Re: KR> New KR-1 Builder Checking In

2017-11-03 Thread Flesner via KRnet
On 11/3/2017 2:22 PM, Tim Hoversten via KRnet wrote: Well folks, after many years of dreaming and planning, I am finally working on my KR-1! I picked up a project from Portage, WI, and hauled it back here to OSH, where I live and work at EAA. +

Re: KR> New KR-1 Builder Checking In

2017-11-03 Thread Chris Kinnaman via KRnet
Hi Tim, The fiberglass sheet in place of the plywood shoud be fine. I did some test panels comparing .047 E-glass sheet with 3/32" plywood over a typical truss structure and the glass was comparable in shear but peeled more easily. If the glass was sanded dull where it was epoxied to the trus

KR> Roy Marsh

2017-11-03 Thread Mike Stirewalt via KRnet
I just spoke with John Ready, President of EAA Chapter 499 there in Santa Maria. I called this morning on a whim just to see if I could get an update on Roy Marsh and ended up talking foir an hour or more to John who was one of Roy's closest friends. Roy, as any of us might have guessed, passe

KR> New KR-1 Builder Checking In

2017-11-03 Thread Tim Hoversten via KRnet
Well folks, after many years of dreaming and planning, I am finally working on my KR-1! I picked up a project from Portage, WI, and hauled it back here to OSH, where I live and work at EAA. It is currently sitting in my garage on the retract gear, with a HAPI conversion installed, and the foam

KR> Herbert Fuerle's KR-2

2017-11-03 Thread Mike Stirewalt via KRnet
> "I've now turned 70 years old, and realize that I'll never fly this plane." Uh oh . . . . I just turned 72 and I've been wondering why I haven't been flying very much. Something mysterious must happen right around age 70. I'm really worried. I'm going to talk to Sparky about this. He'll kn

Re: KR> Herbert Furle's German KR2S for sale

2017-11-03 Thread Teate, Stephen via KRnet
"the workmanship and attention to detail is simply exquisite" I just returned from vacation in Germany and I wish I had known Mr. Furle was that close to Munich. After looking at all his photos I only saw three things that I might change and several which I wish I had incorporated. I believe tha

KR> Herbert Furle's German KR2S for sale

2017-11-03 Thread Mark Langford via KRnet
Herbert Furle's German KR2S is for sale. It's in Germany, but he's agreed to help load it into a container for shipment to anywhere else in the world (estimated shipping cost to the US is forthcoming).This KR would be a match for Robert Pesak's award winning KR2Sthe workmanship and att