From: krnet-bounces+johnbou=speakeasy.net@mylist.net on behalf of krnet-request@mylist.net Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:00 PM To: krnet@mylist.net Subject: KRnet Digest, Vol 316, Issue 1 Send KRnet mailing list submissions to krnet@mylist.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mylist.net/listinfo/krnet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to krnet-request@mylist.net You can reach the person managing the list at krnet-owner@mylist.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of KRnet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: KR2 BRS (joe) 2. Slips (joe) 3. good or just lucky (larry flesner) 4. Ameri-King AK350 (larry flesner) 5. RE: good or just lucky (Stephen Jacobs) 6. Re: Ameri-King AK350 (joe) 7. Do we need a tail wheel lock on a KR? (Dan Heath) 8. RE: Do we need a tail wheel lock on a KR? (Dana Overall) 9. Training Wheel (Mark Jones) 10. I also learned to fly a tailwheel in my KR (Stephen Jacobs) 11. Re: Training Wheel (JIM VANCE) 12. Do we need a tail wheel lock on a KR? (Stephen Jacobs) 13. Re: Control cables (Virgil Salisbury) 14. tailwheel training (larry flesner) 15. Re: Training Wheel (larry flesner) 16. tail wheel (larry flesner) 17. Re: night VFR signoff (Mark Langford) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:01:37 -0800 From: "joe" To: "KRnet" Subject: Re: KR>KR2 BRS Message-ID: <000d01c3f65a$046c45c0$0a0110ac@o7p4e3> References: <003601c3f652$063b5a10$e3c00a43@don> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 1 Don, You wouldn't happen to have any pics per chance. Thanks for the explanation. Placing email into my needs for construction file. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Sprague" To: Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 11:04 AM Subject: KR>KR2 BRS Joe, I mounted a BRS in my KR2 N118DS, The canister bolted onto the aft side of the bulkhead behind my head, tilted about 10-15 degrees to port (for the chute to clear the vertical stab). The Kevlar straps are looped around the main spar close to the fuselage, run back along the wing root and then up behind the canopy to the 10 inch hole above the canister. I covered the straps with ceconite-glued, stretched and doped to the fuselage (my hangermate has a ragwing Tailwind and showed me how to do it). The third strap connects to the bolt that holds the tailwheel spring and runs up inside the tail feathers to a small hole just in front of the vertical stabilizer, then forward externally to the same hole over the canister.. This was also covered by ceconite. These straps then go down to connect to the chute rocket. I covered the hole in the turtle deck with the piece I had cut out, securing it with light weight ceconite tape. The sense of security is considerable, especially for my wife who still has visions of widowhood. Having said that, It would have to be a pretty catastrophic set of circumstances where I wouldn't attempt to fly the plane in, with the exception of avoiding landing in the marshes around here. The chute takes 1 second to deploy at a max speed of 140mph. Hope this helps, write me off line if you have any questions or need more detail. Don Sprague KR2 N118DS Houston, Texas _______________________________________ to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:05:51 -0800 From: "joe" To: "KRnet" Subject: KR>Slips Message-ID: <001c01c3f65a$9bab7320$0a0110ac@o7p4e3> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: list Message: 2 Be careful not to block too much airflow over wing without pitot when attempting to slip. Low and slow and etc.From ron@jrl-engineering.com Wed Feb 18 13:16:07 2004 Received: from ms-smtp-02.rdc-kc.rr.com ([24.94.166.122]) by lizard.esosoft.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1AtZ39-000JPg-00 for krnet@mylist.net; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:16:07 -0800 Received: from Administration (CPE-65-30-104-250.kc.rr.com [65.30.104.250]) by ms-smtp-02.rdc-kc.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id i1IL7Spm000739 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:07:30 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <000b01c3f663$9a7b6880$6501a8c0@Administration> From: "Ron Eason" To: "KRnet" References: <410-220042318171044578@earthlink.net> <025901c3f64e$a28fa230$5e0ca58c@tbe.com> Subject: Re: KR>UV protection Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:10:14 -0600 Organization: J.R.L. Engineering Consortium Ltd. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-BeenThere: krnet@mylist.