Anyone out there refinish a prop? I have a mind to strip the finish from an
old wood prop and recoat with epoxy and paint. I hope the paint stripper
does not soften glue joints.
I have just completed a sad task, that is dismantling a KR 2, N8032X. It
was built by W R Faulkender (Hillsdale, Ind.) in 1979. Log shows 72 hours
Tach time. It was then sold to Robert Harris of Memphis, Tenn. in 1991 who
flew it less than 10 hours and sold again to Bill Larose of watertown, NY
who flew it less than an hour if I am to trust the log book. I bought the
plane now (N4231K) from Bill for the engine. Does anyone out there know if
the previous owners are still with us? The original work was pretty good.
It did show wear from the weather, tail wheel mounting was rotted. which may
mean that the inside of the fuselage might have suffered rainfall on more
that one occasion. Original weight was recorded as 532 lbs. I weighed it
before disassembly at 670 lbs.????
Pat
