I bled my airplane brakes this week, why is it so much harder on airplanes than
in cars?
I was going to use DOT 4 for the extra heat protection but my amp said to use
the new 5606 replacement for the improved heat protection that the new stuff
provides.
I removed the bleeder valve and pumpe
Who has a test flight program for an engine replacement? Does anyone have
experience getting engine replacement approved? Any advice is appreciated.
I am replacing a rotory engine with a 360.
Joe Nunley
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> REALLY nice looking! Suggest you go with different color LED if you do night
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Dan, I use this on my leading edges. Joe Nunley Baker Florida
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Film Check this out.
https://www.flyboyaccessories.com/searchresul
SERFI: a good fly in. I go every year. I work in the morning but will fly
the 150 over after work. Love to meet you and your plane. Joe Nunley Baker
Florida
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Reply to Mark Jones Head Room : I had a very comfortable and fancy seat
cushion that I through out so that I would have enough head room. Joe Nunley
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You are all invited to my new house on FD93. A 2500 foot grass strip in North
West Florida. If you are in our area you are always welcome to visit. We
closed last week and are moving in this weekend. Joe Nunley Baker Florida
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Flew into Zephyr Hills and rented a car on Thursday morning. I saw all the
exibits in the buildings Thursday. Friday I plane watched all day and flew
home that night. Sun and Fun is mostly the same every year but it calls to me.
I enjoy the atmosphere of planes as far as you can see. I like
I avoided the inconvenience of the long runway. This is one of my regrets with
the test phase. I would use the longer strip for safety. Joe Nunley Baker
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Let me see how weather is in the morning.
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Mark, and I plan to fly into KMKS in Jac
>People who fly internationally
My next door neighbor shipped a plane from Europe. It was soo expensive and it
took so long that he shipped it back to where it came from. That's all I know.
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It works great for ads b in. I like the ahrs because it gives you glass panel
instruments as a back up. Joe Nunley Baker Florida>Check it
outhttps://www.iflygps.com/STORE/Product/cyber-sale/stratux>Larry
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If I were to do it again, I would make my fuel tank out of welded aluminum. 22
gallon header tank. Place it right where the original design has it and
gravity feed the engine. Joe Nunley Baker Florida
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> There has been a bit of interest in my misadventure with GAS and the
> damaged fuel tank system in my SuperCub Clone.
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I believe this was the problem that I had, causing the carberator to clog on
takeoff.
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Good information in this video presentation.
Thanks for sharing.
Below is the link
https://youtu.be/rjqpy154p_I
Paul ViskBelleville Il.618-406-4705
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I would have loved to have found an O235 125hp engine for my KR. I looked and
looked for a deal but never found the right one.
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The ventral fine sounds like a great idea. Do you have pictures?
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There is nothing better than flying! (well maybe one).
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Awesome! Congratulations! Please enjoy.
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I have a set of fiberglass wing gap covers that I will send you for the price
of shipping.
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I cut some thin aluminum strips that were wide enough to cover the wing gap.
Then vinyl taped over the gap with enough overlap.
/But I think somebody said it bubbles up over the Wing /attached bolts
locationsfrom the low pressure on top of the /wing.
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I used vynal over a painted surface. I purchased the vynal from amazon and
installed much of it myself. I have some experience but not much. Also had
some medium sized images professionally printed; army stars and eagles, that
cost about $50.
I worried about the vynal pealing off so I didn'
I used these for the basis of my procedures.
Joe Nunley Baker Florida
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There are several documents at:
http://krbuilder.org/WeightAndBa
To save on fuel prices I purchased a 50 gallon drum that I load up on my
trailer and take to the gas station. I fill the drum with 93 octain. There is
a pump that siphons the gas from the drum. I pay around $2.50 per gallon more
or less and the drum lasts a couple months. I get excited abou
>Jeff mentions the Franklin 4 >cylinder engine in this piece
My neighbor purchased a brand new Franklin engine he plans to install in his
kit. Purchased from the factory for around $10,000. It claims around 125 hp.
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Please check for accuracy before your first flight.
I did all the accuracy checks as described bellow. Even after the checks my
airspeed indicator didn't read at low taxi speeds. When we got fast enough the
airspeed jumped up and started reading effectively. It happened around 35 mph.
