The plans for the KR-2 I have seen have a retract system. I have got the
impression that they have fallen out of favour. Is it just too much hassle or
are the castings not available anymore? I know airplanes with wheel fairings
can
have good cruise speed but it seem like it would just be that much better with
retracts. Digging through old posts I have read that because of the short wheel
legs the plan can't get as close to a stall since the tail wheel contracts the
ground first, this result in higher landing speeds, but this doesn't seem like
an overwhelming problem.
Brock
