KR> Manifold pressure guage

[Jeff Scott]

I installed a UMA 2 1/4" MP gauge in my KR when it was new.  It's currently 
$159 Aircraft Spruce Part # 10-11250.  I use it primarily for fine tuning the 
throttle settings at altitude.  It's just another tool for monitoring the 
engine performance.  Seems to me that I used a primer nozzle to tap the 
manifold to keep it from leaking too much in the off chance the line to the MP 
gauge failed, broke or fell off.

-Jeff Scott
Los Alamos, NM


>
> Off and on I've looked at the Stewart Warner gauge, 2.25 diameter.  It's
> my current choice unless I come across something better.  Van's sells one
> that looks better (appearance), for about 30% more than the SW.  But
> reliability reports on it and other Van's-branded & sold instruments are
> not generally good.  There's some other relatively inexpensie MP gauges
> in the car world that look colorful and might work but staying away from
> that.  I've got a useless vacuum gauge I want to replace with an MP
> gauge.  
> 
> Appreciate any pointers or thoughts about the subject or if anyone has
> something for sale let me know please.  2 1/4 hole.  Doesn't need to be
> lighted. 
> 
> Mike
> KSEE
> Laser147 at Juno.com

KR> Save KRnet...please read!

[Mark Langford]

Long-time KRnet folks have seen this before, but we have a new crop of 
list members who either did NOT read the rules, or who don't care to 
abide with them.  The list was sent out to all new subscribers.  Given 
that you wouldn't take the time to read the whole list, I'll boil it 
down to the three most critical ones.  Perhaps you can make the time to 
read them.

1.  When you reply to a previous post, please delete the vast majority 
of the post you're replying to, to reduce the overall size of your post, 
but more importantly, to keep the same stuff from showing up in several 
posts, over and over again, which will later show up as hits for an 
archive search.  It's really annoying to do a search for something and 
have 50 hits, only to wade through them all to find that only a few are 
new information...the rest are all posts that have been reposted 
repeatedly.  This goes doubly for "digest" subscribers, as you are 
likely re-posting 20-30 posts if you don't delete most of it.

2.  Keep private emails PRIVATE.  That means, for example, instead of 
sending "please send that to me too", or "how much do you want for that" 
to 500 people, simply send it to the guy that you're addressing only. 
That's done by hitting "reply all" and then deleting the return to KRnet 
address before you send it.  Pretty simple stuff.  You're building an 
airplane, so I am confident you can handle this.  I'm not saying 
"always" send it privately...most issues that have to do with KRs, 
engines, FAA regs, all that stuff are of interest to everybody on the 
list.  It's the purely personal stuff that's directed to one guy that's 
annoying.

3.  The size of a post is limited to 250KB.  That's plenty for any text 
post you'll ever send, but if you throw a photo in with that, it 
probably needs to be under 230KB, unless you also wrote a book, or 
didn't delete the previous posts to which you are replying.  250 KB is 
plenty for a reasonably detailed photo of a reasonable size, say 800x600 
pixels that's been lightly compressed.  Anything with five times the 
pixels is difficult to view...it leads to scrolling all over the place 
and the inability to see "the whole picture", which is quite annoying. 
And reducing the size helps keep the archive small and manageable, and 
download times minimized.  This is important for those with slow 
internet connections.  If you send a post that's larger than 250KB, 
you'll get a message that it's being held pending moderator approval. 
Unfortunately, I'm the moderator, and given that I set the limit to 
250KB, the chances of me deciding that your 7MB file should be forwarded 
to 500 people is remote. I don't check on them and let them expire, 
since you got the message that told you why it didn't pass the 250KB 
filter, and can act accordingly to repost it.  If you don't know how to 
shrink an image file, there are plenty of free apps to do that for you. 
  One is IrfanView, and after 30 seconds of googling "irfanview shrink 
file size", you'll know exactly how to do it.  If this sounds like too 
much trouble to you, please refrain from posting photos larger than 
230KB to the list.

Thanks for saving the KRnet message archive from premature bloating, and 
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 .
-- 
Mark Langford
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http://www.n56ml.com

KR> Plane confusion

[Mike T]

Why not have a placard on the dash of each plane with the full name, just
as you'd recite it to tower? I'm an attorney, and when I'm arguing in court
I always write the client's name at the top of the my notes, just in case I
have a senior moment and it slips my mind.

Mike Taglieri
On Oct 24, 2015 8:25 PM, "Mike Stirewalt via KRnet" 
wrote:

> It's becoming a problem, more so as I get older. I've pulled the plane
> out of the hangar and taxiied down the ramp to the entrance to the
> taxiway and realize, too late in some cases, that I'm not flying a
> Griffon-powered Mark XIV Spitfire. I'm actually at the controls of my
> GP2180-powered KR-1?. The two planes are so strikingly alike that
> confusing the two is causing me occasional embarrassment when I'm calling
> ground or the tower and get as far as "Experimental . . . . . uh, stand
> by please." I get no further because I don't have a quick way to identify
> which airplane I'm flying that day. I have the registration numbers
> memorized of course but figuring out which plane I'm flying is the
> problem. How do others on the forum handle this dilemma? I'm sure I'm not
> the only one this happens to. It's easy to get them confused. The props
> turn the same direction. The airfoils are the same. The airframes are
> both made of wood and the tails both sit on the ground. Really, unless
> you're outside and looking at them side by side, how do you tell? You'd
> think I would be able to hear the difference in engine sound except my
> Halo headset is so efficient at blocking external sounds I really can't
> hear anything except the radio. Yes, the N numbers are placarded just in
> front of me on the panel but I often don't think quickly enough to look.
> When I'm sitting there in a quandry and the tower is waiting for me to
> give them more information, if I could remind myself in some quick and
> foolproof way that I don't actually own a Mark XIV Spitfire, that would
> at least help. However, in the heat of operations, when I'm under such
> pressure and stress, I get confused as to whether I do or I don't own a
> Mark XIV Griffon-powered Spitfire.
> As we Baby Boomers age, NextGen is arriving just in time. With all
> communications by automated datalink, aircraft ID will not be dependent
> upon the pilot remembering which plane he's flying. So that'll be a big
> relief. Until then though, what little tricks/memnonics/etc. do you guys
> use to avoid this kind of confusion?
> Thanks,
> Mike
> KSEE
>
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KR> KR2 project for sale

[Bill Jacobs]

wjacobs at sparton.comThanks a lot,or..
email at work?Bill Jacobs Daytona Beach, Fl. 


 On Monday, October 26, 2015 6:00 AM, Richard Kaczmarek via KRnet  wrote:


 Well the time has come to clean out the hanger. Our business needs the
space to start production of a new kit plane. We no longer have the time
and space to complete all the projects we own as a company so here is the
first that needs to go. This was a once flying KR2 and started life as a
tricycle retract. We were going to convert to a fixed gear to save weight
and due to the fact it was needing to much to correct and make safe. The
airframe is complete and comes with everything including a GP2300 VW with
prop, GRT systems monitor and the basic flight instruments. The wings are
built with Diehl skins, it does have additional fuel in the wings at 5 gal
per side plus the header. This is a fantastic and fairly simple project you
can't buy the parts to build for our asking price of $5000

Richard
Fast Little Airplanes LLC
937-243-7303
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KR> KR2 project for sale

[Hal Dantone]

where are you/the KR located?



 On Monday, October 26, 2015 5:00 AM, Richard Kaczmarek via KRnet  wrote:


 Well the time has come to clean out the hanger. Our business needs the
space to start production of a new kit plane. We no longer have the time
and space to complete all the projects we own as a company so here is the
first that needs to go. This was a once flying KR2 and started life as a
tricycle retract. We were going to convert to a fixed gear to save weight
and due to the fact it was needing to much to correct and make safe. The
airframe is complete and comes with everything including a GP2300 VW with
prop, GRT systems monitor and the basic flight instruments. The wings are
built with Diehl skins, it does have additional fuel in the wings at 5 gal
per side plus the header. This is a fantastic and fairly simple project you
can't buy the parts to build for our asking price of $5000

Richard
Fast Little Airplanes LLC
937-243-7303
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KR> Kitplanes 1993 KR Articles

[Jeff Scott]

If one of you guys wants to email me the articles, I'll post them up on my web 
site.  

It was the article about Roy Marsh's KR that inspired me to get involved and 
build my KR.

-Jeff Scott 
Los Alamos, NM

KR> Retract Gear

[Dan Prichard]

I have a complete retract gear system for a KR 1 or 2 to include wheels and 
cable brakes. All mounted 30 years ago. If you're interested contact me @ 
dprich01 at comcast.net for pics and details. Also have an A-65 with motor 
mount for KR2

Dan Prichard 
Portland Oregon 

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KR> KR2 project for sale

[Richard Kaczmarek]

Well the time has come to clean out the hanger. Our business needs the
space to start production of a new kit plane. We no longer have the time
and space to complete all the projects we own as a company so here is the
first that needs to go. This was a once flying KR2 and started life as a
tricycle retract. We were going to convert to a fixed gear to save weight
and due to the fact it was needing to much to correct and make safe. The
airframe is complete and comes with everything including a GP2300 VW with
prop, GRT systems monitor and the basic flight instruments. The wings are
built with Diehl skins, it does have additional fuel in the wings at 5 gal
per side plus the header. This is a fantastic and fairly simple project you
can't buy the parts to build for our asking price of $5000

Richard
Fast Little Airplanes LLC
937-243-7303

KR> Vacuum gauge

[John Martindale]

Snip from Mike...I've currently got a vacuum gauge and just want to
fill up the hole with something that provides more useful information.  A
vacuum gauge truly is
uselesssnip.

Why not just reverse the numbers in the vacuum gauge. If you are not going
to turbo-charge then the information portrayed is no different it's just the
face of the dial. 

Zero vacuum is atmospheric pressure circa 29" MP.  Idle vacuum is around 12"
MP.


John Martindale
29 Jane Circuit
Toormina NSW 2452
Australia

ph:61 2 6658 4767
m:0403 432179
email:john_martindale at bigpond.com
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KR> Kitplanes 1993 KR Articles

[Nerobro]

I'd love a copy too.

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:33 AM, Mike T via KRnet 
wrote:

> This is a very good find.  In case anyone doesn't know this, all of the
> back issues of Kitplanes prior to February, 2008, were destroyed in a fire.
> This, of course, includes virtually all of their articles on older planes
> like the KR.  So these copies may be the only ones.
>
> Does KRnet have a file-sharing section? If so, how about putting these
> articles there so everyone can access them?
>
> Mike Taglieri
>
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 5:34 AM, billjacobs386 at yahoo.com <
> krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the effort. Its appreciated.Bill Jacobs
> >
> >
> > -- Original message--From: Chris Prata via KRnet Date: Sat, Oct
> > 24, 2015 11:06 PMTo: krnet at list.krnet.org;Cc: Chris Prata;Subject:KR>
> > Kitplanes 1993 KR ArticlesFor anyone on the list who is interested, I
> > finally obtained those articles without any missing pages and have
> scanned
> > them to PDF. If anyone wants a copy shoot me an email. If you take the KR
> > out of the subject and it will end up in my inbox instead of in the krnet
> > folder.  I scanned to 150dpi and the file size is 2.5 and 4MB for the 2
> > articles which should be easy to email.chris
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