I have had a KR2 since '97 and love it. Went from a C421 to this. It's pure fun. 3 hrs fuel plus reservie. Still have the retracts. I'm 71 and plan to keep flying it 'till I can't pass medical.
Love it! My dad and I built a KR2 when I was young. It was a very fun project. We never got it completed but I have a lot of fond memories working on it
NICE... This is back to the roots of TRUE Homebuilt.... The homebuilt kits and prefab panel, kits, engine installation, upholstery just buy off the shelf, brand new everything, or sub out the work to others, makes for nice planes that are VERY expensive. You took the simple, light, DIY method which I really love and still came out with an amazing plane... a little single seat sky scooter.... sipping gas and going fast. WELL done and congrats. PS you fly it like a boss.... BE SAFE and take your time learning the idiosyncrasies of this baby.
Beautiful Job . I flew a KR2 for quite a while . I got 2.9 gallons per hour , they used to make fun of me asking was I going to buy a quart of gas to fill up . I will have to say I flew most of the time solo so a KR1 would have been a good choice for me .
Congrats on building KR-1. I personally knew builder & designer of KR-1 & KR-2 Ken Rand. He was a nice guy, I miss him a lot he did a lot for Experimental planes. Glad to see he his planes being built & flown.
Well done Russell, I have a Corby starlet and although I didn’t do a full build the authority in Australia forced me to provide proof of inspections and have a LAME sign off a secondary check. The aircraft was sold to me with an expired permit to fly and was not registered correctly. All I managed to save from the engine was the cam and crankshaft. The rest were binned and replaced, upgrading the engine to a dual ignition 1835cc. Due to the paperwork has to equal the weight of the plane here, it took me 10 years to finally get a clearance to fly! So congratulations it is a credit to you and I’ll keep an eye out for more videos.
Pitiful what bureaucracy does to the human spirit. And all the people that do so little in their lives would probably be content to believe it's for the greater good. It's to crush our spirit.
Really good job a lot like the balsa scale radio control models of when I was a child I have a way now that's far faster and stronger and is way easier but I love the skill you have
Wow. Great building skills. Even greater bravery… to do those barrel rolls in a plane built from scratch - no user manual to consult for stall speeds, max speeds for structural integrity, etc.
Be sure to bolt hacksaw blades together and clean the flashing from between the Heads fins. You will see that casting flash between the aluminum cooling fins. Mine ran hot no matter what we did so in a last ditch effort I cleaned the flow up on the aluminum heads and the head temperature came down to an acceptable level. Clean any aluminum foundry casting flash off the heads to improve air flow and cooling in areas that aren't primary cooling . It will reduce your head temperatures across the board . Try to fair in the miss alignments in the cooling fin areas to cause the air to aerodynamically adhere to the fin surfaces thus increase heat dissipation. I flew a Steve Bennett VW kit for 14 years in a KR2 . That was one zippy, fun little airplane . And it was easy to fly and exceedingly forgiving , but pitch sensitive on landing . And it would fly in ground effect at 40mph at 1054 lbs. So keep the tail up until you are well below 40 mph. God I loved that airplane . Used the bigger float bowl carb and never had a problem running . All from Steve Bennett when he was alive . Cheap to rebuild and never had an engine out .
Amazing ,so inspiring ,idk of alot of people who can say they build a plane from scratch ,what makes it even more inspiring is that a year ago i was your student and seeing you do it makes me optimistic for the future Once again great job and thanks for sharing it with us.
Here's the link to the wing skin installation video on my KR-1½. Dan Diehl goes into quite a bit of construction info that may be of interest to those interested in building. czcams.com/video/qgJp95DhIOg/video.html This plane, built by Ken Cottle of Columbia, MO, is currently based at KSEE (Gillespie Field in the San Diego area). I posted a link in the comment section of the video linked above for those interested in seeing what this plane currently looks like. It still looks like new.
Lovely build and love the colour scheme. I'm waiting on my 600kg Skyranger Ninja kit to arrive which hopefully won't take anything like as long to build. I've bought the same MGL Blaze instruments to fit in it. Just one point I spotted: The nyloc nuts/bolts shown at 3:25 and 5:51 don't appear to be in safety as there should be at least 2 full threads protruding beyond the nylon insert of the nut. Hope you have many safe and enjoyable hours flying her.
