From: KR-net users group digest[SMTP:kr-net@telelists.com] Sent: Sunday, March 28, 1999 12:22 AM To: kr-net digest recipients Subject: kr-net digest: March 27, 1999 KR-net users group Digest for Saturday, March 27, 1999. 1. RV: Re: Online manual 2. nose wheel mounting 3. Re: Spar question 4. Re: Spar question 5. Re: Spar question 6. Sky Pig is alive 7. Vertical Stab Offset 8. Re: Vertical Stab Offset 9. Re: Vertical Stab Offset 10. Re:Vertical Stab Offset 11. Re: arrested, tried and convicted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: RV: Re: Online manual From: "KIKE" Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 22:34:13 +0100 X-Message-Number: 1 -----Mensaje original----- De: Mark Langford Para: KR-net users group <> Fecha: martes, 23 de marzo de 1999 17:33 Asunto: [kr-net] Re: Online manual >OK, tonight I'll peck out a list of "chapters" or "topics" that will attempt >to cover all aspects of construction, unless somebody with more time on >their hands would like to beat me to it. Steve Eberhart has volunteered to >allow this project to run on his server, and this might be just the ticket. >Everybody would have access to it to add their chapters, and no one guy >would spend the next month ftping files back and forth. You'd have to be >careful about editing the main "table of contents" though, because two guys >might edit a the same time and overwrite the other's revisions. There >really are a lot of topics though, and a whole bunch of people are going to >need to volunteer to do a little, or this will just be a waste of our time. > >Maybe the way to get around the problem mentioned above would be to have guy >who does the short "main" page with links to the other pages. When you get >your page done, you'd email to "main page" guy with your document name and >he'd add it. All chapters would be in different directory to eliminate the >possbility of two images with the same names overwriting each other. >Anybody up for that job? It would be pretty easy, but would require >updating the header every day so we'd all know who was working on what, and >what was still left to be done. Anybody not fluent in HTML could send their >text (Word, DOS, whatever) to an "editor" and have it converted. Be advised >that recent versions of Word export ("save as") HTML so that's a piece of >cake for anybody with Word 6 or later. > >I don't think Jeannette will mind us doing this. It's more fuel for her >"look at our outstanding web support" fire. And when people see that >there's no magic involved in KR construction, her sales will increase. And >we'll have given her a far better manual than she has now, complete with >clear color pictures, and written in the nineties. My web page, when >printed out, is twice as thick as her manual. And I don't see anything >wrong with a suggestion here and there that the fuselage can be widened or >lengthened, as long as both sides of the story are presented. And it's not >her liability problem if she didn't even know about it... > >When we think it's done, we can PDF it. > >Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama >mailto:langford@hiwaay.net >see KR2S N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to kr-net as: kike@breogan.com >To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-kr-net-17800J@telelists.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: nose wheel mounting From: "dene collett" Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 07:20:36 +0200 X-Message-Number: 2 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01BE7822.4F7A7840 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all I have a problem with mounting the nosewheel to my plane and wondered if = any of you had any ideas. With the gear being retractable, it cant mount = to the plane as the deil wheel does . Because it has to hinge backwards, = it is impossible to have the two support arms that that attach to the = engine mount. With the result I can only make a stronger mount at the = firewall. How do I do this so that it is strong enough to take some side = loading without failing. The wheel will be a caster type of arrangement = so I suppose there won`t be too much side loading. I am going to have = the leg form a "v" at the top with a bolt hinging it on each leg of the = "v". Do i make a bracket that just bolts straight to the firewall or one = that attaches to the firewall as well as under the fuz in the form of an = "L". Any advice would be appreciated. later. Dene S.A. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01BE7822.4F7A7840 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi all
I have a problem with mounting the = nosewheel to=20 my plane and wondered if any of you had any ideas. With the gear being=20 retractable, it cant mount to the plane as the deil wheel does . Because = it has=20 to hinge backwards, it is impossible to have the two support arms that = that=20 attach to the engine mount. With the result I can only make a stronger = mount at=20 the firewall. How do I do this so that it is strong enough to take some = side=20 loading without failing. The wheel will be a caster type of arrangement = so I=20 suppose there won`t be too much side loading. I am going to have the leg = form a=20 "v" at the top with a bolt hinging it on each leg of the=20 "v". Do i make a bracket that just bolts straight to the = firewall or=20 one that attaches to the firewall as well as under the fuz in the form = of an=20 "L".
Any advice would be = appreciated.
later.
Dene
S.A.
