We bought a second home in Arizona. I have thought about moving the AVID to AZ via trailer. I have also thought about flying it until I approach more hostile terrain, then trailer it through the mountain ranges, hoping to avoid bouncing it around as much as possible. But either way, I am glad I saw your post on this issue. Even though the Rotax 503, including, the PSRU weighs less than the VW 1915 on the Beast, I know now that I will remove the engine when trailering, if I decide to make the trip. I was so unaware of all the hidden "monsters" in the KR2, which, had I built it myself, I may have been able to anticipate. I wonder at times if other non builders who have bought KR2s were as ill prepared to be an owner as I was. Only a rhetorical question for me, but it may be worth a discussion on the net. I cannot imagine a seller who would have been more informative and helpful than you, and, still, I was unable to manage the "Little Beast". Hope things are going well with you, your family and the Blackbird. Yours, as always, Rick
--- On Tue, 6/2/09, Dan Heath <da...@windstream.net> wrote: From: Dan Heath <da...@windstream.net> Subject: KR> Firewall separation, not from normal use. To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 8:56 AM I suggest that you also remove the engine. When the Little Beast was delivered here for repairs, and I removed the front deck, I found that the firewall was separating from the cross member shelf. I am certain that it was caused by the long trip with the engine on the plane. I will never move one again without removing the engine first. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you at the 2009 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Ill There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for Flying has begun. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC -----Original Message----- Moral of that story: If you are going to trailer an aircraft, fasten the tires, not the airframe to the trailer so the spring gear and tires can do what they were designed to do. And use a trailer appropriate for the job. You might not shake an engine loose on that one trip to the airport, but how long will it take after you have been flying a while after some needless abuse? _______________________________________ 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
