From: To: Subject: krnet Digest 5 Nov 2000 04:16:19 -0000 Issue 119 Date: Saturday, November 04, 2000 8:16 PM krnet Digest 5 Nov 2000 04:16:19 -0000 Issue 119 Topics (messages 2814 through 2827): Re: Taxi Testing 2814 by: Ross Youngblood Updates from Az (lengthy...) 2815 by: Ross Youngblood My Dad's Shop 2816 by: Ross Youngblood Re: Anti Virus Tip 2817 by: The House of D's 2818 by: Patrick Driscoll WAFs are shipped... 2819 by: Mark Langford Tip on sanding 2820 by: John and Janet Martindale Aluminum 2821 by: Cary Honeywell corvair 2822 by: Boyers 2823 by: Mark Langford 2824 by: virgnvs.juno.com navigators puzzle 2825 by: w.g. kirkland Tets 2826 by: Stef & Marlies tail wheel 2827 by: Bob Smith Administrivia: To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail: To post to the list, e-mail: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 19:34:44 -0700 To: ron.martha@mindspring.com From: Ross Youngblood CC: KRNET Subject: Re: Taxi Testing Message-ID: <3A00D2C4.2FD43857@teleport.com> Ron, Thanks for the reminder. I'm getting closer to the taxi testing stage myself. - Ross "RONALD.FREIBERGER" wrote: > Bill said ;;;;; > All those years and hours of building to have that happen on your maiden > flight. Yech. > W.G.(Bill) KIRKLAND > > I knew a fellow who did a very creative build, including redrive, prop hum, > on a Smyth Sidewinder. Aircraft launced inadvertently on a taxi test. Ran > out of Fuel in the circuit, spun in. Pilot fatal. > > My philosophy has been never go to the runway without the intention of > flying, nor without full fuel and preparations. Low speed flight and > surprises don't go well together. > > Ron Freiberger... > mailto:ron.martha@mindspring.com > > - > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To post to the list, email: krnet@mailinglists.org > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: krnet-unsubscribe@mailinglists.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: krnet-help@mailinglists.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 20:16:24 -0700 To: krnet@mailinglists.org From: Ross Youngblood Subject: Updates from Az (lengthy...) Message-ID: <3A00DC88.737AD2DF@teleport.com> Howdy! I thought I would post an update. I FINALLY broke through and got my flaps mounted so I can actually extend and retract them with the flap lever. Whew! This was a rough problem for me, I didn't want to drill the holes in the aileron fittings for fear of hosing things up. One problem I had was flipping the aileron fittings so that they stayed within the wing profile (swapped left and right bottom bracket for the aileron bellcrank) This worked, but the bad news is that the plans for the outboard flap attach bracket no longer worked due to the shift in the mounting position. So I had to cut two more fittings, and after messing them up a few years ago, I just put that setup on hold. I would recommend to folks that they do the flap installation BEFORE closing up the wing stub and foaming. This is not obvious as the plans have the flaps as an "optional" item, and the installation is left up to the builder. I also have to re-do the control cables as the turnbuckle rubs the torque tube so I will have some cutting and nicopressing to do later to move the turnbuckle aft into the tail cone area. (My aft deck opens up so I can work back there and do inspections.) I still need to make some spacers for the bolts that make up the flap hinges as the location of the fittings is less than ideal per the plans... or my interpertaion. The fittings were placed on the flap spar per plans, but with the mounting there is a bit of a distance between hinge sides which requires some small spacers for the 3/16" bolts (about an inch on the outboard side). I'm not very happy about how it worked out, butI think spacers will take care of any tendancy to shift left/right on the hinges. I have purchased a Long-Eze carb heat box from Aircraft Spruce for about $150 or so. This was sort of a crap shoot where I decided to see sight unseen what a new improved carb heat box would look like. Since I have an ellison carb, I needed a side draft box, and most of the stuff available was downdraft. The ACS catalog has a picture, but it doesn't really do it justice. What I recieved was a black cylinder containing an air filter, which has a flange for connecting a hose to the carb inlet. Then connected to the bottom of the cylinder is a "T" like affar with a really nice flapper which diverts either heated or cold air to the base of the 'T' which then feeds the inside of the air filter assembly. It's designed it appears, to be mounted on the firewall or cowling of the pusher Long-Eze so it has nifty flanges for mounting. I'm still considering how much effort it will take to install this thing, but it's pretty