It has taken quite a while for me, not being the sharpest tack in the box, to figure out what makes airplanes fly. Aerodynamics you say! No...that may help, but that's not the main reason. Of course: Horsepower - the more, the better! You can make a barn door fly with enough horsepower! No...that certainly helps, but that's optional. Some airplanes fly quite nicely without a horse in sight and no need to shut the barn door either. So, what does it take to make airplanes fly? Simple: Money makes airplanes fly. Don't believe it? Just waltz into your nearest friendly neighborhood Cessna, Cirrus, etc. dealer and pronounce you want to fly that golly gee whiz carpet. Be prepared to lay on cash and lots of it to make that magic happen. Okay, not so fast Sid, what about good old sweat equity: Build it yourself. Get some KR plans from Jeannette (that builds character while you wait for the post person). Get to work and next thing you know you are flying that gorgeous KR. Consider: In order to pour out that sweat equity, you need the cash to keep house and home together, buy shoes for the kids, groceries, etc. (Although, some of us should cut back a little on the groceries.) So, you wind up trading your time for cash. Or is it cash for time? Anyway, your surplus time/cash gets put into a KR to make it fly. Did I get that right?
Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA smw...@md.metrocast.net
