I would be more likely to use a folded dipole. Same noise reduction, same radiation pattern as a dipole (loops are meant for direction finding), but it does require a 6:1 balun for impedance matching.(easily purchased or made). in, -- Glenn Martin, KR2 N1333A, Biloxi, MS

KR> comm antenna 1/4 wave length

Pete I have always used 2808/freq. in MHz = 1/4 wave in inches Gary Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain - Original Message - From: "Pete Klapp" To: > > Mark /Netters > > On your web

KR> Prop , pitch, perfomance

Jeff York wrote: >Can I open a possible can of worms and discuss or find that prop >performance spreadsheet that I seem to remember back some time ago.< See http://www.krnet.org/kr-info.xls for the spreadsheet, and http://www.krnet.org/kr-info.html for an HTML version for those who don't have

KR> using a loop antenna for VHF comms

This is the antenna I am building: http://www.davemorris.com/dave/MorrisDFLoop.html "it occurred to the author that a full wavelength loop antenna would fit perfectly inside a Dragonfly, Q-2, or other aircraft having a non-metal tail cone of approximately 31 inches diameter, and that such an

KR> Type 4 cooler on Type 1 2180

12 years ago I put a type 4 oil cooler on a 2180 VW I had mounted in an Avid Flyer that I built. I had used an adapter plate to turn the cooler around to center it on the engine. If I remember right, I needed longer studs for the cooler, but otherwise it mounted up just fine. It worked well. No

KR> Prop , pitch, perfomance

See - Original Message - From: jeffyor...@yahoo.com Sent: 10/20/11 04:01 PM To: KRnet Subject: KR> Prop , pitch, perfomance I am most interested in standard KR2 with a 2180 but for comparative purposes as long as I can compare like data on like

KR> Type 4 cooler on Type 1 2180

I am thinking of going to a Type 4 oil cooler on my type 1 VW 2180. According to the man who would know, SB. I can increase cooling 20%. Just curious if anyone here as bolted one up and how there experience was as I plan to order one as soon as Steve gets back to shop. I guess I am wondering

KR> Prop , pitch, perfomance

Can I open a possible can of worms and discuss or find that prop performance spreadsheet that I seem to remember back some time ago. I am most interested in standard KR2 with a 2180 but for comparative purposes as long as I can compare like data on like simular KR aircraft I will be fine. Just

KR> comm antenna 1/4 wave length

Velocity Factor ? Virg On 10/20/2011 4:18 PM, Pete Klapp wrote: > > > Mark /Netters > > On your web site, you list the length of each leg of your dipole at 20.3". I > went to an online site that will calculate the needed length , >

KR> comm antenna 1/4 wave length

Velocity Factor ? Virg On 10/20/2011 4:18 PM, Pete Klapp wrote: > > > Mark /Netters > > On your web site, you list the length of each leg of your dipole at 20.3". I > went to an online site that will calculate the needed length , >

KR> comm antenna 1/4 wave length

Mark. I hope you don't mind me jumping in on this... The reason the antenna is shorter is because the formula you have seen is for the wavelength of a signal in FREE SPACE, which travels at the speed of light. In a conductor, the signal travels at a fraction of the speed of light (read on

KR> comm antenna 1/4 wave length

Mark /Netters On your web site, you list the length of each leg of your dipole at 20.3". I went to an online site that will calculate the needed length , www.onlineconversion.com/frequency_wavelength.htm. Their conversion formula gives a length range of 25.0" at 118 MHz to 22.0" at 134 MHz.

KR> Tip tanks

Mike wrote: "Outboard tanks, tips or not, increase the structural ability of the wing to handle sudden increases in lift. Tip tanks, if canted like the later 310's for instance, are thought to decrease tip drag. The KR wing is strong enough that carrying fuel in the tips isn't relevant

KR> POT OHM OR K?

On 10/20/2011 5:46 AM, John Martindale wrote: > Well actually Jeff, the current in the circuit stays the same. Refer > John. You are incorrect in this situation. Adding the resistance of the rheostat (as we increase the dimming effect) increases total circuit impedance. ALTHOUGH this is

KR> POT OHM OR K?

Well actually Jeff, the current in the circuit stays the same. Refer http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_5/2.html The brightness is a function of power (watts) which equals volts times amps. Since amps remain the same, a resistor/rheostat drops the voltage across the bulb thus dimming