nice. There are four long bolts that clamp the thing togher which when removed, allow access to the air filter. I like it as both heated and cool air are filtered, and it looks better than the production carb heat boxes I've seen. An alternative would be to use the Wicks cabin heat box as a carb heat box, it is just about the right size for the VW, and at $80 could be just the right price for those who have more $$ than time, which is where I have ended up... certainly if I had been in this situation when I started my KR, I would have bought wing skins! So I know these suggestions are probably not for everyone. Another point for folks considering making the trek to a fly-in. I purchased some nifty stuff from Ken-Brock mfg for my trim tab... I would recommend folks pick up a $5.00 catalog. They have these nifty fasteners for floxing onto your cowling, wish I had bought those instead of making my own... would have saved lots of time. I purchased a throttle cable quadrent for $40, which I thought I could use as a trim tab control lever... I opened it up, beautiful work, but I don't think it will do the job for me... I'm still pondering that, I was considering drilling it for a piano wire push-pull arrangement, but I'm not sure at this point if I need to rip out the nyrod yet. The other cool thing I ordered was a parachute.. once I finish my IFR rating, I plan to finish my Glider rating, which I started when I was 14... over 20 years ago. For XC glider flying you need a parachute, and I figured that it might also come in handy for the test flight phase on the KR... so I talked to the guy at Strong Parachutes and will be getting one that will do double duty. I really wanted the chair type chute, but the guy indicated that the backpack type would be better as the KR is not reclined seating, and the gliders I would be flying are also not fully reclined... he also said I could exchange it if I really wanted the other type... they just take the canopy and put it in a different shell I guess. This may start another thread about parachutes, in general, I think the only time you would actually use one in the KR is if you had in flight breakup due to flutter or a fire, otherwise I think you are probably better off flying the airplane. In a glider, I think you are always better off flying it in, so I guess parachutes are for that rare case of getting caught in a rotor and having the sailplane break up. On the flying scene... I'm approaching 200 hours in the logbook, and past the halfway point on my IFR rating. Today I actually flew like I knew how to fly, and thought to myself, gee, if I could fly like this more than once every 3 months, I might consider myself a pilot. My last Stage II checkride was a complete disaster, with the check pilot insisting that he knew more about flying than I did, and proving it at every instance... made me wonder if I should give up the entire effort, sell the KR project and spend my spare time formatting my disk drives over and over again. Then I decided, I had a bad flying day, and the check pilot and I had a personality clash, me trying to be relaxed and enjoy flying, and him trying to make me a much better pilot through intimidation... however I learned that I had a lot of stuff to polish up, which I guess is the point of these stage checks they have (part 141 flight school). If you are considering IFR, I recommend the Microsoft flight simulator and the Force Feedback Joystick. I fly approaches and holds with it, and although it is not certified for logging in my log book, I find that if I have practiced an hour with the simulators IFR-182, it really helps when I fly the approach with the instructor. You can even get real time weather, and it DRAWS the raindrops on your window... really cool. The really bad part is that you can't quite trim the MS simulator very well, and the force feedback joystick doesn't quite replcate control stick forces so you end up busting your altitude unless you work VERY HARD.... I assume it would be like trying to fly a KR in IFR conditions... Very Pitch Sensitive. However every now and then I get it just right, and it settles in and flys dead on airspeed and altitude. The only thing missing is a busy approach controller on the radio. By the way... the more I fly rental aircraft, the more my KR looks like the BMW of aircraft. (O.K, I can't afford a Mooney, nor the fuel burn of the Mooney). I have to keep focused, as lately Cessna Cardinals are talking to me, but then I consider the fuel burn of 10gph vs 4gph, and the cruise speed (110Kts vs the KR at? 90kts-140Kts) and think, I need to get finished. -- Regards Ross ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 20:19:36 -0700 To: krnet@mailinglists.org From: Ross Youngblood Subject: My Dad's Shop Message-ID: <3A00DD48.F65AB45D@teleport.com> My dad just sent me an email with the link to his shop website. He retired a few years ago, and I wish we lived in the same state, that way I could use his shop... (well maybe). If you are planning on living in the doghouse, then this one is pretty nice. http://hometown.aol.com/msyblood/Shopstuff.html -- Regards Ross ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 22:45:24 -0600 To: "Ross Youngblood" , "dene collett" From: "The House of D's" Cc: "krnet" Subject: RE: KR> Anti Virus Tip Message-ID: You are on the right track here, but when you look at the last two major infections ("Love Bug" and "Life Cycles"), they shut down so many major systems and were delivered in attachments to emails. Even the Palm Pilot has had a virus written for their operating system. My favorite one to get you to open an infected attachment had a subject "Credit Card Charge Confirmation" and the in the body of the message tells you that your credit card has been charged for the purchases indicated in the attached invoice. If this charge is incorrect, please contact the customer service rep at the regional office shown in the From block....just try to resist opening that one... When you get as much invested in computers and airplanes as most of us have, that time consuming scan can save a lot of money, which in my case comes in too slow for as fast as I can find things to spend it on! I am doomed to bite the bullet for the extra few seconds it takes to reduce my risk. After all, life is a calculated risk, and if we ask the insurance companies, all of us are already over the edge when it comes to taking risks. Darryl DuRossette N21KC in the Ozarks -----Original Message----- From: Ross Youngblood [mailto:rossy@teleport.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 8:25 PM To: dene collett Cc: krnet Subject: KR> Anti Virus Tip Dean, We used to use Nortn Anti-Virus too at work, and it slowed down the bootup and shutdown of our laptops considerably. Then one of my brilliant co-workers told me that you could shut off the boot-up or shutdown scans in the "preferences" section and only run them when you wanted to do a scan. That was what I finally setup and it wasn't too bad. However running a virus check took FOREVER when I used to go and run one periodcly. I have virus software but since my last CPU upgrade I haven't installed it. Since I don't use Outlook, and don't run .exe files that I don't know for sure who sent them, I'm petty virus immune. I only caught one a few years back when I was going back to college, and one of my floppys picked up a Word macro virus. Those are really annoying, so I would recommend having a floppy and download/email checking set to "on" for the virus checking. Hope this was helpful to folks. -- Regards Ross dene collett wrote: > Sorry guys, it seems that my system was infected with the kak worm from a > week ago. I found a file in the windows folder by the name of "kak" so I > deleted it and it`s shortcut. Could someone let me know off line if I was > successful in removing this scurge from my system. If not ,could someone > please tell me how to do it. > > I used to have "Norton antivirus" on the system but found that it slowed the > thing down so much that I removed it. I suppose this was bound to happen > sooner or later. Could someone recommend a good antivirus program that won`t > turn my racehorse into a donkey. > > Please accept my apologies for the off topic subject but you guys have the > most experience with this worm that I know of. Thanks. > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > Dene Collett > South Africa > mailto:denec@netactive.co.za > > Find out how to become ...simply connected! > Earn "NET" INCOME from hundreds of affiliated merchants > by simply completing a single form in under 3 minutes! > And it's just beginning. No investment required. > Please go to: http://myfaves.net/thesnoop > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To post to the list, email: krnet@mailinglists.org > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: krnet-unsubscribe@mailinglists.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: krnet-help@mailinglists.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To post to the list, email: krnet@mailinglists.