I got to thinking about it and there's really no point in putting a 2nd seat in my airplane. I'm a big guy and barely fit into a Navion with anyone else, so the chances of stuffing anything else that breathes into that fuselage with me is laughable. So is there enough of a difference in the basic structure of the KR1, KR2, and KR2S to make a difference? The difference in the price of the KR1 and KR2S plans would buy a whole lotta spruce, foam, and glass...
No matter which I go with I'll be stretching the fuselage so the upper longerons are 14" feet from firewall to tailpost, making the firewall 30" wide, using the new airfoils, building a turtledeck like a -2S, and putting the big RC plane gear on. Haven't decided on flaps yet, but I'm leaning towards simplicity and a belly board. I'll see if I can get the aerospace engineer on speed dial to figure out the best place to put it to keep the nose from pitching around wildly when I dump the thing on final. Power is going to be a Corvair turning a constant speed prop, panel will be minimal, just enough for night VFR and a handheld GPS (eMap, since I already have it) and radio. Just to make the project more "real" and motivate me to finish it, I reserved my number last night. First choice is N205FT. Everyone that knows me already figured it out. N20 is nitrous oxide, SFT is my initials. Been wanting N<something>5FT for a couple of decades now. No, there will be no nitrous involved ;) -- Steve mystic...@swbell.net He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in.
