Oh God! I rarely post here because I just don't feel cumfy (maybe just a little paranoid) but I'm 5'8" and 195 I consider my KR a single place with extra room for my"stuff" . This will probably start a flame war but, STICK WITH THE TRIGEAR!!!!!! You said that you are a low time pilot so the trigear is best, you will do all your training in a trigear. As far as the repairman's cert, if you have all the work that you say that has to be done, then no problem! If you look at the kits that meet the 51 percent rule then you know what I mean. Spars! The KR is built like a tank need I say more? 25 pound loss loosing the tri gear? I just don't think so but as several people say your results may vary!
Brian G. Douglas N8575C was a tail drager See mine on the 2005 gathering photos Killeen Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "wilder_jeff Wilder" <wilder_j...@msn.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 1:46 PM Subject: KR> Starting over ! ? . > All, > > I have been doing some deep thinking about the state of my bird. I > purchased > it about 50% finished. DD wings... hydro breaks... the boat is on tri > gear... came with an E81 subaru w/ mount. ( in pieces). > > The plane itself is a KR2... the building of it was started before the S > was > around... the person ( steve knight ) did a great job building it.. he > streched it 14 in at the back end nothing out front. Other then that.. its > stock > > I am 5'8" about 220.. yes a big boy... the probem that I see... is the > plane > is too wide for a single place.. and too narrow for a 2 place. > I bought a 2180D-turbo( was told it belonged to steve aldermans ) with > the > matching cowling... it does not match the current firewall. > While the workmanship of the plane thus far is good.. I didnt receive any > documentation on the existing construction... > > I am thinking about stripping off all the hardware on the exiting fus and > starting over. There is nothing wrong with the plane... but this is why. > > 1.I am worried about getting the repairmans cert becuase I have not built > enough of the plane myself. > 2. Because I dont know the status of the inside of the spars. > 3. I would have to rebuild the firewall to be able to use the coweling I > have, I really dont like the shape of the existing deck. > 4. The plane is too wide or too narrow for what i would like to use it > for... > 5. The tail feathers a stock, I would have to rebuild them to help in the > stability. I am a new pilot, still a student, at this point.. and need a > plane that is going to be as forgiving as possible. I am a few years off > before flying it.. but never the less... > 6. With all of the new mods, I beilieve I would be able to increase the > speed of the plane, with out any additional weight gain. > 7. The plane is a trike... i can drop about 25 lbs today by getting rid of > the existing nose gear set up. Its using the nose gear off of a BD5 and 2 > 2x2 x 1/4 al brackets that hold it on. > > The plan is basically this. > > 1. Build a new boat using the existing hardware wider and longer. > 2. The new plane would not use the 3.5 degrees AOI > > basically its going to be a new plane. > > given the constraints I have mentioned > Any suggestings or ideas? > > > > -Jeff Wilder > CISSP,CCE,C/EH > > > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GIT/CM/CS/O d- s:+ a C+++ UH++ P L++ E- w-- N+++ o-- K- w O- M-- > V-- PS+ PE- Y++ PGP++ t+ 5- X-- R* tv b++ DI++ D++ > G e* h--- r- y+++* > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 >
