KRnetHeads, I hit 100 hours in the KR today, during another 2.5 hour tour of local airports. First to Guntersville, where I circled an old friend's house for a few minutes taking pictures. I'll send him one with his Christmas card to let him know the plane is finished. Then a few landings at Guntersville airport, and then north to Fayetteville, TN, where I did about 12 more touch and goes. I was the only guy there so I was just whipping around the pattern. I punched the stopwatch on one run, and without doing anything spectacular, did a pattern in less than three minutes, takeoff to takeoff. That's hummin' in my book! Except for landings, I've been flying the thing wide open most of the time. Towards the end I just bummed around a while and looked at stuff on the ground, and then back to Hazel Green. Changed the oil and washed the plane, ready for the cross country to my father's farm for Christmas (although I plan to fly some more this week).
The engine is still running great, although I have a small oil leak that I'm too lazy to fix. The new oil cooler inlet was a big improvement. I'm finally starting to feel like I know how to land this thing. As I was getting out of the plane I said out loud, "I'm a KR PILOT now"... Mark Langford, Harvest, AL see homebuilt airplane at http://www.N56ML.com email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