------=_NextPart_000_0012_01BE7822.4F7A7840-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Spar question From: Donald Reid Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 08:56:33 -0500 X-Message-Number: 3 HAshraf@aol.com wrote: > > The front center spar is 1" shorter than the rear center spar. Is there a > reason for that? The wing attachement fittings for the front are longer than the fittings on the rear spar. When you look at the overall dimensions, the bolt centers turn out to be the same distance apart on the front and the rear. -- Don Reid Bumpass, Va. mailto:donreid@erols.com KR2XL at http://www.erols.com/donreid/kr_page.htm Ultralights at http://www.erols.com/donreid/usua250.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Spar question From: HAshraf@aol.com Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 10:08:33 EST X-Message-Number: 4 Bob, I think it has to do with aligning the WAFS. the forward WAFS are larger and protrude more than the rear ones. The spar stock I have is 84" for both front and back. If I cut the front one by 1.0" then I am not too sure how the wing rib is going to fit. Haris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Spar question From: Mike Mims Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 07:59:37 -0800 X-Message-Number: 5 HAshraf@aol.com wrote: > > > The spar stock I have is 84" for both front and back. If I cut the front one by 1.0" then I am not too sure how the wing rib is going to fit. > The outer wing rib doesn't have to be parallel to the centerline of the aircraft does it? If it does I need to rip mine back apart! :o) -- zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Micheal Mims KR290S (Sky Pig) ,..Building ailerons and sanding the wings... mailto:mikemims@home.com http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/4136/ Aliso Viejo Ca ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Sky Pig is alive From: "Oscar Zuniga" Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 14:34:15 PST X-Message-Number: 6 I have seen the Pig, and it is alive. Mike Mims very graciously let me into his shop last Wednesday nite and I got to touch the Pig. If you are on the fence about building in a little more elbow room, wait no longer: this is the way to go. Compared to sitting in a stock KR-2, Mike's SP cockpit is cavernous. Plenty of leg and headroom, plenty of room around the shoulders, plenty of panel space. But don't get me wrong- Mike kids about how bloated his plane is, but it actually doesn't look that much different from a stocker if you look past the gullwing canopy. Very sleek lines, and still the trim KR profile. If you're building a KR to get a two-place, definitely do the stretch/widen, and go for the D'fly canopy. If you're wanting mostly to fly solo with only occasional two-up, and you don't weigh too much, then I guess stock would be OK. BTW- Mike is a great host. He took the time to do a quick little demo of glassing for me, right on the spot (I'm getting ready to do some glassing for the first time). We also looked at Haris' boat in the next shop space; it's coming right along. Lots of gussets in the airframe, but if you do it right you only have to do it once. Go to ChinoKosh if you can; it'll be a nice hands-on experience. Thanks, Mike- and I hope Michelle and the baby are doing better. Oscar Zuniga Medford, Oregon website at http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Dropzone/5610/ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Vertical Stab Offset From: Ron Freiberger Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 19:01:32 -0500 X-Message-Number: 7 It's common practice in aircraft design to offset the vertical stabilizer to "offset torque". In my very old error prone KR2 plans, it appears the fin is set at centertline. For those of you who're flying, is it necessary to hold left rudder or add a rudder trim tab? Ready to do it ... Ron Freiberger ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Vertical Stab Offset From: SkyHawk11@aol.com Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 19:14:37 EST X-Message-Number: 8 neither 808BS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Vertical Stab Offset From: Mike Mims Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 16:23:48 -0800 X-Message-Number: 9 Ron Freiberger wrote: > > It's common practice in aircraft design to offset the vertical stabilizer to "offset torque".>>>> I think due to the relatively small amount of torque generated by small high RPM engines like the VW it is not necessary. When I add the stake to the vertical tail I plan to offset it a bit. This will be done after first test flights an only if I find that it needs it. -- zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Micheal Mims KR290S (Sky Pig) ,..Building ailerons and sanding the wings... mailto:mikemims@home.com http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/4136/ Aliso Viejo Ca ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re:Vertical Stab Offset From: Robert Covington Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 17:57:07 -0700 (MST) X-Message-Number: 10 >It's common practice in aircraft design to offset the vertical stabilizer to >"offset torque". >In my very old error prone KR2 plans, it appears the fin is set at >centertline. > >For those of you who're flying, is it necessary to hold left rudder or add a >rudder trim tab? > >Ready to do it ... Ron Freiberger Well, judging from the workmanship of a number of KR's I have seen, they have it in there whether they want it or not. :) Indirectly; the top of the rudder on a lot of the planes I have seen curves off to one side or the other. This would be noticed looking toward the front of the plane from the back. Good place to do well so as to please the "Aesthetics Police". Robert Covington ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: arrested, tried and convicted From: Bobby Muse Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 19:00:00 -0600 X-Message-Number: 11 At 11:59 PM 03/26/1999 -0500, you wrote: > >On my HiMax, the power pack is mounted under the seat >with the cables running up along the front side post. The cable >I used is shielded 3 conductor stranded wire and if I remember >correctly, was 18 gauge. The wiring itself isn't anything special, I >made mine from an old RS232 communications cable. > I'm uncertain about the Terra radio but I use a Delcom Air 960 >and have absolutely no noise from the pack. Several of the people in >this area who have these strobes mounted in their planes have >reported the same results. With the strobe operating, I held the radio >next to the power pack and even with the squelch open, was unable >to detect any noise from the pack, wiring or lamps. > I have heard of cable runs of more t Sorry Mike can you finish this MSG? My email cut it off. Bobby Muse mailto:bmuse@mindspring.com Wimberly, TX --- END OF DIGEST --- You are currently subscribed to kr-net as: johnbou@timberline.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-kr-net-17800J@telelists.com