Really good point Mike. ?The longer wings make for a nice higher altitude cruiser. ?Just don't forget to increase the aspect ratio of the tail along with the wing to make a stable high altitude performer.
-Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM > ----- Original Message ----- > From: laser147 at juno.com > Sent: 04/30/13 10:18 AM > To: krnet at list.krnet.org > Subject: KR> 2S Project for sale (Brian Kraut) > > The higher aspect wing makes for much nicer high altitude performance. > The lower wing loading together with a nice big bottle of O2, a demand > regulator and a prop with some steep pitch to bite the thinner air - one > could make a nice one-stop coast to coast plane out of this. > > Mike > KSEE