Building a tiny KR1 from scratch over 8 years. Well worth the effort.
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@coltonrooster2 жыл бұрын
You sir are the embodiment of what aviation is all about. I applaud you.
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@ianmyles90252 жыл бұрын
SUPER impressed by this project and really appreciated the slide show - well done !
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@daleyoung877 ай бұрын
That's a good-looking plane!
@Russell_Phillips6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@peterp.35302 жыл бұрын
Clever designer and pilot ! Best regards from Poland
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@garyhinkle4917 Жыл бұрын
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.
@Russell_Phillips Жыл бұрын
Fantastic!! Yes they are fun. Happy flying Gary.
@geraldtrudeau3223 Жыл бұрын
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.
@brianblasiusАй бұрын
Nice project. What type of wood did you use?
@Russell_PhillipsАй бұрын
@@brianblasius I used Douglas Fir (Oregon Pine).
@brianblasiusАй бұрын
@@Russell_Phillips great, I'm planning to build a wooden aircraft but don't know which wood I can find locally (Kenya) as I'm trying to keep it > 75% built from things I can find locally. Does that also include the skins?
@fredynumbnuts Жыл бұрын
great vid. thanks for not having music - it's so much better to hear the engine sound....
@Russell_Phillips Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@waynetokarz1742 жыл бұрын
I really like you fibreglass work. Your cowl is a work of art.
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
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.
@DoRC2 жыл бұрын
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
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Pity you never finished it but hey the building is half the fun!
@gmcjetpilot2 жыл бұрын
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.
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Yes scratch building is fading away. Pity.
@briand38372 жыл бұрын
Wow, that is impressive. Thanks for sharing your journey.
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@KidYuma18802 жыл бұрын
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.
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Would have loved to meet Ken.
@KidYuma18802 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@charleswesley9907 Жыл бұрын
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 .
@brianblasiusАй бұрын
What engine did it use?
@gabriellapena7034 Жыл бұрын
Congratulations! beautiful plane and great job. tremendous!
@Russell_Phillips9 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot!
@texan25602 жыл бұрын
Wow, great job! You are a real artist! Great fiberglass work. Looks like it came out of a factory.
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@douglascloud44842 жыл бұрын
beautiful job happy flying
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Douglas!
@arturoclaudett932 жыл бұрын
Beautiful build! Congratulations!
@Russell_Phillips Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@MR-rp3xr5 ай бұрын
A marvelous bit of design and must be well designed to fly in close to the ground looks prettybeasy to fly as well
@Russell_Phillips23 күн бұрын
Thx
@kimkeam20942 жыл бұрын
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.
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
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!
@autonomousindividual7780 Жыл бұрын
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.
@terryboehler57522 жыл бұрын
Congratulations. Good job.
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@kanyemonterosso542210 ай бұрын
This is the most beautiful airplane which i saw. Could you tell more about it's specs?
@Russell_Phillips9 ай бұрын
236kg empty, Limbach 80Hp engine, 150kts top speed.
@tomtommotmot92713 жыл бұрын
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.
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@fritzmuller8246 Жыл бұрын
Utterly brilliant
@stanislav7702 жыл бұрын
wonderful very Nice job
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@AeiThop2 жыл бұрын
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.
@crooked-halo2 жыл бұрын
It's a Rand KR-1. There are construction & flight manuals, and all performance numbers are available.
@AeiThop2 жыл бұрын
@@crooked-halo Yeah. I only found out after posting my comment. 😃
@barnahadi69392 жыл бұрын
Impressive! Congrats👏👏👏
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@charleswesley9907 Жыл бұрын
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 .
@Russell_Phillips Жыл бұрын
Interesting. Thanks
@kurthammack98672 жыл бұрын
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
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Yes just a big RC model!
@125brat2 жыл бұрын
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.
@alangrove42732 жыл бұрын
Well spotted. I tend to agree.
@lancetyler38722 жыл бұрын
Beautiful plane
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@darrelrobbins2 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe the KR-1 is 50 years old! Stay safe.
I have a set of KR2s plans that came too late to change from the KR2 build that was going on.
@jimydoolittle31292 жыл бұрын
Awesome job 👏 beautiful aircraft ✈️
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Justwantahover Жыл бұрын
Take it to one of those super scale model plane shows. Many would be larger than this plane.
@Russell_Phillips Жыл бұрын
Good plan!!
@crystianangelvalentin276811 ай бұрын
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?
@Russell_Phillips9 ай бұрын
Sure
@0guiteo8 ай бұрын
I'm impressed.
@Russell_Phillips23 күн бұрын
Thx
@Kinemasguy2 жыл бұрын
is that a mini crop duster
@Workerbee-zy5nx Жыл бұрын
Nice.
@Russell_Phillips9 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@narenjakable2 жыл бұрын
Afrikaners can make crazy things and fly it..i am glad that i got my pilot license from SA.
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
We are a little different down here! Must be the sun!
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the positive comments! Take a flight with me in the machine by clicking on this link kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqLSf4F6eJmggtE
@A320_shrek7 ай бұрын
How did you measure the center of lift and gravity?
@Russell_Phillips7 ай бұрын
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.
