John Godwin wrote:
>> I have spent so much time making sure this KR is as perfect as I can make it, it has slowed down my building. I hope I have gotten over being such an overly perfectionist person and can get on with the building. I don't know if I am the only one who spent 4 months getting his fuselage ready for skin or am I the only one this anal in the group? You tell me.<< I took a year to build the 62 lb boat. I have been building this KR-2 for 20 years. In that time I converted from fully functional: retract conventional gear to fixed tri-gear, reflexed ailerons and flaps, Diehl skins on the vertical stab to foam & wet lay-up, cable control loops to push rods, balanced elevator (per Langford) and external antennas to all internal antennas. There's about 20 pounds of aluminum fittings hanging on my memorial wall; some are primed and painted, others are an extra left or right when I really needed to make a left and right. Some I just did not like how they looked. With all the rework I could have built three KR-2s. Trust me, the next one will go a lot faster to completion. I estimate it will take another year to get flying. It's painted white now and everything is paid for. So, I suppose that will make it free, white and 21. Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD USA
