I fly a standard KR2, built in 84. (1984). Retracts and everything. I can have flown it to the Gathering in Mt. Vernon once and Oshkosh twice. I have over 400 hours on it, and it is great to fly. I followed the net for a year while I was updating the plane from lack of use and it had not flown in the several years. In that time people told me I should get rid if the retractable gear and go with fixed, I even bought a fixed gear set up. I decided that since the plane had the update on the retractable gear, that I should try to fly it as is. I love the set up and yes it took about ten minutes to get use to the plane, cuz I was flying a super cub at the time. That being said, I did fix/repair the plane that landed on an island in Washington and flipped upside down. The gentleman that owned the plane and paid me to fix it sold it to a guy in NM. It took me a week or two to get use to the steering of a nose dragger. Once I was good on the ground I flew it to NM. It was like night and day to mine. It flew like a champ. Straight and level, and really smooth. With all of that being said, and after talking to several people at the last gathering, it pains me to see so many people who like the KR2 and want to re-invent the wheel. ie. Bigger engine, longer plane, fixed gear, yada yada yada. The retractable gear is cool, but I can see the benefits of a fixed gear if building a new plane. With all of that being said, let’s go back to why the KR is desirable, Cheap and easy to build. My plane has a VW engine on it I don’t know if I would go with a Corvair but if I were to rebuild I might consider an O-200. I think all you would need is a 100hp plane. Keep it simple and light, like Ken designed. My plane was just shy of 600 lbs at last check. I fly about 150 mph on a VW engine. Back to the original topic, yes longer is most likely better, but do you need it NO, NO,NO. Build one and fly it, you will not be sad...... thank you for reading my rant. Lee Van Dyke
> On Oct 15, 2019, at 5:37 PM, Robert7721 via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > I’ll chime in. > > My KR2S is the standard S dimensions. I also have the RAF airfoil and > Revmaster VW engine. It now has about 870 hours on it. I have flown a KR2 > (Terry Chizek’s) and really did not have too difficult of a time flying it, > but the S is definitely a little better handling. _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