@A320_shrek7 ай бұрын
@@Russell_Phillips Oh wow!
@ricardograde51342 жыл бұрын
Do you have your eyes on top of each other? Besides that, insane project 👍
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Yes vis is a little limited on the ground. In the air it is fine though.
@tinolino582 жыл бұрын
Very inspiring! 😍
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@johnshaffer39522 жыл бұрын
Great Job.
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks John!
@crystianangelvalentin276811 ай бұрын
Hello friend, which engine in this plane did you install and how many displacements?
@Russell_Phillips11 ай бұрын
Limbach 2000👍
@Newkm4n2 ай бұрын
Im a pilot myself and I’d trust you to build my planes
@Russell_Phillips23 күн бұрын
Thanks👍
@benchamp67932 жыл бұрын
Выражаю своё уважение автору самолёта, в России таких зовут "кулибинами".Хорошо,что есть такие люди....
@DLTNRDG Жыл бұрын
👏👏
@battifortesempre14322 жыл бұрын
Simply wooowww!!!!!
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@MrOlezhandr9 ай бұрын
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
@Russell_PhillipsАй бұрын
The polystyrene foam is bonded with epoxy and microballoons. Epoxy has no effect on polystyrene. Polyester resin eats polystyrene so please don't use that!
@tack95719 күн бұрын
That is fucking dope. How much did it cost? I’m studying aerospace engineering and looking to build something similar.
@Russell_Phillips4 сағат бұрын
I probably have about 20kUSD invested. And quite a few hours of labour😊
@BobbyChastain2 жыл бұрын
8:20 Nice wingtip vortices!
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Yes that was a bonus to see!
@caturlifelive2 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@RobotoForgoto Жыл бұрын
Wow!
@JETHO32110 ай бұрын
That thing will scoot!
@Russell_Phillips9 ай бұрын
It does! 150kts WOT at sea level.
@matthewmoilanen787 Жыл бұрын
That thing is a little hot rod. Have fun with your toy!
@Russell_Phillips Жыл бұрын
Thanks Matthew!
@mikestirewalt5193 Жыл бұрын
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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5itoWxrec18hck 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.
@allancopland17682 жыл бұрын
NICE.
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@drnugget83472 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the YAK 1 plane
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
I see why you say that! Just looked up a side view of that machine. Challenging forward viz!
@myvideointube Жыл бұрын
HERO!
@captarmour2 жыл бұрын
nice video! what type and density foam?
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
24DV Expanded Polystyrene - same as on all the Whispers.
@captarmour2 жыл бұрын
@@Russell_Phillips thanks a mill, I'll look it up.
@daikin7777 Жыл бұрын
Aplause great👏👏
@andrzejpl98972 жыл бұрын
👍
@Camarc642 жыл бұрын
Very graceful plane, really nice, it uses a VW engine?
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Limbach L2000 in this one.
@luissouza55012 жыл бұрын
Fantástico !!!!!!
@tygeranthony77583 ай бұрын
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.
@Russell_PhillipsАй бұрын
KR1
@julianoswaldobonillaordone58872 жыл бұрын
Hello, I am interested in building a plane like this, can you help me find the plans for the construction of this plane?
Not sure these days. Bought mine years ago. Will look online.
@Tadrjbs Жыл бұрын
Wow
@elizabeteandrade54815 күн бұрын
my dream is to build an plane like that, welp, you would need an pilot license right?
@Russell_Phillips4 сағат бұрын
Yes you’d need some form of licence- the type would depend on which country you’re in. In SA you need a PPL.
@oegeat2 жыл бұрын
einfach nur geil wowowowow
@bryanphelps73712 жыл бұрын
love to talk to you about the plane I want to build. Is that possible?
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
sure.
@robingermon83802 жыл бұрын
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.
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
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%.
@robingermon83802 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@robingermon83802 жыл бұрын
@@Russell_Phillips Thanks Russell, SO true!!!
@phillipgray7371 Жыл бұрын
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
@charleswesley9907 Жыл бұрын
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.
@uh.videosig85152 жыл бұрын
A new umx plane?
@folgee7368 Жыл бұрын
What type of engine did you use?
@Russell_Phillips Жыл бұрын
Limbach L2000
@folgee7368 Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Do you know where is a good place buy one of these kits by any chance?
@Russell_Phillips Жыл бұрын
@@folgee7368 Not aware of any supplier of full kits but Aircraft Spruce sell partial kits or material packages I believe.
@twistedtimmy64742 жыл бұрын
I thought it looked like a single seat kr2 the undercarriage castings were a bit of a givaway
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Quite a bit smaller than a KR2.
@caydinc2 жыл бұрын
full stack plane developer
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@superstonie61002 жыл бұрын
Geill
@Blueagle8u Жыл бұрын
Looks like a good potential for death ! Lol
@spency7872 жыл бұрын
Who else jumped out of their skin at 2:20? 😯
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
I need to work on the audio yes!
@superstonie61002 жыл бұрын
Means wicked, sorry
@Russell_Phillips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@horaciogaticaa2 жыл бұрын
Ya que se puso a filmar podria haber hecho algo de mejor calidad......