At ful
This article makes the Rotax 582 sound pretty good.
>Nice read for those interested:
http://a.moirier.free.fr/Moteur/ROTAX/2%20cycle%20versus%204%20cycle.pdf
>Henni,
South Africa
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Without holes in the belly board you are redirecting some of that energy
downward, giving you redirected thrust. Like the nozzle of a Harrier Jet.
With holes you are defusing the energy and creating drag. Like the speed brake
on a WW2 dive bomber.
Which one do you want?
>belly brake without ho
Good job, good luck and go get'em
>I've got about 10 hours of just droning around the airport >trying to build up
>confidence that she'll continue to run after >having two engine out >landings
>early on.
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Has anyone heard an update on Colin Hales?
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Dear All,
I am very sory to hear about Colin. I will share some details of my experience
to help understand Colons;
I had about 13 5 hours of flight time on my plane when I hard landed. The day
before the incident, I flew 2.5 hours of blissful and exhilarating flight, I
miss my plane!
The
>>I have a 9 inch X 30 inch belly >>brake that deploys to near 90 >>degrees.
>>Larry Flesner
My first few flights were without using my "belly board". The last few flights
have been with the belly board. I find that my landing role out is shorter
using the speed brake.
Joe Nunley Baker Flo
>Adam Tippin wrote,' have you checked the difference in tension between right
>and left springs?
I used the same springs for left and right. Also have tried 7 different
springs. Checked for cable tention and play. When i raise the tail the
distance of travel with no resistance is the
Donald said,"How about thrust line?bunch of thing's to look at..
++Thrust line is simething i can work with. Any sugestions of how
that would work? I can easily shim the engine mount. Has anyone done this?
Joe Nunley Baker Florida
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Dear Airplane Drivers,
In your tail wheel aircraft; at low taxi speeds, does one direction have more
turn authority than another?Left pedal for continentals and right pedal for VW
etc.
Sometimes i can barely turn right when taxiing (Continental). Wondered if my
tail wheel is so light that it do
Dear Aviators,
I find that i require significant trim tabs. Did i miss align something? Is
there something that i can do? Is this normal?
Significant up elevator and some right rudder for comfortable flight at 120mph.
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》Joe Horton wrote"I do use it(aelerons full travel) in ground operations and
some of the extream x-wind landings that I have 》put myself into."What
are your crosswind limits?I always have crosswinds at my airport.
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My KR2 was inspected by a DAR this morning and it passed without any issues!
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I also installed a 90 degree fitting, today after work, and it seems to work
fine. Thank you for the advice. What did you use as a spiral tube protector?
I tried using springs but they were too big or too small. Did you find one
that works?
Larry Flesner...>I installed a 90 degree fitting ri
Can you send a picture of what the bend looks like?
>You can buy 90 bend and I think 45 >as well snap on off connectors to >suit
>that high pressure line. I have in >my KR since 2007. Great to remove >if
>needed
>Phil
>Down under.
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>I would consider two separate >remote reservoirs unnecessary >extra weight.
>
I have Cleavland brakes and wheels but I used motor cycle master cylinders that
come with their own small reservoir and I kept both of them. I am using the
1000 psi poly 1/8 inch tubing for brake lines. I se
>remote reservoir would simply use >one reservoir that feeds
>both master cylinders. +
I have a reservoir for each cylinder so I know which one might be using more
fluid. I have an access door in the cowling to check the oil, brake fluid, ELT
etc.
Joe Nunley Baker Florida
What are you using for brake lines?Especially at the wheels? Do I need flex
lines at the gear?
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I was referring to pattern speeds of course.
>100 mph !!! Pleeaasseeeyou're >hurting me...
>Larry Flesner
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You won't be able to tell if the baffling is scratched at 100 mph with the
cowling on.
I just want to fly.
>Now I'm wishing I'd painted my old >worn out baffling. The
>engine makes them look a bit ratty.
Joe Nunley Baker Florida
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My DAR is scheduled for the first week in June to inspect my KR2.
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The scales from amazon look like the experimental aircraft version of certified
scales. I just finished my KR2 Weight and Ballance for the DAR, getting the
last few items ready for my inspection. I used bathroom scales but will most
likely order some scales from Amazon. Glad you shared.
