KR> Cabin heat problem solved

[Myron (Dan) Freeman]

Hi guys and girls; 



Well that was a simple fix. The push/pull cable was mis-labeled. It said
pull for heat and should have been push for heat. New label and everything
is fine now.



Now for the EGT gauge next. 



Regards, 

Myron (Dan) Freeman 

Indpls, Ind. 46203-3570 

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auto race. 

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KR> Cabin Heat

[D F Lively]

Listees:

Has anyone ever used a Subaru conversion in a KR2?  Would probably
provide an easy way of heating the cabin, at a weight penelty of
course.

Don

KR> Cabin Heat

[Mark Jones]

Ken Thomas of Alabama had one at one time. He has since removed it but I am
unsure what he flys in his KR2 now. Maybe someone else knows more on this.


Mark Jones (N886MJ)
Wales, WI  USA
E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com
Visit my NEW
KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at www.flykr2s.com



- Original Message - 
From: "D F Lively" <riksh...@interl.net>
To: "KRNET" <kr...@mylist.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:00 PM
Subject: KR> Cabin Heat


> Listees:
>
> Has anyone ever used a Subaru conversion in a KR2?  Would probably
> provide an easy way of heating the cabin, at a weight penelty of
> course.
>
> Don
>
>
>
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KR> Cabin Heat

[Stephen Teate]

Hello Don,
I am currently building a 2S with an EA-82 with a belt redrive. I will
be taking cabin heat off of the exhaust side of my radiator. I am just
getting into the engine tear down and redrive fabrication so I still
have a way to go.
Stephen Teate
Paradise, TX
ste...@compositecooling.com

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Behalf Of D F Lively
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:00 PM
To: KRNET
Subject: KR> Cabin Heat

Listees:

Has anyone ever used a Subaru conversion in a KR2?  Would probably
provide an easy way of heating the cabin, at a weight penelty of
course.

Don



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KR> cabin heat

[Phil Matheson]

Another solution would be to wear a mask that takes the moisture
from your breath but then how cool would that be
--
Larry

You could use a jet helmet and mask, like many of the single seat pilots , 
then you could really go out and buzz all the RV's as you shoot past them 
making all those machine gun noises.

Marry Xmas.

Phil Matheson
mathes...@dodo.com.au
VH-PKR  ( Phil's KR)
61 3 58833588
Australia.( Down Under)
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KR> cabin heat

[Larry Flesner]

>
>   Bring that thing down here for a couple of
>hours and we'll fix that heat problem.  Troy was telling me today that he'
>never had cabin heat, and never had the need for it (and he built his in
>1992).  His cabin is well sealed, but yours probably is too.
>Mark Langford

+++

I don't get much airflow in my cockpit except for a slight leak at the
peak of the gullwing door.  My problem , I think, is my age.  Setting
in 25 to 30 F air for 30 to 45 minutes causes my feet and hands
to start getting a bit chilled.  The only thing I have left to do to finish
my cabin heat is to put on an exhaust muff and run a hose to the
firewall.  Like your paint job, I'll get to it some day.  Maybe an occasional
barrel roll or loop would get my heart pumping more blood to my
extremities.  :-)

Larry Flesner

KR> cabin heat

[patrusso]

Anyone out there experiencing lots of condensation on the windscreen, 
inside?  My arms are not long enough to wipe the screen. A defroster looks 
like a practical solution to the cab heat discussion.
- Original Message - 
From: "Larry Flesner" <fles...@verizon.net>
To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 9:28 AM
Subject: KR> cabin heat


>
>>
>>   Bring that thing down here for a couple of
>>hours and we'll fix that heat problem.  Troy was telling me today that he'
>>never had cabin heat, and never had the need for it (and he built his in
>>1992).  His cabin is well sealed, but yours probably is too.
>>Mark Langford
>
> +++
>
> I don't get much airflow in my cockpit except for a slight leak at the
> peak of the gullwing door.  My problem , I think, is my age.  Setting
> in 25 to 30 F air for 30 to 45 minutes causes my feet and hands
> to start getting a bit chilled.  The only thing I have left to do to 
> finish
> my cabin heat is to put on an exhaust muff and run a hose to the
> firewall.  Like your paint job, I'll get to it some day.  Maybe an 
> occasional
> barrel roll or loop would get my heart pumping more blood to my
> extremities.  :-)
>
> Larry Flesner
>
>
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KR> cabin heat

[jscott.pi...@juno.com]

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:46:27 -0500 "patrusso" 
writes:
> Anyone out there experiencing lots of condensation on the windscreen, 
> 
> inside?  My arms are not long enough to wipe the screen. A defroster 
> looks 
> like a practical solution to the cab heat discussion.

Extended use of a defroster (like forgetting to shut it off once airborn)
will cause crazing of the canopy where the hot air hits it.  I mop the
inside of the canopy with a paper towel until takeoff.  Once airborn, the
condensation stops.