Hello Russell Philips you are to be congratulated I thought your plane was beautiful, I intend to build my own plane I wanted to ask some questions about your plane could you help me with some information please?
The KR 2 has massive wing spars and I have never heard of a wing failure . The spars are in 3 sections and he displayed the outer wing panels with 2 huge spars showing through the fiberglass. That plane is strong as hell. You will not overstress it believe me . I flew a KR2 at 1100 lbs gross pulling out of a dive at 215 mph or more and didnt damage the plane .Haven't heard of one breaking up.
I test flew a KR1 for a builder. I found the aircraft quite a handful. The stability of the aircraft was depatable.I didn't have the confidence in the aircraft to test spin it. I felt the CG was not in the correct place. This KR1 I felt needed more fin and rudder area.
Hi Robin, the aft limit on a KR is officially 35% chord. I've never been further back than 28% as handling gets nasty. I'd highly recommend KR pilots to stay forward of 28%.
@@Russell_Phillips Hi Russell. One of the great problems with the KR series, I believe was the use of RAF airfoils. The mean camber line left a lot to be desired.
You sir are the embodiment of what aviation is all about. I applaud you.
Thank you.
SUPER impressed by this project and really appreciated the slide show - well done !
Many thanks!
That's a good-looking plane!
Thank you!
I have had a KR2 since '97 and love it. Went from a C421 to this. It's pure fun. 3 hrs fuel plus reservie. Still have the retracts.
I'm 71 and plan to keep flying it 'till I can't pass medical.
Fantastic!! Yes they are fun. Happy flying Gary.
Clever designer and pilot !
Best regards from Poland
Thanks!
Love it! My dad and I built a KR2 when I was young. It was a very fun project. We never got it completed but I have a lot of fond memories working on it
Pity you never finished it but hey the building is half the fun!
NICE... This is back to the roots of TRUE Homebuilt.... The homebuilt kits and prefab panel, kits, engine installation, upholstery just buy off the shelf, brand new everything, or sub out the work to others, makes for nice planes that are VERY expensive. You took the simple, light, DIY method which I really love and still came out with an amazing plane... a little single seat sky scooter.... sipping gas and going fast. WELL done and congrats. PS you fly it like a boss.... BE SAFE and take your time learning the idiosyncrasies
of this baby.
Thanks. Yes scratch building is fading away. Pity.
I'm impressed.
I can relate. I started building a KR-2 back in the early 80s. Never got past the fuselage framing. You did a beautiful job.
I really like you fibreglass work. Your cowl is a work of art.
Thanks! Cowl was mostly shaped by my mate Rob van der Merwe who also built one of these. Have a look at his project on youtube.
great vid. thanks for not having music - it's so much better to hear the engine sound....
Glad you liked it!
Beautiful Job . I flew a KR2 for quite a while . I got 2.9 gallons per hour , they used to make fun of me asking was I going to buy a quart of gas to fill up . I will have to say I flew most of the time solo so a KR1 would have been a good choice for me .
Utterly brilliant
Wow, that is impressive. Thanks for sharing your journey.
Thanks for watching!
Congrats on building KR-1. I personally knew builder & designer of KR-1 & KR-2 Ken Rand. He was a nice guy, I miss him a lot he did a lot for Experimental planes. Glad to see he his planes being built & flown.
Would have loved to meet Ken.
@@Russell_Phillips I wish you could have met Ken, he was a great guy who loved aviation. Ken help open the doors for experimental homebuilts.
wonderful
very Nice job
Thank you very much
beautiful job happy flying
Thanks Douglas!
Beautiful build! Congratulations!
Thank you very much!
Wow, great job! You are a real artist! Great fiberglass work. Looks like it came out of a factory.
Thank you very much!
Congratulations. Good job.
Thank you!
Very inspiring! 😍
Thanks!
Impressive! Congrats👏👏👏
Thanks!
Thanks for the positive comments! Take a flight with me in the machine by clicking on this link czcams.com/video/DqoNNDC4mLo/video.html
Congratulations! beautiful plane and great job. tremendous!
Thanks a lot!
Beautiful plane
Thank you!
Great Job.
Thanks John!
