Reference Information
Index
This index is book-marked to make things easy for you to find, click on the index to go to the information on
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Autopilot design schematic (Taken from Oshkosh Forum Circa 1990)
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Seat Belt Installation Structure (from Mark Langford's web sight http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford)
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Fuel Transfer Pump Control Circuit (from KR Ron's web site http://krron.freeyellow.com/)
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Mustang Control Stick Design (From "The Great Book Of WWII Airplanes" page 55)
The significant thing about this design is that is separates the aileron and elevator controls into independent vectors. This allows cable tension to remain constant on ailerons regardless of the elevator position and visa-versa. This is a problem with the plans built control system in a KR2. In my design I turned this around and mounted the stick on a bell-crank bearing attached to the aft face of the Main spar. The rotation of this bearing controls the movement of the aileron cables. The forward and aft movement of the control stick moves a pushrod connected to the elevator bell-crank on the aft face of the rear spar. This pushrod is aligned with the center line of the bell-crank bearing. This results in no deflection of the aileron cables when the elevator pushrod is moved forward and aft.
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Micro Monitor / Micro Encoder Serial output processor (Royce Craven's design from Au)
This unit combines the serial output from the Micro Monitor and the Micro Encoder to produce one serial output stream that is compatable with the async port of a palm/lap top computer. This is an essential element to use for data acquisition during the test flight phase. This pdf file shows a picture of the schematic: kr2/micromon-serial-out.pdf.
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The Cafe Foundation Aircraft Research Reports provide interesting research information on exhaust systems, fuel handling, and effect of finish on drag reduction. Check out their web site at: http://cafefoundation.org/v2/research_home.php
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Engine Cooling by Richard Mole
Two articles by Richard Mole (British Tony Bingelis type) titled "Get Cool". Select page numbers indicated adjacent to each article title and use your browser back key to return and select the next page.
Article 1: Factors to consider when installing air cooled engines (page 1|2|3|4|5|6)
Article 2: Factors to consider when improving engine cooling (pages 7|8|9|10|11)
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| "AN"
Thread Sizes AN sizes, originally developed for use by the U.S. Armed forces ("A" for army and "N" for navy), describe the outside diameter (O.D.) of tubing in 1/16-inch increments. For example, an AN 2 fitting will fit a tube with an O.D. of 2/16", or 1/8", while an AN 8 fitting will fit a tube with an O.D. of 8/16", or 1/2". Because the actual thickness of tube walls can vary from brand to brand, the inside diameter of a tube is not used as a reference. You will also find the dash (-) symbol or the word "dash" itself used in conjunction with AN sizes. A "dash six" fitting translates to AN-6. Each AN fitting has an established thread sizing. The following chart shows the relationship between AN size, tube O.D., and SAE thread size: "NPT"
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Following links are pdf files that describe various AN fittings and available sizes:
Adapters, Pipe to 37 Degree Flare
Pipe fittings, Plugs and Unions
Straight Threads, O-ring Sealing
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Aeroquip Hose and Fitting Information
Some of these items are quite large and will take a while to download if you don't have a high speed internet connection. You might want to right click and save target as file so that you will not need to download the file each time you refer to it.
Hose and Fitting Specifications (13.4Mb 14 pages)
Adapters (4.8Mb 8 pages)
Assembly Instructions (1.8Mb 4 pages)
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Some of these items are quite large and will take a while to download if you don't have a high speed internet connection. You might want to right click and save target as file so that you will not need to download the file each time you refer to it.
