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From: Michael Taglieri
Mike,
I am not sure anyone on this list is concerned about the wing attach fittings
and bolts, we know better. I think what some are aggrevated about is the
mis-information or mis-representation about the wings in general. The writer
should have done more research on that subject before he just threw that out
there. A lot of builders spend a lot of money building KR2s then when
mis-information is put out there from a writer/test pilot, many will assume he
knows what he is talking about. This mis-information may then turn some away
from buying a used KR or it may cause them to just build a different airplane
because they are afraid their wings will fall off if they were to build a KR.
All of this makes the KR line less valuable. I think this is the issue, or at
least it is with me, any KR owner and anyone like Steve Glover who probably has
a big investment into the KRs now.
This is my impression on the article, or at least would be my thinking if I
were
to be looking at building a KR and I did not know the history or anything about
them other than I liked the look and the option of non kit ability to build.
Remember the V-tail Bonanza? Many are still afraid of those. I own a 1947
Bonanza, it is a V-tail. There has never been a tail failure on one of these
because it has a smaller tail than the 3 or 4 year newer Bonanzas that have a
larger V-tail. The newer Bonanzas have lost tails because of pilot error. A
repair on the leading edge root/fuselage intersection was required to fix this
problem. But since it is in the head of some people that the tails fall off of
Bonanzas they will never have one. The same could apply to any aircraft once
someone throws the scare out in an article such as this one.
Just my calm thoughtful opinion
Larry Howell I think people may be getting too concerned about that line
about the
wing-attack bolts. On the whole, the article was VERY favorable,
Mike Taglieri miket_...@verizon.net
