Congratulations Colin & Bev! Wow, I'm new to the list and don't believe I have the talent to build my own, so I'm 99% sure I'll be buying a great kr-2 soon. I hope I can still associate with you all as you have the pride and expertise to really fly high with these aircraft.
I hope the kr-2 I'm considering is flight worthy as I don't yet have a pilot's license and I'm just beginning to learn these aircraft based on the Internet postings I've found, including the shared expertise and camaraderie on this list. Any tips for a green-horn in this decision process would be greatly appreciated. Have a great weekend and fun flying! Tim A kr-2 wannabe.. :) --- Colin & Bev Rainey <crain...@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > Netters, > With all this negative talk I am afraid to post this > for fear of being attacked! Just kidding! > Dan will be posting pictures as soon as > practical, but I can now say that we are done! The > KR2 is complete. We have completed all construction > corrections and additions that were required for us > to fly here in Orlando, and we are making > arrangements to move her to the airport. We are > going to use the Sanford-Orlando Airport in Sanford, > Florida as long as the inspector does not have a > problem. Weight & balance came in with her at an > empty weight of 649#, and CG at 21.11" with the > cowling line being my datum line for measuring. > Calculating full expected passenger load and full > fuel, we are okay at 24.60", and landing 2 hours > later at 25.35". Aft limit is 25.75" based on > published limits, adjusted for the datum line at the > cowling seam, and disregarding the last 2" at Mark > Langford's recommendation. > Paint & body is rough, but after a couple of > nicks were incurred during weigh-in, I decided to > wait on the final finish work until after the test > fly-off. Hopefully we will have the test period > flown off for Sun N Fun, but definitely for Mt > Vernon. Can't wait!!!!!! > > Colin & Bev Rainey > KR2(td) N96TA > Sanford, FL > crain...@cfl.rr.com > or crbrn9...@hotmail.com > http://kr-builder.org/Colin/index.html_______________________________________ > to UNSUBSCRIBE from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