AC 43.13-1B chg1 Acceptable Methods, Techniques, and Practices - Aircraft Inspection and Repair (17.7Mb 627 pages)
AC 90-89A Amateur-Built Aircraft and Ultralight Flight Testing Handbook ( 0.8 Mb 99 pages)
AC 20-27F Certification And Operation Of Amateur-Built Aircraft (0.7 Mb 49 pages)
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| Title | Author | Publisher |
| Aircraft Performance Stability And Control | Perkins and Hage | (John Wiley Publishing sixth edition 1957) |
| Airplane Aerodynamics | Dommasch, Sherby, and Connolly | (Pitman Publishing Corp. 1967) |
| Avionics Volume 1, Every Pilots Guide to Aviation Electronics | J. M. Ferrara | (Air And Space Co.) |
| Firewall Forward | Tony Bingelis | (available at Amazon.com) |
| Flight Testing Homebuilt Aircraft | Vaughan Askue | (Iowa State University Press 1992) |
| Mechanics And Thermodynamics Of Propulsion | Hill and Peterson | (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. 1965) |
| Sportplane Construction Techniques | Tony Bingelis | (available at Amazon.com) |
| The Sportplane Builder | Tony Bingelis | (available at Amazon.com) |
| Tony Bengelis On Engines | Tony Bingelis | (EAA Aviation Foundation ISBN-0-940000-54-7) |
| Turbochargers | Hugh MacInnes | (HP Books #49 ISBN 0-89586-135-6) |
| Turbomania | Bob Tomlinson | (CB Tech Department) |
| Welder's Handbook | Finch/Monroe | (HPBooks #573) |
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Jack Lockamy has a GPASC TypeIV engine in his Sonex flying. Good photos of his engine installation including baffles and oil cooler are at http://www.jacklockamy.com/
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January, 1973: Ken's KR-1 January, 1974: Fred Keller KR-1 April, 1974: Fred Keller - Cold Weather ConcernsMarch, 1975: KR-2 and Wicks Organ Company October, 1975: Oshkosh Forums and Workshops
October, 1975: Fred Keller April, 1976: Update of the KR-2 July, 1976: Ron Hazlett's KR-1
August, 1977: Chino '77 and the KR-3 July, 1978: Ken's KR March, 1979: Ken's Obit January, 1980: The KR-1B
April, 1980: Jerry Gruber's Super KR-1 July, 1980: Dan Diehl August, 1980: Randy Hebron
August, 1982: Brian Henneman September, 1984: Donald Moore March, 1986: The KR-100
May, 1987: Irish KR-2 July, 1987: The KR-100 February, 1990: Richard Kunc's KR-1
January, 1993: David Carroll's KR-2 July, 1993: The KR2S September, 1995: A Couple Of KR's
February, 1999: Tom Crawford's KR-2
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The following photos were supplied by Harold Woods of how he accomplished holding up his KR when he had to turn it over during construction.
Click on thumbnail photo to see full sized picture.
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There are many different kinds of Lexan. GE has a website that provides data sheets for the various types at: http://www.gestructuredproducts.com/sp1/gesp_amer/index.jsp.
The particular type of Lexan that I have chosen is one of their areospace products that is suitable for windows called FMR.604. Download FMR.604 datasheed.
From Dana Overall on KRnet:
One of the things I will give Van's credit for is looking into other materials and publishing his thoughts and documentation. They looked into the Lexan option for the RV canopies and just could not justify the added price for the % of upgrade/improvement in the final product, for their line of aircraft. Dana Overall Richmond, KY http://rvflying.tripod.com
From Fran Giroux on KRnet:
Lexan and comparable polycarbonates are available in .060" thickness which is very bendable and I have used it for a number of projects including an enclosed motorcycle (www.hydrogen-boost.com/tech-info.html at the bottom of the page) and the canopy for my Moni motorglider. It's a little flimsy for flat areas but with a good curve it is plenty sturdy and you can cut it with tin snips. I have had no problems with scratches. I use Rain-X on it to keep the rain from beading up. Fran
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I know that is not really the done thing but most of us have either hoses os wiring fastened to the engine mount with cable ties (zip ties). A really neat way to do this is to use very short pieces of rubber fuel hose about 1/4" to 3/8" long. First pass the cable tie through the piece of pipe, then pass it round the engine mount tube and back through the pipe in the opposite direction. Lay the wire or fuel line on top of the piece of pipe and close the cable tie around it. Pull tight and you have a very neat looking mount for whatever you wanted to hold firmly to the mount. It stands off from the mount and won't cause any rubbing or chafing at all.
Regards
Dene Collett
, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
