Hennie, I have heard of a guy here in P.E that built his in his apartment/flat living room on the seventh floor. I don't know how long it took but when it was finished they lowered it down from the balcony! I"m not sure what that says about dedication but it sure says a lot about desperation. Regards Dene Collett KR2SRT builder South africa Whisper assembler See: www.whisperaircraft.com mailto: av...@telkomsa.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hennie van Rooyen [HQP]" <hennie.vanroo...@kumbaresources.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 09:32 Subject: RE: KR> build times
> > Hi all, > > In the mid 1980's I visited a guy in Vanderbylpark, South Africa. His name was Johan - I cannot remerber his surname. > > He built his KR2 in a garage of a flat complex (you know how small those are) in less than eight months. Right from initial start to finish and from plans only. I saw his aircraft and it looked like any other KR2, thus the workmanship was good. > > This was on a part time build basis as he had a normal everyday job, same as everyone else. > > He did inform me that he spent every evening and weekend day building though - now that's dedication indeed! > > Regards, > Hennie > > > > My plane was built from scratch to flying status with day VFR only > instruments and handheld radio in 3 years, by a man in OK. > I could have completed Class B mods in one month if I stayed with it steady, > but it was one year later, along with Day and Night VFR mods. > > I believe Bill Clapp's site states something on the order of 8 to 9 months > from boat stage with spars to flying. > > Colin Rainey > brokerpi...@bellsouth.net > > _______________________________________ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- > This e-mail is confidential and is for the addressee only. > Please refer to http://www.kumbaresources.com/email-disclaimer for important disclaimers. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- > > _______________________________________ > 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 >
