KR> Propellers

2012-01-15 Thread P.Byington
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Sunday, Jan.15,2012 Subject: 1835 VW props Dave/et/all FYI, the first prop I tried on N54PB was a 52 X 52 and it was way to much pitch. I was only able to turn about 2500 rpm, the climb was poor and the speed was dismal. This prop was supplied by the

KR> Pitot/ Static Line Placement

2008-10-12 Thread P.Byington
Netters: I have my pitot tube mounted at the top of the verticle stabilizer and it works just fine. This position induces approximately a 5 mph error (high) on the airspeed indicator as measured against my gps but that is a small price to pay for it being out of the way and not having to worry

Fw: KR> SNF

2008-10-12 Thread P.Byington
Mark; The other plane is a F-16 Fighting Falcon, not sure which model, the other is definetly a F-4 probably an E model or the G Wild Weasel. I worked on the F-4 Flight simulators for over six years during my stint in the Air Force and as a civilian at Hill AFB Utah. I helped Singer Link

KR> Off Kr subject cat problem

2008-10-12 Thread P.Byington
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Thursday, May 12, 2003 Subject: Cats in the garden Larry; A co-worker told me how she go rid of the same problem. She said that she found this real sticky substance, similar to the sticky rodent traps now available, and put it in her garden. When the

Fw: KR> Gear legs and belly-boards

2008-10-12 Thread P.Byington
- Original Message - From: "Mark Langford" To: "KRnet" Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 7:11 PM Subject: Re: KR> Gear legs and belly-boards Mark; I had the same problem with my airspeed indicater when I first flew N54PB back in 1991. I too had

KR> VW rpms

2008-10-12 Thread P.Byington
Lee; I have a 1835 VW that is turbo charged. I found that for over all good performance, a 52 X 47 prop works pretty well. I get a pretty consistant 160 - 165 mph speeds at about 5.5 gph. I am using an Amyer-Demuth prop. I can turn this prop at about 3600 rpm and 33 inches. I also have the

KR> Fw: REVISED: EAA Chapter E-Gram, Vol. 7 No. 10

2008-10-12 Thread P.Byington
Dear netters; A friend of mine from the Vari Eze world forwarded this to me and I thought I would pass it along to those who may not know about it. I checked mine and sure enough they had me on the list because my address was wrong. Just as a note of interest, I was looking through some old

KR> KR2 for sale in Adam's area

2009-12-11 Thread P.Byington
I'm in the L.A./Orange County area looking for a ready-to-fly (or nearly so) aircraft. My budget is 6-7.5K. -Adam Adam; I have a kr2 with about 250 hours on it that I am thinking of selling here in Henderson Nevada, contact me offline at byington1...@embarqmail.com for further details.

Fw: KR> capacitive fuel quantity system

2010-10-24 Thread P.Byington
- Original Message - From: "Dan Heath" To: "'KRnet'" Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 1:48 PM Subject: RE: KR> capacitive fuel quantity system I don't know about the Westach, but the Princeton can be calibrated. I Fellow netters; I designed

KR> First time kr flyers

2011-04-21 Thread P.Byington
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Thursday, Apr.21,2011 Subject: KR2 first time flyers Vaughan; When I first flew my plans built kr2, I had one hour of logged tail dragger time. I had flown many hours in tail draggers with friends but they never gave me the opportunity to taxi, takeoff

Fw: KR> Component weight.

2011-06-19 Thread P.Byington
David; I weighed my wings awhile back and they came in at 45 lbs each, I am thinking about rebuilding them also to reduce the weight. I think that they are about 15 lbs to heavy (each panel) due to having two layers of glass, (plans call for only one layer) and to much filler added to make

Fw: KR> Behind panel clearance

2011-12-04 Thread P.Byington
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Sunday, Dec.4,2011 Subject: Instrument panel space Dave; Since I have my Kr-2 in the garage, I went out and measured the distance from the back of the instrument panel to the back edge of the header tank, this measurement is 6.5 inches. My plane is a