(leaving Mark's entire text in for context) Thats great Mark and your time commitment can be whatever you wish it to be. I bet you could be a traffic cop (coordinator) role between the other talent generating the sections with an acceptable to you commitment.
I have my KR1 plans (and a completed boat) and I may or may not ever get to finish it, but I have been involved with KR since 1989 and love the platform and community. So enough with the plans issue already I say, the community can build slick, quick, beautiful airplanes, surely a few drawings cant be out of reach... The new plans can have the improved airfoil and who knows what else improvements. My 2 cents On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 9:51 AM Mark Langford <m...@n56ml.com> wrote: > > We all know that plans are virtually impossible to obtain now, other > than from other builders who either never finished an airplane and have > an "un-used" set, or copy and send a copy to new builders. I'm not > thrilled with the thought of tangling with anybody's team of lawyers, so > I'm staying away from all of that. > > Having said that, let's face it, the KR2 and KR2S plans are fairly > pathetic anyway....a hodgepodge of old and even older poorly drawn, and > downright cryptic in places, with one sentence instructions something > like "build the aft deck in a similar manner", with no dimensions > provided. Couple that with what is apparently no method to obtain them > anyway, so let's go ahead and say it like it is, building a new KR of > any description is in jeopardy, unless you can find un-used plans. > > But wait....we, the collective of KR builders, have really created a > new and improved airplane over the years, using the KR series (which > itself draws heavilty from the Taylor Monoplane) as a starting point, > and improving as we learned and built. Some folks may still want to fly > behind a 1600cc VW in a cramped one seater, but our collective design > has created a "real" airplane that is plenty wide enough for two normal > human beings, is more stable for safer and easier flying, and supports > larger engines powerful enough to make it a real time machine. > > It is obvious that what needs to be created are plans for the aircraft > that we have evolved, leaving the KR behind, for the next generation of > builders. My goal in this effort is to produce a completely new set of > drawings and written instructions for this new experimental aircraft, > which I like to call "FreeBird", mainly because the plans and drawings > would be posted on KRnet for free download, as the "new airfoil" > drawings are currently. With plans free to download, just imagine how > popular this design would become. Still, like the KR, it will be a time > consuming aircraft to build, but one that is among the least expensive > to build, and is easily customizable to fit each builder's mission. > > For the moment, that plan is on the back burner, as so far, folks have > been able to find plans from other builders....at least up until now. I > have a good start on a CAD model from which I can....with a lot more > work, create drawings. I've just been reluctant to drop everything and > kill 6 months of my life doing this. My goal is to refine my model of > this new FreeBird design, and create the scaled drawings and isometric > views of details, using dimensions and techniques that the collective of > builders have brought to this new improved design over the decades. > What I'd like to relegate to others is to write fresh chapters on > construction of several large components of this new airplane, so that > new builders can also download them for free. What I'm talking about is > an entirely free-of-charge set of plans for a NEW aircraft that will > enable future cheapskate builders like us to build what has evolved into > a new aircraft. > > I will start working these CAD files, and will solicit writers for > construction chapters after I have drawings to work with. I will act as > editor. Meanwhile, I hope this will chill things for a while. > Everybody who's wanted plans have been able to obtain them up until this > week, so here's our signal to get back to work on this. For those > looking for plans, don't halt your effort and wait for these new > plans....I may croak tomorrow and never get them done. > > Meanwhile, to answer the question of "what changes should be made", I'll > throw a list out on KRnet of changes that "the collective" have created > over the years out on KRnet, and send a link to the list when it's done. > > Mark Langford > m...@n56ml.com > http://www.n56ml.com > Huntsville, AL > ________________________________ > -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -Change list delivery options at > https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board > -Search recent KRnet Archives at > https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ > -Search <https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/-Search> > John Bouyea's decades of archive at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/ > ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/
