Netters,
I spent a full day playing in the KR. I flew formation most of the day with a flying buddy in his Acro Sport II. The nice thing flying with him is that my fuel burn is down around 3 gph. He cruises at 2350 and I fly formation at about 1800 rpm. I finished off the day in a "dog fight" with a Q-200. Some of you have seen the Q-200 in the race to Oshkosh. He is race # 22. His 0-200 puts out 130 hp so he is about 30 mph faster than me. You may have also read about him making a coast-to-coast flight in less than 24 hours about two years back. It was written up in Kit Planes. After a close formation (less than 50 feet separation) flight to check speeds he did a peel off and I went after him. He made two 90 degree turns to shake me but even though he was faster , I could turn inside him. We ended up in a tight circle with him slightly above me and trying to come around on my tale. I was down to 80 indicated at one point and probably a 45 to 60 degree bank but still staying inside him. After six turns or so we broke it off and he escorted me back to my home base. What a great way and great company to hit the 40 hour mark on my KR. I shut down with my hour meter reading 40.2 !!! Come on guys, get to building. There's fun to be had !!!! Larry Flesner P.S. I wish I had a standard KR2 narrowed down to a single place with a hopped up Corvair cranking out about 120 hp. I bet I could dust him good! :-)
