Just did my first three glider solos yesterday! Not quite as much fun as the KR and not very practical for going places, but it is a heck of a lot of fun and cheap flight time. Also pretty good emergency training when the instructor pulls the release handle at 200' altitude over the trees past the end of the runway and yells "rope break" and you have to do an immediate 45 degree bank 180 and land downwind. Not something I would practice in the KR!
Hmmm, I have already extended the center section wing spars. I could extend the outboard wings, move the seat forward a few feet, knock out the firewall and just glass on a round nose, and put on a tow hook. KR-2SG for fun and take the 172 when I need to go somewhere? Seriously though, any of you other glider types out there know of any homebuilt gliders with the same construction method as a KR? I would think you could build one dirt cheap and prety quick. The club gliders rent for only six bucks a flight, but they don't let you do cross countries or aerobatics in them. Not really interrested in a motor glider. I have one and a half powered planes already. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com