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b3 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ron Eason , KRnet List-Id: KRnet List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: "not to mention all of those Detroit cars you see with clearcoat off the hoods and roofs". It was because they were running the ovens at to high a temperature during the curing cycle( paint doesn't adhere to burnt paint). We [ most of us] are using amb. temperature cure paint not oven dry. Amb cure paint is not as durable as oven cure paint, the formulation has to be different. Spray the all paint wet [but not to wet [runs]] or it will be sand paper finish when cured. You should see a slight reflection of the gun in the finish when spraying. Carefully on the vertical surfaces. KRron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" To: "KRnet" Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:40 PM Subject: Re: KR>UV protection > And in basecoat clearcoat systems, the UV protection is in the > clearcoat. I > initially had a bad opinion of these systems, and clearcoat in > general, because a 1980's book that I have by Du Pont came right out > and said that clears aren't durable because they don't have any real > solids in them (). They've apparently improved on ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:46:30 -0600 From: larry flesner To: KRnet Subject: KR>good or just lucky Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20040218174630.007f8100@pop.midwest.net> In-Reply-To: <001001c3f646$e392faf0$0f64a8c0@homedesktop> References: <3.0.6.32.20040218075900.007a2100@pop.midwest.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Message: 3 >>From your other email - I've seen my life flash before my eyes so many >times it's like watching re-runs on T.V. > >Gulp!! - are you fast, good or just lucky - please say more. Steve J +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I have nearly 1000 flight hours over the last 30 years but I only had 13 hours total tailwheel time for that same period when I started taxi testing the KR. Being a low time tailwheel pilot and teaching myself to fly the KR makes each takeoff and landing a new and exciting adventure. I'm probably premature with the full life re-runs but it's hard to think straight when your pucker muscles are clinched as tight as a boxer's fist! Actually I'm having a great time. I did get my first "bounced" landing today and as Jim Faughn would describe it, it was a "big" bounce. I flared and held it a bit high and with the speed brake full out it doesn't float very far. It settled in from about 2 feet high with the same feeling you get in an elevator that starts down. WHOMP and I'm two or three feet back in the air! Without hesitating I came in with full power, kicked the speed brake switch to the up position and did a go-around. I had a 6000 foot runway (Mt.Vernon) so I held it in ground effect until the brake was full up. I managed to do a much better job the next time around. I figure that by the time I get my 40 hours flown off I should start to feel comfortable with the tailwheel. For those of you that have little if any tailwheel time, and don't want to go through the learning curve, I for one would not think less of you as a pilot for putting the third wheel up front. I've wanted to learn to fly a tailwheel since my first airplane ride in a C-140 fourty years ago flying out of a little grass strip so I going to learn to do it even if it bites me. Good or just lucky? I'm not sure. Sometimes good judgement wears the mask of good luck. I try to do the best I can and hope for a little good luck too. Larry Flesner ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:16:27 -0600 From: larry flesner To: KRnet Subject: KR>Ameri-King AK350 Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20040218181627.007bfe60@pop.midwest.net> In-Reply-To: <20040218.102708.3884.5.klw1953@juno.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Message: 4 >Thats true but when ATC asks to confirm your altitude and what they see >is 200' less or more than what I see, I've been told to have it >checked???? Not quite sure what to do now. Have it checked I guess. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Are you sure your altimeter is not the one with the error? Your encoder may be the accurate one. Sounds like you need to have an instrument/avionics shop check things out. Larry Flesner ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:54:59 +0200 From: "Stephen Jacobs" To: "'KRnet'" Subject: RE: KR>good or just lucky Message-ID: <000501c3f6bd$b131d230$3264a8c0@homedesktop> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20040218174630.007f8100@pop.midwest.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 5 >>I only had 13 hours total tailwheel time for that same period when I started taxi testing the KR. >>I did get my first "bounced" landing today Thanks Larry - this type of honest discussion makes all the difference. The whole thing becomes real when one of us just goes out and teaches himself what he needs to know. Sometimes he gets things a bit pear shaped, he confesses to some pucker factor, but comes out on top (and smiling). Thank you, my mind is finally made up. I have no pride qualms about the training wheel - just that the tail wheel KR2's look so damn good - particularly the stretched species with the taller fixed gear. I can drool at Marty Roberts' airplane all day. I never thought about the taxi trials as a means of gaining some confidence with keeping the tail wheel out back where it belongs. It makes so much sense to get the feel of the high speed ground handling characteristics right up front. Keeping a big eye on engine cooling. Is it practical or even sensible (during taxi trails) to accelerate until you can get the tail up and run like that for a few seconds? Do we need a tail wheel lock on a KR? Thanks Steve J Great words Larry - they belong on a plaque somewhere: = Sometimes good judgment wears the mask of good luck. = I try to do the best I can and hope for a little good luck too. