Terry wrote: > > 'Twould seem that my thoughts on building the KR2S in the UK will not > be > > coming to pass. This morning I had a communiqué from the PFA telling > me > > that the machine as yet is NOT type approved in the UK.
So I sent a message to UK's resident KR expert Willie Wilson who sent the following... > Terry, > The PFA may not have given the KR2S there approval but they HAVE > APPROVED Ken Atkinson's modified KR2. Ken's KR2 is [from memory] 14.5" > longer than a standard KR2 and is virtually a KR2S. It handles > beautifully and cruises easily at 110Kts on an 1835cc VW engine. > > Don't give up! Give Ken a ring or > his PFA inspector Geoff Bailey-Woods, who drew the > alterations and negotiated them with the PFA. > I understand that the PFA have suggested a wing attach fitting > modification to enable an all up weight of 1,000lbs which would mean you > could carry a passenger legally in the UK. > > Willie Wilson So maybe there's hope for the KR2S in England. I sure hope so, because it's a vast improvement over the KR2! It'd be a crime to force people to build a less-than-optimal version of the plane, when the same amount of effort is required to build either one. William Wynne recently had his single plug ignition system approved by the PFA, by simply proving that he'd been doing it for years and presenting his case to them in a sensible manner. Actually, a Brit did it for him, but the fact remains that you CAN get things changed if you are right and persevere. Up until now, you couldn't certify a plane with only one set of plugs in the UK, but now you can! Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama N56ML "at" hiwaay.net see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
