erimental homebuilt aircraft
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Date: 2009-05-17, 9:34PM
KR2 experimental homebuilt aircraft. 75 % complete. Fusalage complete,
wings built and need ailerons installed. Bill Defreeze retractable tri
gear. Corvair engine
-2 aircraft
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Date: 2009-06-10, 10:46AM
This is an experimental class kit plane fiberglass fuselage see URL's
(fly_kr.com),(krnet.org) for full info on this plane. VW TEC-4 powered
74 hp.will trade for two quads. CALL #
Experimantal Kit Plane KR-2
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Date: 2009-06-02, 10:33AM
This is an experimental aircraft in kit form, the fuselage and tail
feathers have been build. Wing stubs and retractable landing gear
installed. Now she needs
http://detroit.craigslist.org/rvs/1185280170.html
http://detroit.craigslist.org/rvs/1156546768.html
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Experimental Aircraft (Polk City)
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Date: 2009-05-29, 9:37PM EDT
This is an experimental aircraft in kit form, the
nal structural walls and cabinets.
just my 2 cents..
John Gotschall
N611GB
Puyuallup, WA
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19346755/detail.html?treets=sea=sea_break=T=sea_break_1_05410105012009
jg
see also this article on shimmy:
http://www.mykr2.com/TKL_FEB_2008.pdf
jg
from Aircraft Landing Gear Design: Principles and Practices by Norman
S. Currey:
9.5 Castering Nose Wheels
...
Configurations a and b in Fig 9.24 are statically neutral and
dynamically stable in both forward and aft movement. In the latter
configiration, the wheel swivels 180 deg for aft
Here's some super thick damping fluid, almost a gelatin
http://www.turntablebasics.com/silicone.html
jg
That's exactly why I want those retracts up and have a smooth underbelly
when putting down on the water.
jg
On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 11:05 +1000, Darren Crompton wrote:
> >
> > All my forced landing here in western Washington are probably going to
> > be within reach of water..
>
>
>
> Hi John
my forced landing here in western Washington are probably going to
be within reach of water.. I think it's worth keeping retracts for, or
making a tricycle set of retracts for...
Any opinions to chime in here?? ANyone here put down in water with
fixed gear? How did that work out?
John
some more "mechanical needle" O2 meters
http://www.innovatemotorsports.com/products/MTS.php
jg
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/rvs/1110444207.html
jg
I have flown a vairety of taildraggers, but have not logged a lot of
time overall in them, due to thier not being as readily available as
try-cycle planes at clubs and fbo's. That being said, I would
reccommend trying out several different birds, if you can find them.
It's been my experience that
ponent in the
mass if it is going to settle. The bowl for the gascolator provides
this "settling pond" environment. I'd keep it.
My 2 cents..
John Gotschall
N611GB
Puyallup, WA
the supply is low.
John Gotschall
N611GB
Puyallup, wa
On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 06:27 -0700, Rich Seifert wrote:
> In your case; I would shoot for 15 gallons per hour
> "at the carb float bowl" as a minimum.
I just received a set of osprey2 plans. I bought them to check out the
retractable mains. I have not yet audited the dimensions, but it looks
doable.. Their nosewheel design won't fit of course, so I am still
searching for that solution.
Looks like each main strut "working load" load is 1100
congrats, Mark.
That makes we want to build build build..
jg
N611GB
http://detroit.craigslist.org/rvs/1062298573.html
I'm flying commercial to Cleveland and staying most of the last week of
this month.
Are there any KR's in the neighborhood that I can get a look at?
John Gotschall
N611GB
Puyallup, WA
partial for sale
http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/for/1025882351.html
jg
h..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KR2-Tri-gear-2-place-experimental-aircraft_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a1171Q7c66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a0Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem180333484621QQitemZ180333484621QQptZMotorsQ5fAircraft
jg
A friend of mine took me for a ride in an RV 4 built by himself, his
brothers and their dad. It had a big engine and a constant speed prop.
I don't recall the engine size or designation, but it seemed huge.
