Sid, you might want to crunch some numbers on the engine move. To remove 30 lbs from the nose you are probably looking at an engine move of 10 or so inches.
Riley Collins Rutledge, TN On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Sid Wood wrote: > My KR-2 is now in my air conditioned shop at home. After three > flights for a total of 55 minutes, I am finally taking Jim Faughn's > recommendation to move the 2180 VW 2-inches forward. I have the > 2-inch aluminum blocks and an aluminum spacer for the nose strut made > by a local machine shop plus the longer AN6-46A bolts. So, the engine > move should go quickly; getting all the hoses, wires and cables to > stretch may take a little longer. Longer still will be the making of > a new cowl. Part of the reason for the new cowl is to house the > Revmaster oil cooler, bigger oil pump, on-engine oil filter, > re-located mechanical fuel pump and new engine cylinder cooling ducts. > Another benefit will be to off-load the 30 pounds of lead ballast in > the nose. > All of the previous W & B data will be history. The new wheel base > and engine move will require yet another W & B. > > Sid Wood > Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 > Mechanicsville, MD, USA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to > change options
