You should probably correct yourself Sid. Not once have I EVER recommended you 
just reverse your gear legs. However, your being the “engineer” that your are, 
chose to do your own thing as evidenced by the trouble you have had with your 
plane. You, like many always have to experiment with your own ideas. That’s all 
fine and good and is what experimental is all about. But don’t try pinning your 
mistakes on me. 

I have no opinion on the current gear drama. Everyone will do what they want 
anyway regardless of what I have to say. 

Steve Glover

Sent from my electronic leash. 

> On Jun 12, 2018, at 18:38, Sid Wood via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote:
> 
> My KR-2 weighs 760 pounds empty; that includes 26 pounds ballast added to the 
> engine mount, ELT moved to front of main spar, 4.6 pounds counter weight 
> removed from the elevator balance, and converting to single-place operation. 
> I used the Diehl wing skin kit; I suspect that may have contributed to some 
> of the excess weight versus the foam and glass layup per the plans.  I also 
> abandoned the integral fiberglass wing tanks and installed welded aluminum 
> fuel tanks; a lot of the fiberglass from those tanks is still in the wings. I 
> am also certain that the stock KR-2 plans have a fundamental error regarding 
> the placement of the spars. Moving the wings 2-inches aft on the fuselage 
> would correct that error.
> 
> I originally installed Diehl gear legs obtained from NVAero.  Steve Glover 
> had advertised that the gear legs were interchangeable between conventional 
> gear and tri-gear.  I found this not to be true.  Steve has reversed himself 
> and now sells unique sets of gear legs for conventional and for tri-gear.  I 
> sold the original Diehl legs from my tri-gear installation to another 
> conventional gear KR-2 builder.  I built another set of tri-gear legs using 
> Grumman blanks ($37/pair); these legs are working nicely.  Steve is selling 
> this design style now for tri-gear installations.
> Here is the template that I used for my tri-gear legs.
> 
> https://s3.amazonaws.com/expercraft/sidwood/13255499345b2058d0a2ec4.jpg
> 
> One can save lots of time and money in just about any endeavor, if you start 
> off with the correct information in the beginning.
> 
> Sid Wood
> Tri-gear KR-2 N6242
> California, MD, USA
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>> On 6/11/2018 11:43 AM, Sid Wood via KRnet wrote:
>> I originally put the tail wheel version gear legs on my tri-gear KR-2;
>> I could not get into the plane without dumping on its butt.
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Sid,
> 
> As I recall your project was quite heavy, 800+ pounds, and rather tail
> heavy so you added considerable weight to the engine mount or somewhere
> up front.? Could that have contributed to the problem and are your gear
> legs the original Deihl legs or a newer / different cut?? Sometimes I
> think we call an apple rotten when we are dealing with an orange.? KR's
> are sometimes so different, one to another, that we must use caution
> when comparing one to another.
> 
> Larry Flesner
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:27:15 -0700 (PDT)
> From: inhisserv...@reagan.com
> To: "KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> Subject: KR> KR flyby = motivation for the day
> Message-ID: <1528748835.472928...@webmail.reagan.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
> 
> 99 KRneters,
> 
> KR2 motivation for your day.  A KR2 flying at the beginning of the Heritage 
> Flight Museum's monthly fly day.
> 
> Little (in stature, not heart) airplanes look REALLY fast near the ground.
> 
> [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eQXNh9jWs8 ]( 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eQXNh9jWs8 )
> 
> iMs,
> Zip
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 18:02:54 -0400
> From: "Daniel Heath" <da...@windstream.net>
> To: "'KRnet'" <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> Subject: Re: KR> Progress
> Message-ID: <00a001d401cf$f361adb0$da250910$@net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> 
> Lookin good Mark.  When I sold my first one, I also regretted it, big time. 
> But you are right, I think if a person had time to build 3, they might 
> actually get it right, in their eyes.
