> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry&Sallie Flesner > Sent: 01/11/14 05:09 PM > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> KR1/KR100?????whats the difference? > > At 02:31 PM 1/11/2014, you wrote: > >Can anyone here shed some light on to the pros or cons of the KR1 VS > >the KR 100 and what changed from the KR1 to the KR 100? > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > considerable info with photos at http://www.krnet.org/krs/kr100/ > > Latest info is that the aircraft is out of registration and located > in Arizona. > > I recall 100 hp is the smallest engine recommended. You could > duplicate it with a KR2S narrowed to a single place and use the new > airfoil. that would make a real hotrod. I recall the only KR100 to > fly used the RAF48 airfoil with a modified lead edge. Personally, I > think a standard KR2, narrowed to a single place, with slightly > enlarged tail surfaces, would make a fast little bird with almost any > engine bigger than a 2100 VW, a Corvair or Continental making it a > real streaker. > > Larry Flesner
As Larry says, if you want a KR-100, just narrow up a 2S and use the new airfoil and tail plans. ?You'll have a much better plane. ?I wouldn't put a great deal of stock in the 262 mph speed listed for the KR-100. ?The formula racers using an O-200 were typically turning those engines just a bit over 4000 rpm. ?It's likely that speed was reached running the engine that way, so I wouldn't count on that kind of speed with any engines normally found on a KR. ?But you can build yourself a plane that will push 200 mph pretty easily. -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM
