Don Where are you? Sad tale indeed. It happened to me this year as well. Thanks that it was just an engine, but with all the ascessories. Almost every part was shot or very out dated..... including engine. I purchased thru one of the KR netters so thought that since he was one of the gang so to speak, I could trust on a deal. When I uncrated the engine and ascessories,.... found that the packing newspapers were all dated 1988. The netter I bought it from ( after I complained) said he purchased it years ago on ebay but never got around to building so decided to sell it. He actually had the audacity to say that I should take up the issue with the guy who originally screwed him!! He was innocent, he said!! Se la vie! Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Morris" <d...@donsplans.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 9:36 PM Subject: KR> Sad tale...
> Hi. > > I recently purchased a KR2 project off of ebay, and picked it up this > weekend. Unfortunately, I have now concluded that this KR will never > fly. Looking over the log books (and photos) I have come to the > conclusion that the first two builders did a good job, but the last one > was a bit of a butcher. He did things like attach the canopy by > drilling bolt holes through the upper longeron. His fiberglass work was > unbelieveably bad - the cowl modifications to fit the revmaster engine > were 3/8 inch thick in the wrong places, and terribly lumpy. But, I > just couldn't tell the old man that his project would never be safe to > fly, so I still bought it, looking to get my money back in parts (and > maybe start my own from scratch later on). The saving grace of this all > was that he had lots of parts that he didn't build, and he bought the > best of everything, and he had 2 kits. So, I have a lot of stuff for > sale. I thought some of the KR'ers on this site might be interested, > and I hope you will pardon my signing up for the list for this > purpose. (I also really like KR's, if that counts for anything. > Witness that I was a "sucker" and bought the project.) > > As far as I can tell, I have two complete sets of the guppy landing gear > if anyone is interested at all. I have a built-per-plans tailwheel and > a beautiful maule fully castoring tailwheel with spring and pneumatic > tire. I have all of the metal fittings built up inside the plane. I > have preformed wingtips (factory new). I have an extra pre-molded > turtledeck - untouched - and a cowling - untouched also. I am not sure > which cowling it is. If anyone wants it, they can have the one he > modified. Those customizing their cowlings heavily could probably cut > out the areas he changed a lot, and make some use of the nose bowl > area. I have an extra canopy frame, but it needs repair. I have basic > VFR flight instruments - brand new never used - all available at reduced > cost. I have a complete foam set from the mid 90's. I don't know if it > is age limited at all. Finally, I have the real kicker - a zero time > (test run only) Revmaster 2100 Turbocharged fuel injected engine that > makes me go all weak at the knees. It really is an amazing engine. > > What I would really like to do is sell the engine, mount, possibly a > cowl, all the accessories, all the fuel system possible, the engine > instrumentation, and all the applicaple cables, etc. in one place to one > person. The only thing I do NOT have is the prop. For those of you > builders out there, this is a chance to be DONE with your propulsion > system in one or two weekends for a fraction of the cost. Another > interesting possibility would be for a builder with a boat fuselage to > buy all the premade metal fittings and such in one chunk, and save a lot > of time. I really have no plans to sell the fuselage, as I feel that it > is not easily made airworthy. However, if you know what you are getting > into, I could be pursauded to almost give it away. It still has lots of > good stuff in it. I believe the wings are good, but if you are > interested, you would want to do a close inspection. They have wing > tanks and strobe wires in them. Oh yes, I have good WAFs. > > My basic benchmark on price is 50% of cost. I prefer to talk by > personal email off the list, but I am now a list member, and intend to > stay that way for some time, so you can also reach me by general post. > Advice is welcome. > > Thanks all for your time, and happy building. > > -Don > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
