> "I've now turned 70 years old, and realize that I'll never fly this plane."
Uh oh . . . . I just turned 72 and I've been wondering why I haven't been flying very much. Something mysterious must happen right around age 70. I'm really worried. I'm going to talk to Sparky about this. He'll know. When he's not working on his Pietenpol he's out flying his KR so if anyone knows what happens to us around age 70 it'll be him. Sparky just turned 86. *********************************** Stephen in Paradise said, > "I have no idea what transport costs would be but "if you think the asking price is a little too high" remember we are talking about a nearly complete airplane. I am not looking forward to totaling all my receipts but I can guarantee you I am way north of 16K." I sure don't think 16K is too high. It looks to me like a contender for Bargain of the Century at 16K. The 912 S is easily worth half the price being asked, all by itself. The care that was taken with construction radiates from every picture - what a magnificent example of a KR! **************************************** Having said that . . . I notice that the tubing used on the rudder pedals _might_ be the inadequate tubing called for in the plans. Several KR people have had problems ranging from the minor to the disastrous following failure of that tubing. Discussions covering this subject are in the archives. Also . . . the weight seems to be very forward. The distance from the rear of the engine to the firewall seems like a country mile compared to mine - mine being so close that the engine needs to be pulled forward just to get to the magnetos. That Porsche engine sure looks interesting eh? Also . . . something I've wondered about many times . . . why do builders not build a baggage compartment behind the seats? If the seatbacks fold forward, they give access to a compartment below the hat shelf and behind the seats. With my compartment, from the seatback hinge to the back of the compartment is about three feet. With this German KR as with many others (probably _most_ others I'd guess), the space behind the seat is unusable. With a fixed seat back, access could be by using a removable or hinged hatshelf. It's really strange, thinking about it just now, that this space behind the seat is wasted with so many KR's. So . . . what I'm seeing with Mr. Fuerle's aircraft is poor utilization of available cargo space, both between engine and firewall and behind the seats. As the plane sits however, modifications to create cargo areas would be easy. Interesting that Roy Marsh inspired the building of this aircraft. As of 2010 Roy Marsh was still prowling around the hangars and EAA meetings there in Santa Maria, CA. If I discover that he's still around I'll see if I can get an email address for him and post it. Mike KSEE ____________________________________________________________ After Weeks Of Rumors, Joanna Gaines Comes Clean trecommanews.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/59fcad4dba2f62d4d6844st04vuc _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