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: krnet-unsubscribe@mailinglists.org For additional commands, e-mail: krnet-help@mailinglists.org ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 22:46:57 -0600 To: "Ross Youngblood" , "dene collett" , "The House of D's" From: "Patrick Driscoll" Cc: "krnet" Subject: RE: KR> Anti Virus Tip Message-ID: <412000115344657820@earthlink.net> Keep a look out for the "happy 99" virus. I received it twice in the last week from my brother and when I asked if he had sent an attachment he said that he never puts attachments on his email. Some one has started this one around again > [Original Message] > From: The House of D's > To: dene collett ; Ross Youngblood > Cc: krnet > Date: 11/2/00 10:40:50 PM > Subject: RE: KR> Anti Virus Tip > > You are on the right track here, but when you look at the last two major > infections ("Love Bug" and "Life Cycles"), they shut down so many major > systems and were delivered in attachments to emails. Even the Palm Pilot has > had a virus written for their operating system. > > My favorite one to get you to open an infected attachment had a subject > "Credit Card Charge Confirmation" and the in the body of the message tells > you that your credit card has been charged for the purchases indicated in > the attached invoice. If this charge is incorrect, please contact the > customer service rep at the regional office shown in the From block....just > try to resist opening that one... > > When you get as much invested in computers and airplanes as most of us have, > that time consuming scan can save a lot of money, which in my case comes in > too slow for as fast as I can find things to spend it on! I am doomed to > bite the bullet for the extra few seconds it takes to reduce my risk. After > all, life is a calculated risk, and if we ask the insurance companies, all > of us are already over the edge when it comes to taking risks. > > Darryl DuRossette > N21KC in the Ozarks > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ross Youngblood [mailto:rossy@teleport.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 8:25 PM > To: dene collett > Cc: krnet > Subject: KR> Anti Virus Tip > > > Dean, > We used to use Nortn Anti-Virus too at work, and it slowed down the > bootup and shutdown of our laptops considerably. Then one of my > brilliant co-workers told me that you could shut off the boot-up or > shutdown scans in the "preferences" section and only run them when > you wanted to do a scan. That was what I finally setup and it wasn't > too bad. However running a virus check took FOREVER when I > used to go and run one periodcly. > > I have virus software but since my last CPU upgrade I haven't installed > it. Since I don't use Outlook, and don't run .exe files that I don't know > for > sure who sent them, I'm petty virus immune. I only caught one a few years > back when I was going back to college, and one of my floppys picked up > a Word macro virus. Those are really annoying, so I would recommend > having a floppy and download/email checking set to "on" for the virus > checking. > > Hope this was helpful to folks. > > -- Regards > Ross > > dene collett wrote: > > > Sorry guys, it seems that my system was infected with the kak worm from a > > week ago. I found a file in the windows folder by the name of "kak" so I > > deleted it and it`s shortcut. Could someone let me know off line if I was > > successful in removing this scurge from my system. If not ,could someone > > please tell me how to do it. > > > > I used to have "Norton antivirus" on the system but found that it slowed > the > > thing down so much that I removed it. I suppose this was bound to happen > > sooner or later. Could someone recommend a good antivirus program that > won`t > > turn my racehorse into a donkey. > > > > Please accept my apologies for the off topic subject but you guys have the > > most experience with this worm that I know of. Thanks. > > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > Dene Collett > > South Africa > > mailto:denec@netactive.co.za > > > > Find out how to become ...simply connected! > > Earn "NET" INCOME from hundreds of affiliated merchants > > by simply completing a single form in under 3 minutes! > > And it's just beginning. No investment required. > > Please go to: http://myfaves.net/thesnoop > > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To post to the list, email: krnet@mailinglists.org > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: krnet-unsubscribe@mailinglists.org > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: krnet-help@mailinglists.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To post to the list, email: krnet@mailinglists.org > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: krnet-unsubscribe@mailinglists.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: krnet-help@mailinglists.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To post to the list, email: krnet@mailinglists.