Jo
Does anyone (other than me) keep track of how many flights you can get in? For
example; how many days in a row flown, how may flights in a week, flight hours
in a year, five years, etc.
I find that I get the itch to fly every day.
^I have 1130 hours flying behind a ^Corvair engine over a five
I will order new pushrod tubes, did some research on good ones. JayCee part
#1515 were recommended. Will also check my vent line for blockage
You're the best.
>Have you tried new pushrod tubes? Is one of them split at the seam
(although I've never seen one do that). Don't you have a crankc
I am ready to get rid of the leak from push rod tube. I replaced the old seal
with a new seal and it still leaked. After that I added high temperature
silicone around the seal to see if that would work, it still leaks. At AVCON I
saw an engine with a breather valve, would that help?
What would
I have the spring loaded pushrod tubes in my VW and one of them leaks.
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Who is going to be at Sun and Fun 2017?
Let's do dinner Friday night together.
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Larry has it pretty good, free gas and all.
My bedroom window is on a 3000 foot grass strip in Northern Florida where it
never snows and rarely freezes. My private 2500 square foot hanger is 20 steps
from my door. Although, 100LL is $3,70 a gallon on our field. This is roughing
it.Joe Nunley B
》Most builders that start off to fabricate 》every little detail of the aircraft
to save a 》couple of bucks here and a couple of 》bucks there, never finish.
As a poor teacher with three kids in college and a bad aviation addiction, I
have had to save where I could with my KR2 construction. I sav
Hi I'm Joe and I'm an aviation Addict.You, KRNET are my support group.My KR2 is
mostly finished now, so I have a lot of free time, too much free time, we can't
fly all of the time. If I'm not flying then I am thinking about flying. I am
thinking that I need to build another aircraft. I purcha
Mark said >See Troy Petteway's project at http://www.n56ml.com/troy/ where he
did
>exactly that, and called the result "much >improved".
I did my horizontal stab the same as Troy's, see link above. I extended my
rudder control surface up and over the tail, similar to a cub rudder to get
more
I don't worry a lot about fire, never have. I do wear a fire retardant long
sleeve shirt most of the time in the winter to keep me warm, but it probably
won't do much good if it got real hot. A fire extinguisher and a parachute is
probably the best option for in flight fire response but a para
》Lead poisoning sneaks up on you first as memory loss or lack of ability to
》》》concentrate.
I think I have lead poisoning.
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Where would I take the exhaust to get it nickle plated?
》Once you get your system built, take it and get it plated and it will last
forever. Nickel chrome or some other and it shouldn't be that expensive but
might be 》worth checking into.
Ron
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》It was not stainless and I did have it 》》wrapped and it lasted quit a long
time.
I used mild steel on this version because stainless was expensive. I used high
temperature paint (barbeque paint) on the exhaust to protect it from rust.
Seems to work.
Joe Nunley Baker Florida
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》what your wife considers an old pot is. 》Be forewarned.
When it comes to the pan I learned the hard way. I was interrogated after the
led melting operation had begun. We needed a new pan anyway.
My fishing weights melted just fine on the stove but I haven't been fishing
since. I also used t
》The FSDO in your city will come out for 》free
I haven't called our local FSDO myself but I have been told by others that they
are one year out from when you schedule them.
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》DAR. He charges $500 per 》inspection visit and usually takes 3 visits.
Our local DAR charges $600 and will only visit once.(although he is a friend so
he has visited early in the process for free)
》To my surprise the
》inspector was a helicopter pilot
Those helicopter pilots can be pretty good g
What aircraft can I fly that will prepare me for flying a KR2?
Joe Nunley
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》Only downer was my truck odometer rolled to 172,000 when I pulled in to
》the driveway but it's a Toyota so it might 》》still outlast my driving days.
I have two vehicles with over 370,000 miles on them. Just bought a newer 2012
hyundai with 133,000 this week. I hope to be able to maintai
I'd fly it.
Joe Nunley CW2 US Army RetiredBaker JROTC Instructor Baker Florida
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Hey - what the story on this:
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My KR Christmas Wish.
I asked "Santa" for a new rpm guage, a 6 inch linear actuator with switch, and
a bus and battery to run both of those.
The linear actuator was very easy to retrofit. I used the same suport brace as
the mechanical belly board actuation system. Wiring is connected to
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