Flying Corvairs

Bill Clapp with N41768 at Sun 'N Fun 2006, above.
Bill Clapp, Valdosta, Georgia, KR-2S
First Year Flown on Corvair Power: 2004
Total Amount of Hours on Corvair Power: 350. Bill has flown the airplane to 11,000 feet.
N-number: N41768
Builder of Engine: Bill Clapp
Builder of Airframe: Bill Clapp
Year Aircraft was Built: 2004
Type of Conversion: Wynne
Bill Clapp's budget KR-2S in front of Homebuilder Headquarters at AirVenture Oshkosh 2005.
Engine Year: 1965
Engine Displacement: 164cid
Propeller Diameter and Make: Sensenich 54x52. This is an extreme climb prop on Bill's airplane.
Top Speed as pictured: 173mph
Cruise RPM: 3,300rpm
Static RPM: 3,100rpm
N41768 at the KR Gathering in Mount Vernon, Illinois, in September 2005, above.
Bill Clapp built this KR-2S from boat stage to test flight in less than two years. The airplane features the new KR airfoils on the wing and tail. It is the first KR-2S ever to fly on Corvair power. Perhaps the most outstanding feature of the aircraft is that it cost $7,200, including the engine.
Bill Clapp has attended several of our Corvair Colleges, and is known in the Corvair world for being a friendly, outgoing, helpful builder. Bill is an A&P, and comes from a family of missionary pilots. His family owned and flew a KR-2 in South America. Bill's dad has 15,000 hours of safe flying in single engine airplanes in jungle conditions. Bill owns his own business restoring classic VW automobiles.
Bill's aircraft features many items from our own parts catalog, including our KR Cowling, Motor Mount, Prop Hub, Front Starter Kit, and Dual Ignition Distributor. Bill Clapp performs a flyby at Corvair College #8.