Re; KR>Engine Mount

Allen, the mount,left to right inside to inside is 10 3/4" the bolt holes left to right c to c is 10 1/4". I have an extra corvair motor mount if anyone is interested contact me off line or phone 1-573-579-3147. Read page 94 of the WW manual on dim. for mount then compare that to the drawing

KR> Re:Bill Clapp/ e-mail bounce

Bill Clapp, could you E-Mail me off line or call me at 573-579-3146. E-Mails I have sent to you keep bouncing back. I've left phone messages but none have been returned. Mike Turner Jackson Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC

KR> Wicks Aircraft

I went to Wicks Tuesday to pick up supplies for my KR but didn't check the sack they put stuff in. I opened it yesterday to find that a lot of stuff was missing. I called them yesterday afternoon and read off a list of stuff missing. They said they would take care of it. Boy did they ever take

KR> loosing the weight tip:

04, 2006 8:18 PM Subject: Re: KR> loosing the weight tip: > Mike: > > > S! You may be in trouble if she gets wind of your reasoning > > GRINS > > Don > -------- > > M & C wrote: &

KR> Gathering location

You got my vote. I always did want to see down under. Mike Turner Jackson Mo Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "Bavo" To: "KRnet" Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 9:46 PM Subject: Re:

KR> Cruising Altitudes - near miss

Mark, when cruising west from 180 deg to 359 deg magnetic, you should be at even thousand feet plus 500ft. When cruising east from 0 to 179 deg magnetic, you should be at odd thousand feet plus 500ft. VFR rules applies above 3000 AGL and below 18,000ft MSL. Mike Turner Jackson, MO Swing the

KR> loosing the weight tip:

Ok it's friday just wanted to let you guys know I've found a new way to reduce weight in the KR. I've been walking the wife. She thinks I'm being romanic but what I'm really doing is slimming her down so I can haul more fuel. If I can knock 12 lbs off her then we can haul another 2 gal of gas.

KR> still searching

The puzzle here is that Joe was having no trouble before the anual with his mixture. This started after he worked on it. I think Bill Clapp is running the same set up on his carb with no problems. For some reason it doesn't appear that you are getting enough fuel to the carb. Possibilities:

KR> Anti junk/disabled anything laws

Building an airplane is considered by many to be a form of artwork. Where is our freedom of expression?? Mike Turner Jackson Mo - Original Message - From: "Brian Kraut" To: "KRnet" Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 9:37 PM Subject: RE: KR> Anti

KR> First Flight

Good luck Dan! Mike Turner Jackson Mo - Original Message - From: "Dan Heath" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 4:09 PM Subject: KR> First Flight >I am shooting to take the leap early Saturday morning.

KR> Anti-Aviation bill in Jacksonville, Fl

I don't understand why the EAA has not jumped all over this. EAA was started in the basement of a home by Paul Poberezny. I guess it's a good thing that wasen't in Jacksonville Fla. There are a lot of cities doing a lot of annexing and spreading out into rural areas. If this catches on with

KR> cutting canopy to GRP

I don't know about cutting plex glass but I did all of my cutting of lexan using a 4 inch grinder with a cut off blade. I know this sounds crude but it worked good for me. I just kept the blade moving so as not to get the lexan too hot. and made about 3 passes to make a cut. I did tape off the

KR> Lexan

Too late, I've already formed and installed the wind screen about a year ago. I did heat it but did so very slowly. Heated then allowed to cool then raising temp another 10 degrees and cooling then another 10 degrees and cooling---slowly--repeating over two days until I got what I wanted. I

KR> Re: wing loading test

What's a KR-4 ? Mike Turner Jackson Mo > - Original Message - > From: "George M" > To: "KRnet" > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 10:04 PM > Subject: Re: KR> Re: wing loading test > > >> Here is the picture :

KR> Re: kentucky crash --friday post

News Flash!!! Kentuckys worst air disater occured! when a small two-seater cessna 150 plane , piloted by two university of Indiana students, crashed into a cemetery earlier today. Search and rescue workers have recovered 300 bodies so far and expect the number to climb as digging continues into

KR> One minor dimension

If your set on using the van I would cut a door on each side in order to work on the wings. If doors fold down hinged at the floor level and used as a platform to work and enough area to walk around the ends of the stub wings then I think it may be possible with a lot of extra work. Just fold

KR> coating spar

Peter, I don't see any problem with coating the spars as long as you put a strip of peel ply any place you plan to attach foam to get better attachment later. I would not put any epoxy on the top or bottom until your are ready for the glassing. Mike Turner Jackson Mo - Original Message

KR> KR Net

2 corvair engines!! Mike Turner Jackson Mo - Original Message - From: "Mark Jones" To: "KRnet" Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:04 PM Subject: Re: KR> KR Net >I do have one question. I have a need for speed...How do I get this thing >to > go

KR> YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Nice going Dan and Jerry looking forward to the YEEH Mike Turner Jackson Mo - Original Message - From: "Brian Kraut" To: "KRnet" Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 5:15 PM Subject: RE: KR> YEE > Yi! > > Brian

KR> WAFs

Serge, I would squirt epoxy in the holes before inserting the bolts "and" coat the bolts with epoxy. If you only coat the bolts and the holes are snug a lot of the epoxy will be striped off while the bolt is intering the holes and not coat the wood surface in the holes. I didn't just tap the

KR> Fw: Cape Girardeau Mo Air Festival

- Original Message - From: M & C To: kr...@mailinglists.org Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 5:09 PM Subject: Cape Girardeau Mo Air Festival It's Friday so I'm sending notice of our annual air show/fly in at Cape Girardeau Missouri "CGI" Friday July 7th and Sat July 8

KR> Progress - NOT

Bummer, hang in there guys third time is charm Mike Turner Jackson, Mo - Original Message - From: "Dan Heath" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:46 PM Subject: KR> Progress - NOT > > My hope is that by taking it down, identifying and

KR> corvair engine

If you are going to do the corvair you need to get the corvair manual. You can buy the mount from William or follow his instructions and build your own. Mike Turner Jackson, Mo - Original Message - From: "D F Lively" To: "KRnet" Sent: Wednesday,

KR> Reamers

Why brother trying to reem holes that are hard to get to? If the bolts are a close fit just take the embry cloth to the bolts and reduce bolt diameters slightly. I would not think this would reduce the bolt strength enough to amount to anything. Stick the bolts in a drill press Just at the

KR> Reamers

.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 7:22 PM Subject: Re: KR> Reamers >They will not be corrosion resistant any more, Virg > > On Fri, 5 May 2006 18:01:58 -0500 "M & C" <aviato...@charter.net> writes: >> Why brother trying to reem holes

KR> stainless steel bolts/AN

Wicks has SS bolts listed as AN bolts. Does this mean they have the same properties as the non AN bolts they list? Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri - Original Message - From: "Mark Langford" To: "KRnet" Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 9:12 PM Subject: Re:

KR> stainless steel bolts/AN/correction

- Original Message - From: "M & C" <aviato...@charter.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 9:41 PM Subject: Re: KR> stainless steel bolts/AN "should read" > Wicks has SS bolts listed as AN bolts. Does t

KR> Flying -but not uneventful

Joe did you have the carb heat on when you pulled the power? Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri - Original Message - From: "Joe H Horton" To: Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:17 PM Subject: Re: KR> Flying -but not uneventful > > On Thu, 20 Apr

KR> Flying -but not uneventful

.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:01 PM Subject: Re: KR> Flying -but not uneventful > > On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:38:08 -0500 "M & C" <aviato...@charter.net> > writes: >> Joe did you have the carb heat on when you pulled the

KR> weight and balance standard KR2 tri gear

Jeff, that's easy you need a datum line and dist from datum line to front axle also dist from datum to main axles. datum can be anywhere you choose. I would suggest you put it 60 inches in frount of front axle. Thus keeping all moments + and all dimentions in inches. Multiply dist fromp datum

KR> Tail Graphics

This is going to make it hard "keeping up with the Jones" Mike Turner Jackson, Mo. Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "Stephen Teate" To: "KRnet" Sent: Thursday, February 16,

KR> Spar length/spins

I put my tanks in the outer wings amoung other reasons to make it somewhat more spin resistant. I would agree that it would be somewhat more difficult to recover "but not much" depending on how much rotation was allowed before recovery. Almost anything you do to an aircraft to make it more spin

KR> Gear leg brackets

Bobby I made my own brackets out of 1/8 4130. lower brackets out of 1/4 4130 but just cut my old retract spring bar in half and used it for the legs. Upper brackets I set at 46 degrees from the horz. Lower brackets I set at 46 from the vert. This gave me 2 degrees of camber in the wheels.

KR> cad file turtledeck

I used a method which I think was first engineered and developed by Larry Fleshner. "The lid off a plastic garbage can lid". Mike Turner Jackson Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "Chris Johnston"

KR> Corvair info post

I would think that harmonic RPM could "almost" be eliminated as a cause except in combination with a prop extention or out of balance prop/ spinner ect.. Simply because the crank problems only started when they were put in KRs. I would suspect that the same harmonic ranges that would be of

KR> Fw: Dash

Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 6:11 PM > Subject: FW: Dash > > > > > > > > What has this got to do with KRs?? Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri > > > > THIS HAS BEEN AROUND BEFORE BUT IT IS ALWAYS NICE TO PASS IT

KR> KR/weight

I think I read somewhere that he put in an air condishner that would account for some of the extra weight. Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "Larry Flesner" To: "KRnet"

KR> Spars

I scarfed all of my plywood by just placing the plywood edge on the edge of a table layed a piece of angle about 6-8 inches back from the table to clamp the plywood down and hold it in place then measured back 1" from the edge of table/ply and drew a line. Then with belt sander in hand worked

KR> Bad day

Sorry to hear about this, I had hoped to hear about your first flight. Good luck on finding the cause. The only good thing about this is that it didn't happen in the air. Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message

KR> Emergency landing

Joe I think you need to get all oil residue off the wind screen if possible and as soon as possible as it may cause some haseing depending on what your wind screen is made of. Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original

KR> aileron hinges.

