From: krnet-bounces@mylist.net on behalf of krnet-request@mylist.net Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:00 PM To: krnet@mylist.net Subject: KRnet Digest, Vol 189, 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: OK Corvair dreamers check ebay (Justin) 2. Re: OK Corvair dreamers check ebay (James R Freeman) 3. Re: vw oil leaks post flight inspection (Mac McConnell-Wood) 4. Re: Revmaster Parts / Price (Phil Matheson) 5. Re: How not to land a KR (Dan Heath) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 22:04:03 -0500 From: "Justin" To: "KR builders and pilots" Subject: Re: KR>OK Corvair dreamers check ebay Message-ID: <000801c39392$280d89b0$d1d91818@computer> References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 1 The turbo's aren't used. Justin N116JW www.geocities.com/attngrabber14/Home ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. DuRosset" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 11:31 PM Subject: KR>OK Corvair dreamers check ebay > Was surfing Ebay and found this Corvair listing: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33615&item > =2437537540 > m=2437537540> > > Darryl DuRossette > KR1 at MO1 > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 02:50:11 -0400 From: James R Freeman To: KR builders and pilots Subject: Re: KR>OK Corvair dreamers check ebay Message-ID: <002d01c392e8$952da390$0100a8c0@Desktop> References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "D DuRosset" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:31 AM Subject: KR>OK Corvair dreamers check ebay > Was surfing Ebay and found this Corvair listing: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33615&item > =2437537540 > > m=2437537540> > > Darryl DuRossette > KR1 at MO1 > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 10:28:55 +0100 From: "Mac McConnell-Wood" To: "KR builders and pilots" Subject: Re: KR>vw oil leaks post flight inspection Message-ID: <012f01c392fe$c2950380$dae7403e@tinypc> References: <000301c38e01$0f3eef00$b3d55540@jfaughn> <004d01c392ba$cab92710$6501a8c0@mdgwd52jlrmc3l> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 3 I had the same problem,- fitted the Revmaster modified breather last week and it seems to work,- on ground runs anyway. Mac UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "cgardn628" To: "KR builders and pilots" Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 2:22 AM Subject: Re: KR>vw oil leaks post flight inspection > I'm using about the same as Jim. > > 8 ounces ( 1 cup ) every 10 hours. Actually , it's not burning up but rather > gets thrown out the breather along the belly ( in spite of the "Stay > Dry" breather kit from GPAC). My engine ( 2180 GPAC) has 102 hours > since new. > > Regards > > Chris Gardiner > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Faughn" > To: "'KR builders and pilots'" > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 9:02 PM > Subject: RE: KR>vw oil leaks post flight inspection > > > > I use about 1/2 quart between oil changes or every 25 hours. I have > > 300 hours on my engine. > > > > Jim > > > > Jim Faughn > > 4323D Laclede Ave. > > St. Louis, MO 63108 > > (314)652-7659 > > Email - sub @ for "at" jfaughn "at" socket.net > > Web Site http://jfaughn.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: krnet-bounces@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-bounces@mylist.net] On > > Behalf Of Flymaca711689@aol.com > > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 6:05 PM > > To: krnet@mylist.net > > Subject: KR>vw oil leaks post flight inspection > > > > > > they all leak all though some say different so in the real world > > mine uses about 1/2 qt every 5 hrs so I think that's reasonable. How > > much are you guys > > loosing? or not what's normal? > > for the vw convertion . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mac > > _______________________________________________ > > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 20:05:25 +1000 From: "Phil Matheson" To: "KR builders and pilots" Subject: Re: KR>Revmaster Parts / Price Message-ID: <003501c39303$eeb3eda0$2a96dccb@Office> References: <009301c392a4$eda214a0$d297dccb@StationW2k04> <007c01c392ae$2c220e20$6701a8c0@HISPEEDWIRELESS.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 4 Wayne. Many thanks I had now idea what these would be worth. I'll try and get more info. again thanks Phil Matheson matheson@dodo.com.au VH-PKR ( reserved) 61 3 58833588 See our VW Engines and Home built web page at http://www.vw-engines.com/ www.homebuilt-aviation.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 06:09:25 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time) From: "Dan Heath" To: , Subject: Re: KR>How not to land a KR Message-ID: <3F8D1CD5.000005.02212@Computer> References: <3F8CC89C.10403@earthlink.net> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: list Message: 5 Brian,=0D =0D Thank you for that story. I try as hard as I can to emphasize that to ne= w KR flyers, but maybe you really can't get it in your head until you decid= e to try it the other way. Bob Muse Sr. is the one who told me to raise the tail, and I did that, but got a little impatient once and thought, as you did, that I could bring the tail down. NO NO NO, you cannot "bring" the tail down. Do not allow the tail to come down until you cannot keep it u= p any longer. My mistake ended in a ground loop. No serious damage, but t= hat convinced me.=0D =0D Why do we have to learn the hard way?