"My long-term pipe dream is to attempt to follow Colin Hales' example. Does anyone have opinions about the maximum fuel capacity a KR-2S could handle if built for that mission?" Dave Klingler ******************************* This puts me in mind of a KR very close to being finished that I came across maybe 4 years ago. He designed it for a spacious single seat with a fancy electronic panel. Autopilot of course. Sidestick. Looked very comfortable and except for paint the aircraft appeared to be at the 98% completed look to it. He had built the wings extra long to hold enough fuel to span the longest overwater stretch on the planet - San Diego to Hawaii. SFO to Hawaii is actually shorter but that's not relevant since he seemed to be planning for San Diego to Hawaii with a good reserve. For flights of shorter length he had removable wing extensions. These also held fuel and the day I was there he was fiddling with the fuel quantity sensors. I don't remember if he had a header tank. I've got pictures buried on a hard disk - I know that because I stumbled across them not long ago. Everything about his plane was sophisticated and well thought out. It appeared to be about ready for paint. He even had retractable gear - not Rand's version but either his own design or one he adapted from a Mooney or something similar. This was his second KR - the first one was taken apart and was stored in the hangar loft. The engine was either an O-200 or 0-235. The purpose of this plane was to make record setting flights and from the looks of it I figured we would be hearing about it or actually seeing it in Kitplanes or at a Gathering. I got the idea in talking with him that he wasn't involved with KRNET. His name was Don . . . don't remember his apellido and didn't get his number. I figured I'd be seeing him as his plane was very near completion and I figured I'd see him flying it around here at some point. But I never have. Nor have I heard any references to this aircraft . . . for instance if he had dinged it while flying off his 40 hours. Whenever I drive by his hangar on the other side of the airport, the door is never open . . . and I always look to see if it is. I'm still thoroughly curious about the story of Don's really extraordinary KR and if I ever hear anything more I'll report back. It was a supreme example of the KR concept taken to extraordinary measure. Mike StirewaltKSEE
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