Reading the FAA KR accident reports over past 5 years, it almost all went down to engine failures. The good news looked to be that mostly the pilots walked away with minor injuries. Motor mounts on my KR2 are currently for Great Planes VW, which sounded good to me before getting the corvair.
Does anyone have statitics on how many KR2 / or perhaps other experimental craft that generally use VW, like the Sonerai that are flying with VW / or Covair vs "rea" airplane engines like Continental. Dann Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Kraut" <brian.kr...@engalt.com> To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> Subject: RE: KR> KR Down List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 22:39:11 -0400 > > Good to hear he is doing O.K. Bob and Steve are not on KRNet, but they are > good people and regulars at Sun and Fun. > > Brian Kraut > Engineering Alternatives, Inc. > www.engalt.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net > [mailto:krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net]On Behalf Of > Mark Langford > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 3:07 PM > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> KR Down > > > Jim Faughn wrote: > > > I was on the FAA web site checking it out for the first time and found a > > KR went down in Vienna GA. The registration number was 1701L and it > > showed an engine failure. Does anyone know what happened? > > Yep, Bob Lester. I heard from Steve Makish and William Wynne today, and the > bottom line is that his engine was running rough so he put it down on a farm > road. He hit pretty hard and broke both gear legs, spars, and has little > left but a fuselage. Bill Clapp and Glenda helped him load it up and are > hauling it back to FL now. Bob did a little time in the hospital with a > broken vertebra, but it out now, and riding down with Bill and Glenda. No > word yet on the exact engine problem. > > My guess is that he will be back flying that plane sooner than we think, > knowing Bob... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see homebuilt airplane at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com
