Space is my primary limitation. I've often thought of getting a fondly-cared-for second hand KR but I'd have to keep it at the airport for outrageous hangar rent, not to mention my little pasture strip wouldn't allow it here. Having my own strip has definitely spoiled me. Jim Hayward
-----Original Message----- From: Rob Schmitt via KRnet <[email protected]> To: 'KRnet' <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Sun, Oct 18, 2020 7:49 am Subject: Re: KR> Challengers, etc. I'm with Jeff on this one, by that I mean what are we doing getting rid of a perfectly good airplane when we buy or build a second one? I love my KR, but it does have limitations. So, I am building a Wittman Tailwind so I can carry passengers in relative comfort and have a faster traveling IFR aircraft. The same could be said if you want to go lower and slower. I have no intention of giving up my KR just because I have a second airplane, it is just too much fun to fly. With mine built as a tri-gear, I don't think age is going to be a problem flying it until I am really losing it. If I can fit it in the hangar I have, I might just find a low and slow aircraft project to finish up after I get the Tailwind done. We had a "Free" super cub project show up in our EAA chapter, and no one wanted it for months before someone finally grabbed it. I've seen several project hoarders who have half a dozen projects they are working on. Rob Schmitt N1852Z > Personally, I think everyone should have one of each. One speedy > traveler, and one low and slow. > > My dentist once asked me, "Why two planes?" My answer, " 'cause I > can't afford 3 yet!" Duh... If I had sufficient hangar space, I'd be > shopping for a 2 seat biplane to go along with the other two. It's > probably best that I don't have more hangar space. :o) > > -Jeff Scott > Arkansas Ozarks > > > > > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2020 at 12:08 PM > > From: "Oscar Zuniga via KRnet" <[email protected]> > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "Oscar Zuniga" <[email protected]> > > Subject: KR> Challengers, etc. > > > > Larry; the guys standing in green grass over on this side of the > > fence > always want to be in the green grass over on that side instead, and > vice-versa. I'd love to be able to fly cross-country in a 160 MPH > fast glass airplane with an enclosed cockpit and cabin heat, up at 10,000'. > Instead, I rarely get over 2500' in my open-cockpit, 70 MPH Pietenpol > that I can only sit in comfortably for about 2 hrs. Many of the > benefits that I get from owning and flying my experimental are the > ones that you're looking for in your Challenger. I fly a Light Sport > aircraft under Basic Med, I enjoy the sights and smells flying slow > down low, the high wing on the airplane lets me see everything down > below, behind, and ahead. My certified Jeff Scott-built A75 burns 4 > gal/hr of anything I care to put in it (but I fly it on 100LL > exclusively). Liability insurance is one dollar a day. I have no > battery, no starter, no electrical system, no ADS-B or transponder, no > radio except a handheld. My takeoff and landing checklists are three > items long, and any passenger who can stuff themselves into the front > cockpit is good to go because they sit directly on the CG and cannot > over-gross the plane if they can fit into it. If I'm careful and it's > not too hot or high, I can land and take off in the length of a > football field. The plane stalls power-off at about 35-37 indicated. > Thousands of examples of the design have been built and flown successfully and inexpensively since 1929. > > > > What I can't do with it is do my own annuals, go fast, fly high, or > > stay > warm ;o) > > > > Oscar Zuniga > > Medford, OR > > Air Camper NX41CC, A75 power > > _______________________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > 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 > > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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 > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. 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