g to
OSH one year. It made a noticeable difference, but not huge. When I
got back I discovered one of them had loose and had slid out an inch or
two, and the other one was gone entirely! Somewhere along the way
there's a silencer in a field.
The Corvair wouldn't get rave reviews on flybys wit
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putable chain, it's probably a
good bet. I've run several thousand gallons through N56ML and had zero
problems with it with my vinylester fuel tanks.
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ic oil. It's a pretty simple matter to replace the
o-rings, which are a standard size and encircle each caliper.
See the fluid compatibility chart at
http://www.marcorubber.com/compatibility.htm and search for "brake"
and you'll find several options that will work.
Mark Langford
ML a
o sell it. The problem is
that most pilots in the KR category can't come up with this kind of
money...which is why they're building a KR on the "pay-as-you-go" plan.
This is one of the best "re-engineered" KR2's on the planet.
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y 25, 2016
For more on the plane Troy built and improved upon, including "taming"
the pitch sensitivity by extending the horizontal stab and shrinking the
elevator, see
http://www.n56ml.com/troy/ .
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Here's the lap joint I mentioned earlier...hopefully enclosed.
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re you'd need that,
unless you're going to do something radical like carbon fiber spars.
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Hmmm. Looks like I killed jpg enclosures last night while trying to
enable HTML. Let's see if this fixes it. Hopefully, there's a jpg
enclosed. But if not, I'm still working on it
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it was dirt simple to get
the elecvator offbut again, there was no slop after 1130 hours
anyway, using only three hinges. And I use my rudder a lot...
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micro fillet on the front part, and where (if) the fuselage starts
diverging before the trailing edge I'd transition to a larger fillet
like the one I did.
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or KR work" way...
http://www.n56ml.com/fillets.html
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Pete Klapp wrote:
>> I recently read that Mark Langford noted that Strega does not have
>> large radius fillets. You'd think they would have them as they are
>> trying tosqueeze every mph that they can from that airframe
I don't remember saying that about any airplane, an
cle on that.
See http://www.krnet.org/kronline/ .
I would add that if you buy a flying airplane, that you show up with a
trailer to carry it home, because your very first KR flight, a "new"
airplane, and the pressure of getting back home is not a good survival
plan, as those FAA accident repor
eventually woke up,
and survived it all. He's the only guy I know whose life was saved by a
plane crash...
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arantee the hub isn't going to slip or
come off the airplane, and removing six bolts and the hub is easily
removed. It couldn't be much simpler or more trouble free...
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erfectly.Add a Stratus ADS-b coupled to it, and my old EIS engine
monitor, a Trutrak autopilot, an altimeter and airspeed steam gauge, and
I'll be quite happy. That's my next instrument panel. See enclosed
image...
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>
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as, it would only be
two. Instead, 90% of it was 6' tall corn, having been sold to a farmer
two years prior...
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e from the same manufacturer (Eagle), and they
were properly lubed with moly cam lube at assembly.
Mark Langford
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e old
distributor drive trick doesn't work on the VW though...you'll just tear
the cam gear teeth up instead.
So many advantages to the Corvair...
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ut I've been meaning to do a webpage
regarding the VW, and decided to make this a start on it. See
http://www.n56ml.com/n891jf/vw/ for the rather poor experience with VW heads
on the nose of a KR2...
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everal times for hub
issues), and if I were going to build another VW, I'd use the Revmaster
crank and prop hub setup instead.
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uld be better for the inlet areas with
their tight curves, but mine worked out OK.
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t; size runway (KFYM, Fayetteville, TN)? This was a bumpy
day, with a little crosswind. See
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjMsWMexjQ=youtu.be .
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view that does that. Actual touchdown was in the upper
fifties. Obviously these are wheel landings, as the canopy and cowling
arrangement leaves no hope of seeing where you're going otherwise, and the
runway is too narrow to use peripheral vision.
More to come later...
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, and is at least as
aerodynamic as about anything else you could think of.
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gap seals between stub
wing and outer wing installed, be prepared for a dramatically lowered
climb rate. And if you do it with only one missing and the other
installed, be prepared for a serious roll tendency! How do I know this?
Experimentation...
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the
time the plane keeps the ball centered all by itself. As Larry Flesner
says, "as long as I keep my feet off the pedals, the ball stays centered"...
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s from the airstream).
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xtends too far aft to be safe (according to an analysis by Richard Mole and
also experience by pilots). The AS50xx series airfoils are designed to have
a similar lift coefficient and range (15%-35%) as the RAF 48 (minus those
aft two inches).
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y knows this...just
pointing it out...
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in the same place while you slide the engine around,
so the firewall is a good place. I used the backside of the prop hub, but
that was AFTER the engine location had been determined. I don't think the
spinner is a good place for the datum, since spinners "come and go"...
Mark Langfor
ooling plenum. Anyone see a problem with that.<
My CG is 2.375" below the longerons on N56ML, and it's not a problem at all
in any respect with my plane.
