Well guys, I knew he day would come some day, and now it is here. After 23 years and 1250 hours of flying fun, the time has finally come to part with my faithful KR. No, I don't have any medical issues, nor am I getting out of aviation. In fact, I have gone to the dark side and bought a damaged RV-6 as a rebuild project. The RV just suits the needs for my wife and I better at this stage of our lives. So, while it breaks my heart to part with my trusty KR, the time has arrived. It's one of those few planes that I fall in love with all over again every time I fly it. Yes, I'm waxing poetic (for me) as I had it out just this afternoon.
So, for those that might be interested, here is a plane to contemplate. My KR-2S is now for sale. Anyone that attends the KR Gatherings should be familiar with it. This is a really top notch KR and has been awarded numerous awards, including Best KR at the annual KR Gatherings in 2002, 2009, and 2014 as well as best firewall forward, best interior and numerous other awards from the gatherings as well as regional fly-ins. It is an early model KR-2S that was stretched before the -2S plan addendum existed. It is well equipped and as nice handling KR as one could ever fly. It is equipped with an Xcom dual channel comm radio, Sandia Aerospace STX-165 Solid State Transponder, uAvionix Echo UAT ADS-B Out, 4 point analog CHT/EGT, and Dynon D1 Attitude Indicator. It has 4 USB charging ports in the cockpit to power whatever electronics trip your trigger. It has the Diehl wing, an extra large 8' span horizontal stab and elevator with the 0009 airfoil with Ray Allen electric trim on the stick, large aerodynamic wing root fairings, large and effective electric flaps that hinge about 1" aft of the rear spar and drop to 38°, tall 30" gear legs, real 5:00x5 tires with Cleveland brakes and RV wheel fairings. It has a Prince 62dx66p propeller, and a polished carbon fiber spinner. There is also a servo operated cowl flap for the engine compartment that further reduces drag for cruise. It has a reasonably good heater for winter flying as well. The engine is an O-200-A with 900 hrs SMOH and roughly 250 hrs since all new top end including NEW Superior Cylinders, 8.5:1 O-200-D pistons, Dual Pmags (with two preprogrammed timing curves) using NGK automotive plugs and automotive plug wires, light weight B&C starter, light weight Plane Power Alternator, Light Weight high energy EarthX battery. I built custom tuned headers for it. There is no question this KR is a performer in both climb and cross country performance. I built it specifically for use at my home airport at the time which was above 7000' MSL. It is a fabulous performer at sea level with climb at typically 1300 - 1500 fpm depending on OAT and loading, and level speeds of 140 - 160kts (161 - 185 mph) depending on how hard I want to push the engine. Normal economy cruise is typically 5-1/2 GPH at 140 kts (161 mph). While light, I have climbed it as high s 17,999' on a winter day (any higher would be illegal for VFR). I have always run this engine on primarily Mogas with about 20% 100LL mixed in to prevent possible valve recession, although I don't think that would be an issue with the modern valves and seats. The engine is content to run on 91 AKI Mogas year round. The compression leakdown test on this engine has checked 79/80 cold on all 4 cylinders every year since I installed the new top end. The plane is not without it's bugs and quirks, but is really not in need of anything and to the best of my knowledge has no major maintenance issues coming due. My next step this year was going to be to install an autopilot, but other things got in the way. So, if someone is seriously interested in this plane, I would encourage that person to come spend a few days with me while we do an annual inspection of the airframe and engine. I don't hide problems or issues, so you'll see everything and have ample opportunity to question and inspect anything. I can deliver it for costs anywhere in the continental US. It is not currently advertised anywhere, and won't be for a month or so as right now, I have too many other balls in the air and just don't have the time to deal with it. But I'm putting it here on the KRNet first to give anyone that may be interested the chance to mull it over for a while. Expect it to be priced at $20,500. You couldn't build another KR to match this one for close to this price, so my years of experimenting and labor are effectively free. Much of the history and development of this plane is on my web site at <http://jeffsplanes.com> As many of you know, I used this plane to test a number of ideas that were put forth here on the KRNet over the last 25 years. So the good ideas got incorporated into it. And the lesser ones were removed. And, of course, it has a lot of my own ideas based on my research incorporated into the plane. Best regards, -Jeff Scott _______________________________________________ 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