While flying the airplane, it felt like I was seated inside a bubble of
alumninum foil
Mark,
Did you ever paint a deer emblem on your plane?
I think I've told that deer story to everyone I know.
jg
surface, it needs
the little groovlets to grip onto.
Did someone say that everything took three times to get it right?
jg
On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 06:11 -0500, Gary Shubert wrote:
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 John Gotschall wrote:
>
> Thanks that is exactly the type of information I wa
You can try the method I used,
look at the last few pics on the main page (internet exploder users may
have to go right rather than down to see the pics) and look for a link
to "vaccuum system" at
http://www.mykr2.com
belt driven vaccuum pump vw2100 all home brew.
turns the pump at 2500 rpm
pick the plane, they show you the cockpit
jg
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/test/archives/2007/articles/jan_07/cockpits/cockpits.html
This is exactly the point that the EAA guy at the Arlington airshow last
year wanted to debunk. The guy from the EAA insisted that the best time
to buy is just before the repairman cert is applied for. He insisted
that "Anyone" can apply for it. If you buy the project, you or your
mother, or
I went to the EAA class on "buying a used experimental" where alot of
this stuff was discussed.
The idea is that since experimentals are becoming so common, that these
issues of reselling need to be brought out for discussion.
Basicaly I came away understanding:
The plane must be amature built
For $400 you could get a lathe at Harbor freight and turn your own
pulleys.. I make my own pulleys from blocks of aluminum.
Head to the shop (with a beer) turn on the radio and start cutting.
jg
On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 11:33 -0600, Kirk Lacewell wrote:
> I'm trying to cpmplete a KR-2S
Guys,
I can't help but be happy today, I finished my first BFR after more
than 10 years of no flying (well, full scale anyway)..
Divorce in Washington will strip you of all your posessions and future
wealth, but only for ten years or so.. ( I'd guess about $650k or so)
After 10 years of state
I once flew a radio controlled plane (an Astro Hog) that was over
powered by 50% into a power dive, and half way through the dive it made
a very loud "brappp" noise (much louder than the engine noise at
WOT) and then I witnessed part of the empennage fall away. When I
landed the plane, I
N611GB turbo headers are wrapped in the fiberglass wrap in only a few
places where the hot exhaust pipes come close to (hard) oil lines and
oil filter. Later more sections may be wrapped if heating the cowl or
other parts becomes a problem.
There is doubt that it'll do any good as the flowing
OK, I can't find a way to make this kr related,
but it's sooo cool I can't help but share this.
goto my web page and view a video of my linux desktop,
you gotta see this!
http://www.mykr2.com
or maybe just the video here:
http://www.mykr2.com/vid5.avi
about 22 megs..
I get happy with
As to night flying,
I agree with Mark's comment about the pucker factor.
The reality for me is that when I go flying (or go to do pretty much
anything else I enjoy alot like sailing) and plan a day of it, I rarely
get home on time. When the good times are rolling, who wants it to end?
So I
Thanks for the detailed response.
Let's explore the option of introducing the exhaust gases before or
after the carb.
On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 22:46 -0800, George Bearden wrote:
> It displaces BOTH fuel and air, the mixture, not just oxygen selectively.
> Thus the mixture remains almost the same.
I don't know,
But when I read my GM manual, they use it to to cool combustion to
reduce NOx emissions, they say it cools the fire enough to change the
NOx emissions and is used only at higher throttle settings.
They say the exhaust gas is inert and thus displaces (reduces) available
oxygen, with
Turbo vw engine engineers:
I just read on krnet about a turbo'd vw motor lifting a head at 3600rpm,
36" manifold pressure.
My vw motor has the revmaster turbo setup, draw through carb, etc. No
wastegate. 20 minutes running time, not yet flown.
I once asked a turbo guru once about adding a
Huh?
My vfr flights (not in a kr yet) have almost always come home at night.
So whut's wrong wit dat?
I time it that way so I can go over Seattle at dusk (pretty to look at).
