Can we please put this to rest. While there have been issues with plans and availability both on of our parts I cannot say that all of that was Jeanette. It is a 45 mile trip each way for me to get plans. I was only getting a few at a time which made it difficult especially with my work schedule. I took a break after the gathering last year because of all the BS and whining regarding KR stuff and needed a breather.
Any current plans orders will be filled shortly. We are nearly caught up on parts orders so the wait times should not be as much as before. I am spending more time at the hanger since purchasing Ellison Fluid Systems and we are beginning to produce new carburetors as well as provide overhaul service. Keep in mind I still work a regular job. It is 8:40 pm my time and I am just getting off work and heading to the hanger. I am voice writing this email as I drive. Jeanette Rand is a great lady and has given most of her life's to the KR design. While many may not have agreed with how she has done business, she has always been honest and provided what was ordered. I think any public bashing is not necessary or appreciated. Anyone is free to bash away regarding me or nV Aero. As most know, I could give a rats ass. I will get people's orders as quickly as I can. But again keep in mind I have to work a real job and this is typically about when I get off work every day after starting about 530 in the morning. The KR business has never paid for itself. It has always been out-of-pocket. I do it because I love the design and believe in having an affordable plane for the average guy. If you have ordered parts they will come I can assure you. Hopefully things will come a bit sooner now. Steve Glover Sent from my iPhone 6 > On Jun 16, 2015, at 20:26, Mike T via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > > I was asking for the reason for the delay, not trying to blame Steve. It's > obviously Jeanette Rand's fault. Ken Rand died when the design of the KR > was still evolving and the plans were little more than a first draft. It's > tragic there was never anyone else at Rand-Robinson who was interested in > correcting the errors in the plans and improving the KR's design. (Of > course many people here have done that, but you aren't the official > supplier, so the defective plans keep getting sold and everyone has to > rediscover the errors afresh). > > If Ken had been a careful pilot and stuck around awhile, he could have > been another Burt Rutan, and the KR could have been the first of many > brilliant designs. Instead Rand-Robinson became a printing shop > that did little for 40 years but reprint and sell the same set of plans, > and now they apparently can hardly even do that. > > Mike Taglieri > On Jun 16, 2015 10:33 PM, "Virgil N.Salisbury via KRnet" < > krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > >> >> Lighten up Mike. Walk in Steve's shoes for a while. If you want >> to discourage some from building any KR, you are doing a bang >> up job, Virg >> Broad shoulders, Thick skin ! >> >> >>> On 6/16/2015 6:34 PM, Mike T via KRnet wrote: >>> >>> What's the reason for these extraordinary delays? Lots of older >>> plansbuilt >>> plane designs (some going back to the 1950s) have let Aircraft Spruce take >>> over the printing and shipping of plans. If nvaero isn't able to handle >>> it, maybe they should consider that. (Or are they getting the plans from >>> Jeanette Rand?) Whoever it is, this could make people give up before they >>> even start. >>> >>> Mike Taglieri >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Robert Dunleavy via KRnet < >>> krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: >>> >>> I ordered my plans in early Feb. , Emailed nvaero about the status last >>>> week, got a prompt reply which indicated the plans should be shipping out >>>> soon....robert >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
