--- Mark Youkey <myou...@cox.net> wrote: > BGen Locker, > > Perhaps you should research some of the specs, then > apply some common sense, > before you get too involved. For instance, what is > the service ceiling of a > KR? At what altitude do the Marine Corps regs say > the pilot must be on > oxygen? What VFR pilots use that altitude block? > (Cancel my IFR clearance, > this is a 4-ship RTB VFR, descending below 18,000, > squawking 1200, wingmen > squawking standby.) Or perhaps someone climbing > over a mountain, but that's > about it...So, why is a portable oxygen system (that > weighs at least ten > pounds of your 35 pound baggage limit) going to be > standard? > > Just a thought for you to consider a bit more, to > assist your endeavors. > > Why exactly will your plant be in Tijuana? I'm > curious. > > v/r > Mark Youkey > myou...@cox.net > Oklahoma City
Dear Mr. Youkey, You made some good points that was what I was hoping to hear. We may have set our sights too high with the plane and need to go back to the basics. I sometime get carried away with a project and need to be brought back to earth. We are going to be in Tijuana for the advantages of NAFTA, low wages as compared to LA and less interference by governmental agencies, such as OSHA. We intend to abide by every rule that is in effect but my partner and I feel that the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. We will make them as experimental or under the LSA and will meet all requirements posed by the US FAA and the Mexican authorities. We intend to make 30-36 planes by the second year but feel it is realistic to say we shall produce only 7-10 during the first year. Thank you for your imput, I need to bail out some of my thoughts for a plane that is wonderful but should be allowed to do what it was designed to do. Thank you, Gerald Locker > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gerald locker" <brigadier192...@yahoo.com> > To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 9:59 AM > Subject: Re: KR>assembly plant > > > > > > --- Timothy Bellville <soner...@worldnet.att.net> > > wrote: > > > I sounds to me like you are trying to reinvent > the > > > wheel. > > > It also sounds like you have no plan to benefit > the > > > widow of the man that > > > designed this plain and construction concept. > > > Are you going to buy parts from R/R inc. ?Pay > them > > > royalties? > > > This little plain was meant to be a homebuilt, > and > > > built by people that > > > could not afford a Cessna. > > > You are trying to stand on the shoulders of > others > > > to make a buck. > > > I for one, do not want to see a bunch of > "factory > > > built" KR's showing up on > > > NTSB reports and dragging down the name of this > well > > > designed and conceived > > > aircraft. > > > Come up with your own concept, and hire a > > > Aeronautical engineer to invent > > > your new store-bought and leave the KR's to > those > > > that love to build and fly > > > them. > > > I for one will not help you, and I don't think > you > > > will find much help here! > > > Timothy Bellville > > > (homebuilt) KR2 N7038V > > > > Dear Mr. Bellville, > > > > I appreciat your response though I cannot agree > with > > you on most of your assumptions. My partner and I > are > > going to be working with Jenette at RR in every > kit we > > buy, and if we do produce our own, we certainly > will > > be paying royalties to her. \ > > We decided on the KR series since it incorporates > > everything we sought in a good airplane. It has > the > > range, the looks, the relative speed we sought for > our > > sales marketing to overseas, and to the States. > We > > are building it because we feel that many would > like > > to have a beautiful, safe, and reliable plane at a > > relatively inexpensive price, and without having > to > > spend 1000 + hours building it. We have a sound > > program being set up and I am always open to > > suggestions that will benefit us and the KR family > of > > owners and pilots. > > I am a former Marine General who has flown over 30 > > years, but I must admit that I am a novice at the > > building process and realize that the more I know, > the > > better the plane will be. We want to include a > BRS, a > > portable oxygen system, long range fuel tanks, > > transponder and GPS as part of the stock plane, > not an > > option. > > I am very sorry that you do not wish to offer any > > sound advice to us because we are always ready to > > listen. > > My partner owns, as well as his brother Accuracy > > Technologies in Glendale and Ventura and we intend > to > > do a lot of R&D on new engines and airplane parts > to > > be put in our own planes, as well as for sale to > the > > general public. We are spending our own money, > and we > > want no ones money except those that are buying > our > > product. We care for the plane as much as anyone > else > > does. Our questions I asked still could use some > > answers. > > > > Thank you for writing and hop you will reconsider > and > > write again. > > > > Thank You, > > > > Gerald Locker > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > see KRnet list details at > > http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > see KRnet list details at > http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
