From: KR-net users group digest[SMTP:kr-net@telelists.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 1998 12:05 AM To: kr-net digest recipients Subject: kr-net digest: December 27, 1998 KR-net users group Digest for Sunday, December 27, 1998. 1. CG 2. Re: KR: Re: PIOs, a very old horse! (was Cowlings) 3. spinners 4. Re: CG ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: CG From: Jim Faughn Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 09:02:34 -0600 X-Message-Number: 1 I established my maximum aft CG as 2" ahead of the limit established in the manual. This was accomplished by moving the engine forward when building. I have found flying in the aft CG range does make the plane more pitch sensitive. With the setup I have, I have flown with a 212 lb passenger and I weigh 190. To do this I took everything out of my baggage compartment (tools I usually carry) and would only fly for an hour before filling up the header tank. The plane flew fine and I was able to teach the other person to land the KR and he went home and test flew his successfully. After flying with the bigger passengers I'm happy I made the decision to set the limit where it is. The only tip I might have for moving the CG forward is where you carry your tools when you fly. Rather than carrying them in the baggage compartment, you might carry them on the engine mount. You might be surprised what 10 more pounds up there could do. -- Jim Faughn N8931JF St. Louis, MO (314) 652-7659 or (573) 465-8039 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: KR: Re: PIOs, a very old horse! (was Cowlings) From: Chris Gardiner Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 10:42:07 -0500 X-Message-Number: 2 Ther is a KR owner in Ottawa /Montreal area that is currently selling his KR. Try him at ; Haroldp@sympatico.ca....CGKAV KR2 in Ottawa area. Regards Chris Gardiner Cary Honeywell wrote: > > Email (reply) to cary@storm.ca > or ve3ev@rac.ca > Web page http://www.storm.ca/~cary/ > KR2 area http://www.storm.ca/~cary/kr2.shtml > > ---------- > > From: Micheal Mims > > To: krnet-l@teleport.com > > Subject: KR: PIOs, a very old horse! (was Cowlings) > > Date: November 4, 1998 4:14 PM > > > > Steven Eberhart wrote: > > > What all of this is building up to is this. In the experienced hands > of >a KR master it is a neat little airplane. In the hands of a low time, > > > inexperienced pilot, it is an accident waiting to happen. I suspect > >that there are a lot of KRs sitting in garages, etc. that scared the > >hell out of their builders on the first flights.>>> > > > > > > Like you said its a great little airplane on the hands of someone who > > master's it but in SOME low time pilots hands it tends to bite! If your > > building one you should make it a priority to get a ride on one before > > you get too far along. > > > > Getting ride in any sort of KR up here in Ottawa is next to impossible as I > think I own the only one in the area. I would have been ready to fly except > that I took this summer off to pay attention to the lady of the house. One > divorce was enough for me. > > - Cary - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: spinners From: dan469@aol.com Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 8:38:16 X-Message-Number: 3 I am wondering how far the spinner extends aft of the prop flange as I am working on my cowling and don't know how close it should be. Thanks Dan Shervheim ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: CG From: miketnyc@juno.com (Michael C. Taglieri) Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 23:56:32 EST X-Message-Number: 4 Assuming you're using a small motorcycle battery, etc., it would also be fairly easy to set up the plane with the battery pretty far to the rear, then have a second place to attach it further to the front when you're planning to carry a lot of weight. This way you'd have the equivalent of ballast in the tail when you needed it, but without the dead weight. Mike Taglieri >I established my maximum aft CG as 2" ahead of the limit established >in >the manual. This was accomplished by moving the engine forward when >building. I have found flying in the aft CG range does make the plane >more pitch sensitive. With the setup I have, I have flown with a 212 >lb >passenger and I weigh 190. To do this I took everything out of my >baggage compartment (tools I usually carry) and would only fly for an >hour before filling up the header tank. The plane flew fine and I was >able to teach the other person to land the KR and he went home and >test >flew his successfully. After flying with the bigger passengers I'm >happy >I made the decision to set the limit where it is. The only tip I might >have for moving the CG forward is where you carry your tools when you >fly. Rather than carrying them in the baggage compartment, you might >carry them on the engine mount. You might be surprised what 10 more >pounds up there could do. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] --- END OF DIGEST --- You are currently subscribed to kr-net as: johnbou@timberline.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-kr-net-17800J@telelists.com