I have no proof of this but I had planned on 30 years of flying
when I was planning my project.(If my kids allow me to live that long I
would be 78 then.) That would translate to just under 4000 hours at the
current rate. I am finishing up my first full year in a KR2S and see no
reason that with reasonable care and maintaince along with being hangered
all the time that my KR would not make that expectation. Keep the
landings soft and fix anything that you notice right away and ye shall be
rewarded. In the couple times that I had to move the KR by trailer I felt
it was pretty hard on it. and the G meter confirmed that it had +/- 4g's
from bouncing. The 30 year time frame gives an incredibly low per year
cost factor as well.
Moisture and sun are the 2 biggest concerns. At the gathering was
the longest that mine had seen the light of day. I just never leave it
out before or after flying. Going to the Gathering was my most exposure
ever with running through light rain showers. I won't do it for local
pleasure flying even though I did not find anything that leaked water
into any area of the plane
Just my thoughts and they are worth exactly what you paid for
them.
N357CJ @ 123.2 hrs and 4 days from 1st anniversary of 1st flight.
Joe Horton, Coopersburg, Pa.
[email protected]
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:31:04 +1000 "Richard Mulford"
<[email protected]> writes:
> Hi KR-Net,just curious what the airframe life span would be for the
> KR.
> If anyone could give me the good and the bad about this subject
> would be
> appreciated.
> About to start building and was wondering about this subject as a
> friend
> recently had to have his Beech skins removed for a airframe service
> (a bit
> harder to do with the KR) as this aircraft was ageing.
>
>
> R.Mulford
>
>
> Sydney N S W
>