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 02:21:21 -0800 From: "joe" To: "KRnet" Subject: Re: KR>Ameri-King AK350 Message-ID: <001b01c3f6d2$1ec68e80$0a0110ac@o7p4e3> References: <3.0.6.32.20040218181627.007bfe60@pop.midwest.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 6 Not that this is perfect either but, checking your pitot instruments with a friend or two flying together can give you a second method and a little more confidence. ----- Original Message ----- From: "larry flesner" To: "KRnet" Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 4:16 PM Subject: KR>Ameri-King AK350 > > >Thats true but when ATC asks to confirm your altitude and what they see > >is 200' less or more than what I see, I've been told to have it > >checked???? Not quite sure what to do now. Have it checked I guess. > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Are you sure your altimeter is not the one with the error? > > Your encoder may be the accurate one. Sounds like you > need to have an instrument/avionics shop check things out. > > Larry Flesner > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 06:07:07 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) From: "Dan Heath" To: "krnet@mylist.net" Subject: KR>Do we need a tail wheel lock on a KR? Message-ID: <403498DB.00000B.02984@Computer> References: <000501c3f6bd$b131d230$3264a8c0@homedesktop> Content-Type: Text/Plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: list Message: 7 No, but you need to use expansion springs. The compression springs are wa= y too stiff, ask me how I know. Also, use springs, don't set it up with a direct connect. AS sells a nice compression spring set.=0D =0D I applaud your decision to stick with the tailwheel. I also learned to fl= y a tailwheel in my KR, but I had a more difficult time of it than Larry has. =46rom the way Larry has been progressing on his, I thought that he was a= n old time tailwheel pilot that had been stuck in a training wheel plane for a long time. =0D =0D See N64KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Then click on the pics=0D =0D Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC=0D =0D DanRH@KR-Builder.org=0D =0D See you in Mt. Vernon - 2004 - KR Gathering=0D =0D See our EAA Chapter 242 at http://EAA242.org=0D =20 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 07:02:11 -0500 From: "Dana Overall" To: krnet@mylist.net Subject: RE: KR>Do we need a tail wheel lock on a KR? Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Message: 8 >From: "Dan Heath" > >No, but you need to use expansion springs. The compression springs are way >too stiff, ask me how I know. Also, use springs, don't set it up with a >direct connect. AS sells a nice compression spring set. Here' something to look at if you can make the geometry work. This is an aftermarket spring replacement unit that proports to achieve dramatic improvement in the feel transferred to the rudder pedals. The length from rudder horn to steering link is 13.25". http://www.iwantarocket.com/ Dana Overall 1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host Richmond, KY i39 RV-7 slider, Imron black, "Black Magic" Finish kit 13B Rotary. Hangar flying my Dynon. http://rvflying.tripod.com/aero1.jpg http://rvflying.tripod.com/aero3.jpg http://rvflying.tripod.com/blackrudder.jpg do not archive _________________________________________________________________ Store more e-mails with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage – 4 plans to choose from! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 06:13:26 -0600 From: "Mark Jones" To: "KRnet" Subject: KR>Training Wheel Message-ID: <001801c3f6e1$c7689420$6401a8c0@wi.rr.com> References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 9 All of you guys talking about the KR with a training wheel (noeswheel) are going to make me have an inferior complex when I pull up in mine at the 2004 Gathering. Therefore, I have decided to make mine a convertible. I think I will install a fake tail wheel (like an inline skate wheel) on the back with a swivel. Then, on the nose strut, I a can install some of those push clips so that upon landing, I can jump out at the end of the run way, remove the nose wheel, transfer a sand bag from the seat to the back of the plane to hold the tail down and come taxing up on the ramp as a taildragger. Then maybe, just maybe I will be accepted. :-) What...it's not Friday....I just could not resist............ Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flykr2s@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Overall" To: Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 6:02 AM Subject: RE: KR>Do we need a tail wheel lock on a KR? > >From: "Dan Heath" > > > >No, but you need to use expansion springs. The compression springs are way > >too stiff, ask me how I know. Also, use springs, don't set it up with a > >direct connect. AS sells a nice compression spring set. > > > Here' something to look at if you can make the geometry work. This is an > aftermarket spring replacement unit that proports to achieve dramatic > improvement in the feel transferred to the rudder pedals. The length from > rudder horn to steering link is 13.25". > > > http://www.iwantarocket.com/ > > > > Dana Overall > 1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host > Richmond, KY i39 > RV-7 slider, Imron black, "Black Magic" > Finish kit > 13B Rotary. Hangar flying my Dynon. > http://rvflying.tripod.com/aero1.jpg > http://rvflying.tripod.com/aero3.jpg > http://rvflying.tripod.com/blackrudder.jpg > do not archive > > _________________________________________________________________ > Store more e-mails with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage - 4 plans to choose from! > http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 14:29:17 +0200 From: "Stephen Jacobs" To: "'KRnet'" Subject: KR>I also learned to fly a tailwheel in my KR Message-ID: <000401c3f6e4$017fe080$2b64a8c0@homedesktop> In-Reply-To: <403498DB.00000B.02984@Computer> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 10 I also learned to fly a tail wheel in my KR, but I had a more difficult time of it than Larry has. If you have a moment, please say more about this. I found Larry's first hand account of his experiences and thoughts incredibly helpful - it sort of distanced the mystery of the tail wheel dragon away. Still not exactly a piece of cake - but well within the reach of those with the attitude that: = Sometimes good judgment wears the mask of good luck. = I try to do the best I can and hope for a little good luck Quote Uncle Larry Circa 2004 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 06:32:54 -0600 From: "JIM VANCE" To: "KRnet" Subject: Re: KR>Training Wheel Message-ID: <005f01c3f6e4$80252440$0400a8c0@oemcomputer> References: <001801c3f6e1$c7689420$6401a8c0@wi.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 11 If you really want to be the center of attention, retract the mains too. Jim Vance ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Jones" To: "KRnet" Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 6:13 AM Subject: KR>Training Wheel > All of you guys talking about the KR with a training wheel (noeswheel) are > going to make me have an inferior complex when I pull up in mine at the 2004 > Gathering. Therefore, I have decided to make mine a convertible. I think I > will install a fake tail wheel (like an inline skate wheel) on the back with > a swivel. Then, on the nose strut, I a can install some of those push clips > so that upon landing, I can jump out at the end of the run way, remove the > nose wheel, transfer a sand bag from the seat to the back of the plane to > hold the tail down and come taxing up on the ramp as a taildragger. Then > maybe, just maybe I will be accepted. :-) What...it's not Friday....I just > could not resist............ > > Mark Jones (N886MJ) > Wales, WI USA > E-mail me at flykr2s@wi.rr.com > Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at > http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana Overall" > To: > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 6:02 AM > Subject: RE: KR>Do we need a tail wheel lock on a KR? > > > > >From: "Dan Heath" > > > > > >No, but you need to use expansion springs. The compression springs are > way > > >too stiff, ask me how I know. Also, use springs, don't set it up with a > > >direct connect. AS sells a nice compression spring set. > > > > > > Here' something to look at if you can make the geometry work. This is an > > aftermarket spring replacement unit that proports to achieve dramatic > > improvement in the feel transferred to the rudder pedals. The length from > > rudder horn to steering link is 13.25". > > > > > > http://www.iwantarocket.com/ > > > > > > > > Dana Overall > > 1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host > > Richmond, KY i39 > > RV-7 slider, Imron black, "Black Magic" > > Finish kit > > 13B Rotary. Hangar flying my Dynon. > > http://rvflying.tripod.com/aero1.jpg > > http://rvflying.tripod.com/aero3.jpg > > http://rvflying.tripod.com/blackrudder.jpg > > do not archive > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Store more e-mails with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage - 4 plans to choose > from! > > http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave@mylist.net > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 14:35:32 +0200 From: "Stephen Jacobs" To: "'KRnet'" Subject: KR>Do we need a tail wheel lock on a KR? Message-ID: <000501c3f6e4$e0d94e60$2b64a8c0@homedesktop> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 12 Here' something to look at if you can make the geometry work. Looks like $124 well spent (http://www.iwantarocket.com/ ). Obviously works, but I need to go back and figure out how - only has a connection on one side? What the hell is a Harmon Rocket II? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 10:40:21 -0500 From: Virgil Salisbury To: serge.vidal@ate-international.com,krnet@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR>Control cables Message-ID: <20040219.081650.2112.0.virgnvs@juno.