Don..what would you take for the whole bad deal..and where are you located..I'm north cen tx..only interested in giveaway price..bob hailey..bhai...@hcnews.com
Don Morris wrote: > > 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
