Oscar , I agree totally with you. I to am beginning to feel the issue of getting a medical at 57.
I will throw out a challenge .... I've been looking at the KR2 in terms of how get its weight down to call it an ultralight. Any suggestions? On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 4:11 PM Jeff Scott via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > Personally, I think everyone should have one of each. One speedy > traveler, and one low and slow. > > My dentist once asked me, "Why two planes?" My answer, " 'cause I can't > afford 3 yet!" Duh... If I had sufficient hangar space, I'd be shopping > for a 2 seat biplane to go along with the other two. It's probably best > that I don't have more hangar space. :o) > > -Jeff Scott > Arkansas Ozarks > > > > > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2020 at 12:08 PM > > From: "Oscar Zuniga via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> > > To: "krnet@list.krnet.org" <krnet@list.krnet.org> > > Cc: "Oscar Zuniga" <taildr...@hotmail.com> > > Subject: KR> Challengers, etc. > > > > Larry; the guys standing in green grass over on this side of the fence > always want to be in the green grass over on that side instead, and > vice-versa. I'd love to be able to fly cross-country in a 160 MPH fast > glass airplane with an enclosed cockpit and cabin heat, up at 10,000'. > Instead, I rarely get over 2500' in my open-cockpit, 70 MPH Pietenpol that > I can only sit in comfortably for about 2 hrs. Many of the benefits that I > get from owning and flying my experimental are the ones that you're looking > for in your Challenger. I fly a Light Sport aircraft under Basic Med, I > enjoy the sights and smells flying slow down low, the high wing on the > airplane lets me see everything down below, behind, and ahead. My > certified Jeff Scott-built A75 burns 4 gal/hr of anything I care to put in > it (but I fly it on 100LL exclusively). Liability insurance is one dollar > a day. I have no battery, no starter, no electrical system, no ADS-B or > transponder, no radio except a handheld. My takeoff and landing checklists > are three items long, and any passenger who can stuff themselves into the > front cockpit is good to go because they sit directly on the CG and cannot > over-gross the plane if they can fit into it. If I'm careful and it's not > too hot or high, I can land and take off in the length of a football > field. The plane stalls power-off at about 35-37 indicated. Thousands of > examples of the design have been built and flown successfully and > inexpensively since 1929. > > > > What I can't do with it is do my own annuals, go fast, fly high, or stay > warm ;o) > > > > Oscar Zuniga > > Medford, OR > > Air Camper NX41CC, A75 power > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
