I'll end up building what suits me. I feel it's a high performance airplane with a VW. Not a V-Witt or a Sonerai, but high-enough performance. BTW the spread in performance between a Piet and a KR covers the performance envelopes of a whole lot of airplanes that are equally worthy of consideration.
Chris On 1/6/2015 3:19 PM, ppaulvsk via KRnet wrote: > We're I'm coming from with my comment is that in recent years it has been > demonstrated that there is so much unutilized potential of a KR when you put > a smaller horsepower engine on it. > I can understand if your tying to make an LSA out of a KR. Other then that > I feel that a KR is a some what of a high performance aircaft and deserve a > big engine. So build it that way. If not build yourself a Pietenpol. : ) > > Paul Visk > Belleville Il > 618-406-4705 > > > Sent on the new Sprint Network from my Samsung Galaxy S?4. > > <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: "Virgil N.Salisbury > via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> </div><div>Date:01/06/2015 8:16 AM > (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: James Cook <golden.spiral1.618 at gmail.com>,KRnet > <krnet at list.krnet.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: KR> Newbie question - KR-1 > or single seat KR-2S </div><div> > </div> > It has been done. Check w/ Steve Bennett, I think he built a > a KR 1 &1/2 from KR 2 plans.You will have a nice wide comfortable > cockpit w/ armrests and all. Prefab parts may not fit, be careful, Virg > > > > > On 1/6/2015 12:51 AM, James Cook via KRnet wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> A new member question here. >> >> My primary interest is a single seater, but it seems to me that most of the >> builders building 2 seaters. Since I am a first time builder, I have to >> rely more on others advice than more experienced builders, but if there are >> not too many single seater builders, it would be an uphill battle. >> >> The other fact is that the KR-2S have all the latest and greatest >> improvements in it, so I am thinking to get a KR-2S and narrow down the >> fuselage to 1 person, build it light with a 60hp or so VW engine. That way >> I can use the advice of the majority of the builders, I can use prefab >> parts as available and I can build a LIGHT single seater plane with 400+ >> lbs empty weight, 800 lbs gross weight as it was designed originally. >> >> Is there a downside of my plan? >> >> Is there anyone else building along this plan? >> >> Thanks, James >> _______________________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. >> To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change >> options >> > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