> 
> 
> 
> My Panther Building Documentation at  <http://pantherbuilder.org/> 
> PantherBuilder Web Site
> 
> 
> 
> Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-boun...@list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of mark jones via 
> KRnet
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 3:32 PM
> To: krnet@list.krnet.org
> Cc: mark jones
> Subject: KR> Progress
> 
> 
> 
> Just a little update. I have been averaging 6 hours of work a day for the 
> last two weeks on my 2S. If interested go to my main web site and then click 
> on the link to my new project ?Wunderbird? to see photos.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Jones
> 
> Oldsmar, Fl
> 
> www.flykr2s.com
> 
> flyk...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 7
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
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> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 17:07:25 -0500
> From: Flesner <fles...@frontier.com>
> To: krnet@list.krnet.org
> Subject: Re: KR> KR flyby = motivation for the day
> Message-ID: <eb84a203-33f1-8427-105e-9495a4366...@frontier.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
> 
> 
>> 
>> KR2 motivation for your day.  A KR2 flying at the beginning of the Heritage 
>> Flight Museum's monthly fly day.
>> 
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> Nice video.? It looks like the top rear edge of your canopy gets a
> pretty good lift at flight speeds.? Note the gap at speed.
> 
> Larry Flesner
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 11
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 17:18:57 -0500
> From: Ken Hurley <kenhurle...@gmail.com>
> To: KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> Subject: KR> KR2
> Message-ID:
> <caowv+j0v2mu_gnqbrweuwyrubv8zjq+-pinumt6cv226jld...@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
> I'm working on my KR2 to get it flying this month. I may need some
> guideance on getting the FAA blessing to fly it. I'll make a list of what I
> think I need and post later. While it's 90 degrees + on earth,,,,, it isn't
> that hot in the air! I've never flown a tail dragger. I've got a few
> friends that fly them all the time and are will to help teach me the ground
> procedures!
> 
> Up in the air this month,,,,,, is my goal!
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ken Hurley
> kenhurle...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 12
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 15:23:07 -0700 (PDT)
> From: inhisserv...@reagan.com
> To: "KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> Subject: KR> Canopy pull up from aero loads
> Message-ID: <1528755787.5867...@webmail.reagan.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
> 
> Larry,
> 
> I agree.  The age of GoPro is awesome for finding things one cannot see 
> otherwise.  I never knew my canopy lifted that far, or even at all.
> 
> In the coming month I will work out a latch to hold the canopy firmly in 
> place and check it with h-stab camera again.  If anyone out there has a good 
> mechanism to do this for a side-mounted canopy, I am all ears.
> 
> Thank you for the point out.
> 
> iMs,
> Zip
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Flesner via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 3:07pm
> To: krnet@list.krnet.org
> Cc: "Flesner" <fles...@frontier.com>
> Subject: Re: KR> KR flyby = motivation for the day
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> KR2 motivation for your day. A KR2 flying at the beginning of the Heritage 
>> Flight Museum's monthly fly day.
>> 
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> Nice video.  It looks like the top rear edge of your canopy gets a
> pretty good lift at flight speeds.  Note the gap at speed.
> 
> Larry Flesner
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/.
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 13
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 15:25:13 -0700 (PDT)
> From: inhisserv...@reagan.com
> To: "KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> Subject: Re: KR> KR2
> Message-ID: <1528755913.318218...@webmail.reagan.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
> 
> Ken,
> 
> If you have not flown a taildragger before, it is a good idea to get some 
> time under your belt in one before flying a KR.
> 
> iMs,
> Zip
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Ken Hurley via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 3:18pm
> To: "KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> Cc: "Ken Hurley" <kenhurle...@gmail.com>
> Subject: KR> KR2
> 
> 
> 
> I'm working on my KR2 to get it flying this month. I may need some
> guideance on getting the FAA blessing to fly it. I'll make a list of what I
> think I need and post later. While it's 90 degrees + on earth,,,,, it isn't
> that hot in the air! I've never flown a tail dragger. I've got a few
> friends that fly them all the time and are will to help teach me the ground
> procedures!
> 
> Up in the air this month,,,,,, is my goal!
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ken Hurley
> kenhurle...@gmail.com
> _______________________________________________
> Search the KRnet Archives at 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/.
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 14
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 17:26:45 -0500
> From: Ppaulvsk <ppaul...@gmail.com>
> To: KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> Subject: Re: KR> KR2
> Message-ID: <5b1ef711.1c69fb81.ba996.b...@mx.google.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
> 
> I'll see if I can make it out there this month on the way back from? Carthage?
