Mark,
I think it already has in a way because I have heard the people who
market Glassair and Lancair both built a KR-2 first then came out with their
own design based on the construction methods used on the KR Aircraft. Both
are a lot more money however I think the entire aircraft is pre-molded
parts.
Bob Stone
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Langford" <[email protected]>
To: "KRnet" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: KR>Rand/Robinson Engineering
> Bob Stone wrote:
>
> >> have any of you guys who are on the KRNet and show the most interest in
> the KR line of aircraft ever thought of making her an offer to buy the
> company<<
>
> Dr. Dean and I did exactly that about four years ago. Gave it a lot of
> thought, came up with a plan, flew out to California, and made her an
offer
> over lunch. We knew that with some effort at marketing, optimizing
> suppliers, and using the Internet as a sales, marketing, and delivery
tool,
> we could turn it around and make it cost effective, and get a lot more KRs
> under construction.
>
> I thought we made her an offer that she couldn't refuse, but it turns out
> she thought it was worth about 10 times what we thought it was worth, so
we
> left empty handed. It didn't take us but a few hours (and a few beers) to
> realize that we had dodged a huge bullet, because buying that company
would
> have meant inheriting the company's 25 years of liablity as well.
>
> It would be a very simple matter for somebody to come up with a similar
but
> improved design, and market it as a new airplane, just as Stu and Ken did
> from the Monoplane, and I have no doubt that it will happen soon enough...
>
> Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL
> N56ML at hiwaay.net
> see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
>
>
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