tense fire to injure the
pilot as it did. I hope they can figure out what
happened and if they do, Sid, keep us posted.
In flight fires may be seldom survived but I hope
to have improved my chances in a crash. We each have our own comfort level.
Lar
external canopy latch and the like. He made a note in my log, as I
recall, had me correct them, make a log entry of such, and send him a
copy of the log page. In was noted on the inspection that I was good
to go after correction and log entry. Your results may vary......
Lar
I've spent the last several days cleaning and painting engine
parts. Progress, one piece at a time. I hope to be flying by March 1
or I'll be out of money. :-(
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larger shot is
best for a smaller over all weight of the same size. My guess is
smaller shot.
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alignment at
the greatest ground speed.
My KR is 24 inches longer than standard and 8 foot wide mains. That's
my setup and I literally forget that I'm flying a tail dragger.
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simply mosey on in ignorance. :-(
As you've noticed, you had to catch your own error.
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on 4000 or so on the first flight on a no wind
day. You will quickly progress to the grass after a few landings.
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quickly from flare to touchdown. I like to settle on like a feather,
not like a belly flop at the swimming pool.
:-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgdgxVgPNAk and go to the 2:40
mark of the video.
You'll get to know the comfortable speed after a couple of landings.
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e FSDO DAR for free if you
can but good luck. Some regional FSDO's are
happy to do it and some almost refuse (claim too
busy, yea,right. It's their job).
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have found a number of the screws to loosen over the
years. If you use screws instead of bolts, check them for security
from time to time.
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you got the idea already
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style rebuilt cylinders with balanced
pistons, rods, and rings and re-bushed rocker arms, all ready to bolt
to the case ($800). Right now we are negotiating on the credit
amount they will give me for all my extra engine parts. Maybe
President Trump can get me a deal. :-)
of the spars so I can remove the
hinge if necessary.
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hours without a problem, with proper maintenance and
care of course. Anyway, now I know. I'll have it checked for "out
of round", flange runout, and dye tested for cracks and if it passes
I can start the assembly process.
Film at 11:00.......
a matter of picking up after
myself. After 49 years of marriage some training is hard to ignore. :-)
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I can't believe the progress I made this weekend in about 8 hours of
time. The only help I had was to drive out the piston pins and lift
the case off the mount. I hope to split the case in the next few days.
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to follow.
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the tail surfaces in his KR and I'm guessing Mike
Sylvester can enlighten us on switching from a Cessna 150 to the KR2s
on his recent first flight.
Keep the C.G. in the correct location, anticipate the sensitivity,
and enjoy flying your KR...
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w stuff up off the
seat. Be gentle, you're flying a sports car, not a dump truck. :-)
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At 10:47 PM 1/2/2017, you wrote:
what is the estimated empty weight, did he mention a number?
++
No, but I'm guessing it will be a bit on the heavy side for a KR1,
even with a light engine.
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of glass on the inside.
Dennis asked for feedback and one of my several observations and
suggestions was to remove the brackets and cut lightening holes in
the ribs. Several other areas of minor overbuild but overall I can't
fault his workmanship.
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At 09:23 PM 1/2/2017, you wrote:
very cool! question, I think you said it had retracts, if so where
does the nosegear retract to?
+
No retracts. It does have a steerable nose wheel.
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d. Socket info is normally
stamped on the drive end, not the socket end. I wonder if I've got a
collectors item here. After all, people pay money for potato chips
that look like Christ, seems they might like a miss stamped socket,
ya recon? Bids anyone??
Lar
at the next
KR Gathering he'll have to ship the awards home as the baggage area
won't hold them all. I'll get some photos on my next visit.
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it in the crankcase. :-)
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d them from the fuselage to
rotate and glass the bottom. I never had to flip the boat.
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Paul,
I can tell you never flipped "out houses" at
Halloween in your youth or you could have done that in 15 seconds flat. :-)
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a rather tight cable for tailwheel steering. My ground
handling in three point attitude is as comfortable and responsive as
any tri-gear I've flown.
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I'd have someone
measure the aileron travel to see how close to
full travel you have before your leg stops the
stick. Unless you do an aileron roll you'll
seldom ever use full left or right stick while in
flight. Even an aggressive turn will require maybe have stick throw.
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>
>It's Friday and I have a GoPro Hero 3 camera with accessories that
>I'm not using and I'm putting it up for sale.
>Larry Flesner
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I got a phone call this morning and the camera is sold.
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with this camera
(don't recall what resolution the camera was set to).
Offering to KR netters for $350 before posting to e-bay for $400.
Flesner at frontier.com
cell phone 618 201 5958
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> If your casting aren't reversible, don't worry about it , go to
> plan B. Do the best you can and move on...
