That's a frighteningly large engine to have in a KR. 180hp... On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Steve G. via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote:
> If this is the crash I'm thinking of, the NTSB contacted me with questions > about the aircraft. I was told it had a lycoming 360 stuffed in it. > > Steve Glover > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 25, 2014, at 23:41, Mike T via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > > > I agree with DJ, and I think other kitplane makers do too. Recently the > > designer of the CX4 (an aluminum single-seat design about 10 years old), > > discovered the cable attachment method on the rudder was causing fatigue > > cracks in the rudder cables of his prototype. So he redesigned the part > > and emailed it as a "MANDATORY DESIGN CHANGE" in big letters to all > > registered builders. Larger kitplane makers like RV make similar > > improvements in their plans all the time. > > > > According to some KR-Net posts, Neil Bingham's design review talking > about > > the unsafe aft CG limit appeared in Sport Aviation in 1986 and also in > the > > KR Newsletter. Even if Rand-Robinson claimed they never heard of Sport > > Aviation, they can hardly claim they didn't know about the Newsletter > > because they occasionally made contributions to it. > > > > So if the family of the dead pilot in this tragedy wanted to sue > > Rand-Robinson, they could say Jeanette Rand found out 27 years earlier > that > > the aft CG limit in the plans was an error that could kill people, but RR > > never bothered to change the plans or even mention the problem. > > > > I'm not saying I'm worried about this. The family probably doesn't want > to > > sue, and if they did they'd have to prove that the original builder > didn't > > vary from the plans in this area, which would be tricky. But if they > got a > > good lawyer, he'd kept telling the jury "twenty-seven YEARS > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Dj Merrill via KRnet < > krnet at list.krnet.org> > > wrote: > > > >>> On 09/25/2014 02:32 PM, Sid Wood via KRnet wrote: > >>> The principle that will be invoked is: You new something was wrong with > >>> your design because you made a change. Therefore, you are now admitting > >>> to some liability and must pay for your mistake(s). > >> > >> The flip side to this is that you knew that something was wrong with > >> your design, and you didn't release an update therefore you were > >> endangering everyone using your faulty design. Better to own up and > >> release an update for free rather than take the chance on getting sued > >> if/when people start getting hurt. > >> > >> -Dj > >> > >> -- > >> Dj Merrill - N1JOV - VP EAA Chapter 87 > >> Sportsman 2+2 Builder #7118 N421DJ - http://deej.net/sportsman/ > >> Glastar Flyer N866RH - http://deej.net/glastar/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
