Who are you John Bouyea ? In affiliation with me looking for kr2 plans ? Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 16, 2022, at 5:42 PM, John Bouyea <[email protected]> wrote: > > History: > This topic of official plans seems to come up every 3 - 5 years. The last > time, I called Jeannette and told her without ongoing support we feared the > design would wither and die away. We offered to do all the work of making > plans available and would send her all the residual income after covering > duplication and distribution expenses; just keep the name and design alive. > She succinctly stated she would not permit any duplication from the existing > plans by anybody. She transferred that responsibility to the individual who > took over the business but she did not surrender the design intellectual > property. [Note: her daughter is a lawyer..] > A group of builders & pilots later talked about producing a set of plans and > a construction manual <<from scratch>> largely following the design concepts > made popular as the KR aircraft series. This was intended to fill out the > missing detail areas from the KR2 plans including the KR2S supplement. Many > improvements to the design would be included like the new airfoil as well as > improved construction techniques. > That effort had success with creating a draft "construction manual" to become > just a list of items that should be included in a final build manual. Some > participants had volunteered to write individual chapters. That never seemed > to come together as a whole. On the other part of the effort, I personally > don't know how far creating new plans drawings progressed. > > So here we are again. People want to buy plans and parts. The current holder > of the design seems fully occupied with many "irons in the fire" so to speak. > I'm sure we've all been there. It's just unfortunate for new people > interested in the design to be unable to get their hands on what everyone > needs to move forward; a plan. > > Other comments: > My set of plans do have a "Purchase Agreement" and serial number associated > with the sale & release from Jeannette to me. The agreement states among > other statements; > "... Recipient agrees ... not to disclose ... nor ... duplicate ... except as > specifically authorized in writing by Rand Robinson ..." > -and- > "The information disclosed herein is for the recipient's use during the > construction of one (1) aircraft only." > All this was recorded in Jeannette's "Master File Book" and is on my sale > receipt. > > So I think we can put the topic of unlawful duplication to rest. Can't do it > folks. At least not lawfully... > > -----Original Message----- >> Lets try to eliminate the bottleneck on getting sets of the plans before we >> start bootlegging them. This has been a long standing issue that needs to >> get resolved. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > If Rand says they want nothing more to do with them and we attempt to upgrade > them then so be it. Let's hope that happens. > ________________________________ > -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -Change list delivery options at > https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board > -Search recent KRnet Archives at > https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ > -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
