Dankie Leon You provided a trip down memory lane for me as well.
I met Sakkie (late 70's) when he was at the boat stage with UKU - at the time he and his dad owned the DIY centre in Krugersdorp. Peter Eich was the KR SA guy and Sakkie did most of the foam shaping work in Peter's hangar at Bara G airport (Uncle Charlie's South of Johannesburg). I recall some interesting discussion at EAA meetings, Murray Cohoe was the inspector for UKU and those wing tips provoked interesting debate. They were initially decorative, but the plans were to develop them as tip tanks (that did not impinge on the G limits). The epoxy / ester fuel tank debate raged in SA 25 years ago - SASOL was already supplying petrol laced (heavily) with methanol (alcohol) distilled from coal. It screwed up seals and gaskets and the clever guys were warning about the potential impact on GRP's The last time I saw Sakkie (early 80's) he let me fly UKU - he had just completed a dirt strip on his 10 acre plot (homestead). This took some doing as you say, it was right next to FALA. By then he was the KRSA guy and working hard on improving VW conversions with great emphasis on dual ignition. UKU was initially white with the (then BMW) flash colours of red, green, something. After a bad landing en route to Margate (that punched the flex bar suspension through the top of the wing (original RR fold-back retracts) - he changed the colours to the very attractive markings that you describe - biscuit with trim in tan, caramel and brown. I recall the engine (initially ?) as being a 1700cc VW with a RayJay tubo and Posa carb. For some reason it was called an "injection" carb. Ftrom what I have since read on KR net - I can understand why he called it an expensive fishing sinker ZS-UKU sounded cool, it looked cool, and it was cool. I gather from Jaco Swanepoel (FAWB) that peter Eich is back in the KR business in Gauteng, offering pre-molded cowls and wing skins. Acrylform (CT) will come up with a first class canopy for under R2k ($275). At 42 you are at the perfect age to get started on your own KR2S vet ses. Beste Steve J Zambia
