Troy's plane looks great and I envy you flying with him today. I did take my son flying today for his first flight in a small plane. He is hooked!!! Has not stopped talking about it. Anyway, I am inspired by how nice Troy's plane looks now. I have began my right wing and installed the fuel tank supports today. I seriously doubt I will be ready for the gathering but next year is a definite.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 6:07 PM Subject: KR> Troy Petteway's N100TP > KRnetHeads, > > I didn't get much building done today, but I DID get some KR stick time in, > in Troy Petteway's KR2! We did some general climbs and turns, that sort of > thing, and a few runs down the runway in ground effect, and one landing that > I almost did myself! The thing flies better the faster it goes, even though > it was a tad bumpy today. It climbs like crazy! It's just like they say, > just think it and it does it. Landing was actually pretty easy, but > Starduster standards, but I'm still nowhere near ready to do it by myself. > The torque of that engine is fairly amazing, so I'll need to get used to > that before I fly mine. It's awesome how fast it gets around the pattern. > > He recently finished up all the systems and put a fresh coat of paint on it. > He says he's going to make the Gathering, and Jeff Duval is going to try to > make it too in his white/orange KR2 that we saw at the Columbia gathering. > I took a few photos and posted them at > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/troy/ . There's also some updated info on > his wing incidence, washout, stability and sensitivity, and stall speed with > the new AS5046 wing. Anybody that wants to hear about the AS5046 wing can > hear it from the horse's mouth at the Gathering. > > Troy says I can still fly mine to the Gathering, so I'm not giving up yet > after all. Back on the intake job... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
