Chris:I will address just one of your concerns, empty weight: My KR2S came in
at 650lbs In the For-what-its-worth Department: I too have a Revmaster 2100D.
My horizontal stabilizer is 72" wide and my rudder has been extended though I
cannot recall by how much.
Good luck with this purchase...
Luis.
On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 02:38:13 PM CDT, Chris Duncan
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi everyone,I just joined the list and I am wanting your opinions on a KR2 for
sale local to me. The KR2 in question was built by Ralph Sawyer of Mojave, CA
in the early 80s and given a AW cert in 1992. According to a brief write up in
a 1992 KR news letter it is a stock retractable KR2 with the following changes;
the outer wing panels were lengthened by 12" on each tip, the rudder area was
increased by 20%, the canopy height was raised a few inches, and the wing and
center section have solid foam cores and center section incidence was set at
3deg. Empty weight is a porky 668lbs and power is a revmaster 2100, she was
last flown in 2002. (I have attached a picture)
Is anyone on the list familiar with this particular aircraft? Is the added
wingspan without increasing horizontal tail area going to adversly effect
stability or the flight loads on the attach fittings? How about the 668lb empty
weight, that seems like alot for a KR?
I am a ppl and a/p, ive owned at least a dozen experimentals and ultralights
including a sonerai IIL and am currently flying a vw powered minimax and a
pietenpol aircamper. I have admired the KR2s for a long time and am delighted
to have a chance to buy one local to me that just needs some TLC to get going
again, however I would appreciate some input from those more experienced as to
whether the plane described above is likely to be a sweet flying bird or a
turkey?
ThanksChris [email protected]
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