Pat Russo wrote: >I have an older KR boat abandoned by another builder and have decided to >cut it behind the seat and move/extend the fuselage rearwards by 24?. Has >anyone out there tried this?
Jim Hill did it successfully after he broke the tail off of his plane in an end-over-end rollover, but I think it was more like 14" to make it more KR2S-like. It was broken very close to the tail feathers, so there was very little material involved, and the discontinuity in the fore-aft flow lines was easy to disguise with a Lancair-like teardrop taper back there. I don't have photos, and the plane was sold years ago to somebody in Pine Bluff, I believe. It turned out pretty good, and while he was at it, he put a longer horizontal stab and rudder on it. He loved the change it made... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
