>airb...@comcast.net wrote: >"Maybe you should stick with the original design that has been proven for many years "
My humble response: The KR2 as originally designed is too small for 2 average 21st Century people. The plans style retractable landing gear, as designed, has had a lot of failures. Most builders do read the plus side and the negative side of the design (and other designs)----and they find that the KR2 or KR2S is the closest to what they are looking for.....and that the design is easily modified. Their alternative to modifying this design would be to start with a new piece of paper and design a whole new airplane. This requires knowledge that most of us do not possess. Of course, they could just buy a factory built.....but that doesn't sound like much fun. If you so choose, build yours exactly to plans (but you will have to fill in a lot of blanks.) You probably won't need the expertise that the members of this list have developed over the years.....or maybe you will. If you are already flying your KR2--I envy you. Rich Hartwig Waunakee, WI rhartwi...@juno.com