While NM isn't known for being particularly cold, high in the mountains
where I live it's as cold as the midwest where I grew up (Iowa).  I
didn't install a heat exchanger in my KR until the third winter I had it.
 Sunshine on the canopy was sufficient to keep me warm.  When I was
flying away from the sun, it got cold in a hurry, which is why I
eventually added the heat exchanger.  Kind of hard to always avoid flying
away from thge sun. :o)

Jeff Scott
N1213W

KR> cabin heat

[Jim]

J C Whitney has small fans that are 12 v for cars or equipment fans like the 
ones in computers mounted above the instrument panel just a thought Merry 
Christmas.
- Original Message - 
From: "patrusso" <patru...@sover.net>
To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: KR> cabin heat


> Anyone out there experiencing lots of condensation on the windscreen,
> inside?  My arms are not long enough to wipe the screen. A defroster looks
> like a practical solution to the cab heat discussion.
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Larry Flesner" <fles...@verizon.net>
> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 9:28 AM
> Subject: KR> cabin heat
>
>
>>
>>>
>>>   Bring that thing down here for a couple of
>>>hours and we'll fix that heat problem.  Troy was telling me today that 
>>>he'
>>>never had cabin heat, and never had the need for it (and he built his in
>>>1992).  His cabin is well sealed, but yours probably is too.
>>>Mark Langford
>>
>> +++
>>
>> I don't get much airflow in my cockpit except for a slight leak at the
>> peak of the gullwing door.  My problem , I think, is my age.  Setting
>> in 25 to 30 F air for 30 to 45 minutes causes my feet and hands
>> to start getting a bit chilled.  The only thing I have left to do to
>> finish
>> my cabin heat is to put on an exhaust muff and run a hose to the
>> firewall.  Like your paint job, I'll get to it some day.  Maybe an
>> occasional
>> barrel roll or loop would get my heart pumping more blood to my
>> extremities.  :-)
>>
>> Larry Flesner
>>
>>
>>
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KR> cabin heat

[Larry Flesner]

At 12:46 PM 12/23/2005, you wrote:
>Anyone out there experiencing lots of condensation on the windscreen,
>inside?  My arms are not long enough to wipe the screen. A defroster looks
>like a practical solution to the cab heat discussion.
+

I usually get condensation on the windows right after startup and taxi
out .  Then for some reason it seems to clear when I bring up the
rpm (mag check) and while flying.  I don't know if it's the increased
airflow over the windows or cabin air leakage.   Whatever, it doesn't
seem to be a problem for me.

Another solution would be to wear a mask that takes the moisture
from your breath but then how cool would that be

Larry Flesner

KR> cabin heat

[Mark Langford]

Bill Clapp will probably chime in on this, but since he got crazy last 
winter and flew up to Wisconsin and everywhere else at the colded part of 
the season, he also found the need for a defroster.  He used a vent from an 
old Volkswagen (sort of triangular shapes with a hose connection on one end, 
like a small vacuum cleaner attachment) to divert some air up to his canopy. 
I'm thinking about making something like that out of aluminum for my cabin 
heat inlet (plastic would melt immediately as hot as this thing is).  As it 
is, I have a pretty hot stream of air aimed right at my hand on the stick, 
which certainly keeps my hands warm, but the passenger's still chilly.  So 
I'll make some kind of diffuser that spreads the joy around.

Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
see homebuilt airplane at http://www.N56ML.com
email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net

KR> cabin heat / flaps

[Larry Flesner]

>  It is not hooked directly to a heat muff yet but it got
>enough heat out of the cowl to keep me nice and comfortable.
>Joe Horton

+++


Beware of carbon monoxide when doing that 

When testing your flaps, do a complete landing sequence
at altitude with turns, power changes, speed changes, etc. and
take it down to a full stall.  Make sure to try some flaps up stalls
first so there are no surprises.  You can't wear that "Test Pilot"
patch if you're going to be a woos about it. :-)

Larry Flesner

KR> cabin heat

[joe]

I'm kind of new, however the subject of cabin heat has not come up in any of 
the literature I've gone through. I saw a 
portable heater at a truck stop that plugs into a cigarette
lighter for around 40 dollars. Not sure it is safe. any heat
available in the KR.
  Joe
feg...@earthlink.net

KR> cabin heat

[Dan Heath]

Joe,

If you look at http://kr-builder.org/CockpitWork/index.html you will see
what I have done to provide cabin heat and fresh air. We have a VW engine,
so we are going to do it sort of VWish, coming off the exhaust. 

There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building
has expired.

See N64KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Then click on the pics 

Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC

See you in Mt. Vernon - 2005 - KR Gathering

KR> cabin heat

[joe]

Dan,
 This cabin/carb heat setup is excellent. Is this reflected on
a plan sheet somewhere. I didn't expect to see such a
professional system.

 Thank you,  Joe

- Original Message - 
From: "Dan Heath" <da...@alltel.net>
To: <kr...@mylist.net>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 2:35 AM
Subject: Re: KR> cabin heat


> Joe,
>
> If you look at http://kr-builder.org/CockpitWork/index.html you will see
> what I have done to provide cabin heat and fresh air. We have a VW engine,
> so we are going to do it sort of VWish, coming off the exhaust.
>
> There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for
building
> has expired.
>
> See N64KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Then click on the pics
>
> Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC
>
> See you in Mt. Vernon - 2005 - KR Gathering
>
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KR> cabin heat - Is this reflected on a plan sheet somewhere

[Dan Heath]

Joe,

No, as far as I know, there is no plan anywhere for this. The best plans you
will get for cockpit, instrument panel, and Firewall forward, will come off
this KR-Net.

Thanks for the kind words. 

There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building
has expired.

See N64KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Then click on the pics 

Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC

See you in Mt. Vernon - 2005 - KR Gathering