--- Colin <crain...@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > Mr. Locker, > If it is truly your intent to build an affordable > yet safe purpose-built aircraft then you need to do > some research on this aircraft specifically. ON > Mark Langford's site there is a link to an > evaluation done by I believe Tony Bengalis the KR2 > and has ALOT of valuable information concerning this > aircraft. If your intention is to utilize this > platform in flight regimes that will use oxygen, > mandatory in civilian aircraft after 30 minutes > above 12,500 feet, or immediately after climbing > through 14,000 feet, and desire the additional > equipment for IFR operations which I gather by its > description you do, then this aircraft anywhere > close to its original configuration is NOT well > suited to the task. IT is akin to using a > carpenter's hammer and chisel to remove a driveway, > instead of a jackhammer. It will get the job done, > BUT.... A second example of a similarly designed > aircraft would be the Sonex, which like the KR2, and > KR2S is primarily designed for VFR day, and if > carefully built VFR night operations. Most here > agree that it is not stable enough for intentional > IFR operations, and powerplants designed for high > altitude operations are not practical for use in > this airframe, without considerable modification. > In my opinion, you would be better off buying the > designing software from DiVinci Technologies and > scratch building your desired aircraft, since after > modifying the KR2 to do all you want it to do, it > will not be anything close to the same plane. > Better examples to follow for your intended use are > the Lancair Legacy, Glassair, and Mustang II. > Colin Rainey KR2(td) > crain...@cfl.rr.com > Sanford, Florida > FLY > SAFE!!!!
Dear Mr. Rainey, Thank you for you advice. Perhaps I wanted too much for the plane and it is good to know that someone has an opinion that makes sense. We also thought about the Sonex but I did not like how it even looks. Best Wishes, Gerald Locker _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
