Glad to hear your OK. You need to move your operation to North Texas where the rent is cheap.
Joe Cygan ________________________________ From: I FLY KRs <n92...@cox.net> To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 1:23:56 AM Subject: RE: KR> Any word on NVaero after airport flood? Those pics pretty well sum up my past couple weeks. The large hangars midfield in the bottom of the horse shoe is where we were located. We ended up with about 9' of water. I received the call about 1:30 in the afternoon. After renting two 26' u-haul trucks and a flatbed, we worked until about 4:30 in the morning getting as much as we could. Both trucks were packed to the gills, KR-1 put on the flatbed, and the Clausing lathe and Bridgeport mill made it out. All the molds, much tooling and supplies, as well as 3 airframes remained. We came back a couple hours later and were turned away as water was already in our hangar. I was able to walk in today. About 2 - 3 inches of muck and mud remains. The KR-100, the new KR-2S fuselage, and a few molds, including a set of center section skins that are ready to be pulled from the molds were untouched by water. The new design light sport airframe we were building is shot so we will have to start over and probably will not make it to Sun-N-Fun with it like we had hoped. Most of the remaining mold were in the water but fortunately look like they will clean up well. There were a few tools and parts I thought had made it into the truck that were found in various places of the hangar. I had a new Bosch drill/ driver that apparently was left on one of our fabrication tables. Somehow it escaped unscathed and works perfect. It seems that particular table floated and never submerged. Our fuselage table and glass cutting table weren't so lucky. We will have to build new ones. We had been diligently working on the final plugs/ molds for the new AS-5046 airfoil, center section, and 009 tail group. I am happy to say those were all loaded and safely stowed away in the U-hauls. This is the second major flood in 5 years at Corona. The past couple years we had the threat of flood but it never happened. The Army Corps of Engineers had modified Prado Dam so many of us thought the flooding issue had been finally resolved so there was a false sense of security with most of us I think. Now that we are producing parts and kits for the KR, as a company we cannot afford this type of damage or losses. Just the move so far has cost us about $3500 and that does not include losses from parts/ machinery, or tooling. I figure the total hit will fall around $25k. In light of all this we have relocated our facility to Chino (CNO), which is about another 10 minute drive. Corona was about a 30 minute drive for us from home so now we are looking at least 40 minutes depending on traffic. There is a lot of activity at Chino and several businesses that will be beneficial to have access to. While I prefer Corona overall Chino is by the far the best choice from a business standpoint. The hangar is a bit smaller at the new location than what we had at Corona but we are still planning a build out with a classroom/ pilot lounge with a full bath and kitchenette for events or builder workshops. Once we are built out we will have a Saturday morning breakfast club for those interested in building their first few parts with factory support. New builders will be able to gain some hands on experience and build confidence to complete their projects. If any of you are ever in the area, feel free to stop in. It is always best to give us a call so we know to expect you. Regards, Steve Glover _______________________________________ 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