Land a half hour later.
jg
Guys,
please see:
http://www.mykr2.com/1229292337017.jpg
Shouldn't there be a pair of screws in these locations, near to the prop
blade opening?
Maybe the prior owners never felt this was finished? And how the heck
do you fabricate that forward spinner bulkhead and fit it to the
interior
Guys,
To be accurate my plane never had an ELT so if I get one now it's "new"
isin't it?
Don't new installations require the 406 unit?
jg
2 things,
In the regs just posted (e) 4 seems to indicate that while flying off
the 40 hours (testing) it is NOT required, did I get that right? (I
concur w/Mark L, these 40 hrs are not a good time to be without one).
Canada's regs imposes a unilateral trade restriction. I wonder if Nafta
or
Hi,
My kr-2 got it's airworthyness cert, and operating limitations back in
the 1980's.
Now with a new motor, canopy, fordeck and cowl, I am sure they will want
me to fly off 40 hours in addition to the 22 already logged.
What abot the ELT? It has none now. No mention of one in the logs.
What
They do that here.
If you are a man in Washington state and contest your divorce as
respondent, you get to pay both sets of laywers. I know, 'cause I did.
$36,000.00
jg
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 07:36 -0600, Mark Langford wrote:
> Mark W wrote:
> Things are a lot different in
> Europe where
Here's a link to a commercial product:
http://www.turboxs.com/more_info.php?ID=212
There is a downloadable installation guide there.
It appears from this that it's a bit of a complicated issue.
It looks like a series of maybe two or three acoustic filters would be
necessary to remove the
Has anyone made a knock sensor idiot light setup, something that would
give a red light for detonation?
thanks
jg
This guy has some interesting vw heads. Too bad, but says he does not do
"aircraft".
http://bugpatch.com
jg
I wondered the same thing, works with vw doesn't it?
Or is the reason not to because you would loose the higher compression
ratio by lifting the cyl?
jg
> > The only solution was to order a set of stock O-200 pistons
> > and downgrade the engine to a stock O-200. :o(
>
> Wonder if you put
So I got the package for $45 from Weeks, one of the traditional american
suppliers.
Then Yesterday I found them for $12.99 at:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=44810
A slightly smaller package, but you don't need much anyway. The one
from weeks comes with a
guys,
Thanks for the flood of responses.
For those interested in the 1989 suburban 350 4x4 bad running mystery
the ANSWER IS..
The EGR valve. The unit was stuck open about 1/4 of it's available
travel. When pushed it would move then groan on the way back (it's
spring loaded).
Not only KR related, but here goes:
I have been in need of a tow vehicle for my Kr trailer, my sailboat
trailer, cabin cruiser trailer, UH-16 hover craft trailer, The 1958
skagit skimaster trailer, and the box trailer (residential dumpster)..
Yes, that IS a pattern..
So, this weekend (off of
Sid,
It was a defect in the weld along the 90 degree seam between the floor
of the tank and the rearmost wall.
Once found it was easy to see that while all the rest of the tank was
welded very nicely, along the bead on this edge in only this one spot,
there was a tiny deviation in the placement
B LALONDE BC Canada
>
> - Original Message -----
> From: "John Gotschall" had a pin hole in it that I "soldered" up with
> "aluminum weld rod" from Weeks. , but never imagined
> I'd ever be able to solder aluminum so easily
>
>
> _
Has anyone made aluminum tanks in the same size and shape as the
original fiberglass method and just foam/glassed into place the aluminum
ones?
And on that subject, My 20+ year old aluminum tank (forward of the
instrument panel) had a pin hole in it that I "soldered" up with
"aluminum weld rod"
Oily wood...
I was once gifted an RC airplane, called an astro hog. This astro hog
had years and years of flight time on it.
It was very well constructed, but after years of flying, the wood at the
firewall, foredeck and bottom was soaked through with caster and
synthetic oils from the model
(with flox?). Then foaming into
place a bottom sheet of foam, sand to the shape of the wing then glass
over and refinish the bottom of the wings.