> 
> 
> Paul ViskBelleville Il.618-406-4705
> -------- Original message --------From: Ken Hurley via KRnet 
> <krnet@list.krnet.org> Date: 6/11/18  5:18 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: KRnet 
> <krnet@list.krnet.org> Cc: Ken Hurley <kenhurle...@gmail.com> Subject: KR> KR2
> I'm working on my KR2 to get it flying this month. I may need some
> guideance on getting the FAA blessing to fly it. I'll make a list of what I
> think I need and post later. While it's 90 degrees + on earth,,,,, it isn't
> that hot in the air! I've never flown a tail dragger. I've got a few
> friends that fly them all the time and are will to help teach me the ground
> procedures!
> 
> Up in the air this month,,,,,, is my goal!
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ken Hurley
> kenhurle...@gmail.com
> _______________________________________________
> Search the KRnet Archives at 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/.
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 15
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 18:06:21 -0500
> From: Flesner <fles...@frontier.com>
> To: krnet@list.krnet.org
> Subject: Re: KR> Gear legs
> Message-ID: <cdf6c35f-d03a-b375-15ba-c0d5ad1a0...@frontier.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
> 
>> On 6/11/2018 1:32 PM, Christopher Pryce via KRnet wrote:
>>  I have physically held both of them in my hand and there is a
>> difference.
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> 
> Chris,
> 
> Do you recall the brand / supplier for each of the sets and what the
> difference was?? Maybe we can narrow this down.
> 
> Larry Flesner
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 16
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 18:10:29 -0500
> From: Flesner <fles...@frontier.com>
> To: inhisservice--- via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> Subject: Re: KR> Canopy pull up from aero loads
> Message-ID: <0c59fc63-2c41-00ab-7d8c-6f90f2f6a...@frontier.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
> 
>> On 6/11/2018 5:23 PM, inhisservice--- via KRnet wrote:
>> In the coming month I will work out a latch to hold the canopy firmly in 
>> place and check it with h-stab camera again.
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> Consider release in an emergency situation in your design.
> 
> Larry Flesner
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 17
> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 03:11:07 +0400
> From: Christopher Pryce <vr6chri...@gmail.com>
> To: KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> Subject: Re: KR> Gear legs
> Message-ID:
> <cachs_qv9lgrgfxex2a69gho833guoetelhe_zp5sxpk3jhv...@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
> My first set came from a donor KR2 I purchased in Mississippi.  It was a
> tri gear and I was planning on using the gear legs for my conventional
> setup.  After I purchased it, I found out that the legs were cut with
> angles on both sides.  I was expecting them to have a straight edge on one
> side.  I called Steve Glover and he told me that there is a difference
> between the two (when that happened, I don't know).  I then purchased a
> brand new set through Steve, in 2014 I believe, for conventional gear and
> they are cut like the picture you provided.
> 
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 3:06 AM, Flesner via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> wrote:
> 
>>> On 6/11/2018 1:32 PM, Christopher Pryce via KRnet wrote:
>>> 
>>>  I have physically held both of them in my hand and there is a
>>> difference.
>>> 
>> 
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 
>> 
>> Chris,
>> 
>> Do you recall the brand / supplier for each of the sets and what the
>> difference was?  Maybe we can narrow this down.
>> 
>> 
>> Larry Flesner
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
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>> r...@list.krnet.org/.
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> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 18
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 18:31:10 -0500
> From: Flesner <fles...@frontier.com>
> To: krnet@list.krnet.org
> Subject: Re: KR> Gear legs
> Message-ID: <3b76fd89-6df3-4c80-9d9b-1d9e5e339...@frontier.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
> 
>> On 6/11/2018 6:11 PM, Christopher Pryce via KRnet wrote:
>> My first set came from a donor KR2 I purchased in Mississippi.  It was a
>> tri gear and I was planning on using the gear legs for my conventional
>> setup.  After I purchased it, I found out that the legs were cut with
>> angles on both sides.  I was expecting them to have a straight edge on one
>> side.  I called Steve Glover and he told me that there is a difference
>> between the two (when that happened, I don't know).  I then purchased a
>> brand new set through Steve, in 2014 I believe, for conventional gear and
>> they are cut like the picture you provided.
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> 
> I purchased my gear legs from Diehl 20+ years ago and they had one
> straight edge the entire length of the leg.? They look to be the same as
> NVaero is selling now.? Unless Dan changed the design before I hooked up
> with the KR community some 28 years ago I have no idea about the set
> from the donor KR.? I'm wondering if the builder of that KR modified
> them, not that any of us builders today would do such a thing.? I'm
> thinking Steve is selling the gear legs in the same shape that he got
> from Dan.? I seem to recall Dan did a drop test on the legs for early
> testing and Marty Roberts was involved in the early design / testing of
> the gear. Someone mentioned the cast brackets are quite strong.? The
> brackets I questioned earlier and were changed by Dan were the lower
> cast aluminum brackets that the axles bolted to.? They were rather
> narrow and had bolt holes to close to the edge in my opinion.? There
> were a couple of failures and Dan recalled them all and replaced them
> with 1/4" 4130 steel.? That has to be more that 15 years ago as I've
> been flying mine since early 2004.
