William, Well, when it comes to airframe parts, I think the supply end has vanished with the demise of nVAero. I understood that he had all or most of the molds for fiberglass parts. For hardware parts that are hard to come by (Gear Fittings, Engine mounts, axle castings, etc.), he had the suppliers that would still manufacture them in his database. Many of them have minimum orders that are no longer obtainable. Gear legs are one of the items that are really hard to come by: Grumman gear legs - before drilling - were planed down thinner and cut to a different shape. Some KR builders have actually laminated their own gear legs.
The gear leg castings that fit on the spar can be welded up pretty easily from aluminum or steel plate (check the archives for plans), and likewise with axle fittings on the other end of the gear legs. The critical castings and other VW parts are available for the most part from Hummel Engines: the Diehl accessory case he makes to same dimensions, and can also supply starters, alternators, carburetors and mags. The nose gear strut for tri-gear was problematic to fabricate correctly. Substitutes resembling those found on the RV-12, use a straight strut; just needs to be ‘refined’ a bit to work on a KR. Same with the nose gear forks. All the control horns, bell cranks, wing attach fittings, and other small parts are simple to fabricate in virtually everyone’s shop. Griff Pickett From: KRnet <krnet-boun...@list.krnet.org> On Behalf Of William Walsh via KRnet Subject: Re: KRnet> Kr parts Guess I should have asked differently. I’m not looking for parts at the moment. I was just wandering if they are still in business for future needs and who would I contact? William On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 6:07 AM jehayward--- via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org<mailto:krnet@list.krnet.org>> wrote: > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org<mailto:KRnet@list.krnet.org> > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org<mailto:KRnet@list.krnet.org> https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org<mailto:KRnet@list.krnet.org> https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet
-- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet
