The basic structure of the KR-1 is that of the Taylor Monoplane, but with flight surfaces made of foam and glass instead of wood. There are a few other changes because the Monoplane has fixed gear and exposed cylinder heads and most of them have an open cockpit. The similarity between the two planes is very high, and this is probably the reason why the KR series uses the RAF 48 airfoil -- that's what the Monoplane has.
So if you really want to go back to wood for some of the flight surfaces, you should buy the plans for the Taylor Monoplane, which would show you how to do it right. The plans aren't expensive and getting them could save you a lot of trouble down the line. http://taylortitch.zxq.net/ Mike Taglieri On Mar 7, 2014 7:45 AM, "Doran Jaffas" <kr2owner at gmail.com> wrote: > If you want to look at aluminum bonding one of the best examples is > the Grumman Yankee. > For those of you that do not remember or have never seen that > aircraft it was built on Honeycomb construction and bonded aluminum skin. I > tend to agree though that if one is looking to use different materials > other than what was designed for use in the aircraft one should probably > consider a different design. I do confess thinking about building a KR 1 > and using marine grade plywood for skinning the wings but again it would > make it a completely different design parameter. I am sure that skinning > the wings in plywood correctly would produce a strong structure and cause > no real problems but again you are no longer dealing with the design as it > was intended to be and therefore you should be very very careful at best. > Just my two cents worth. > Doran > N186RC > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
