I saw Old Blue in the hangar after the crash. That FAA guy chased me out of there when I asked to snap a picture of the wreck. The wing attach fittings on a KR are the strongest part of the wing. The wood around them brakes before the fittings ever will. Also I have some pictures of my new prop I made added to my photo list at this link. It's a 52 X 40 made of walnut and douglas fir. Weighs 4 lbs. http://www.bouyea.net/members/index.htm Thanks to John for posting the pictures. Scroll down.
Joe Scappoose Ore. Message: 7 List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:56:58 -0700 From: "Plane Nut" <n92...@cox.net> Subject: RE: KR> KR2 ARTICLE-KITPLANES NOV 2010 To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net> Message-ID: <00b901cb60c0$7e84f0a0$7b8ed1e0$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I am really miffed about this article. I would like to know what this guy's qualifications are to make this assumption. I know of no failures of the wing attach fittings on any KR. To my knowledge there have been no changes in the wing attach fittings other than dimensionally with the 2S. I'll confirm that with Jeanette today. In the photos from "Ol Blue's crash the wing took a direct hit and the fitting bent (accordion shaped) but were still intact. I had asked Kitplanes to allow us to review it before print. I had a feeling it was going to be bad when I was informed they had been working on the article for a few years. It was alleged to be a flight report only from someone who did not own a KR but she didn't seem to get it. Guess I need to write a letter to the Editor... Steve Glover steve.glo...@nvaero.com www.nvaero.com ***************
