Bob Brown
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Ken Krueger flew the RV12 to Independence, Oregon on Saturday for a presentation at the EAA292 chapter hangar. We had about 80 people in attendance at the meeting and Ken put on a Powerpoint presentation and then took questions from the audience for awhile. We all then went outside and clambered in and around the airplane. I'll have an article posted on http://www.eaa292.org by the end of the week with lots of pictures.
Ken was peppered with questions, all of which he answered pretty directly. There were questions about EFIS's ("which do you prefer?"), finished airplane cost, engine selection and operation, flight characteristics and performance, build time, whether or not it should feature foldable wings, etc.
The question of the day? "When will it be ready?" Ken indicated he thought they'd have something to sell by the 3rd or 4th quarter of 2007. They have made some recent mods; a landing gear change, re-propping, etc. It is still a proof of concept in that (I think) they have not finalized everything.
One of our members who is 6'2 got in the cockpit and closed the canopy. There appeared to be at least 4 inches of clearance over his head.
All in all, a perfect day!
Thanks to Ken for spending his Saturday with us!
Ken Krueger flew the RV12 to Independence, Oregon on Saturday for a presentation at the EAA292 chapter hangar. We had about 80 people in attendance at the meeting and Ken put on a Powerpoint presentation and then took questions from the audience for awhile. We all then went outside and clambered in and around the airplane. I'll have an article posted on http://www.eaa292.org by the end of the week with lots of pictures.
Ken was peppered with questions, all of which he answered pretty directly. There were questions about EFIS's ("which do you prefer?"), finished airplane cost, engine selection and operation, flight characteristics and performance, build time, whether or not it should feature foldable wings, etc.
The question of the day? "When will it be ready?" Ken indicated he thought they'd have something to sell by the 3rd or 4th quarter of 2007. They have made some recent mods; a landing gear change, re-propping, etc. It is still a proof of concept in that (I think) they have not finalized everything.
One of our members who is 6'2 got in the cockpit and closed the canopy. There appeared to be at least 4 inches of clearance over his head.
All in all, a perfect day!
Thanks to Ken for spending his Saturday with us!
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