Hi everyone,I just joined the list and I am wanting your opinions on a KR2 for sale local to me. The KR2 in question was built by Ralph Sawyer of Mojave, CA in the early 80s and given a AW cert in 1992. According to a brief write up in a 1992 KR news letter it is a stock retractable KR2 with the following changes; the outer wing panels were lengthened by 12" on each tip, the rudder area was increased by 20%, the canopy height was raised a few inches, and the wing and center section have solid foam cores and center section incidence was set at 3deg. Empty weight is a porky 668lbs and power is a revmaster 2100, she was last flown in 2002. (I have attached a picture) Is anyone on the list familiar with this particular aircraft? Is the added wingspan without increasing horizontal tail area going to adversly effect stability or the flight loads on the attach fittings? How about the 668lb empty weight, that seems like alot for a KR? I am a ppl and a/p, ive owned at least a dozen experimentals and ultralights including a sonerai IIL and am currently flying a vw powered minimax and a pietenpol aircamper. I have admired the KR2s for a long time and am delighted to have a chance to buy one local to me that just needs some TLC to get going again, however I would appreciate some input from those more experienced as to whether the plane described above is likely to be a sweet flying bird or a turkey?
ThanksChris duncanrcpilo...@sbcglobal.net
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