From: krnet-bounces@mylist.net To: John Bouyea Subject: KRnet Digest, Vol 347, Issue 39 Date: 1/27/2005 8:58:57 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. Fuel gauge (Glasseyegav) 2. Re: Fuel gauge (Barry Kruyssen) 3. Re: Fuel gauge (Glasseyegav) 4. vw engine manuals (Don Chisholm) 5. Re: Cowling molds (raybeth123@sbcglobal.net) 6. Re: Fuel gauge (Jeff Scott) 7. Cowling molds (Jack Cooper) 8. vw engine manual (Don Chisholm) 9. Re: Fuel gauge (Randy Smith ) 10. Cowling (Jack Cooper) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:29:37 +1000 From: "Glasseyegav" Subject: KR> Fuel gauge To: "KR builders and pilots" Message-ID: <000e01c50439$93645400$0100000a@vic.bigpond.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" I'm thinking fuel pressure gauges, and all I can find locally is the mechanical type!!!. I was after an electric one with a pressure sender to keep any potential leaks outside the cockpit. What do most use ? is the mechanical type with a capillary tube acceptable ?? Gavin ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:46:57 +1000 From: "Barry Kruyssen" Subject: Re: KR> Fuel gauge To: "KRnet" Message-ID: <00aa01c5043c$01c231e0$a700a8c0@technologyonecorp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Forget the fuel pressure gauge. Fuel flow is what you want, if the fuel is flowing then you must have fuel pressure. A good fuel flow instrument will tell you your fuel consumption from the last fill up (providing you reset the counter), what your current consumption rate is, and with these 2 bits of info and knowing how much is in the tank to start with you can calculate how far you will get on what's left in the tank. Fuel pressure should only need to be checked at service intervals with a workshop instrument, and even that's questionable. I mean what is the correct pressure, OK the fuel filter gets a little blocked and the pressure rises, but how does altitude affect these readings. While with a fuel flow instrument, once we've established the normal consumption rates, if the consumption goes down then we may have a blocked fuel filter (or we may have finally tuned the engine correctly :-) If the fuel consumption rises then the engine may be out of tune, the prop may be damaged or covered in bugs, the aircraft may be dirty (covered in bugs and grass clippings in my case) or you may be flying unbalanced. That's my 2 cents worth (or worthless). Barry Kruyssen Cairns, Australia RAA 19-3873 kr2@BigPond.com http://www.users.bigpond.com/kr2/kr2.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Glasseyegav To: KR builders and pilots Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 4:29 PM Subject: KR> Fuel gauge I'm thinking fuel pressure gauges, and all I can find locally is the mechanical type!!!. I was after an electric one with a pressure sender to keep any potential leaks outside the cockpit. What do most use ? is the mechanical type with a capillary tube acceptable ?? Gavin _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:01:55 +1000 From: "Glasseyegav" Subject: Re: KR> Fuel gauge To: "KRnet" Message-ID: <003601c5043e$16122ae0$0100000a@vic.bigpond.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" But surely if you have a redundancy system in the form of two fuel pumps, wouldn't it would be nice to test both before heading off into the wide blue. Gav > Forget the fuel pressure gauge. Fuel flow is what you want, if the > fuel is flowing then you must have fuel pressure. A good fuel > ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 06:43:36 -0500 (EST) From: Don Chisholm Subject: KR> vw engine manuals To: krnet@mylist.net Message-ID: <20050127114336.28390.qmail@web88011.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii best manual I've seen is How To Rebuild Your Volkswagen Air-Cooled Engine deals strictly with the engine and covers every aspect of inspection, recondition, assembly and setup includes type 3 & 4 engines Don Chisholm ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:20:55 -0600 From: Subject: Re: KR> Cowling molds To: , "KRnet" Message-ID: <001c01c5047b$6a5326d0$4bc85844@DELL> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Jack, I just received an E-mail from Mark Langford answerring my inquiry about using his cowling mold. He said to check with you. He mentioned that the mold is for a Corvair engine. Is that what you are making the cowling for? I may have jumped to conclusions. I need a cowling for a KR2S (1835 VW). By the way, Where do you live? Ray Goree Arlington, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Cooper" To: "KR builders and