Bill The KR2 that you saw was probably the Porkopolis Pig and your description is pretty accurate. Pete Klapp
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID ol' weirdo via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: I have been thinking about Phil Hill's unsuccessful search for help for his KR project and a few points come to mind. Cal Parker in his plans and instruction booklet tells those who would build a Teenie to go out to the airport and look at airplanes. Go into the shops where airplanes are apart. Look at everything because every designer has the same fundamental problems. Besides Cessna and Piper look at the Citations and Lears too. Look at other stuff like boats and race cars. Their problems are not unlike airplane problems. A couple stories. It's a few years ago when crossing the border wasn't the hassle it is now, Peter, who is building a KR, and I flew to Toledo to what was billed as a KR flyin. As it worked out, there was one KR and to sum up, it was no thing of beauty. KR builders have a sanding song. This plane looked as though the builder had laid the fiberglass on the foam and patted it on with the heal of his hand. But he got into the plane and flew away. I listened to Chris Heintz of Zenith tell about standing with some members of the French equivalent to Transport Canada or whoever and one them said, "Look at this." One could see just by looking at it that the plane was crooked. And the owner got in and flew away. So don't be frightened. Remember, it's only an airplane. As they say, "it's not a piano." And don't be led astray by pictures of KRs or anything else. Those pretty girls in TV soap ads are barely real. They probably use pictures of different girls to make the ad, a face from one, an arm from another, and so on.. So when one looks at a picture of part of a KR or other, one is seeing only that part. The part you see might be beautiful but for the rest, it might be a good thing to keep it hidden. Finally, there is the "three times rule" Don't be ashamed to make something three times, once to sort out how to make it, once to make it right, and once to make it to the standard you want to maintain. No one ever admits that. And even though spruce has become expensive, working with it is more productive than nearly anything else you might do which means it isn?t expensive after all. Bill Weir _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. 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-leave at list.krnet.org