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 13 Check the CD, this was an original problem and was fixed by changing the position of the two cables ?? Virg On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:42:55 +0100 "Serge F. Vidal" writes: > I relay this question on behalf of a French builder, who is stuck. > The issue is the aileron bell crank assembly. > > He says that the two crossing cables (the cable that goes to the > forward > spar pulley and the cable that goes to the second bell crank) are > very close > to each other, and he suspects it should not be the case. > > I checked the drawings to understand the problem. Could you guys > confirm > that he should have 1 inch vertical separation between both cables? > > Serge Vidal > KR2 ZS-WEC > Tunis, Tunisia > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL www.lubedealer.com/salisbury Miami ,Fl ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:08:39 -0600 From: larry flesner To: KRnet Subject: KR>tailwheel training Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20040219080839.007f7260@pop.midwest.net> In-Reply-To: <000501c3f6bd$b131d230$3264a8c0@homedesktop> References: <3.0.6.32.20040218174630.007f8100@pop.midwest.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Message: 14 >Is it practical or even sensible (during taxi trails) to accelerate >until you can get the tail up and run like that for a few seconds? >>Do we need a tail wheel lock on a KR? >Steve J +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++= The weather was cool when I started my taxi test and my cowl setup gives me great engine cooling, maybe because of the prop extention, so I could do ground runs for up to 20 minutes without an engine temp problem. I started with slow taxi and continued to work the speed up until I was getting the tail up and running for 200 to 400 feet before letting it settle again. You have to be just right on the power at that point or you're going to fly. I probably made 30+ high speed runs before my first flight although my total taxi test was maybe two or three hours on the runway. CAUTION: Don't even think about taking the airplane to the runway unless it is TOTALLY ready to fly. It can easily get airborne during high speed taxi testing. When it comes time for the first flight you should be comfortable on the takeoff run all the way through tail up. At that point you just hold full power and in the matter of a few seconds you're airborne! Tailwheel lock? Don't even consider it. When the wheel is on the ground you want the steering control and when it comes off the ground it makes no difference. I do like my steerable, full swivel, tailwheel for ground handling. I'm using the "Maule" tailwheel spring kit that is a spring within a spring (compression, I think) and it seems to work o.k. Larry Flesner ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:08:50 -0600 From: larry flesner To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR>Training Wheel Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20040219080850.007f1650@pop.midwest.net> In-Reply-To: <001801c3f6e1$c7689420$6401a8c0@wi.rr.com> References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Message: 15 >All of you guys talking about the KR with a training wheel (noeswheel) are >going to make me have an inferior complex when I pull up in mine at the 2004 >Gathering. >Mark Jones (N886MJ) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mark, It sounds like you are starting to suffer from " tailwheel envy"!! Snap out of it. You have a nice looking KR and your nose wheel will probably save your pucker muscles from " premature aging". :-) Larry Flesner ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:09:15 -0600 From: larry flesner To: KRnet Subject: KR>tail wheel Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20040219080915.007f9a50@pop.midwest.net> In-Reply-To: <403498DB.00000B.02984@Computer> References: <000501c3f6bd$b131d230$3264a8c0@homedesktop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Message: 16 >From the way Larry has been progressing on his, I thought that he was an old >time tailwheel pilot that had been stuck in a training wheel plane for a >long time. >Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++= With my limited exposure to the "training wheel" I'm convinced that I'd better consider it a permanant "training wheel". To do otherwise would be like turning your back on the "junkyard dog" ! Larry Flesner ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:20:05 -0600 From: "Mark Langford" To: "KRnet" Subject: Re: KR>night VFR signoff Message-ID: <035a01c3f6fb$daf947e0$5e0ca58c@tbe.com> References: <3.0.6.32.20040219080850.007f1650@pop.midwest.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 17 NetHeads, A few weeks ago we had a discussion on the builder signing off nav light and strobe installation after construction and testing were done with. That's attractive to me, because I plan on painting after I fly it for a while, and experimenting with different wing tips and lights after I get mine flying. It would be nice if I could just build it without lights and then add them later, and making a log entry to make it good. I just called the Birmingham, Alabama FSDO and they said it would require another visit from the DAR to sign it off (which will cost another pile of money), so that option doesn't necessarily work just anywhere. Just a caution... Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML at hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ See KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html End of KRnet Digest, Vol 316, Issue 1 *************************************