KR>Building a KR-2
Look out. There are no kits, as you think of them. I will finish my plane, but! Everything that I have ordered has come with inadequate instruction and needing significant work and non-standard tools. You need access to a complete machine shop AND an EAA designee who will help a lot. I have become disgusted with even the best of the suppliers. Right now, I have to go out and find a 3/8 inch ream because the engine mount that I ordered was poorly welded, and I can't get an AN6 bolt through it. My plane would be ready to fly now, if I could get parts that actually did as advertized. At 01:26 PM 8/9/2003 -0400, you wrote: > I'm thinking about building a kr-2. Looking for somebody in or around >Connecticut who is building or has one. I'd like to see one before I >purchase A >kit. Thanks > Dan > >___ >see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html Larry Severson Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (714) 968-9852 lar...@socal.rr.com
KR>Building a KR-2
RE: Look out. There are no kits, as you think of them. I will finish my plane, but! Everything that I have ordered has come with inadequate instruction and needing significant work and non-standard tools. Larry, I get disgusted also, but the picture isn't as black as all that. There are suppliers who do supply good parts. You just have to learn who to buy from and who not to buy from. If you ask on the net BEFOR you buy, then you can usually get a good source for most anything you want. True, if you want to build everything yourself, you have to be a mechanic, a welder, a machinist, a plastic bubble maker, and many other crafts that most people do not possess. You have to know your talents and pick and choose what to buy and what to make. I have a motor mount on this KR and had one on the first KR and had no problems with either of them. But spent several months trying to figure out how to attach and make seat belt attach fittings. Yes, it can be frustrating, but sure is a lot of fun. And another thing, if you like sports cars, you will love flying a KR. I know because I flew one for 6 years and had a blast doing it. N64KR Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC da...@kr-builder.org See you in Red Oak - 2003 See our KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Click on the pic See our EAA Chapter 242 at http://EAA242.org
KR>Building a KR-2
> >I get disgusted also, but the picture isn't as black as all that. There are >suppliers who do supply good parts. You just have to learn who to buy from >and who not to buy from. If you ask on the net BEFOR you buy, then you can >usually get a good source for most anything you want. I have bought only from highly regarded, by the KRNet, suppliers and found missing parts, unfinished work, parts that don't fit, etc. >I have a motor mount on this KR and had one on the first KR and had no >problems with either of them. But spent several months trying to figure out >how to attach and make seat belt attach fittings. Yes, it can be >frustrating, but sure is a lot of fun. The motor mount came with no instructions. The openings are loose for AN5 bolts, but AN6 WILL NOT GO IN without reaming. This means that I need to spend days trying to find a 3/8" ream. >And another thing, if you like sports cars, you will love flying a KR. I >know because I flew one for 6 years and had a blast doing it. > I am a military trained pilot with 14,000 hours. I also have studied aeronautics in college. I know what a well built KR2 is capable of. This is why I intend to find a way to finish the plane, but I stand by my complaint that the suppliers are the reason that 85% of builders do not finish. It is scarry that the best are this sloppy. Or, maybe, no one else has gotten consistently poor parts with no QC and little documentation! I have not received a single part from any supplier that did not require grinding, re-taping, or parts additions, even when I bought a series of supposedly compatible components. See you in Red Oak - 2003 I wish I could be there, but my plane is not moving forward rapidly. I spend 95% of my building time trying to fix bad parts. Larry Severson Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (714) 968-9852 lar...@socal.rr.com
KR>Building a KR-2
I'm thinking about building a kr-2. Looking for somebody in or around Connecticut who is building or has one. I'd like to see one before I purchase A kit. Thanks Dan
KR>Building a KR-2
I live in Texas. I'm planning to buy a flyable because I don't want to wait a year to fly it. kidicaru...@aol.com wrote:I'm thinking about building a kr-2. Looking for somebody in or around Connecticut who is building or has one. I'd like to see one before I purchase A kit. Thanks Dan ___ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
KR>Building a KR-2
Dan, Build a KR-2S rather than a KR-2. The KR-2S is an improvement over the KR-2 and much more stable in flight. I built and flew a KR-2 years ago when the "S" did not exist but if I were building today it would definitely be the KR-2S. Bob Stone, Harker Heights, TX rsto...@hot.rr.com - Original Message - From: <kidicaru...@aol.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 12:26 PM Subject: KR>Building a KR-2 > I'm thinking about building a kr-2. Looking for somebody in or around > Connecticut who is building or has one. I'd like to see one before I purchase A > kit. Thanks > Dan > > ___ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html >
KR>Building a KR-2
RE: Build a KR-2S rather than a KR-2. The KR-2S is an improvement I agree. If I were starting today, it would be an S. I see no reason to build the 2 when the 2S is available except that it does seem to be a bit slower given the same power plant. N64KR Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC da...@kr-builder.org See you in Red Oak - 2003 See our KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Click on the pic See our EAA Chapter 242 at http://EAA242.org
