Ron Freiberger wrote: > My problem... not enough garage room for the KRSport wing.
There's an interesting article in the December 2003 Kitplanes (page 15) that discusses the Europa MOTORGLIDER. The guy that built it lost his medical, but discovered that all you need to fly a "motorglider" is a glider license! No medical required. It seems that we KR folks are sitting on the ultimate no-medical fighting machine, the KR1B Motorglider. The article didn't elaborate about what makes a plane a legal motorglider, but this thing had a gross weight of 1450 pounds and had a 115 hp engine in it. The "Kit Aircraft Directory" in the same issue lists the cruise speed as 174 mph, stall speed as 45 mph, 760 mile range, takeoff and landing in 600 feet, fuel capacity of 28 gallons, and two seats. Get the picture guys? The KR1 would certainly qualify. I'd call the local FSDO just in case, but it sounds like all you'd need is some longer wings and a glider license to keep on flying, regardless of Sport Pilot. My guess is that the definition of motorglider is based on wing loading, but I could be wrong. Does anybody actually OWN a set of KR1B Motorglider plans? If so, are there any structural differences to the spars? My guess is probably not. Anybody know the price differential in plans or parts? RR's website makes practically no mention of the KR1B plans or parts. Speaking of which, RR sent me an update to the price list for all models, parts, and supplies, which I've updated. Details are at http://www.fly-kr.com/ . New prices are in effect, as of November 2003. Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML "at" hiwaay.net see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
