KR> now Panther

2014-02-06 Thread Mark Langford
For Paul Dye to fly the Panther and have nothing but good comments on it, 
I'd say it's a winner.

Not only is Dan Weseman behind the Panther, but he's the guy that took my 
challenge to commission fabrication of the ultimate bulletproof CorvAircraft 
crankshaft after my last break. He responded with a Timken steel crank with 
very nice fillet   radii, and a known metallurgical pedigree ( 
http://flywithspa.com/corvaircomponents/billetcorvaircrankshaft.html ).  I 
bought one, and will rebuild my engine around it after I get N891JF in the 
air.  Before anybody asks why you'd need a different crank, see the website 
above, which pretty much echoes my sentiment on that subject.

Mark Langford
ML at N56ML.com
website at http://www.N56ML.com





KR> now Panther

2014-02-06 Thread brian.kraut at eamanufacturing.com
If you must build something that is not a KR the Panther is a very nice
plane.  Dan Weseman lives in my airpark and I see the plane flying all
the time and doing some impressive aerobatics.  I have flown formation
with him and I can go a lot faster with my 180 HP Mustang 2, but his
speed is still very impressive.  We have flown some mock dogfights and I
almost made my wife throw up, but no matter what I did I could not get
him off my tail.  The plane also looks very easy to build and Dan is a
great guy and I would have no problem recommending someone to do
business with him.


 Original Message 
Subject: Re: KR> Building the Wing Off the Plane?
From: Mike T 
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org
Date: Wed, February 05, 2014 10:40 pm
To: KRnet 


My confusion about what I want to build got even worse yesterday when I
saw the
latest Kitplanes magazine, with another possible choice as its cover
story
-- the Panther. This is a new single-seat LSA-compatible plane that hits
165 mph (with a Corvair engine) and the fuselage looks almost exactly
like
a KR-2 made of aluminum.

Mike Taglieri

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