, well, it's only
Thursday, and a lot can happen between now and the end.
Orma L. Robbins
Southfield, MI
KR-2 N110LR 1984
See Tweety at http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com
See other KR spces at www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/krinfo.htm
with the other head and see what the torque is like on that side.
Orma
Southfield, MI
KR-2 N110LR 1984
See Tweety at http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com
See other KR spces at www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/krinfo.htm
is needed to
make progress or time for the things we love.
Orma L. Robbins
Southfield, MI
KR-2 N110LR 1984
See Tweety at http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com
See other KR spces at www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/krinfo.htm
It sounds like it will work. Adding the upright at the new scarf is also
good. make sure that the scarf perfect, because as you already know the
strength of the joint is in the scarf.
Orma
If it works, sand off the T-88 to bare wood and start over.
Be sure to give us some feedback also
Orma
Sensenich prop
What size is the new prop
Orma
would
remain the same. If so, would you suspect that the prop is better??
Orma
The regulator is probably an Onan product. See your local RV dealer.
Orma
Hello Brian
Have you seen the KR info site at
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/krinfo.htm Go take a look and then
send me some info to include your KR in the info page.
See you at the gathering.
Orma
Southfield, MI
KR-2 N110LR 1984
See Tweety at http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com
. If you know the e-mail or phone
number of someone with a flying KR that has not listed, contact the person and
guide him or her to the list.
See you at the gathering in 9 days
Orma
Southfield, MI
KR-2 N110LR 1984
See Tweety at http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com
See other KR spces at www.kr-2
Do I have to disassemble the wheels to get the bearings out of a Cleveland
5x5.00 wheel?
The answer is No you do not have to separate the wheel halves to take out
the bearings. You do have to remove the wheels from the axles and first you
have to remove the brakes.
Orma
Southfield, MI
KR-2
system.
Orma
Southfield, MI
KR-2 N110LR 1984
See Tweety at http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com
See other KR spces at www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/krinfo.htm
Each of my
axles has two spacers, one on the extreme inside next to the shoulder of the
axle and one next to the axle nut. In-between are usually bearings, cups
and grease seals. Some models are held together with snap rings, and others
are not.
Orma
Southfield, MI
KR-2 N110LR 1984
See Twee
I never did say, but maximum sustained speed in level flight. Otherwise
everyone would point the nose to the ground and claim something over 200. I
think that ground speed as reported by a GPS. I don't want to get too
complicated.
Sounds like a great adventure, not just a trip. Say Hi to you dad for me.
Now that you are back, take a look at
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/krinfo.htm. Send me some info on
your plane.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying
/krinfo.htm
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
According to that list, it should be a record.
Orma L. Robbins
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
a good rate. Quit waiting
and reserve that room. Lets make it a record breaking event.
The brake change on my KR is complete and ground testing and possibly flight
testing will be conducted on Sunday. My wheel pants may remain off till after
the event, but we plan to go or bust.
Orma
Southfield
Continental engines
3 have Corvair engines
2 have Ellison carbs
1 has a Jabiru engine
0 is what you will be if you don't go the greatest gathering of KR's ever held
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/krinfo.htm
See you at the KR gathering
Tweety went to the runway and back today
Orma
on Tweety. I can finish
draining my fuel tank, empty the oil and tip Tweety on her nose so that I can
do some painting on the bottom.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
I'm impressed with the power. I'll be talking to Ed Struba soon to have a
new prop made. Is there bigger then my 52x52 in the bank that I could try?
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation
may upload the info for all the KR family to see. If any of
you know of a flying KR and the owner does not have internet access, contact
them and get the info back to me for uploading.
Orma L. Robbins
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
See the KR info page at http://www.kr
Hello Net
The KR info spreadsheet located at
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/krinfo.htm
is starting to produce useful number. For example the average KR-2 weight is
596. The average KR-2 speed is 144.5 MPH
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying
Hello Net
I am reluctant to get into the middle of a he said, he said discussion, But
I see a point that is not being considered. With the exception of drag and
track racing cars, I don't know of any car in which the throttle is set to
wide open and is allowed to stay there for several
on
my KR with type 4 engine, and one of the probes is located as close to the
factory CHT hole as I could get it. I use the numbers in my KR manual.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation
, this info could prove to be of great value to
both owners and builders alike.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
to download the latest update to the
spreadsheet.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
into the setup area and
delete old internet files to be able to download the latest update to the
spreadsheet.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
and
development costs. Both of these costs tend to push the cost to the limit
of what a homebuilder can afford.