> 
> Larry Flesner
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 19
> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 02:01:05 +0200
> From: "Jeff Scott" <jscott.pla...@gmx.com>
> To: krnet@list.krnet.org
> Subject: Re: KR> Gear legs
> Message-ID:
> <trinity-3cf24bf9-3a01-4ff4-9da2-7c283b1d3b1d-1528761665415@3c-app-mailcom-bs01>
> 
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> 
> 
> I purchased my gear legs from Diehl 20+ years ago and they had one
> straight edge the entire length of the leg.? They look to be the same as
> NVaero is selling now.? Unless Dan changed the design before I hooked up
> with the KR community some 28 years ago I have no idea about the set
> from the donor KR.? I'm wondering if the builder of that KR modified
> them, not that any of us builders today would do such a thing.? I'm
> thinking Steve is selling the gear legs in the same shape that he got
> from Dan.? I seem to recall Dan did a drop test on the legs for early
> testing and Marty Roberts was involved in the early design / testing of
> the gear. Someone mentioned the cast brackets are quite strong.? The
> brackets I questioned earlier and were changed by Dan were the lower
> cast aluminum brackets that the axles bolted to.? They were rather
> narrow and had bolt holes to close to the edge in my opinion.? There
> were a couple of failures and Dan recalled them all and replaced them
> with 1/4" 4130 steel.? That has to be more that 15 years ago as I've
> been flying mine since early 2004.
> 
> Larry Flesner
> -------------------------------
> 
> Not that it's important by any stretch of the imagination, but the lower cast 
> aluminum brackets had been recalled before I acquired my KR as a project 23 
> years ago.  They had already been swapped out when I picked up the project.  
> Time does get away from us old timers...  I would guess that if anyone wanted 
> to pin point a date (I don't), it would be in the old newsletters from around 
> 1993 - 1995.
> 
> Dan was not a fan of the longer gear legs he sold to Larry and me.  When he 
> first saw my plane, he tried to talk me into cutting a few inches off the 
> gear.  I declined.  His comment was, "Then make good landings!"  I've been 
> beating this plane on the ground for 1200 hours now, and so far, the gear is 
> still hanging on.  I did find an issue using the 5:00x5 tires with some of 
> the tacky tires that don't skid much on touchdown (Good Year Flight Custom 
> III) as they were actually twisting the spars a bit on touch down and causing 
> some cracks in the skin around the gear mounts.  At that time, my flights 
> were all from a high altitude airport, which means a significantly higher 
> landing speed.  Between the faster landings, more inertia to spin up a 5:00x5 
> tire, the tackiness of the flight Custom III tires, and 6 more inches of 
> leverage with the longer gear legs, I could feel a noticeable jerk on the 
> gear upon touch down.  I took those tires off and went back to the cheap 
> Condor tires,!
> which ended the problem.
> 
> -Jeff Scott
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 20
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 20:33:51 -0500
> From: Ppaulvsk <ppaul...@gmail.com>
> To: KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> Subject: Re: KR> Canopy pull up from aero loads
> Message-ID: <5b1f22ec.1c69fb81.d31c1.a...@mx.google.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
> 
> I'm keeping it simple.? I am using window sash latches like Joe Horton. The 
> emergency release will be a device tied into the canopy hingepin which will 
> be pulled and the canopy then can be ripped off.
> 
> 
> Paul ViskBelleville Il.618-406-4705
> -------- Original message --------From: Flesner via KRnet 
> <krnet@list.krnet.org> Date: 6/11/18  6:10 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: 
> inhisservice--- via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> Cc: Flesner 
> <fles...@frontier.com> Subject: Re: KR> Canopy pull up from aero loads
>> On 6/11/2018 5:23 PM, inhisservice--- via KRnet wrote:
>> In the coming month I will work out a latch to hold the canopy firmly in 
>> place and check it with h-stab camera again.
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> Consider release in an emergency situation in your design.
