The KB-2 Freedom Machine is an autogyro designed by Ken Brock based on the designs of the Bensen B-8.[1][2]
Brock KB-2 Freedom Machine | |
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Ken Brock at Oshkosh 2001 | |
Role | Autogyro |
National origin | United States of America |
Manufacturer | Ken Brock Manufacturing |
Designer | Ken Brock |
First flight | 1970 |
Developed from | Brock KB-1 Gyroplane |
Ken Brock was an early innovator in homebuilt gyrocopters starting with his first ride in 1957.[3] Brock set to work on building and marketing a series of homebuilt gyroplanes with the KB-1 and later the KB-2.[4]
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.[5]
A 1970 demonstrator KB-2 is in the EAA Airventure Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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