Brock KB-2

Brock KB-2 Freedom Machine
Ken Brock at Oshkosh 2001
General information
TypeAutogyro
National origin
United States of America
ManufacturerKen Brock Manufacturing
Designer
History
First flight1970
Developed from
Brock KB-1 Gyroplane

The KB-2 Freedom Machine is an autogyro designed by Ken Brock based on the designs of the Bensen B-8.

Design and development

Ken Brock was an early innovator in homebuilt gyrocopters starting with his first ride in 1957. Brock set to work on building and marketing a series of homebuilt gyroplanes with the KB-1 and later the KB-2.

Operational history

Ken Brock used his KB-2 design for years in airshow acts and completed several world records. In 1971 he completed the first coast-to-coast autogyro flight from Long Beach, California to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Variants

KB-2
Powered variant
KB-2G
Variant with the same frame and rotor head as a KB-2. The "glider" is a two-seat gyroplane designed to be towed by car. The aircraft with the same frame and rotor assembly can be converted to a powered gyroplane.

Aircraft on display

A 1970 demonstrator KB-2 is in the EAA Airventure Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Specifications (KB-2)

Data from EAA

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. ↑ "Brock KB-2 Gyroplane". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Downey, Julia: 2005 Trikes 'Chutes and Rotorcraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2005, page 57. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. ↑ Henry Doering (1980). Book of buffs, masters, mavens, and uncommon experts.
  4. ↑ "Good Gyrations". Popular Science. November 1998.
  5. ↑ Popular Mechanics. Nov 1971. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ Popular Science. February 1982. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)