Hi there, I was out in Tunisia a few weeks ago, but I'm now back in America about to set off on my way again if it ever stops raining.,Now, if anyone has a 200 mph 0-200 powered Kr2, they ought to take it to RENO and race against the guys running at 3,800 to 4,600 rpm with up to $150,000 worth of carbon low profile aircraft. These guys have spent hours and mega bucks perfecting their craft and we spent many pounds and hours on ours and we didn't even get in the gold race. with our Shoestring. Most competitors have overheating problems and can only run the 8 laps before meltdown, Thom spent most of the week perfecting a water spray to keep his engine temps in order just to be able to run at 231 mph. They are burning a lot of fuel too. So if there are 200 mph Kr2's out there, lets see them race at Reno, because they are going to be in the mix with all those other mega bucks, carbon, ultra light weight racing planes and that I would love to see. 200 mph would have got you 5th place in Tunisia. Results - Class: Air Race 1 World Cup Monastir 2015 Round: Gold Final Time: 16:00 Date: Sun, Jun 07 2015NoPilotNationalityPlaneRegPlane NameAvgMPHAvgKPHFastestLap1Thom Richard3M1C1RN913FTHot Stuff231.87373.08237.653429645Jay (Jaybird) JonesCassuttN53014Quadnickel Racer215.36346.51222.733082733Michael MundellCassutt IIIMN8EDSecond Wind211.54340.36215.718186899Kent CasselsCassutt IIIMN6884Margaret June204.20328.56208.432717720Philip GoforthCassuttN2020JPooder175.24281.97191.304488253Justin PhillipsonCassuttG-BFMFKermit175.24281.96181.962530787Steve Temple *Boyd GR-7 PantherN687RBMadness207.29333.53232.6605144 Also below is a link to a video some one took of me landing over the trees and it was a bit gusty and turbulent. I hope now you can see the virtues of wheeling the aircraft on, if i was a lot slower and close to the stall speed, trying to three point it, I wouldn't know where the trees were because i wouldn't be able to see them over the nose and the turbulence would have had me in the weeds. But see how you can just kiss it down and over the next 1,200 feet bring the plane safely to a holt, not that they filmed that bit. I've almost finished a web site for the journey I'm on but only after sitting in a dark room for three days, with no sharp objects or bed sheets to tie in to rope... I've got a fuel flow meter on my other Kr2. Take off power its drinking 24.5 litres, 5.4 UK gallons an hour, that's about 6.5 US an hour. I hope to meet up again with some of you as I fly across America again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJXKZhHkfQ Cheers Colin.
