Hi Guys Can anyone tell me how i contact the English couple who flew there KR2 the UK to Australia back in October 2001. I have trieed their site http//:fly.to/worldtour without any succes !
Regards,Tim Australia t...@dodo.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 5:12 AM Subject: Re: KR> new airfoil wing skins > Mike Freeman wrote: > >> Since Dan Diehl already is equipped to do it and that's his trade why >> not see if he will do it for a price. > > I talked to Dan at length this morning, and not only is he pretty sure > he'd > lose money doing it, he might have convinced me not to do it either! > Without going into the details of what he said, I'll try to answer "why". > > He's sold exactly one set of skins in the last year, and mostly because > he's informed other potential buyers that the new airfoil is the hot > ticket, > and they ought use it instead of the 70 year old RAF48. To tool up to > build > a new wing skin would not be cheap. He's pretty sure he'd never get his > money back for the tooling, and I'm sure Jeannette would echo that > sentiment > with the money she spent tooling up for her wing skins (although > admittedly, > those are RAF48 molds). Couple that with material cost escalation over > the > years, and Dan says he's already building skins "for free as a favor" now, > so he has no incentive to continue making them (and I don't blame him). > And > this is from a guy who's "in the business", so you've really got to wonder > if there's a "business case" for an outsider with day job! > > Also, the KR is built by people on a budget...we all know that. We're > mostly a bunch of cheapskates. Many of them are retired and money is more > valuable than time. Also, there's something about the individuality of > building almost everything yourself, and that appeals to most KR builders. > And it's not really that tough to build a set of wings the way the plans > call for. I have to admit that it went a lot easier than I'd thought. > People seem to be managing to carve them out, despite the sanding involved > afterwards! > > I invited Dan to next year's Gathering, and I think he'll be there. If > not, > I'll fly out and have a beer with him one night and talk about "the old > days". He says he and Marty both are kicking themselves for selling their > KRs... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > > > _______________________________________ > 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
