JC, Someone wrote a more detailed and updated KR-2 plans book, I believe around the early 1990's. I'm not sure if the same was done for the KR-1, but there should contain lots of good info as far as the building materials. Hopefully someone will chime in and provide more information on this for you.
Bob > On 11/26/2024 12:50 PM EST JC via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > > 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..." > >> -- > >> KRnet mailing list > >> KRnet@list.krnet.org > >> https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet > > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet
