Rick if you check the archives you will see a thread on whether the KR can be built as a light sport (I started it and people probably thought I was beating the dead horse for a while).
This thread started with the new LSA mechanic rules to allow a person to work on multiple airplanes after taking a course. IIRC the courses are 16 hours and 120 hours long depending on what privileges you get. The advantage of this would be you could by a completed plane take a course and do your own annual condition inspection. The KRs do not fall into the categories that allow this: Special LSA and ELSA. You may be able to set up a KR that will be pilotable by a sport pilot, but there would be no way for anyone other than the builder or an A&P to do the annual condition inspection. Someone published an article several years ago on the modifications necessary to make a KR fly as a LSA. One of the KR websites has a copy but don't remember which one. Regarding consensus standards, ASTM has the airplane standards available (www.astm.org) although they may not have been accepted by the FAA. I bought a set but it looks like they have been changed since then (I've seen mention in EAA publications that the standards were changed to meet the final rule). The flight testing requirements were essentially FAR 23 written in easy to read English instead of FAA. One of the design requirements was that the useful load had to be 190 * (# of seats) + 0.5 * (engine HP). The KR2 normally doesn't meet that design spec. -- wesley scott [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Human" <[email protected]> To: "Wesley Scott" <[email protected]>; "KRnet" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 3:04 PM Subject: Re: KR> LSA mechanic rules > > I believe that a KR-2 can be built and flown in the Light Sport category > with very little modifications and without any new or added FAA involvement. > > > Rick Human > Houston, Texas