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: krnet-unsubscribe@mailinglists.org > For additional commands, e-mail: krnet-help@mailinglists.org > --- Patrick Driscoll --- patrick36@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 07:11:57 -0600 To: From: "Mark Langford" Subject: WAFs are shipped... Message-ID: <002101c04597$a5c60450$58e6a58c@tbe.com> KRNetHeads, TET has shipped all the wing attach fittings and gear attach brackets that we've received checks for so you should get them early next week if not before. This time around they are powder painted a gorgeous red (see http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/tet/tetwafs.jpg ). We let the painter paint it whatever color he's running at the time to save you a little more money. The first batch was white, the next was black. The gear attach brackets are black, not that it matters. The only reason we paint them anyway is for corrosion prevention purposes. If you asked for a set of WAFs and still want them you need to get a check to Dr. Dean ASAP. He says they're going fast, but we made two extra sets for the stragglers. We only do one run per year, and Dean always swears it's his last batch! The prices ($285 each), mailing address, and more info are on the Trailing Edge Technologies, LLC web page at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/tet/ . Mark Langford, TET, LLC mailto:langford@hiwaay.net see KR2S N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 07:59:56 +1100 To: From: "John and Janet Martindale" Subject: Tip on sanding Message-ID: <000a01c045d9$1d08a720$b31b2acb@JohnMartindale> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C04635.3879EEE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Folks A neat way to get a quick smooth finish on your wings. Use a 3 foot = straight edge. File in small indents (1/32 inch or whatever) about 6 = inches apart on one edge. Use this edge to apply your filler then let = cure so that you have a series of small hard parallel ridges. After = cure, use the other edge (non indented) to apply filler between the = ridges up to the level of the ridges using the ridges as a guide. This = gives a level layer of filler 1/32 inch thick equally over the entire = surface. Sand as desired. This trick from a boat building friend over = here. Hope its of use. John. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C04635.3879EEE0-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 17:00:41 -0500 To: From: "Cary Honeywell" Subject: Aluminum Message-ID: <003e01c045e1$81efabe0$0205a8c0@server1> As this is Friday, I will extract myself from the lurker's den for a change. Anyone who has an "older" KR1 or KR2 with the retract gear might want to inspect them every so often for cracks. The fittings on mine were cracked almost completely across. One of these days I will post a photo of them. The aluminum fittings that attach to the spar on both wheel and spar sides are prone to cracking between the top and bottom of the bolts. Use an angle mirror and a light. If you have painted them, you might want to sacrifice the paint in favor of a peaceful nights sleep. What brought this on? Well, it wasn't the KR2 as this is a bridge I crossed 3 years ago. I have done a refresh here because the 6061-T6 legs to the front seats on my 172 broke while I was re-doing the fabric. At least, 1 broke while the three remaining support legs on the front of both front seats showed signs of failure. I brought this to the attention of the AME and he promptly inspected all of the aircraft under his care. All was well there though. Just a thought. After all, it is Friday. - Cary - -Cary Honeywell - Ottawa Ontario Canada caryh@home.com ve3ev@rac.ca Home page http://24.112.208.98/ KR2 area http://24.112.208.98/kr2/kr2.shtml Ottawa ATC http://cr726239-a.slnt1.on.wave.home.com/demo3.ram ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 19:41:01 -0600 To: From: "Boyers" Subject: corvair Message-ID: <000c01c04600$4db18dc0$9c2be6cf@ou812> ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C045CD.FEF73540 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm really curious about the corvair set -up. Every one claims ,110, = 140, or even 180 hp. That hp for the corvair is at high rpm??? right . = Say somewhere around 5,200.. ? The prop is most efficent around 2,700. = So a direct drive 140 only produces around 84 at the prop???? Please set = me striaght if I'm incorrect..How would this set-up compare with a o-200 = besides being alot cheaper. All info would be appreciated . thanks Ken = ou812@brick.net ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C045CD.FEF73540-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 20:11:51 -0600 To: From: "Mark Langford" Subject: Re: KR> corvair Message-ID: <046e01c04604$9ce8f460$f2de8e18@300emachine> Ken wrote: I'm really curious about the corvair set -up. Every one claims ,110, 140, or even 180 hp. That hp for the corvair is at high rpm??? right . Say somewhere around 5,200.. ? The prop is most efficent around 2,700. So a