Kacee: I know the advertiseing says 800 hours but what does that include. Does that include "Do-Overs"? I am sure ther will be some In short I think a lot of that depends on you account for the indirect & overhead hours and you interpretation of what to include and then there is figuring out how to deal with the areas of "Vagueness" in the plans which this group will provide much assistance.
As far as cost is concerned the little over $10k is probably only a little optimistic for a "Bare Bones" flight ready machine if your scrouging ability is good. As for me I plan on getting a "Great Plains" egine set with Diehl Accessory case dual ignition all new with accessories, assembled and "Run Tested and the price sched. says about $6k alone for the package. That will probably bring my cost to closer to $15k plus with a decent functional panel for long x-c flights. As for flight training I would say figure out how to get some from what I have heard. I have about 350 hrs in 150s, 172s, 177s & 182w in the Cessna line plus a fair number of hours in Piper Cherokee140s, 150s, 160s, 180s and 235s plus some minor hours in the Camanche 250, Mooney(?) Kadet and the Piper Colt. I say that I will get some training because of the sensitivity of the KR's controls that I have picked up from the net and I think that may take some getting use to. I have taken over a project and found several things that require correction plus I plan on doing some things a little different than the plans, primarily wing tanks and reducing the header tank to 3 gallons max. I have gotten hooked into the local EAA chapter hear and touched base with their tech counsulors and I would recommend that anyone taking on this project do the same. I am also convinced that for a two place plane the KR is probably a good place to start but recomend staying away from the retractable gear at least as far as the original design is concerned and suspect that the Tri-Gear version is not so great on unpaved stripsbut that you will have to verify with a experienced builder. Maybe Mark Langford, Mark Jones, Larry Flesner or Joe Horton will clear up any questions you have and check the KR-list using the search option. Don Lively Burlington IA 52601 1st time bldr. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kacee Kelley wrote: > For a long time now I have been looking at building a KR2. I have never built > an airplane before and mainly have flown Tri-Pacers, Cessnas and Cherokees > for around 500 hours. I think I am of average mechanical ability. > > What do the people that have built / building this type of aircraft think, am > I taking on to much for a first project? > > The information that I have seen estimates 800 hours of building time and a > little over $10,000.00, does that sound correct? > > How about flying this type of aircraft, would it be necessary for duel > instruction in type and is that possible? > > Thank You Very Much for any input you have to offer! > > Kacee Kelley > > ka...@gtmc.net > Ragan, Nebraska > _______________________________________ > 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
