Since my 1st flight conducted on 2 Sep 06, I've managed to fly 200+ hours to include trips to the KR Gathering in
Mount Vernon and Oshkosh. New photo above Oct 09. I recently replaced the exhaust with a scratch built system
using tubing from Great Plains. Annual was completed and the plane is flying again after a year.
I just returned from military deployment in Oct 09 ( 287th Sustainment Brigade )
The KR-2S is a experimental airplane, a home built. It is a single engine low wing design airplane. My airplane has a
normal cruise capability of 120 mph with 140 mph maximum in level flight with two passengers. I purchased the plans
for the KR2-S from Rand Robinson in 1997. I studied the plans for a year before I began construction in June 1998.
My plan was to finalize all design decisions before I began building the airplane. I pretty much stuck to the plans with
only a few modifications. I widened the fuselage 1.5" and installed the trigear since I have little tail-dragger experience.
I am using the standard RAF 48 airfoil. Engine is a aero converted VW engine, a Revmaster 2100. The airplane was
scratch built as much as I thought was practical to save on costs, but at an increase in building time. It has taken 1500
hours and 8 years to complete the project. Total project cost was less than $15,000.
Rob Schmitt
Kansas City, MO
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Mount Vernon and Oshkosh. New photo above Oct 09. I recently replaced the exhaust with a scratch built system
using tubing from Great Plains. Annual was completed and the plane is flying again after a year.
I just returned from military deployment in Oct 09 ( 287th Sustainment Brigade )
The KR-2S is a experimental airplane, a home built. It is a single engine low wing design airplane. My airplane has a
normal cruise capability of 120 mph with 140 mph maximum in level flight with two passengers. I purchased the plans
for the KR2-S from Rand Robinson in 1997. I studied the plans for a year before I began construction in June 1998.
My plan was to finalize all design decisions before I began building the airplane. I pretty much stuck to the plans with
only a few modifications. I widened the fuselage 1.5" and installed the trigear since I have little tail-dragger experience.
I am using the standard RAF 48 airfoil. Engine is a aero converted VW engine, a Revmaster 2100. The airplane was
scratch built as much as I thought was practical to save on costs, but at an increase in building time. It has taken 1500
hours and 8 years to complete the project. Total project cost was less than $15,000.
Rob Schmitt
Kansas City, MO
Click on links below to go to additional web pages for the topics listed.
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