Mark Langford
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website at http://www.N56ML.com
http://www.krnet.org/misc/O145/ for photos and contact info (at the
bottom).
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on!. Something else to worry about...
NOT sent from my iPhone!
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Lee Parker wrote:
> I had a friend that spent a year in jail.
Was there something egregious in the circumstances, like somebody was
killed or injured? I'd be surprised if you would get a year as the
result of a ramp check when there were no extenuating circumstances.
Mark Langford
.n56ml.com/flights/jan2006farm/ for a better view of that.
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ary. Bottom line
is that the plane has to be very light (like same KR2 gross weight) to
get away with adding only a few inches to each wing.
Subject: Re: KR> longer wing panels, etc.
From: Mark Langford
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org
Date: Sat Jul 10 19:37:54 MDT 2010
Tom Garner wrote:
> My
field is more-than leveled when you
start with an O-200...
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quot;per the Ellison drawings", as far as entrance criteria for
the air goes. It works great, as does the Ellison...
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o 245 mph, despite doubts that a thin piano hinge and some number 4
wood screws would hold it "at any speed". Maybe this is what happened
when it landed after that flight...
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he first day of the month and look at the email you got from the list,
which is a password reminder, if nothing else.
Meanwhile, I'll work the viability of the archive...
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ank, and spent last Saturday
putting up a new windsock and patching the roof of the clubhouse. A
very dedicated guy, apparently with lots of spare time...
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and has much better visibility with the Dragonfly canopy.
Mark Langford
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inquire for you.
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ort,
opting for KMDQ instead! My brother's flown right over it several
times, rarely able to find it. I'll have to confess to missing it a few
time myself, despite the GPS telling me it's right there.
It was a good get-together, and that is one very awesome KR2S...
Mark Langford
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h
g to bite me again.
And yes, I too have designed a new panel, using an iPad, iFLY 720, GRT
EIS ("old reliable"), ECO autopilot, and 3.125" altimeter and airspeed
indicator. I don't like having all my eggs in one flaky basket...
Mark Langford
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y what I was thinking, given that Trailing
Edge Technologies made a number of these, and I still have a set (for my
next plane)...
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And I should mention that there are gobs of extra material on the main
WAFs, so oversize bolts will work fine. The aft WAFs are far tighter,
and that probably won't work there.
Mark Langford
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amount of "extra"
material around those holes, if the next larger diameter bolt would
work, there's always match drilling to use the next size larger bolt, or
even two sizes. Now that I think about it, that's exactly what I'd do
if it were mine.
Mark Langford
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uot; over time so that the
tension is relaxed, although friction is always nice to have to keep the
wings from wobbling up and down on the ground.
Mark Langford
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ral for VW engines. There's a lot
out there to read about Type 1's and 4's both...enough to keep your
average person busy for a year, I'll bet. I'm going to give that up for
the day though, and do my best to clean off my workbench, since it's too
icy to even walk outside...
Mark Langford
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to use a Type 4 VW, but discovered the Corvair. I
still regret selling my Type 4...I sure wish I had it now!
Mark Langford
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and the slipping capability is phenomenal.
Mark Langford
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to reduce the elevator area, and loved the result. See
http://www.n56ml.com/troy/ for more on that.
The vertical stabilizer and rudder on N891JF (a KR2), could stand some
lengthening as well, but I'm not sure I'll do that, because it's good to
have a stock-built KR2 so I can appreciate the
ion.
If you like that way that looks though, it will help.
Mark Langford
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ion.
If you like that way that looks though, it will help.
Mark Langford
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, thanks to
those who don't delete all that crap from the bottom of their emails.
Smart phone users are the worst offenders, either because they don't
spend the time to delete the majority, don't know how, or just don't care...
Mark Langford, KRnet Grinch/Grouch
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rts availability for
the Corvair in your part of the world, a used O-200 makes a lot of sense
for your KR2S, and would probably be less expensive in the long run...
Mark Langford
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o below (just to make sure I got it right this time). I was
going to the hangar to re-torque the prop anyway, as well as adjust the
valves again...
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> In the spirit of Christmas I have to ask, "What would Santa do"?
> Reindeer?, type 1?, reindeer? type 1? Oh Rudolph
Reindeer don't swallow exhaust valves...
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er, fly behind a VW Type 1 engine, which gives me some
standing as a brazen risk-taker...
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meter should
be "certified" to read within 125' of each other every two years (which
probably applies more to the encoder than the transponder).
Mark Langford
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t really there...plus, minus, and the crossed stuff
between poles that Larry's schematic shows.
Mark Langford
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Stan wrote:
> I can convert VHS to DVD if you so desire. Please advise.
Thanks, but I've taken Gary up on his offer to convert them.
Mark Langford
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Thanks,
Mark Langford
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that circumstances may cause a
review at a later date. There are reasons for this that are significant
but not obvious, but I don't want to put them in an email. It will
require beer and a campfire to pry it out of me...or at least beer...
