Who is Jeannette ? Can she find me a set of plans ? Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 16, 2022, at 5:48 PM, Jamie Lockhart <jgsl...@icloud.com> wrote: > > 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 <j...@bouyea.net> 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/krnet@list.krnet.org/ ________________________________ -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/krnet@list.krnet.org/