> 
> Larry Flesner
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Search the KRnet Archives at 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/.
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> 
> Message: 21
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 20:37:30 -0600
> From: donald january <januaryd...@gmail.com>
> To: KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> Subject: Re: KR> Gear legs
> Message-ID:
> <CAGFECOTb1GEWZVOSWfK15ZKmH43xJYB9bMXamcR=z4ob2us...@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
> I sold the Diehl gear off myKR2 (1985 built)and I remember it was the same
> shape as the earlier drawing in resent post. I kick myself in the a$$
> because I do believe they would work on my Taylor-monoplane. If I'm right
> you get your CG on the airfoil first then set your gear angle to the wanted
> tail weight in level flight.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 6:01 PM, Jeff Scott via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I purchased my gear legs from Diehl 20+ years ago and they had one
>> straight edge the entire length of the leg.  They look to be the same as
>> NVaero is selling now.  Unless Dan changed the design before I hooked up
>> with the KR community some 28 years ago I have no idea about the set
>> from the donor KR.  I'm wondering if the builder of that KR modified
>> them, not that any of us builders today would do such a thing.  I'm
>> thinking Steve is selling the gear legs in the same shape that he got
>> from Dan.  I seem to recall Dan did a drop test on the legs for early
>> testing and Marty Roberts was involved in the early design / testing of
>> the gear. Someone mentioned the cast brackets are quite strong.  The
>> brackets I questioned earlier and were changed by Dan were the lower
>> cast aluminum brackets that the axles bolted to.  They were rather
>> narrow and had bolt holes to close to the edge in my opinion.  There
>> were a couple of failures and Dan recalled them all and replaced them
>> with 1/4" 4130 steel.  That has to be more that 15 years ago as I've
>> been flying mine since early 2004.
>> 
>> Larry Flesner
>> -------------------------------
>> 
>> Not that it's important by any stretch of the imagination, but the lower
>> cast aluminum brackets had been recalled before I acquired my KR as a
>> project 23 years ago.  They had already been swapped out when I picked up
>> the project.  Time does get away from us old timers...  I would guess that
>> if anyone wanted to pin point a date (I don't), it would be in the old
>> newsletters from around 1993 - 1995.
>> 
>> Dan was not a fan of the longer gear legs he sold to Larry and me.  When
>> he first saw my plane, he tried to talk me into cutting a few inches off
>> the gear.  I declined.  His comment was, "Then make good landings!"  I've
>> been beating this plane on the ground for 1200 hours now, and so far, the
>> gear is still hanging on.  I did find an issue using the 5:00x5 tires with
>> some of the tacky tires that don't skid much on touchdown (Good Year Flight
>> Custom III) as they were actually twisting the spars a bit on touch down
>> and causing some cracks in the skin around the gear mounts.  At that time,
>> my flights were all from a high altitude airport, which means a
>> significantly higher landing speed.  Between the faster landings, more
>> inertia to spin up a 5:00x5 tire, the tackiness of the flight Custom III
>> tires, and 6 more inches of leverage with the longer gear legs, I could
>> feel a noticeable jerk on the gear upon touch down.  I took those tires off
>> and went back to the cheap Condor tires, which ended the problem.
>> 
>> -Jeff Scott
>> 
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> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 20:43:27 -0600
> From: donald january <januaryd...@gmail.com>
> To: KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org>
> Subject: Re: KR> Progress
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> I took a look see at your site and yes the build looks like it's going
> strong and straight. I have a Taylor mono about the same stage and can feel
> your excitement..?
> 
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 4:02 PM, Daniel Heath via KRnet <
> krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> Lookin good Mark.  When I sold my first one, I also regretted it, big
>> time.  But you are right, I think if a person had time to build 3, they
>> might actually get it right, in their eyes.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> My Panther Building Documentation at  <http://pantherbuilder.org/>
>> PantherBuilder Web Site
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-boun...@list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of mark jones
>> via KRnet
>> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 3:32 PM
>> To: krnet@list.krnet.org
>> Cc: mark jones
>> Subject: KR> Progress
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Just a little update. I have been averaging 6 hours of work a day for the
>> last two weeks on my 2S. If interested go to my main web site and then
>> click on the link to my new project ?Wunderbird? to see photos.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mark Jones
>> 
>> Oldsmar, Fl
>> 
>> www.flykr2s.com
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>> flyk...@gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone 7
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