Hi Bob
thank you for encouragement and info. The decision is now made, I will
build a new KR-1, so it will be exactly as I want. I want to build a
plane as close as possible to the original plane of Ken Rand, but with a
fixed gear. As I want to register it in the french ULM category, I have
to build as light as possible and I prefer the "Pursuit" version to the
version with the turtle-deck.
As for dynel I will use "Rutan" fiberglass. I just need to find the
specs of the cloth.
Regards
JC
Jean-Charles Fenez
La Rochelle - France
Le 26/11/2024 à 14:16, ROBERT HARTMAIER a écrit :
Good Morning JC,
Since most of the US west coast guys are still asleep, I will respond to you.
First I applaud your efforts to revive amateur aircraft building in France. I
hope your efforts inspire others to take up the hobby.
Second, I think we all agree that from the one photo you submitted, you are making the correct decision about attempting to spend any more time or funds to attempt a rebuild of the project you have.
Third, builders now do not use dynel, but rather uni-directional and
bi-directional fiberglass cloth such as the Burt Rutan designs use. If you
insist on using dynel, I have a roll that has only had an amount used to
construct the horizontal tail and rudder, and so should be enough to build
wings and perhaps another tail group if you then use fiberglass for
non-structural parts such as the engine cowl and turtle deck. I could send it
to you for the cost of the shipping.
There is so much information available today both on this site and other
internet sources that it should not discourage you from building a KR, even
though there are no others in France.
Good Luck!
Bob Hartmaier
New Jersey, USA
On 11/26/2024 6:11 AM EST JC via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote:
I see that the comments are unanimous and I think the same.
I will abandon this project which poses too many security problems.
Moreover, continue dismantling to ensure that the rest could be used
will take a lot of time and will surely damage the structure even more.
The wise solution is to rebuild and as I said to Larry Flesner, that
will allow me to say proudly and without lying : "I built it".
I will start to disassemble everything that can be reused (canopy,
etc.), find, at the storage facility, the documentation that the widow
of the initial builder gave me, and start looking for suppliers for the
materials (I will have to find equivalents for the dynel, for example,
which is completely impossible to find in France).
As far as I know there is no KR-1, project or already built, for sale in
France. I don't even know of any KR-1 in France.
I am a member of an association of amateur builders. With a few other
members we are trying to revive amateur construction which is in great
decline in France. Aircraft like the KR-1 and KR-2 could be a good basis
for revitalizing construction. They seem easy to build, efficient and
allow a lot of options.
JC "resolute optimistic..."
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