pilots" Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:30 PM Subject: KR> Cowling molds > Just to let everyone know,especially Mark Langford, I received the > cowling > molds today. So far I have washed them and applied two coats of partall #2 > wax. Tomorrow I will apply more wax and spray on some partall #10 and if > things go well start laying up some carbon fiber. > > > Jack Cooper > kr2cooper@earthlink.net _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:47:42 GMT From: "Jeff Scott" Subject: Re: KR> Fuel gauge To: krnet@mylist.net Message-ID: <20050127.064828.2611.134796@webmail22.lax.untd.com> Content-Type: text/plain If you are not using a gravity flow system to feed the carb, it is highly advisable to use a fuel pressure gauge. Among other things, the pressure gauge allows you to verify that both pumps are working correctly prior to takeoff as opposed to waiting for the eventual failure. Although there may be exceptions, I don't know of any non gravity feed system in general aviation that doesn't have a fuel pressure gauge as a required instrument, meaning that if it isn't working, they plane isn't airworthy. Mitchel makes an affordable electric fuel pressure gauge. Uses a standard VDO sending unit, which is identical to the sending unit used in my Piper Tomahawk. You should also be able to order a VDO electric fuel pressure gauge (or several other brand names) through any autoparts store. If not, check the Mitchel and Rochester gauges in the Aircraft Spruce catalog. -Jeff -- "Glasseyegav" wrote: But surely if you have a redundancy system in the form of two fuel pumps, wouldn't it would be nice to test both before heading off into the wide blue. Gav > Forget the fuel pressure gauge. Fuel flow is what you want, if the > fuel is flowing then you must have fuel pressure. A good fuel > _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:48:54 -0500 From: "Jack Cooper" Subject: KR> Cowling molds To: "KR builders and pilots" , "Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft" Message-ID: <410-220051427154854546@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I have posted some pictures of the cowling molds on my website. More to follow. Scroll down past the RR cowling. http://www.jackandsandycooper.com/cowling.html Jack Cooper kr2cooper@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:49:14 -0500 (EST) From: Don Chisholm Subject: KR> vw engine manual To: krnet@mylist.net Message-ID: <20050127224914.61862.qmail@web88007.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii hey Andy; I'm not sure what your 2.2 engine is. here in Canada type 3 engines started as 1700 cc's and ended as 2000cc type 4 engines used as van & Porsche 914 engines with 1834cc engines in these sedans called vw 411's,Things might be different in your neck of the woods but if it's a horizontally opposed aircooled 4 cylinder vw, it's in that manual. be interesred to here what the netters have to say on this one Great Plains Aircraft Supply Co. lists the manual Don Chisholm ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:09:13 -0600 From: "Randy Smith " Subject: Re: KR> Fuel gauge To: "KRnet" Message-ID: <000e01c504de$5d30b090$49f87444@home> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Most low wing planes measure full pressure. it is measured at the carb. If you have 1 psi of fuel pressure you have enough fuel flow unless you are fuel injected. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glasseyegav" To: "KRnet" Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 1:01 AM Subject: Re: KR> Fuel gauge > But surely if you have a redundancy system in the form of two fuel > pumps, wouldn't it would be nice to test both before heading off into > the wide blue. > > Gav > >> Forget the fuel pressure gauge. Fuel flow is what you want, if the >> fuel > is flowing then you must have fuel pressure. A good fuel > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:54:03 -0500 From: "Jack Cooper" Subject: KR> Cowling To: "Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft" , "KR builders and pilots" Message-ID: <410-2200515284543625@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII A few more pictures of my cowling added to my website. http://www.jackandsandycooper.com/cowling.html Jack Cooper kr2cooper@earthlink.net ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ See KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html End of KRnet Digest, Vol 347, Issue 39 ************************************** ================================== ABC Amber Outlook Converter v4.20 Trial version ==================================