Barrett
Your situation may be different from mine but since I bought the Grumman and got it flying I have hardly touched the KR. I'm having too much fun flying the Grumman and spending all my money on it so can't afford to work on the KR. After flying the Grumman for a year now, I have decided to part out the KR so I can make some avionic upgrades on the Grumman. I have already sold the engine and will be offering other items on KR and Corvair nets in the near future. This is primarily a financial decision but I think the thing that convinced me to sell out was Marks Engine failure because I would be pushing the Corvair engine just as hard as Mark does. Most of my flying in the Grumman is at wide open throttle and yes it does maneuver real good too. I flew with John Shafer at the last gathering and he said that the Grumman is the nearest certified plane to a KR that he had ever flown. I had about the same comments from a RV pilot a while back. I'll still be on the nets for some time and will be at the KR gatherings so don't count me out yet. Jack Cooper Chuckey TN. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barrett" < BarrettWF @comcast.net> To: " KRnet " < krnet @ mylist .net> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:25:56 PM Subject: KR> Cherokee Uprising Well guys, I got to go out and fly the Cherokee 180 for several hours for the first time today. What can I say, I had a blast! 130-140 knots and flew all over the Salt Lake City valley and down into Utah county (south of SLC ). I guess when the newness wears off (if it does), I'll get back on track with the KR2S build. If you've never been to SLC during the winter, the inversion here is TERRIBLE and today was somewhat clear for here, and it was still BAD! Just about need IFR or radar to get around...it really sucks. (At least until you get above it). We cleared the smog at about 7,000 ft and then it wasn't bad. Clear Skies! -Barrett (with a BIG $&!t eating grin) (send try to send this, still net problems?) _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http :// www . maddyhome .com/ krsrch /index. jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet , send a message to KRnet -leave@ mylist .net please see other KRnet info at http :// www . krnet .org/info. html