>Larry Flesner
+
After considering the problem in greater detail and ma
thers being built and flying, I'm
guessing that kind of accuracy is beyond the capabilities of many KR
builders anyway and thus is not a show stopper. If your casting
aren't reversible, don't worry about it , go to plan B. Do the best
you can and move on...
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n inch or so. Try not to over complicate the building
process or it will never fly. :-)
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the wood on the spar under the bracket with either
epoxy or varnish before mounting the bracket. The bolts alone hold
the bracket. If the six bolts alone don't hold the bracket you need
to make softer landings.
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istmas list as they are not cheap. AA, the
benefits of owning an experimental. I just rebuild my carb this year
for the price of the kit $450+, a few borrowed special tools, and my
X in the log book.
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949/IMG_8717.JPG
I don't remember the brand. I'd have to do some
research. It has worked for 600 hours now.
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twashers.php?clickkey=3011869
and replace the foam, sand to shape, and glass. Do about a 2 inch
overlap on the glass patch. It's just as easy to do it correctly as
to do it poorly.
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xhaust leak.
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Having said that I don't have ram air either but use a small 12 volt
fan from a battery charger on the inside of the firewall to pull air
to the cockpit. A carbon monoxide detector patch on the panel would
be advisable.
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requiring it and look out the window for other
aircraft. Don't let the market place kill your dream of building /
flying your own airplane. It's too easy to get caught up in "I'd
love to have it" rather than "I really need it".
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more horsepower which comes with more weight
which necessitates more horsepower which comes with more weight, and
on and on and on.
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egular canopy and raise the fuselage sides
with foam and glass and just mount the canopy higher above the longerons.
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I run only Desser retreads, a nice heavy tire, 25 psi range, and
have 1100 "lucky" flat free hours of flying. Maybe it's my soft,
feather like landings. :-)
As always.....
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, and have 1100
"lucky" flat free hours of flying. Maybe it's my soft, feather like
landings. :-)
As always.
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uto fuel
> when I could still find it without alcohol.
>Larry Flesner
I forgot to mention that my tanks are not coated with any compound,
just straight epoxy. Don't skimp on the epoxy with the last layer of
glass to prevent pinholes.
still find it without
alcohol. The concern with auto fuel is if it sets in the system for
long periods it can gum up the carburetor. 12+ years with epoxy
tanks and still going strong.
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plugged to a two place intercom but can be used
with a headset directly using an adaptor.
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. Why spend more
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at annual time. I've not had a single flat in
600+ hours except on my new tail wheel (which I love :-) ). The
tires hold shape and do not show any uneven wear. I only run 32 psi
in my multi-thousand pound Buick.
As always, your results may vary....
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buckle opening opposite each other.
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slick they are and the challenge that represents in
the landing mode. Add some drag and they land like any other Cessna
, Piper, etc.
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d my
second approach was much more "traditional". I
never land without it now except occasionally for
fun on our 8000 foot runway. Ask those who have
flown without one and then added one for their opinion.
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ple speed brake will suffice for
drag. There really is no need to try to combine the two unless you
are looking for an aeronautical / mechanical challenge. 600 hour
with speed brake only.
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>
>Check out page 13 of this months Sport Aviation .
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>Larry Flesner
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I got distracted and forgot to mention in my first post that not
mentioned in the article
Check out page 13 of this months Sport Aviation .
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prings on an old junk golf cart.
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. See you all at Lee's Summit !!!!
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across the photo while
going through boxes in my garage. Amazing what you'll find in boxes
that you've not opened in many years. I'll have to go through the
rest of the photos to see what other gems are hidden there.
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you.
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rs, if they will even insure you. You may have to go
"naked" if you're comfortable with that. Just don't taxi into any
Lear jets on the ramp or land on anyones house. :-(
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518 SW 3rd St, Suite B
Ankeny, Iowa 50023-3048
Phone: (515) 289-1439 or (800) 743-1439
idened and reshaped, then
added to at the forward end to attach to the turtle deck bow.
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://myplace.frontier.com/~flesner/02092587.jpg I have the
RAF48 airfoil. The couple of extra bolts you see was to add another
piece of aluminum to place the cable attach in double shear.
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h foam I used to raise the canopy.
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>
>I'd have to do some research (measuring) but it seems to me the
>aileron bellcrank assembly could be compressed
>a bit without causing cable interference and be made to fit inside
>the new wing assembly.
ve to do some research (measuring) but it seems to me the
aileron bellcrank assembly could be compressed a bit without causing
cable interference and be made to fit inside the new wing
assembly. Has anyone tried that with no success?