Well done Russell, I have a Corby starlet and although I didn’t do a full build the authority in Australia forced me to provide proof of inspections and have a LAME sign off a secondary check. The aircraft was sold to me with an expired permit to fly and was not registered correctly. All I managed to save from the engine was the cam and crankshaft. The rest were binned and replaced, upgrading the engine to a dual ignition 1835cc. Due to the paperwork has to equal the weight of the plane here, it took me 10 years to finally get a clearance to fly! So congratulations it is a credit to you and I’ll keep an eye out for more videos.
Hi Kim, That sounds like a monumental paperwork battle. I can sympathise! Glad you got it done in the end though. Nice plane a Corby!
Pitiful what bureaucracy does to the human spirit. And all the people that do so little in their lives would probably be content to believe it's for the greater good. It's to crush our spirit.
A marvelous bit of design and must be well designed to fly in close to the ground looks prettybeasy to fly as well
Hard to believe the KR-1 is 50 years old! Stay safe.
It is amazing I agree!
Really good job a lot like the balsa scale radio control models of when I was a child I have a way now that's far faster and stronger and is way easier but I love the skill you have
Yes just a big RC model!
Nice.
Thanks!
Wow.
Great building skills.
Even greater bravery… to do those barrel rolls in a plane built from scratch - no user manual to consult for stall speeds, max speeds for structural integrity, etc.
It's a Rand KR-1. There are construction & flight manuals, and all performance numbers are available.
@@crooked-halo
Yeah. I only found out after posting my comment. 😃
Take it to one of those super scale model plane shows. Many would be larger than this plane.
Good plan!!
Be sure to bolt hacksaw blades together and clean the flashing from between the Heads fins. You will see that casting flash between the aluminum cooling fins. Mine ran hot no matter what we did so in a last ditch effort I cleaned the flow up on the aluminum heads and the head temperature came down to an acceptable level. Clean any aluminum foundry casting flash off the heads to improve air flow and cooling in areas that aren't primary cooling . It will reduce your head temperatures across the board . Try to fair in the miss alignments in the cooling fin areas to cause the air to aerodynamically adhere to the fin surfaces thus increase heat dissipation. I flew a Steve Bennett VW kit for 14 years in a KR2 . That was one zippy, fun little airplane . And it was easy to fly and exceedingly forgiving , but pitch sensitive on landing . And it would fly in ground effect at 40mph at 1054 lbs. So keep the tail up until you are well below 40 mph. God I loved that airplane . Used the bigger float bowl carb and never had a problem running . All from Steve Bennett when he was alive . Cheap to rebuild and never had an engine out .
Interesting. Thanks
Simply wooowww!!!!!
Thanks!
Amazing ,so inspiring ,idk of alot of people who can say they build a plane from scratch ,what makes it even more inspiring is that a year ago i was your student and seeing you do it makes me optimistic for the future
Once again great job and thanks for sharing it with us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Here's the link to the wing skin installation video on my KR-1½. Dan Diehl goes into quite a bit of construction info that may be of interest to those interested in building.
czcams.com/video/qgJp95DhIOg/video.html
This plane, built by Ken Cottle of Columbia, MO, is currently based at KSEE (Gillespie Field in the San Diego area). I posted a link in the comment section of the video linked above for those interested in seeing what this plane currently looks like. It still looks like new.
8:20 Nice wingtip vortices!
Yes that was a bonus to see!
Lovely build and love the colour scheme.
I'm waiting on my 600kg Skyranger Ninja kit to arrive which hopefully won't take anything like as long to build. I've bought the same MGL Blaze instruments to fit in it.
Just one point I spotted: The nyloc nuts/bolts shown at 3:25 and 5:51 don't appear to be in safety as there should be at least 2 full threads protruding beyond the nylon insert of the nut.
Hope you have many safe and enjoyable hours flying her.
Well spotted. I tend to agree.
Fantástico !!!!!!
HERO!
Выражаю своё уважение автору самолёта, в России таких зовут "кулибинами".Хорошо,что есть такие люди....
Awesome
Awesome job 👏 beautiful aircraft ✈️
Thanks
This is the most beautiful airplane which i saw. Could you tell more about it's specs?
236kg empty, Limbach 80Hp engine, 150kts top speed.
