Great compilation of pictures Mark. Beautiful work . . . but after building three of these I'd imagine all improvements have been incorporated and this one can only possibly be a culminative result of your previous work. Thanks for taking the time for display this immaculate artwork. The maghony is beautiful . . . too bad it has to get covered with fiberglass but . . . that's been said of many a sea-going boat as well.
The seat does not look as if it can be canted forward to make room for luggage under the hatdeck. It may very well be there but I just can't see it. This is one construction improvement Ken Cottle incorporated into my KR-1½ which has made all the difference between having a plane good enough for a quick weekend trip into something that can easily go across the country and back leaving practically nothing behind. Ken built a removable insert that anchors to to the fuselage structure under the hatdeck and allows room for a plastic shoe-box sized tool box & spares, my travelling bag full of clothes, jackets, cameras, every odds and end one can think of, as well as allowing access - placed UNDER the insert and anchored to the starboard corner of the fuselage/floor intersection - of a 24 CuFt. O2 "E"-sized medical bottle. It's nose, with the regulator, pokes through the seat back allowing me access to the regulator and valve. With the baggage insert further anchoring it in place, its bulk (and it's not heavy at all - not at all like the steel aviation O2 bottles of yesteryear) takes only the slightest bit of extra room where it bulges slightly into the starboard side of the insert structure. It's not been in the way at all. My point in mentioning this baggage area is that this space which Ken so cleverly took advantage of has made a tremendous difference in the utility of the aircraft for long-distance travel. Especially with the header tank nearing empty, the trend is noticibly toward having an AFT CG, but nothing very out of the ordinary. Certainly nothing worse than a standard KR-2 with two people on board - a situation much worse than the nightmares I remember from my first KR. Many of the original KR's tended to wind up with heavy tails. Again Mark, your workmanship and dedication to getting it done is an inspiration and a joy to look at. I've great admiration for your accomplishments. Thanks, Mike Stirewalt KSEE _______________________________________________ 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
