Hi KRNetters Just an update on Roy Marsh's aircraft and what became of it after it was imported into New Zealand in 2008.
I was given the following information by the present owner while attending the NZ Sport Aircraft Association annual fly-in last weekend. It turns out that N133RM was imported into NZ by a gentleman by the name of Rudi Wenk. When I spoke with Rudi at the fly-in, he told me that unfortunately when N133RM was imported it did not pass it's NZ Certificate of Airworthiness inspection due to some delamination of the wings skins. Rudi said the wings appeared to have been double skinned at some point in its life and the outer layer of fiberglass was starting to delaminate from the inner layer. Rudi subsequently transported the aircraft to his home near Wellington with the intention of re-skinning the wings and this is where it currently remains in his basement. Sadly Rudi now finds that he has reached the age where it is unlikely he will be able to affect the repairs required to bring N133RM back to an airworthy state and is offering the aircraft up for sale. I will keep in contact with Rudi to see what becomes of the aircraft. Regards Gavin Magill Auckland NZ. On 3 March 2014 11:20, Kenneth Wiltrout <kwiltrout1953 at verizon.net> wrote: > I have the Roy Marsh Kitplanes magazine. If you can find the January 1995 > copy it's on the cover. I sat in it at Oshkosh and spoke to Roy for a bit. > I was hooked at that point but knew I would need to raise the canopy since > it was on my head before it closed. The Duck Tape on the wings was due to > over stressing the wings in a high G loop on the way to the show. > > > > On Sunday, March 2, 2014 9:24 AM, Mark Langford <ml at n56ml.com> wrote: > > KRnetHeads, > > Roy Marsh's plane came up this week, and his top speed of something like > 190.5 mph at the Sun100 Race. Given the clipped wings, thin airfoil, and > that he had a turbo on that Revmaster, it's not a huge stretch to do that > kind of speed, but it's still pretty impressive for a KR2S with under a 100 > hp. There's a little more info on Roy's plane at > http://www.krnet.org/krs/rmarsh/ , which came from the Barnstormers ad > last > time it was sold. > > And while I was looking for a copy of the Kitplanes article that documented > Roy's plane, I was reminded of the nice resource that Don Reid put together > for us, the collection of KR Sport Aviation articles located at > http://aerofoilengineering.com/KR/sportaviation/kr_SA.htm . I'm still > looking for that Roy Marsh kitplanes article. I have the hard copy of that > issue somewhere, buried in the attic, no doubt, but I'm sure it's out on > the > web somewhere... > > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > website at http://www.N56ML.com > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