Wow
That thing will scoot!
It does! 150kts WOT at sea level.
Afrikaners can make crazy things and fly it..i am glad that i got my pilot license from SA.
We are a little different down here! Must be the sun!
Do you have your eyes on top of each other?
Besides that, insane project 👍
Yes vis is a little limited on the ground. In the air it is fine though.
That thing is a little hot rod. Have fun with your toy!
Thanks Matthew!
than and how did you glue the foam outside? I tried the epoxy and glass cloth - the epoxy resin corrodes the foam, then tried not to
This reminds me of the YAK 1 plane
I see why you say that! Just looked up a side view of that machine. Challenging forward viz!
Wow!
Hello friend, which engine in this plane did you install and how many displacements?
Limbach 2000👍
is that a mini crop duster
Hello Russell Philips you are to be congratulated I thought your plane was beautiful, I intend to build my own plane I wanted to ask some questions about your plane could you help me with some information please?
Sure
NICE.
Thanks!
Beautiful airplane☝️ Building plans are for sale?
www.freebirdplans.org/?fbclid=IwAR3iQjQRpl1E_TPQh5QNHexc6qWczUw_lKv6mizBQSTlqkWOKorDqllD_j4
I have a set of KR2s plans that came too late to change from the KR2 build that was going on.
Aplause great👏👏
How did you measure the center of lift and gravity?
Scales under the wheels and calculated the CG position when loaded. Allowable range is 15-28% chord measured back from the leading edge of the wing.
@@Russell_Phillips Oh wow!
Very graceful plane, really nice, it uses a VW engine?
Limbach L2000 in this one.
Hi, where can I get the plans from?
einfach nur geil wowowowow
But the way the wings are built I wouldn't fly in it. I want a Wings spar going through more than 50% of the wing
The KR 2 has massive wing spars and I have never heard of a wing failure . The spars are in 3 sections and he displayed the outer wing panels with 2 huge spars showing through the fiberglass. That plane is strong as hell. You will not overstress it believe me . I flew a KR2 at 1100 lbs gross pulling out of a dive at 215 mph or more and didnt damage the plane .Haven't heard of one breaking up.
What kind of plane is that? Where can I pick up a set? Please email me at your earliest convenience, thank you and God bless you and yours.
nice video! what type and density foam?
24DV Expanded Polystyrene - same as on all the Whispers.
@@Russell_Phillips thanks a mill, I'll look it up.
👏👏
I test flew a KR1 for a builder. I found the aircraft quite a handful. The stability of the aircraft was depatable.I didn't have the confidence in the aircraft to test spin it. I felt the CG was not in the correct place. This KR1 I felt needed more fin and rudder area.
Hi Robin, the aft limit on a KR is officially 35% chord. I've never been further back than 28% as handling gets nasty. I'd highly recommend KR pilots to stay forward of 28%.
@@Russell_Phillips Hi Russell. One of the great problems with the KR series, I believe was the use of RAF airfoils. The mean camber line left a lot to be desired.
@@Russell_Phillips Thanks Russell, SO true!!!
A new umx plane?
👍
Hello, I am interested in building a plane like this, can you help me find the plans for the construction of this plane?
www.freebirdplans.org/?fbclid=IwAR3iQjQRpl1E_TPQh5QNHexc6qWczUw_lKv6mizBQSTlqkWOKorDqllD_j4
love to talk to you about the plane I want to build. Is that possible?
sure.
What type of engine did you use?
Limbach L2000
Awesome! Do you know where is a good place buy one of these kits by any chance?
@@folgee7368 Not aware of any supplier of full kits but Aircraft Spruce sell partial kits or material packages I believe.
I thought it looked like a single seat kr2 the undercarriage castings were a bit of a givaway
Quite a bit smaller than a KR2.
Geill
full stack plane developer
Thanks!
Looks like a good potential for death ! Lol
Who else jumped out of their skin at 2:20? 😯
I need to work on the audio yes!
Means wicked, sorry
Thanks!
Ya que se puso a filmar podria haber hecho algo de mejor calidad......
Big balls 😂😂 I make model craft but not real ones
And great work too
Poorly done. Not worth my time
Yet you went to the effort of commenting.
Meus Parabéns Sr. Luiz Alves do Brasil.