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making it easier for future KRnet archive searchers to find the help
they are seeking, not to mention making the emails a lot easier to wade
through.
There's a link to the full set of list rules at the bottom of every
message, at http://www.krnet.org/info.html .
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les of operating limitations for amateur-built
aircraft are in Order 8130.2, "Airworthiness Certification of Aircraft
and Related Products".
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ailed, readable data you can sink your teeth into! Notice how stable
these numbers are...quite a contrast to the iEFIS output. More on this
later...
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s,
and gets 40 mpg also, so you do the math. Your bladder and your back
are really the limits here.
Comfort is a matter of opinion. You're not going to move but a few
inches in any direction, so you be the judge, but flying is a lot less
stressful...no "left-lane bandits", no
My 2015 Gathering photos are at http://www.krnet.org/mmv/. Sorry this
took so long...it's the usual excuses. There are a few Evergreen
Aircraft and Space Museum photos included at the end, but hopefully I
can add more later, time permitting. I have a lot more.
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, but we'll cross that bridge when we get a little
closer.
No comments on KRnet are required, unless you are throwing your hat in
the ring with some details on your plans to host the 2016 Gathering
somewhere other than MVN...
Thanks,
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, and the price was right...
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from wanting to host a Gathering
if you have the desire and adequate facilities. The KR crowd can have a
good time anywhere
as long as their basic needs are met.
Larry Flesner
9 year Mt.Vernon, Illinois Gathering host
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et a
LOT more replies and viewpoints in a matter of seconds, instead of
waiting a few days to get one or two...
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h the EFS-2 is exactly the same
way. I highly recommend the Ellison. As Steve Makish (who's tried just
about every carb known to man on his VW/Subaru/Corvair powered KR2),
"put an Ellison on it and you're done". I took his advice...
Mark Langford
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s were originally used on snow mobiles, they'd be
autofuel compatible.
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tanks.
Mark Langford
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e on that
(much later) when I do a web page on that vacation...
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(Bend, last night) so I'm very
out-of-pocket at the moment. One of the many benefits of moving the
Gathering around a bit...
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you don't know
what you're missing. Time spent reading these things will save you more
time than it takes to read them, and probably answer a lot of questions
that you didn't know you had. The rest are at
http://www.krnet.org/newsletter .
See y'all in McMinnville...arriving early Thursda
was touted
as being buildable with only simple tools...
Mark Langford
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ful force in a bolted shear joint calculation, and
don't include it in the analysis as a result. This includes NASA, ASME,
and military work. Your mileage has obviously varied...
Mark Langford
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mer will be "close enough". See
http://www.mcmaster.com/#reamers/=ypf185 and look for the "decimal
sizes" about a third of the way down.
Mark Langford
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this, I've seen plenty of KRs with more than 1/8" of play in
the top hinge, but never heard of one fluttering. Still, it shouldn't
be that tough to get the rudder off to rebush the hinges. It's unlikely
that the steel bolt is worn...almost certainly the 1/8" thick aluminum
would be th
on as a last
step. Once you have ledges all the way around the top, put a generous
bead of flox on it, all the way around, and then press the top in place
and weight is down at the ledges to insure a good seal.
Mark Langford
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d I've never missed it.
Three eight gallon wing tanks gets me there just fine...
Mark Langford
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Duh...504x, not 405x! At least I got RAF48 right.
For more on this airfoil, including free template download, see
http://www.krnet.org/as504x/
Mark Langford
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g all day, as long as it doesn't drift off left or right.
Needless to say, it requires some nose-up trim to keep it level, but it
still turns in some respectable speeds and efficiency, even with the
RAF48 airfoil.
Mark Langford
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ead "2016", rather than "2017". I
don't even know what year it is anymore...
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I guess I have to correct my post. LAST year it coincided with the
Gathering, but not this year, apparently. There is something about a
gorgeous 7000' x 400' wide grass runway that appeals to me, everything
else aside. Next year for sure!
Mark Langford
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I planned on going this year and last, but the Gathering coincides with
Triple Tree again. Maybe next year we can avoid that...
Mark Langford
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as their basic needs are met.
Questions??
Larry Flesner
9 year Mt.Vernon, Illinois Gathering host
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. Thanks, Mark Langford
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I'm still in search for a VW mount that is a bolt-up to the four each
4-stud attachment points.The Great Plains mounts shown in their
catalogue have single bolt attachment feet, not the quad feet that I
need to use the present stud patterns.
The upper firewall
Oops, meant to say 3/32" plywood reinforcement, rather than 3/16".
Every extra bit of weight matters...
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dry to see how it would recover. Recovery was almost instant, so it
was a non-issue.
Mark Langford
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hould be a warning for others...
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t my bean field affair was a swallowed valve as well.
I updated the website at
http://www.n56ml.com/n891jf/flights/beanfield/#update with some photos.
Unfortunately my engine didn't fare so well. Glad it worked out for
you though...
Mark Langford
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