John Roffey wrote: > I have flown this route and hope, some day to do it in my KR2S behind a > Cont. O200.
Some folks may know this already, but I didn't....Continental still makes and sells the 0-200 and always has! I thought it was no longer produced, and I got that impression from others, so it must be a common misconception. Now there's even an LSA (light sport aircraft) version that's even cheaper than the certified version, but stripped down so you can put your own alternator, carb, exhaust, or whatever on it. Right now they are working on a version that is somewhere under $15k, with all new parts. I talked to the project engineer, and he's been looking into electronic igntions for the thing, as well as cheaper carbs and even electronic fuel injection from folks like SMS. I spent all day yesterday sitting around the table with the president, chief engineer, crank expert, metallurgist, and several other guys. And yes, I did some more crank failure brain pickin' while I was there, and got a little smarter... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net --------------------------------------------------------------
