New poster here... I recently purchased a completed KR-2 (N86DK, S/N 4336), fixed conventional gear & some form of VW motor, posa carb... There appears to be minor glass repair needed on the elevator (I was an airframe mechanic in the Army, so that's no big deal to me), and it's short a few instruments, but the biggest concern for me is the landing gear...
I want to convert it to tri-gear, as all my time has been in 172s & I'm not quite comfortable picking up a new airframe and learning to fly tailwheel at the same time. I know that some aircraft can be converted by simply 'flipping around' the main gear so that it angles backwards and is mounted to the back of the spar, and then adding a nose wheel - is this a workable concept with the KR (keep the stock mains but flip/reverse-mount, and add the Diehl nosewheel), or do I need to buy new mains as well? P.S. If anyone knows anything about this aircraft's history, let me know off-line...