direct drive 140 only produces around 84 at the prop???? Please set me striaght if I'm incorrect..How would this set-up compare with a o-200 besides being alot cheaper. ---------- Nope. It's even worse than that. The 140 HP/torque curve (at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/corvair_data.html shows that if you tried to run a 140 HP Corvair at 2700 rpm you'd only get 72 hp! What you have to do is run it faster, say 3600 or 3800 rpm. The 140 heads aren't optimal (and prone to dropping seats), so we run the 110 heads and an OT-10 cam, which at 3800 rpm, and without the blower fan, youll get about 120 hp and 168 lb-ft of torque (scroll further down the page listed above for those "desktop" dyno results). And yes, it's also a whole lot cheaper, and smoother than an 0-200. We could debate prop efficiency vs diameter, or hp vs rpm, but since the KR's short stance limits prop diameter anyway, you might as well make it small diameter, spinning as fast as you can get away with. I'm betting on 140 hp out of my bored out version, at 3800 rpm. These engines are fairly bulletproof and run at a comparatively low MEP, so 3800 is not a big deal at all for them. There are more details on my particular engine at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/ ... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama mailto:langford@hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 23:41:56 -0500 To: ou812@brick.net From: virgnvs@juno.com Cc: krnet@mailinglists.org Subject: Re: KR> corvair Message-ID: <20001103.234251.-268053.0.virgnvs@juno.com> 80 horses on any KR is great, Virg On Fri, 3 Nov 2000 19:41:01 -0600 "Boyers" writes: > I'm really curious about the corvair set -up. Every one claims ,110, > 140, or even 180 hp. That hp for the corvair is at high rpm??? right > . Say somewhere around 5,200.. ? The prop is most efficent around > 2,700. So a direct drive 140 only produces around 84 at the > prop???? Please set me striaght if I'm incorrect..How would this > set-up compare with a o-200 besides being alot cheaper. All info > would be appreciated . thanks Ken ou812@brick.net ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 01:41:31 -0500 To: "krnet" From: "w.g. kirkland" Subject: navigators puzzle Message-ID: <004a01c0462a$45006b40$93905bd1@kirkland> ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01C04600.5B3F6700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Don Reid got it right. The North pole is the obvious one but in fact = there are an infinite number of places where you can go 10 miles south, = ten west, then ten north, and arrive back at the same spot. Imagine a = parellel(sp) of latitude near the south pole that has a circumference of = ten miles. from any point on that parallel go north ten miles. From this = point you can then go ten miles south, ten miles east or west will take = you around the earth, then ten miles north will bring you back to the = same spot.=20 Now you can get a full nights sleep. Unless like me you wake up in the = middle of the night trying to solve the latest problem building your = airplane. Sorry you can't log that as building time. W.G.(Bill) KIRKLAND kirkland@vianet.on.ca ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01C04600.5B3F6700-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 21:30:09 +0100 To: From: "Stef & Marlies" Subject: Tets Message-ID: <003b01c1656f$bffd2c60$e9424bd5@stef> ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C16577.E14391E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable New i have a new computer. So I can nnow make my one webside.=20 Caming soooooooon Stef den boer ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C16577.E14391E0-- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 23:07:48 -0800 To: From: "Bob Smith" Subject: tail wheel Message-ID: <001501c046f7$1b212f80$a0931918@nycap.rr.com> ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C046B4.0C5616C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Up until now I have been planning a tri-gear setup but now I am thinking = about maybe a taildragger. I know that the tailwheel setup is inherently = unstable (center of mass behind the main gears causes rotation unless = correctly aligned). So I have a couple questions: 1) Is it extremely difficult for a low time spam can pilot to learn to = safely land a KR taildragger or can any bozo with half a brain (me for = example) learn to do it? 2) you guys with the tail wheel .....is your tailwheel fixed or = steerable? Is the fixed tailwheel setup easier than the steerable for = someone to learn? thanks, Bob Smith, Albany, NY ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C046B4.0C5616C0-- ------------------------------ End of krnet Digest ***********************************