KR> KR2 World Tour II

2010-10-14 Thread ttcse/Tom
The KR2 involved in the 2002 UK - Australia trip is being prepared for a 2 year flight around the globe starting in May 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-t6DJ9HX7g&feature=related

KR> Glass Layups - Peel Ply and Paint

2010-10-14 Thread Jon Finley
Hi all, I suspect everyone here already knows this but I thought I'd throw it out there just in case. When doing glass layups you MUST propertly prepare the surface onto which the glass is being bonded. Without going into the details of what "prepare" means, please know that at a minimum it

KR> KR2 cockpit

2010-10-14 Thread Virgil N. Salisbury
Make the sides vertical and get more butt room. Virg On 10/14/2010 2:25 PM, cgardn628 wrote: > Greg, > > I have a stock width KR2S (36") and would agree it's a little tight for 2 > people. You need to be really good friends to fly in a KR2! > > Having said that, if you widen the fusela

Fw: RE: KR> KR2 cockpit

2010-10-14 Thread joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com
Chris, Sorry but I cannot agree with this statement. I used the Rand turtle deck, canopy and forward deck for the 2s and before ever buying Jannette advised me that I could widen the boat 2 inches. After building to the point of needing the top decks I received them and found that I could have g

KR> KR2 cockpit

2010-10-14 Thread Steve Glover
We are not using prepreg with honeycomb anymore so our turtle decks can be stretched and used for our 2" wider fastbuild fuselages. They now have a foam core with a wet layup and vaccuum bagged. Steve Glover Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "cgardn628"

KR> KR2 cockpit

2010-10-14 Thread cgardn628
Greg, I have a stock width KR2S (36") and would agree it's a little tight for 2 people. You need to be really good friends to fly in a KR2! Having said that, if you widen the fuselage you will not be able to use the pre- made turtledeck parts from Steve Glover ( Rand top deck kit) without some se

KR> KR2 cockpit

2010-10-14 Thread Jeff York
Lot of talk around cabin width and such. Yesterday, I happened across a December 2006 copy of Sport Aviation. It had a feature article on the KR community which high lighted Mark Langfords KR. I took this copy with me to read as I was antisipated a long wait for a meeting. I think this article