KR> cowl

[Jeff Scott]

>
> Jeff said, 
> 
> " . . . not many pilots are going to be willing to pull the hinge pins to
> look at the engine regularly before flight."
> 
> I don't think anybody does that anymore. 
> 
> Mike
> KSEE

Thank you Mike.  You make a great straight man.  

That was exactly my point.  If you make it easy enough, you will look under the 
cowl.

On my Cub, I pop two overcenter latches and raise the side of the cowl and have 
one whole side of the engine exposed including intake tubes and exhaust system 
when I check the oil.  I'll see immediately if I have an exhaust leak or 
cracked intake.  I have also helped configure a glass (RV-7) cowl to the same 
type of arrangement, so it can certainly be done easily enough for a glass 
cowl.  

Opening the side of the cowl is no more difficult than opening the oil door on 
the cowl I built for my KR.  If that line of thought had occurred to me 18 
years ago, I would have configured my KR cowl that way.  But at that point in 
time, I was in the "get it done and get it flying phase" of building. :o)

-Jeff Scott
Los Alamos, NM 

KR> best replacement windsock?

[brian.kraut at eamanufacturing.com]

My airpark has lights with regular house type sockets in them.  We use
the twisty flourescent bulbs in them, but no reason we could not use
home type LED bulbs.  I changed to all Cree LED bulbs in my house and I
love them.


 Original Message 
Subject: KR> best replacement windsock?
From: Mark Langford via KRnet 
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org
Date: Fri, November 21, 2014 3:35 pm
To: KRnet 

NetHeads,

Once again it's time to replace our airport's windsock, and I always vow

not to buy what I bought last time...if I could just remember where it 
came from! So...can anybody recommend one that you're happy with? 
Right now I'm thinking I'll try US-made "Windtek" next.

Also, I was visiting our local county jetport the other day and 
commenting on awesome their new LED runway light system was, and light 
maintenance came up. I maintain the runway lights at M38, and they are 
something like 60 years old, and it shows. I asked what did they do 
with the old ones and he said they gave them all away to other airports.

 So...if anybody knows of an airport that's about to upgrade from their 
"stake mounted" system to new LED stuff, please let me know. We'd be 
interested in a box or two of light fixtures...

Thanks,
-- 
Mark Langford
ML at N56ML.com
http://www.n56ml.com


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KR> cowl

[laser147 at juno.com]

Jeff said, 

" . . . not many pilots are going to be willing to pull the hinge pins to
look at the engine regularly before flight."

I don't think anybody does that anymore. 

Mike
KSEE

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KR> FW:vanithas

[charles]

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 charles 

 11/24/2014 12:33:45 AM

KR> Dynel fabric

[John Martindale]

Be interesting to know the tensile strengths for each...looks like mozzie
wire to me :-)

John Martindale
29 Jane Circuit
Toormina NSW 2452
Australia

ph:61 2 6658 4767
m:0403 432179
email:john_martindale at bigpond.com
web site: http://john-martindale-kr2.zxq.net
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From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark Langford
via KRnet
Sent: Monday, 24 November 2014 9:49 AM
To: KRnet
Subject: KR> Dynel fabric

KRnetHeads,

We hear a lot about "dynel" in the old newsletters, .snip



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KR> cowl

[Flesner]

>   The reason I went
>to piano hinges in the first place is because the screw holes were
>constantly ripping out.  So, where you choose to use screws or camlocs, be
>sure to give plenty of clearance to the edge and make the material thick
>enough to withstand the use over time.
+

That's the reason I buried the 
washers  http://myplace.frontier.com/~flesner/02092584.jpg  and 
covered them with several layers of deck cloth.  That relieves the 
concentrated stress of the screw head and keeps the screw from 
cracking the glass.  Cowl is in good shape after 500+ hours and, with 
a power screwdriver, is easy enough to remove and re-attach that I 
don't hesitate to take on the task.

Larry Flesner 

KR> cowl

[Dan Heath]

I need to add one more thing on this cowl attach thing.  The reason I went
to piano hinges in the first place is because the screw holes were
constantly ripping out.  So, where you choose to use screws or camlocs, be
sure to give plenty of clearance to the edge and make the material thick
enough to withstand the use over time.



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Best KR at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN 

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Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC

KR> cowl hinge mounting

[Dan Heath]

And also, use the rolled hinges, not the extruded, for this application.



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the pics 



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Best KR at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN 

Best Interior at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN 

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Best Firwwall Forward at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN 



Best Interior and Panel at 2008 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN





Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC





-Original Message-



Something I've learned since then is to use the narrowest hinges available
to save weight.