KR> Wood For kRs

I actually imported a rough sawn piece of 8" x 2" spruce to Australia through a local lumber yard and cut it down and smoothed to size myself. Didn't take very long and worked out heaps cheaper. Had to work around a couple of faults in the core of the flitch however and have the results

KR> Wood For kRs

I'm using hoop pine in my KR-2S. It's 10% heavier than spruce but also 15% stronger. It was approved as a substitute for spruce and douglas fir during WW2. I think they built Mosquito bombers with it. I buy first grade timber from a boat building supplier and cut it to size. As John says, you

KR> Celebration!! Another KR-2 Has made its First Flight !!

Congrats Rene. Sounds like you've had quite a journey. Well done. Enjoy. Cheers, Tony On 20 January 2016 at 08:33, Lawrence Ffrench via KRnet < krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > Hi KR Team, > > N44774, a KR-2 retractable tail-dragger originally built by the great > hands of Gary Garvin in

KR> Celebration!! Another KR-2 Has made its First Flight !!

Congratulations I have stopped building on mine due to my health. But I still get inspired when I hear about someone getting it done! !! Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2016, at 4:33 PM, "Lawrence Ffrench via KRnet" list.krnet.org> wrote: > > Hi KR Team, > > N44774, a KR-2 retractable