I'm with Jeff on this one, by that I mean what are we doing getting rid of a perfectly good airplane when we buy or build a second one?
I love my KR, but it does have limitations. So, I am building a Wittman Tailwind so I can carry passengers in relative comfort and have a faster traveling IFR aircraft. The same could be said if you want to go lower and slower. I have no intention of giving up my KR just because I have a second airplane, it is just too much fun to fly. With mine built as a tri-gear, I don't think age is going to be a problem flying it until I am really losing it. If I can fit it in the hangar I have, I might just find a low and slow aircraft project to finish up after I get the Tailwind done. We had a "Free" super cub project show up in our EAA chapter, and no one wanted it for months before someone finally grabbed it. I've seen several project hoarders who have half a dozen projects they are working on. Rob Schmitt N1852Z > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