I wonder if all this stress testing was done in temp extremes ranges. I know metal will become more briddle in cold temps and was wondering is this would have an effect on service life of this kind of hinge system. Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the

KR> KR Gathering web page

I want to know, how many day. Where in the ---L is Mark Jones Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "Larry Flesner" To: "KRnet" Sent: Wednesday, November

KR> .....we are airworthy.....at least temporarily.....

Nice going guys and good luck in test phase Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "Jerry Mahurin" To: "KRnet" Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 10:14 AM

KR> another flight

Joe if you were doing 173 and pulled the power to idle or near idle in order to slow down or loose alt coupled with the cool temps you proberly did get some carb ice. Any time you pull the power especially with the high compression corvair you need the carb heat. If you don't, it will ice up

KR> Final W & B Done

Dan I tried to pull up your wb spread sheet but couldn't. I noticed however you stated that your tare for "each" main is 40.5 lbs but your tare for each wheel is 20 lbs plus 4.5 lbs of lumber. Shouldn't that be 20.5 lbs tare for each wheel? Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and

KR> Final W & B Done

Have you guys been signed off for flight yet? the signature is from a poam I wrote a couple years ago. Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "Jerry Mahurin" > Mike, > > You

KR> Flight Report

You could fly it without the spinner just to elimate that as a possible vibration problem. Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "Ron Lee" To: "KRnet" Sent:

KR> lighting systems

I think the only requirement is that they are not on the same switch so I think a common ground would be permissable. Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "Ron Freiberger"

KR> Second Flight

Joe, I think you should take the prop off and check it for balance. Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "Joseph H Horton" To: Sent: Saturday,

KR> Aluminum barstock

I've still got the old spring bar for the oringal retracks so I plan to just cut it into and use it. The oringal bar was designed to handle the landing loads so it it should handle any loads imposed on it in a fixed gear position. I've never heard of one breaking?? Commits or suggestions

KR> The Eggenfellner aircraft engine

I don't think they are "new engines" just low milage engine rebuilt to Eggenfellter specs. I think they use the ej22 and ej25 series --"expensive" Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "VIRGIL N

KR> Gear Legs

I did check the archrives but couldn't find anything on cutting the gear but there commits on drilling and not heating it up. I don't plan to do any heating of the spring bar just cut it with a power hacksaw. I will have to drill some holes in them for attachment of upper and lower brackets.

KR> Re: Side sticks

Orma, I will see if I can get some more pictures this week end Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "Orma" To: "KRnet" Sent: Wednesday, September

KR> How to widen and KR2

Net/Orma, I need to make a correction to what I had written about widening the Kr. I had stated that I cut out the section from the top logerons down to the top of the stub wings between the spars. What I did was sit in the Kr prior to making an insicion in order to determine what was a

KR> Widening the boat joy stisk control

Phil, the side sticks were set up using a 3/4 in 7075 alum rod under the arm rests between new and old truss members with a bearing on each end. A bell crank at the lower end for the aleron cable that runs in front of the rear spar. (I moved the aleron control cable from behind the front spar

KR> Gathering Date

Larry put me down for Oct. I'm all in for cool weather. cooler the better. Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "larry flesner" To: "KRnet" Sent: Monday,

KR> How to widen and KR2

Larry, I did widen mine after the boat but I would not recomend it. It is a difficult proceedure and would have been much faster to just start over. I needed the room at the shoulders so I cut out the top logerons from just behind the fore spar to just in front of the rear spar and down to the

KR> How to widen and KR2

I don't have a web site but if someone wants pictures I can send to someone and they can post them on their web site. I'm building gull wing doors instead of the usual setup for a canopy. Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC

KR> 2006 Gathering Location

Oct 28 sounds good, it's my birthday so it is just good logic to have it then! Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "Dan Heath" To: Sent: Sunday, September

KR> Long, long sandpaper

Lowes has it in 4 inch rolls with glue backing, I found it in the tool section. Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.N642MC - Original Message - From: "Mark Jones" To: "KRnet" Sent:

KR> Gas availability for travel to Mt. Vernon

I live in Jackson, Missouri just 8 miles NE of Cape Girardeau and I get around a lot and have not experienced any of the problems stated by the TV station at least in a 25-30 mile radius of Jackson, Mo. All of the stations I've seen here have gas with no limit that I know. Prices ranging from