Great proposal Luis! Happy to see that your energy and passion level for the KR community has charged through the roof, after nearly 20 hours drive attending this year's two day KR gathering! You absolutely have my two thumbs up!!
Great to see old and new KR friends as well, and my only regret was missed my KR2 ride with Sam on Saturday, and an opportunity to listen to John's fantastic story about his magic survival of spiraling from above 6000 AGL....!?? Cheers, Dr. Hsu On Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 9:26 PM Luis Claudio via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > We just got home from our 2022 KR gathering and as always it was great to > see old and new friends there. But as I looked around, I saw a lot of > people missing and wondered why... I had to ask myself "are we losing > interest in our KR community?" > > To answer that question, I thought about this... Someone recently > mentioned resurrecting the idea of a newsletter as was customary in years > before. There seems to be enough ongoing activity to support a quarterly > newsletter to help motivate old talent and to encourage new ones into > joining our KR community from around the world. However, there too exist > the question of "what good would it do to encourage new people to build KRs > if there isn't a unified community of resources and support to assist them > in their build? > > Presently, we can no longer depend on Nvaero as a repository of useable > plans, parts, advice, and technical support. Where and who can we turn to > for help? We know that Mark Langford (and others?) are working hard to > design the next generation of the KR airplane and that is a very noble > endeavor. But the groundwork for supporting the deployment of these designs > is not yet available and is barely talked about. I believe that the time > is now if not later to start this conversation. Consider this: > > We need a place to share accomplishments, first flights, first "build", a > place to tell a story or two about your last flight... > > A place to provide a single source of information and technical assistance > to both young and old builders/pilots? > > A place for new blood to slowly assimilate into our KR community? > > A place to share new innovative ideas from our builders and designers > > A platform for the repository of "Freebird" plans and updates. > > And finally, the 900-lb gorilla in the room is "Who will take the time to > do this work?" Well, if there is enough interest, I will, or whoever feels > that they have the time to do it. I feel that it is time that we organize > and prepare a "knowledge repository" for the future of the current design > and the birth of the "Freebird". > > What are your thoughts? > > Luis R Claudio > KR2S N8981S > Dallas, Texas > > (I apologize for my rambling thoughts but I think I got my point across...) > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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