From: krnet-bounces@mylist.net To: John Bouyea Subject: KRnet Digest, Vol 347, Issue 221 Date: 6/3/2005 9:00:29 PM 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: Weight! * gulp* (IFLYKRS@aol.com) 2. good landings in kr (larry flesner) 3. Re: Weight! * gulp* (Mark Langford) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 21:47:06 EDT From: IFLYKRS@aol.com Subject: Re: KR> Weight! * gulp* To: krnet@mylist.net Message-ID: <1da.3d6ac458.2fd2621a@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I just arrived home after flying with Mark L. and spending a couple days with his family due to bad weather. I left Huntsville with 15 gallons of fuel (90 lbs) and baggage (75 lbs) and my daughter (60 lbs) and we climbed out at 1500 '/min at 110mph. Once we got into a broken cloud area we climbed to 13,000 and flew above weather until south of Columbus where there was a line of storms we could not get over ( no oxygen on board) so we went under and around them and finally passed them and made it home. No problems climbing or taking off and I do it a lot with full fuel on long trips - thats 33 gallons (198 lbs) and my daughter and fuel - that puts me at 1250 lbs. When it is just me and less fuel this thing climbs like a homesick angel. I do prefer my Corvair 2700 over the 2180 turbo I had in my other KR. This climbs better at gross than the other did empty. You do need to remember that with the higher gross that the G rating would be less than published but I try to keep mine under 3 Gs max - for comfort. Build the gear to handle the higher loads - dont forget the tailwheel either because I have bent mine a couple times. For the money I would take the Corvair over the O200 anyday. I can build up a couple spares for the money. Just study the manual from WW and listen to those who are currently flying for info. There will soon be enough stuff out for a basic firewall forward kit for the KR2S very soon. Keep you posted. Bill N41768. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 20:50:16 -0500 From: larry flesner Subject: KR> good landings in kr To: KRnet Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20050603205016.008ecbe0@pop.midwest.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" with me if I make the >standard stabilized approach it seams harder to land with mine no flaps the dam >nose is just to high that way. at 85 -90 mph nose is high the vsi is at 1000 >ft min and your fighting the power setting trying to control the >decent hell >with that . go out and watch a pitts land and it may help with the Kr >mac ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mac, Adding some drag to the airframe for landing will eliminate what you described above. A simple speedbrake will make a different airplane out of your KR and you can make approaches like you were flying a C-150, power off or a powered approach. Once you've tried it you'll wish you would have had it from day one. I have over-the- nose visibility for the entire approach, right through flare and touchdown and I never have a problem fighting airspeed control. Power off glides give me approx 1000 fpm vertical decents and with a touch of power I have a 500 fpm stabilized approach. Larry Flesner ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 21:43:55 -0500 From: "Mark Langford" Subject: Re: KR> Weight! * gulp* To: "KRnet" Message-ID: <08af01c568b3$28144960$1202a8c0@1700xp> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Jeff Wilder wrote: > What is the wet weight of your plane?... what was the installed weight > of the FWF Corvair. Empty, my plane is 732 pounds. I don't put more than 16 gallons in it, so I guess that makes it 828 lbs or so. > a 1200lb plane gross, designed for 900 lb gross, is going to be safe? I think Bill, Marty, and a whole bunch of others before us have already answered that one. It works. Although I wouldn't do any wild aerobatics in it that way, I do know a guy that often pulls 5gs in his 0-200 powered KR2 at way over 1200 lb gross, which is quite a testimony to the design... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ See KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html End of KRnet Digest, Vol 347, Issue 221 *************************************** ================================== ABC Amber Outlook Converter v4.20 Trial version ==================================