Friends, With the recent talk about the Sport Aviation article not properly crediting the KR for its contribution to homebuilding, I really got the urge to dedicate a full issue of CONTACT! Magazine to nothing but KR related information.
I've done this in the past with Sonex, scale P-51 homebuilts,the Corvair engine, Corvair powered Zenith aircraft, Pietenpol aircraft, Revmaster engines, Paul Lipps propellers, and the Cartercopter. http://www.contactmagazine.com/backissu.html Also here are some free to download versions of CONTACT! Magazine for those who may not have ever seen one: https://issuu.com/contact.magazine So what I need from you (if you're interested in helping) is several articles about noteworthy KRs. Optimally I'd like 3-5 articles, each having a different engine. CONTACT! Magazine isn't an airplane engine magazine, although it has that reputation. It's an experimental aviation magazine that's not interested in cookie-cutter RVs with $10,000 paint jobs and crate certified engines. We want to feature aircraft that are actually experimental - AND affordable. The affordable part usually means an alternative to the expensive certified engines and purpose-built experimental engines such as Rotax, UL, Jabiru, etc. So with that, I'd REALLY like if each plane we featured all had different engines from each other. Or if not a different engine, something that makes the airframe different from the others. And I'm NOT opposed to the tried and true O-200 or O-235, but it would be nice if there was something special about the engine like maybe aftermarket fuel injection and/or electronic ignition that we could feature in the article. And I'm not looking for fluff pieces like flying to the bahamas with your dog - while that's cool for sure, our magazine is more interested in nuts and bolts than Fido. I'd also appreciate someone creating an overview article, with the history of the KR, including a bio on Ken Rands and the appropriate mention you would have liked to have seen in the Sport Aviation article. And unlike other publications, I'm super interested in projects, even if they've yet to fly. And there's no limit on word-count if it takes a bunch of words to properly tell the story. But as a general guideline, a minimum of 1000-1200 words, and maybe a maximum of 5000. But the sweet spot is around 3500 - with 5-15 photos. And each article should have at least one air-to-air photo to be considered for the cover, but that's NOT necessary. It would just be nice. And PLEASE don't feel like you have a story to tell but can't write your way out of a paper bag. We have people who can help you look good, without removing your "voice." Just sit down and tell me your story, in an email. I'll more than likely ask follow-up questions, and of course, I'll need photos. (I think I've used my quota of ands today) :) Best of all YOU get to see the final draft and APPROVE it before it goes to print. I can't tell you how many times I've submitted articles to Sport Aviation or KITPLANES and the first time I saw them in final draft was when my issue arrived in my mailbox, and there was stuff WRONG that I could have caught before being printed - if only they would have let me see it before sending it to the printers. So PLEASE send an article idea to me at edi...@contactmagazine.com and let's see if we can't make an awesome CONTACT! Magazine issue featuring nothing but Ken Rands contribution to Experimental Aviation! And be sure to check out a couple of those aforementioned free back issues so you can gauge how I like to present homebuilt aircraft, and the people behind them. Keep in mind as well that we're equally interested in reporting on failures as much as successes. Our magazine is about EDUCATING the reader, so if you tried a product or a service that failed you, we'd like to hear about that too! Unlike the other magazines that are afraid to report on that, we want to publish it - even if you just screwed up. If we can learn from it, I want to publish it. In Issue #57 http://www.contactmagazine.com/backissu.html (scroll down to issue #57) Oscar Zuniga reported on the "new" wing design. I may publish that article again in this proposed all-KR issue. Thanks! Pat _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