Orma
Southfield, MI
Have you worked on your KR today
www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com
Hi Al
So far no one has replied. Any pictures that you have would be greatly
appreciated.
Orma
loaded. The video files do take a
lot of time. In the past I have offered to place pages on the web for
others in the group and I still make that offer, if any of the group is in
need of a temp spot to place a few pages. My domain name is
aviation-mechanics.com.
Orma L. Robbins
Southfield, MI
to visit.
Well Larry, since the gathering is near, if you or any of the Netters are
having KR dreams I hope they are pleasant ones.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
to fit. I'm interested in how anyone
with the Grove gear and Cleveland wheels and brakes worked this area.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
After I finish installing the Cleveland brakes on Tweety, I will need to rework
my Rand wheel pants. I need some suggestions on how to make the inner cover
and would like to see how others attached the pants to the gear legs. pictures
and links would be most appreciated.
Orma
Southfield, MI
Glass on the fuselage is not necessary for the structure. However it does
help prevent the wood from aging due to the elements. Paint will stick to
the wood, however moisture will expand and contract the wood and cause the
paint to eventually crack.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old
.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
They used to be called Don's sport vehicles. I have used them for years.
They did the machine work on my current engine. Don was in business long
before I built my KR and I have used him and his staff for a resource for
all these years.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink
that
I have in stock to see which part number is correct.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
coaster.
Orma
Hello Dan and Jerry
That was an excellent repair you guy's made.
Orma
Specifications for the KR1 can be found at the Rand Robinson web site
http://www.fly-kr.com/ Ken Rand designed and built the original KR1 and
KR2. They have the official specifications for the planes as well as sell
plans and parts.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink
. If anyone is interested,
contact me off net.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
Mark L said that he is using rudder trim to take out some of the need to use
the rudder during takeoff. I plan to try that also.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
Sorry net
The Matco wheel that the person has for sale are 6" wheels and not 5" wheels.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
sure on my foot. It is the same with any plane that I have
flown in a crosswind. Perhaps I am missing something. Could you explain?
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
It's time for me to go back to the instructor and get some refresher
training.
Orma
with a search for Flaps Speed brake.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
cool.
Catching or finding the cause of a random miss is not easy.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
. At the present time I can not
keep the wheels from rolling during runup.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
What size of tire do you have?
Is the new wheel center offset the same?
I have been using Lamb 11x4.5x5.I'm not sure about the wheel center
offset. I'll have to wait and see. I may have to make changes in the wheel
pants, both of which need work anyway.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety
to determine which
will work.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
Would you take an IOU
Orma
a year or two {Smile)
Orma
Hello Joe.
Sounds like you are nearly ready to fly. When will the big day get here
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
on forever, I would like to limit any comments to
the end of June. That is almost 5 full days, which should be enough.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
Hello Eric
Visited your site, it looks like you are making real progress. As for the
drawings of the boat, do you have drawing of the sides of the boat also.
Does anyone have drawings of the boat sides, or a CAD drawing of the entire
boat, for the KR-2
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old
the turbo, Spinning it is a good thing. I would
also open the oil pressure line and try to push some oil in the bearings to
make sure it is not dry. Oil the remainder of the engine as well. Squirt
some in the plug holes as well.
I hope this helps you
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old
on things to
include. Please contact me off net with your reply.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
to projects
and pictures as well. Every list that exists presently can not do this. If
you wanted to know which prop is the most widely used on the KR the only way
to know is to post a request on the net and hope for a response.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Ron where do you live
Orma
The 5606 does turn Gold in color when it is old.
Orma
Steve is correct WOW!!!
In retrospect I guess my day was pretty good. Good job on getting down
safe.
Orma
longer than most of us
I tasted my first 5606 in 1967. Yes fresh is best.
Orma
to? Could it have
been vibrating to some minor degree and you did not know it?
Orma
used the cheap aftermarket cylinders that were paper
thin and one of mine cracked in the air. I also have a prop extension which
is 2" My prop hub came with the engine and takes the place of the front
bearing. That part worked well and I reused it on the second engine.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N
as you accept both of these as
part of the process, then the short answer is YES. I first flew my KR with
only 60 total hours of flight time.
Orma L. Robbins
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation
in
the flight hours you will have your 40 in no time at all.
Keep up the good reports.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
and fly
for an hour and then see what the idle is like. I would stay on top of the
airport just in case, but after a year the way something sounds and feels
may have changed in your mind.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering
since it was installed.
Perhaps you can consider an installation like this.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
ed my flap to increase the angle of climb by selecting only the
first notch of flap stop bracket. In that instance I could tell the climb
was better, but it was only like a day with more wind down the runway.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the
in the hanger.
Orma
be?
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
a long
layoff from flying.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
to the plug.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
Hello Mark
I think that the static run without the cowl has given you the answer to the
problem. Once you do the mod to get ram air I think that most of your
problems will be over.
Orma
ng evident on the tire.
6. Gross weight at time of blow out
Any details that you can relay would be greatly appreciated.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
insurance against
bad things happening.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
Congrats Lee
My hats off to you for continuing to fly under extreme pressure.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
to tell me
what the visual picture of the panel should look like from the right seat.
Without his help flying from the right seat would have been dangerous for
me. Mark having Bill help was a good thing and will probably help you
transition to your plane a little easier.
Orma
Southfield, MI
mb another 12 inches
to get to the instrument. I will only fly in light rain and then only if I
can see the other side of it. I could probably use an inline filter. I
would be cautious in installing one too low in the system, would not want it
to came in contact with moisture.
Orma
Sout
report???
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
someone to just loan us his
radar for a few hours, so that we could police each other. Maybe the radar
can't even shoot a KR in flight. If it could it would make for interesting
after-hours discussions.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying
Dan
It looks good and tight
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
Mark
I'll bet we will hear the YHaa here in Michigan on Sunday
Congratulations on the building a flyer.
Orma
"a KR went down in Vienna GA."
I went into the KRnet and also the Archives. I could only find Robert
Lester in one thread. He is not listed in the KRnet. Does anyone have any
more information or pictures of his plane.
Orma
are hard to find parts for and the
parts cost too much. I don't recommend to my customers that they have me
try to rebuild old mags, because at current labor rates, it only takes a few
hours and one or two parts to make you wish you had purchased a new one.
Orma L. Robbiins
AP/IA
Southfield
With all the hype about Star Wars, thought that funny feeling was a
disturbance in the Force, and all the time it was Mark hollering Yee
H! Congradulations Mark
Orma
your head and gonads
back to normal size. That haze that you reported probably lifted off the
head and neck while you were in the air. Still you've said nothing about
the KR grin and the YeeeHaa.
Very good job. And now you know that you are made of real KR stock.
Orma
Hi Serge
Yes, I agree with your summary.
Orma
rs stating REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT.
Without that extra effort there is always a chance that tape will be missed
during preflight.
Orma
, the Bendix dual mag, if the impulse coupler
AD were not complied with and the mag subsequently failed, the engine could
quit and leave the pilot flying a glider.
Orma L. Robbiins
AP/IA
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
If my wife had wanted a KR she could have built one. On the other hand she
is kind to let me enjoy my toy and considers it a real option to bars and
women.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation
to fly. Hell, it's almost 8 AM by now you probably have flown again.
Orma L. Robbins
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
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that is not being tested will be grounded.
I hope this helps
Orma L. Robbiins AP/IA
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
Hello Allen
Try this place. Contact them and they may send you a catalog.
sa...@aeroworks.com
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
the reflected heat from
soaking into the plumbing. Secondly you could use fire sleeve to provide
more insulation to the actual plumbing. Piper isolated it's pump and
gasolator under a shielded area.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying
box around the gasolator to keep it from becoming a percolator for
the fuel.
You should get airborne as soon as you can to ensure that you can solve all
the problems that only show up in the air and still have time to fly off
restrictions before the gathering.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enoug
"Is it permissible to use T88 and a 3/16 wood dowel to plug the
mistake"
YES!!!
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
http://www.kr-2.aviation-mechanics.com/
"Is it permissible to use T88 and a 3/16 wood dowel to plug the
mistake"
YES!!!
Orma
In my first reply I gave the short answer "YES" with no explanation. Since
it's 5 in the morning and I'm not sleeping, I'll add the why. And, it's not
because all the other answers
Back in 88 or so I had a bad experience with poor performance from regular
auto fuel. My engine had a bad case of detonation. After that experience I
have only used 100 LL in my type 4. I have never experienced a problem with
sticking valves.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR Tweety, old enough
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