After years of work and lots of money, this one didnt quite. This kr2s stretch version is almost finished with fuselage glassed and on gear, wings covered, and tail constructed. As long as they are not covered in the main asn safety database. This was also my final flight of n886mj as the new owner craig williams now has it at his home airport in northern illinois. Its my understanding that the kr2 plans were drawn up with almost no.
I studied the plans for a year before i began construction in june 1998. My airplane has a normal cruise capability of mph with 140 mph maximum speed in level flight with two passengers. If your a serious rc modeler you really need to subscribe to this is the best provider of model airplane planes on the web. It is an interesting exercise to calculate the value for comparable aircraft. N56ml mark langfords homebuilt airplane and online. Click the button below to add the rand kr2 plans and builders manual to your wish list. I saw on a download page for requesting building authority from caa that they. Aviation safety network asn aviation safety wikibase asn.
The prototype was constructed over a 9 month period, and first flown on dec 23, 1999. It is typically powered by smaller vw engines, up to the 2100cc. It will hopefully be the first of many aircraft that i get to build. Mark langfords homebuilt airplane and online builders manual. The kr was the first experimental aircraft to utilize composite construction, and though the design is now quite dated, this little airplane enjoys a loyal following. I mentioned to him that we have our own kr2 moulds and i would be interested in. Hales airplane attracted a lot of attention when it was parked in the homebuilt aircraft row at the annual flyin because the aircraft registration clearly identifies it as from across the pond. The airplanes are either plans or kit built, and may be equipped in a tailwheel configuration with retractable landing gear, or tricycle fixed landing gear.
Steve built kr2 n902g shown above, which has won several awards at the kr gathering. Updated january 2017 another update to the kr2 refurb project, n891jf just to let you know that i am still flying, and i now have 1 hours on the plane. May 01, 20 peterbuilt1 kr2, 1st flight, april 30, 20, lenhardt airpark, oregon, pilot. Its a kr2 with retractable gear, and uses a vw type 4 engine. At the bottom some info captured from his web page and also there is the contact info for his wife cheryl. This popular aircraft combine composite and wood construction to produce fast, efficient aircraft that remain good sellers year after year. The kr 2 was originally designed by rand robinson engineering. This page is intended to be a comprehensive guide to possible sources for aircraft scale drawings.
These are the plans and builders manual for the kr2s aircraft. The drawings featured here are intended principally for plastic scale modellers, as scale drawings for radiocontrolled or freeflight model aircraft have usually been bastardised in some way to allow the fitment of an engine or to improve the. These are the plans and builders manual for the kr2 aircraft. The listing is free for everyone you dont need to register or log in to download these plans. If youre light and lucky, you might just get a ride in one. The rand robinson kr1 is a singleseat, singleengine sport aircraft designed in the united states in the early 1970s and marketed for homebuilding.
A windows utility program that lets you crop or removes the white margins space from pdf pages. If you have plans that are not here please upload them, so others can build from them. The kr2 is a high speed, two seat, sidebyside aircraft which can be powered by a certified or auto conversion engine. This kr2 was a popular kit plane in the 1970s, with over 10,000 sets of plans sold for the the kr1 single seat version and kr2 home built aircraft. Featuring thousands of radio control, control line, free flight, 3views and general aviation blueprints, aerofred is a community of modellers, builders, makers and enthusiasts sharing and restoring old model airplane and boat plans. Options are available to builders who wish to upgrade certain systems such as the hydraulic brake option. The kr1 is a single seat low wing aircraft which can be powered by a certified or auto conversion engine. Components may be purchased individually or in kit packages.
The krsuper2 is a corvair powered, all composite, two seat experimental aircraft modeled after the rand robinson kr2s. The aircraft uses allwood construction with a single piece boxspar. Update 2014now that i also own and fly a plans built kr2, i can tell you that a kr2 with cg biased toward the front is not at all difficult to fly in calm air such as high altitudes, and can be flown handsoff in the longitudinal sense, doing the phugoid thing with about a 45 second period. You can add any aviation accident or incident you like. The kr1 single place was designed in the early 1970s by the late ken rand. The speed of building, the speed of flight the economical kr system. Peterbuilt1 kr2, 1st flight, april 30, 20, lenhardt airpark, oregon, pilot. This is the place to put your hands on real kr aircraft so dont miss it. The prototype was completed in late may of 1974, and the first flight was on june 1. The rand robinson kr1 is a singleseat, singleengine sport aircraft designed in the united. Plans built homebuilt aircraft aviation construction. Notice that the kr2s is at the low side where as the kr2vx is in the middle of the range. As i get quite a number of messages, it might take some time until you receive an answer and in some cases i get lost in the flood and you may even receive no answer at all. This will be a process that will take me several years to complete, therefore dont look for pictures of my airplane flying anytime soon.
Outerzone is a listing of free vintage and oldtimer flying model aircraft plans to download. Some of these may or may not be ultralights so may require a pilots license to fly. Thanks to jim s for the tip on this sad bird listed on ebay. When kend rand designed his kr1 in 1972, he also pioneered a stateoftheart foamandfiberglass composite construction method which has now become standard in homebuilt, commercial, and military aircraft. Homebuilt aircraft plans these are most older plans for homebuilt aircraft. It is to be used in conjunction with the plans provided. On the left coast, united states find or sell auto parts.
Nov 15, 2015 i caught up with him at this years sun n fun, where he made a brief stop as part of his latest journey aboard the kr2, which he calls itzy. The affordaplane has unique construction in that the structural. My plan was to finalize all design decisions before i began building the airplane. Download aircraft airframes blueprints page 1 aircraft. It worth mentioning that only a few years ago, the fuselage was a kr2, and they stretched. It is a lowwing cantilever monoplane of conventional design with an enclosed cockpit and tailwheel undercarriage. Updated january 2017 another update to the kr2 refurb project, n891jf just to let you know that i am still flying, and i. Download and share free model airplane and boat plans.
You can view model plans by category tag like say free flight, control line, radio control, scale, rubber, etc. It will also show poor tendency to resist gusts or other upsets, and generally wander in pitch attitude, making precise pitch control difficult. Dont get me wrong, this plane really is easy to build, but it is time consuming, and the. Yes, you can add accidents and incidents to the asn wikibase yourself. I pretty much stuck to the plans with only a few modifications. Krnet email list for kr experimental aircraft builders and pilots. Sakkie had the south african kr agency back in the 80s, plans and parts were. The affordaplane concept was first born around december, 1998. Kr2 two place was designed in the early 1970s by the late ken rand.
Download model airplane plans free to download browsable model airplane plans. Hummbro1 micro rc planes, rc plane plans, radio controlled aircraft, best. Ricky farleys kr2s construction log the following pages will document the construction of my rand robinson kr2s aircraft that i plan to power with a chevrolet corvair motor. Aircraft raffle hands, mind, and heart what started as a handful of passionate enthusiasts has developed into a major forceand a significant componentof the aircraft industry. Download model airplane plans freercplans free rc plans. Weve been accused of keeping a great secret to ourselves, the internet crowd of kr builders and flyers named krnet. Using image recognition arithmetic to determine margins and crop margins automatically, you neednt select or edit the margins by manual, a real time saver for editing your pdfs before printing. It includes a 16 inch stretch in the fuselage over the standard kr2, more head and leg room and premolds made of the latest ovencured, vacuumbagged prepregs.
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