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Hello all, This airplane is still on the market after a pre-buy inspection went south. I have also inspected it so if you might be interested I can give you details that are not in the ads or the pict ...

Congratulations Robert all that hard work has paid off and I hope you get to enjoy it for many flying hours to come. It is great to know new KIS builds are still being completed and I believe there ar ...

This showed up in a search. The airplane was for sale for a long time and was bought last spring. It is (was) registered in Colorado. The crash happened in San Marcos, TX. It appears to be a landing g ...

This showed up in a search. The airplane was for sale for a long time and was bought last spring. It is (was) registered in Colorado. The crash happened in San Marcos, TX. It appears to be a landing g ...

Elevator and aileron trim servos are typically installed in the control surface. Removable access panels will need to be cut in to and fabricated for each control surface. The servos should be mounted ...

There are 2 KIS airplanes the KIS TR-1 2-place, and the KIS Cruiser TR-4 4-place. Both very nice airplanes. For more in info on KIS see Robert Reed’s web site – Google Reed KIS.

The TR-1 was de ...

Very cool Galin, Do you have any tail wheel experience? I'm about a year out from flying!

At Oshkosh this year we met Fabricio's partner Roberto Zanasi, and his wife. Roberto has been doing most of ...

Congratulations Stephen on your first flight. I know you were struggling to get this bird in the air but your persistence has paid off.

This airplane was built by Elden Lorah and all the details w ...

The original Wheel fairings supplied by Rich are very similar to Aircraft Spruce wheel fairing MF-4 part number 05-01218. This is not exactly like the originals but should work if you have some fabric ...

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Yes, there was one TR-4 sale from Oshkosh in 1999. The guy took delivery and a couple of months later he wanted to return the kit and he wasn’t going to ask for the shipping cost back either ...

OC – Thank you for fielding a few of my goofy questions.

On Gear #1 – Thanks for pointing out there is a shoulder that the shoe fits around to take into account. I do not have a nose gear on my ...

OC, thank you for the details of this situation. When any occurrence happens within our small community I feel it is very important that all details are covered so we can learn from it. The unfortunat ...

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2016/08/kis-tr-1-n660c-incident-occurred-august.html

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To the community sorry for my absence, suffering computer issues.

Hello Steve, congratulations on getting your KIS back flying.

The maximum gross weight for the KIS TR-1 is 1600 lbs. At this wei ...

Robert - I understand not all are comfortable with the forum environment, believe me even Rich had issues with the forum in the begining but he really enjoyed participating in the later years while o ...

Robert - Thanks for an excellent excellent excellent find! Another flying KIS!

I also received news at SNF from a Lancair builder from Switzerland - He told me there was two KIS TR-1s in Switzerla ...

Hello Ken, If you have not found this Super Pulsar 100 builder website stop by and check it out. There is a page to contact the builder. He may have the missing chapters you seek. As for the landing g ...

Congratulations on yet another great aviation accomplishment.

Galin - Not sure what advantage the Chinese certification would bring other than another feather to add to the hat. Their requirements are surely less than our own standards here in the USA. The certi ...

Attached is the logo Rich put on the prototype KIS Cruiser TR-4. The C and the r should be moved together and connected but Rich was an airplane maker not a typographer. The airplane is still in China ...