BGen Locker, Perhaps you should research some of the specs, then apply some common sense, before you get too involved. For instance, what is the service ceiling of a KR? At what altitude do the Marine Corps regs say the pilot must be on oxygen? What VFR pilots use that altitude block? (Cancel my IFR clearance, this is a 4-ship RTB VFR, descending below 18,000, squawking 1200, wingmen squawking standby.) Or perhaps someone climbing over a mountain, but that's about it...So, why is a portable oxygen system (that weighs at least ten pounds of your 35 pound baggage limit) going to be standard?
Just a thought for you to consider a bit more, to assist your endeavors. Why exactly will your plant be in Tijuana? I'm curious. v/r Mark Youkey [email protected] Oklahoma City ----- Original Message ----- From: "gerald locker" <[email protected]> To: "KR builders and pilots" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 9:59 AM Subject: Re: KR>assembly plant > > --- Timothy Bellville <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I sounds to me like you are trying to reinvent the > > wheel. > > It also sounds like you have no plan to benefit the > > widow of the man that > > designed this plain and construction concept. > > Are you going to buy parts from R/R inc. ?Pay them > > royalties? > > This little plain was meant to be a homebuilt, and > > built by people that > > could not afford a Cessna. > > You are trying to stand on the shoulders of others > > to make a buck. > > I for one, do not want to see a bunch of "factory > > built" KR's showing up on > > NTSB reports and dragging down the name of this well > > designed and conceived > > aircraft. > > Come up with your own concept, and hire a > > Aeronautical engineer to invent > > your new store-bought and leave the KR's to those > > that love to build and fly > > them. > > I for one will not help you, and I don't think you > > will find much help here! > > Timothy Bellville > > (homebuilt) KR2 N7038V > > Dear Mr. Bellville, > > I appreciat your response though I cannot agree with > you on most of your assumptions. My partner and I are > going to be working with Jenette at RR in every kit we > buy, and if we do produce our own, we certainly will > be paying royalties to her. \ > We decided on the KR series since it incorporates > everything we sought in a good airplane. It has the > range, the looks, the relative speed we sought for our > sales marketing to overseas, and to the States. We > are building it because we feel that many would like > to have a beautiful, safe, and reliable plane at a > relatively inexpensive price, and without having to > spend 1000 + hours building it. We have a sound > program being set up and I am always open to > suggestions that will benefit us and the KR family of > owners and pilots. > I am a former Marine General who has flown over 30 > years, but I must admit that I am a novice at the > building process and realize that the more I know, the > better the plane will be. We want to include a BRS, a > portable oxygen system, long range fuel tanks, > transponder and GPS as part of the stock plane, not an > option. > I am very sorry that you do not wish to offer any > sound advice to us because we are always ready to > listen. > My partner owns, as well as his brother Accuracy > Technologies in Glendale and Ventura and we intend to > do a lot of R&D on new engines and airplane parts to > be put in our own planes, as well as for sale to the > general public. We are spending our own money, and we > want no ones money except those that are buying our > product. We care for the plane as much as anyone else > does. Our questions I asked still could use some > answers. > > Thank you for writing and hop you will reconsider and > write again. > > Thank You, > > Gerald Locker > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > see KRnet list details at > http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