=0D =0D N64KR=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 KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Click on the pic=0D See our EAA Chapter 242 at http://EAA242.org=0D =0D -------Original Message-------=0D =0D From: engalt@earthlink.net; KR builders and pilots=0D Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:09:03 AM=0D To: KRNET=0D Subject: KR>How not to land a KR=0D =0D Well, I was told that my first landing would be perfect and then it=0D would be 30 hours before I had another good one. I guess I lucked out=0D because my first three were pretty good. Today I did more "bounce" and=0D goes than when I was a student pilot. I will pass along my embarassing=0D landings so that hopefully someone else will not make the same mistake.=0D =0D My previous three flights all had landings that came in on a runway that=0D has about 1,000' of grass between the airport fence and the start of the=0D runway. I was able to get low and slow over the fence as soon as a=0D landing on the airport was assured and keep in some power to get me to=0D the runway. This gave me a nice slow stable approach and I was able to=0D chop the power and get my wheels down right at the start of the runway.=0D =0D Today the wind was in the opposite direction and I had the proverbial=0D 50' trees that were 100' of the end of the runway. Even with a good=0D headwind the best I could hope for was getting in a flare a few hundred=0D feet down the runway and then floating another hundred feet or two. I=0D botched the first one and came in to fast and decided to go around when=0D it was apparent that I would be half way down the runway before I=0D touched down. In a Cherokee it wouldn't be any problem, but in the KR I=0D like a lot of stopping distance since I can't start braking until the=0D tailwheel is down and the plane is definitely done flying and then I=0D need a good distance after that since the brakes are not that effective.=0D On the second one I was doing O.K. until the tower told me that there=0D was a Mooney close behind me and I would need to exit the runway=0D immediately after landing. I pulled the plug early and told them I=0D would go around because I wouldn't be able to turn off fast and I didn't=0D want a Mooney up my butt. I know that it was my runway and I could have=0D made the Mooney go around, but the tower has been real patient with my=0D taxii testing and first flights so I figured I would be accomodating=0D this time.=0D =0D The third and fourth attempt were where I learned a lesson. I had been=0D doing my landings per Jim Faughn's excellent write up on landings and=0D raising the tailwheel right after touchdown, but on these I attempted=0D full stall three pointers. I held the plane off as long as possible and=0D touched down in a three pointer like I had done before, but I did a=0D better job of holding it six inches off today and was probably only=0D 40-45 mph when I touched down. I figured that at that speed the plane=0D was done flying and I would be able to keep the tail down and start to=0D brake sooner so I didn't raise the tail. I made a 1' bounce and figured=0D no big deal I am way under stall speed now and it will come back down=0D and stick. Wrong, the second bounce was three feet and more nose up=0D than I care to be that close to the ground. Good news is that full=0D power in a KR will bring you off the top of a three foot bounce at an=0D airspeed so slow it barely registers on the ASI without any loss of=0D altitude from the top of the bounce. Proof that a KR will fly in ground=0D effect at speeds that you would never imagine possible and the moral to=0D my story:=0D =0D Get the tail back off the ground right after you touch down and don't=0D get lazy and put it down until you can't hold it up any more. You FLY a=0D KR long after you are on the runway.=0D =0D =0D _______________________________________________=0D see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html=0D =2EFrom skphil@charter.net Wed Oct 15 05:25:08 2003 Received: from rems03.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.8.203]) by lizard.esosoft.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1A9kiC-000H9C-00 for krnet@mylist.net; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 05:25:08 -0700 Received: from [68.190.7.165] (account ) by rems03.cluster1.charter.net (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.0.6) with HTTP id 8661277 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:28:52 -0400 From: To: krnet@mylist.net X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro Web Mailer v.4.0.6 Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:28:52 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: KR>P-Factor "practice" X-BeenThere: krnet@mylist.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b3 Precedence: list Reply-To: KR builders and pilots List-Id: KR builders and pilots List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: In a training tri-gear plane. Doing soft field take offs. After run-up one pulls back fully on the yoke and begins his roll onto the runway. Does not stop. When centered on the runway adds the rest of the power lifts the front wheel and keeps the plane centered. If you still fly a tri gear and are planning on a dragger. Then do ALL of your take offs SOFT FIELD utill you graduate to the dragger. Auburn's runway 36 is 5265 x 100. Plenty of space. come see me. Happy Flying. Steven Phillabaum Auburn, Alabama (KAUO) ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ See KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html End of KRnet Digest, Vol 189, Issue 1 *************************************