Mark Langford's Homebuilt Airplane and Online Builder's Manual. Updated January 2017 - Another update to the KR2 refurb project, N891JF. Just to let you know that I. This is the canopy frame for the KR-2S aircraft, for use with our canopy but can be used with others. Installation Instructions: Canopy Installation Instructions.
KR2 N891JF KR2 N891JF created January 25, 2014, updated May, 2015 with the N891JF is flying again! It was signed off for flight in late May of 2014, and flown a few days later.
It turns 3250 rpm in flight, and has a top speed approaching 170 mph. Not as good as N56ML, but we'll work on that. Precision Gearing Theory And Practice Pdf. Stall speed is in the low 50's mph range. There is plenty of warning of the approaching stall, thanks to the turbulent RAF45 airfoil buffeting the tail.
The forward-hinging canopy works perfectly, self shutting on engine startup. • • • • • • • Here's the first flight.almost 2.5 hours of testing. This APRS plot resembles a bumblebee pollinating a flower. In addition to stalls and airspeed indicator calibration, I did twelve landings at FYM to practice coming back to the home airport, which is half the length and less than half the width.
The speedbrake certainly helped tame the landings. Compiled Html Help File To Word Converter. N891JF is a stock-dimension KR2, originally built in 1991 by Jim Faughn.
It's powered by a Great Plains 2180cc engine that Steve Bennett and Jim built 25 years ago. Jim put 308 hours on the airframe over the years, flying it to the Gathering almost every year. I bought it in August of 2102. The plane has an excellent paint job on it, and it's the original done in 1991.
One innovation that Jim pioneered for KRs is the 'opera windows' in the rear. These are handy when flying formation and looking for other traffic in the pattern. One interesting thing about this airplane is that a few years after completion, Jim and his wife decided to build a big sailboat and cast off on another adventure. They sold almost everything they had, but the KR2 was special. Jim struck up a deal with Steve Bennett that Steve could buy it for a dollar, with the understanding that if/when Jim wanted it back, Jim could buy it back from Steve for TWO dollars, thereby DOUBLING Steve's return on investment! After several years of sailing, Jim settled down in Florida, and he and Steve decided to sell the plane. Since I knew the plane and had flown it at one of the Lake Barkley Gatherings, I bought it.