Just a note: I read a great deal about plans being slow to be delivered and the understandable anxiety that comes along with that. I got my plans in July of 2008, and my KR2 with her original plans in Oct of 2008 (so I can build a KR2S later if I so desire). I made the decision that I really didn't need to be putting a lot of time into my KR until I got all my certification in line (PPL and tailwheel endorsement). I'm a very "Linear" thinker. i don't multitask well, and thus I do best when I concentrate on one project at a time. In the ensuing 3 years I did some small things on N1333A, but mostly let her sit in the garage, waiting for her time. I spent a great deal of time reading about the others on the KR Net, the KR Newsletters, Mosler, Hapi, Aerovee, ESPECIALLY Great Plains and showing up at my EAA chapter religiously (oh yeah..lets not forget attending at least ONE KR fly -in). As I got closer to the day of getting my tail wheel endorsement I began getting N1333A prepped for the beginning of her transformation back to a flying KR. So far, just in her dis assembly I am finding improvements I can make (Quality that is) and I know now how to go about accomplishing those improvements. This is because I spent LOTS OF TIME from 2008 until now LEARNING FROM OTHERS, PUTTING TOGETHER MY BUILD PLAN, AND GATHERING RESOURCES. N1333 is not a bad plane, but she has the tell tale signs of someone (actually a lot of someones) who didn't exercise patience. Don't be like that. Exercise it from beginning to however far you get. Remember that you are not building a plane, you are building a pile of parts, and be pleased with each individual part you build. One day, God willing, you'll have enough parts to put together an airplane. While waiting for your plans, read everything you can from the KRnet (your single most valuable resource). The biggest asset you can have is patience.
-- Glenn Martin, KR2 N1333A, Biloxi, MS