Can anyone point to a site outlining a re-work of wing tanks? Modern
material on old glass?
Thanks
John Gotschall
N611GB
Puyallup, WA
http://santabarbara.craigslist.org/rvs/917560607.html
jg
Last week was the first 2180 type 1 turbo run.
This week was the second. For those of you who have not had your first
engine run yet I'll share my experience.
Last week:
Pull the top set of spark plugs, crack open one of the fittings feeding
oil to the turbo charger and crank the engine over
Guys,
I found that most windoze users could not view the entire quicktime
video which shows two engine starts.
So I reprocessed the quicktime video into an MP4, My brother says he
can see the whole thing now on his windoze computer.
http://www.mykr2.com/test.mp4
jg
>
Today N611GB ran her new motor for the first time,
a short video online at:
http://www.mykr2.com/
I left the carb mixture at cutoff, and ran it from the primer first just
to see how it would go, then opened up the fuel mixture and ran it.
Runs good, a few bugs to work out..
YeeHaw!
jg
I haven't seen any mention of it, so I'll mention it: For those of us
who live near alot of water, retracts are best for a water landing, or
perhaps landing on frozen cornfields (john S. did that), probably for a
muddy field too.
jg
N611GB
Puyallup WA
I searched around the net and could not find anything on prop indexing
for my GPAS 2180.
Reading mark's website it said vertical prop with #1 TDC, but that's a
corvair.
Looking at doing that on my vw, it would make hand propping hard if the
spark comes at that position (my slick mag has an
this is probably where they go the idea..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-qTjuBRD6M
jg
I saw this exact same thing done with an RC aircraft in a youtube a
while back
jg
On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 19:01 -0400, Dan Heath wrote:
>
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRCbkBfdBrQ)
I live in a rain forest. It rains all the time from November to April.
(pretty much).
My kr lives in a box tralier, and last winter I saw corrosion growing on
the outside of my new motor. It was then filled with oil, sprayed with
oil, and the starter run to fill the oil passages. I put two
it looks like the 555 timer sets the time base for voltage "stepup
coil". Some call this thing a kickback regulator. The cool thing about
those is the same circuit can develop any voltage either above or below
the supply voltage. it looks like trigger timing is adjustable, but no
mention of
Not so when charging a cap to oh say 400 or 500 volts from a 12v power
supply through a transformer being switched by a transistor. Charge
time then depends on the current capacity of the transistor, inductor &
rectifier, etc. (assuming no other current controlling factors are
present)..
Ever
What aluminum golf ball technique?
jg
On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 01:31 +1100, Aviation Interests wrote:
> I would have liked to find a Fresnel lens
> to improve further, then I heard of the "aluminum golf ball" technique, but
> I never found time to try that.
>
> Serge Vidal
> Melbourne, Australia
Changing the flash rate may not be easy. often the flash rate is
simply the amount of time it takes to charge the capacitor. If you
reduce the capacitor size, it will speed up but then there is less
energy available for the flash. Changing the charge current (to charge
the existing capacitor
20 more hours this weekend..
Last week it was finalizing the carb/intake/exhaust paths.
This week it was all new fuel lines/fittings, wired up all the remaining
efis stuff. Installed the fuel primer pump, routed the primer tubing,
and finalized all those fittings (incl silver brazing the last
ok,
THAT was marathon plane building! Everything from finalizing the carb
mounting, intake & exhaust manifolds final fitting, wiring the entire
instrument panel, installation of said panel, and hooking up a variety
of temp and pressure sensors.
It was very cool having the panel all powered up
I read it and reported it also.
can't hurt to let them know more than a few people noticed.
jg
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 22:20 -0400, Randy Powell wrote:
> This listing on Ebay has been reported to Ebay as the sole intellectual
> property of Rand Robinson. It is just plain wrong .
>
I read some posts about a few planes that went down after takeoff,
immediately after adding ram air to an otherwise working setup.
A few mentioned that they thought the fuel mixture leaned out sometime
after reaching 100+ mph indicated.
While working on my kr and thinking about these power
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