KR-2S EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE
Rob Schmitt
Updated July 2008.  Added Link to my new airplane project - A Wittman Tailwind.

Since my 1st flight conducted on 2 Sep 06, I've manged to fly 150+ hours to include trips to the KR Gathering in Mount Vernon and Oshkosh.  My airplane now has been painted and has lights installed. I still haven't gotten around to getting the wheel pants completed. The Pilot Operating Handbook has been updated with the results of my flight testing.

The KR-2S is a experimental airplane, a homebuilt.  It is a single engine low wing design airplane.  My airplane has a normal cruise cabability 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.
Flight Testing (Sep 2006)
Weigh In Photos - Updated June 2006
Finishing (2003 - Present)
Engine Photos
Fuselage
Fuel Tank Construction
Wing Spar Construction
Instrument Panel
Wing Construction
Pilot Operating Handbook - Word Document.
Controls
Seat Construction
Link to Mark Langford's Main KR Construction Page.
Trailer for Transporting Airplane
Great Plains Strobe Kit
Oshkosh 2007 photos
email: robert7721@aol.com
New: Tailwind Construction Website - My Next Airplane Project!