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cable could be
attached to the top side of one arm with a small spacer and the other
to the bottom side of the other arm with a small spacer, thus
separating the cables at crossover. Another option would be to
connect the cables to the bellcrank beyond the crossover point with
thin lengths of metal.
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48 but after a 13 year build I'm not
about to build new wings. My 48's have given me 600 hours of fun flying.
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It also has a remote control unit.
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or not but I'll honor first offers if it goes on sale. Price
$450 I have a current subscription and could send it with a complete
current update. The 720 has WIFI capabilities and with the right
equipment can show traffic and weather.
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in there awesome looking RV. Steve still keeps track of
he KR crowd even though he went over to the dark side years
ago. Good to see Steve again.
Coming home I went up a nice cool 9500 and danced among the scattered
puffys that topped at 10,500. Keep building. Life is good...
Larry
Netters,
Someone asked me about Jack Cooper at the Gathering and I didn't have
an answer for them. Does anyone know how Jack Cooper is doing?
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a financial success.
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At 06:53 PM 9/19/2016, you wrote:
> And, let's not forget John Bouyea.
+++
My apologies to John. He did more work behind the scenes than
appeared on the net. I'm sorry he couldn't make the Gathering.
THANKS JOHN.
Larry Flesner
At 12:43 PM 9/19/2016, you wrote:
> Are these the Tapes I donated a couple of years ago ? Virg
+
No, these are some vhs tapes that Tommy had and brought to the Gathering.
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Thanks to all that helped to make the Gathering a success, especially
Paul Visk in all the pre-planning leading up to the event. See you
all at Lee's Summit.
Larry Flesner
I plan to make my first trip (truck load of Gathering stuff) to
Mt.Vernon tomorrow (Wednesday) mid to late morning. I may stay in
Mt.Vernon or make the 50 mile trip home for the night and return
Thursday for the duration.
If anyone needs to reach me call my cell 618 201 5958
Larry
At 05:18 PM 9/13/2016, you wrote:
>I will be arriving KMVN tomorrow (Wednesday) late afternoon. Will
>anyone else be there Wednesday?
>Mark Jones
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I will be there to greet you.
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en in tires".
There is more information available today at the
touch of a button than can be digested in a lifetime.
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k or just the buffet to give Donny a count to toss
on the grill.
See you soon........
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effort involved. It was more of a
favor than a money maker and after nine years of "doing favors" I've
decided not to go that route this year. SORRY......
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co-host
ickets and I'm
not inclined to increase the price with this short notice. I'm
pretty sure I have a donation waiting for the asking that will cover
the cost. Not to worry, I'll work it out.
Just a few more sleeps and the fun begins.
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is guitar.
+
Some may prefer to pay for their drinks. For the sake of my ego I'll
not ask for a vote. :-) We'll see what happens...
Larry Flesner
At 06:49 PM 9/9/2016, you wrote:
>Jeanette Rand once stated that an engineer once analyzed the
>firewall and it is good for 22G's.
I'm sure that was using a VW and not and not the heavier 0-200 or Corvair.
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2.5 or 3 G's ever but my engine
is still hanging out there.
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the wood to
get good glue
penetration and don't squeeze it all out before it can penetrate.
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hat number came up empty.
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yed in solitude.
My wish, to capture this moment and share it with the world, denied.
I can only later speak, as a prophet with a vision, telling others
of the beauty that I saw."
Fortunately Mark had a camera and is able to share that moment with
all of us. Keep them coming Mark...
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d work
if it is more convenient and before any pumps, shutoff valves, etc.,
if it's calibrated to that pressure.
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more than 50
years and I'll admit, I wasn't an A student. :-)
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t and
it averages out the reads. I wouldn't want gust loads and G loads in
turns, etc., to cause the gauge to bounce all over the place. Hu.....
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der is just indicating what length of the sender that is covered
with fuel. The thicker tank at the root holds more fuel per foot of
sender than the narrow tank at the tip. You calibrate the full and
empty but in between it is, well, somewhere in between.
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ibrate for full and empty, will not be linear.
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62.JPG
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going to roll it over it would be these two, now 10 years old.
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o purchase an extra at the
Gathering if available. I'll try to treat everyone fairly. Thanks......
Larry Flesner
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At 12:24 PM 8/22/2016, you wrote:
>KR Enthusiasts;
>
>I am planning to make a pitch at the 2016 KR Gathering to host the 2017
>event at Lee's Summit Airport in Missouri.
+++
Thanks , Rob. Any competition has a tough act to fo
see if any are available.
See you at the Gathering.......
Larry Flesner
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that the switch that failed on Mark (on the ground,
thankfully) that kept him from making the California trip?
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items. In my case the "master" is
the last thing to switch off as it kills everything including radio,
GPS, etc..
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