Cool stuff. I think the 500 pound empty weight on a twin KR was a bit ambitious though.
I spoke to someone who knew Ken and worked on a KR a long time ago. He told me that Dynel was a fiberglass fabric that was used for window curtains! That was something I never knew. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> Sent: Feb 19, 2004 8:09 PM To: KRNet <kr...@mylist.net> Subject: KR>Early KR stuff NetHeads, I got an envelope with some interesting stuff from South African Royce Kitney. It included a drawing that I've never seen before, a KR twin engine affair named the KR3! The drawing at http://www.krnet.org/misc/kr3.pdf shows the general idea. This idea eventually evolved into the single engine KR3A amphibian, which is shown at http://www.krnet.org/misc/kr3a.gif . The KR3A was never really flown any distance, I believe, just "taxi" tested on the water. Also enclosed were two letters from Ken Rand to Royce, dated just a few months after the KR1 plans were drawn up. They are shown at http://www.krnet.org/misc/kr_letters.pdf . And there is also a large format photo taken in October of 1972 ( http://www.krnet.org/misc/n1436.jpg ) of Ken flying his plane in what appears to be the same photo shoot that yielded the pictures for the March 1973 Popular Mechanix article, as well as the October 1973 Science and Mechanics issue. He also sent me a sample of Dynel, which Ken had sent to him along with the December letter. I had no idea that Dynel looks just like KR fiberglass cloth, only not shiny! I always thought it had a much finer weave. This is a lot like a trip back in time, and I thought the rest of you might enjoy it as well. If you want to see more of this kind of stuff, visit Don Reid's collection of Sport Aviation articles at http://users.erols.com/donreid/sportaviation/kr_SA.htm . Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML "at" hiwaay.net see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford _______________________________________ to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
