From: To: Subject: krnet Digest 19 Jan 2001 18:34:53 -0000 Issue 156 Date: Friday, January 19, 2001 10:35 AM krnet Digest 19 Jan 2001 18:34:53 -0000 Issue 156 Topics (messages 3696 through 3700): Re: cheap instruments 3696 by: Ross Youngblood Re: Magnito Ignition on a KR 3697 by: Mark Langford Attention!!! Updated web page!!! 3698 by: Mark Jones Spins 3699 by: Kenneth L Wiltrout Questions 3700 by: Sam O. Walton Administrivia: To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail: To post to the list, e-mail: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 19:49:49 -0700 To: Kr2dream@aol.com From: Ross Youngblood CC: krnet@mailinglists.org Subject: Re: KR> cheap instruments Message-ID: <3A5FC24D.3CE8C1D2@teleport.com> This is kinda scary... Kr2dream@aol.com wrote: > Hey guys, I had a major enlightenment today regarding the quality of import > instruments that was worth sharing. An unnamed kit manufacturer asked us to > buy and rangemark some Falcon brand (pronounced Chinese) airspeeds. I looked > at the instruments lined up and saw that all started at zero at the top and > went full circle to 160 knots . Some, however, had the 100 knot mark at the > eight o'clock position while others had the same mark at the four o'clock > position. No two scales were alike. I called the wholesaler who is the > direct link to China and was told that it is cheaper for someone in China to > custom emboss each dial mark than it is to get controlled repeatable parts > for the mechanism. So much for quality and reliability! I guess the message > is that if you buy instruments on the cheap you get what you pay for. > > Bob Lasecki > Chicago ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 05:01:40 -0600 To: "'KRnet'" From: "Mark Langford" Cc: "'KRnet'" Subject: Re: KR> Magnito Ignition on a KR Message-ID: <001701c08074$debca300$561cf618@600athlon> Ross wrote: > Interesting comment about prop pulling at idle. What if I have a stock 009 > distributor, should I just move the timing back a bit? No, just leave it as if it were in a car, which would be setup for a total advance of 28 degrees or so. Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama mailto:langford@hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 21:22:58 -0600 To: KR-Net , CorvAIRCRAFT From: Mark Jones Subject: Attention!!! Updated web page!!! Message-ID: <3A666191.4842DBD3@execpc.com> Friends, Neighbors and CorvAIRCRAFT heads, I have again updated my engine page with nine additional photos. Check it out. http://sites.netscape.net/n886mj/homepage -- Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at mailto:flykr2s@execpc.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://sites.netscape.net/n886mj/homepage ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:38:09 -0500 To: krnet@mailinglists.org From: Kenneth L Wiltrout Subject: Spins Message-ID: <20010118.183810.-125415.0.klw1953@juno.com> Just wondering how some of you guys handled the spin testing part of the flight test. Did you actually spin the plane, or just decide to put a placard in the cockpit that says SPINS PROHIBITED? Just curious. Thanks-----------------Kenny ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:22:31 -0600 To: From: "Sam O. Walton" Subject: Questions Message-ID: <002b01c08244$cb505380$47d602cf@cst.net> ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01C08212.7F017CC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I wilbe a KR 1 builder and I`ve come up with a qyestion or two. I`ve read were KR`s are pitch sensitive, when my project is complet I = will be a very low time pilot, like just getting my liences, is this a = aircraft I will be wanting to fly? I`m also reading about the different style or designes of wings = availble, how is this selection being made? I also read that removing the wings is something that isn`t recommended. = Limited access to bolts and rigging problems. I am interested in this = aircraft because hanger rental is not high on my list of things to spend = money for. In puts on these topics would be much welcome Sam Walton ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01C08212.7F017CC0-- ------------------------------ End of krnet Digest ***********************************