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-Lloyd Schultz Ron Freiberger wrote: > Most of that crap is smoke and mirrors. Anyone who thinks lengthening the > tail 14 inches will fix it probably also believes in Leprechauns. I don't > tell my leprechaun story lightly. > > Ron Freiberger > mailto: rfreiber...@swfla.rr.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of > Oscar Zuniga > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:30 PM > To: kr...@mylist.net > Subject: KR>it's something to do with the elevators > > Ameet writes- > > >When the distance between the HS and the wing is small (short couple) like > >in the KR > >the NP is close to the surface with the higher lift (the wing) which leaves > >less > >static margin for the CG and hence the inherent pitch sensitivity. > > If any airplane should be short-coupled and pitch sensitive (just by > observation), it would be the Questair Venture. But it isn't (read the > flight test info at http://www.airbum.com/pireps/PirepQuestairVenture.html ) > so it must be "something to do with the elevators" ;o) Far better minds > than mine have tackled this issue and have come up with redesigned tails, > aerodynamic counterbalances, different linkage ratios, biasing springs, and > other things to change the pitch feel of the KR, and the jury is still out > on many of these things because they haven't flown yet. But I'll bet that > by this time next year there will be some actual data posted here, so stay > tuned. > > Oscar Zuniga > San Antonio, TX > mailto: taildr...@hotmail.com > website at http://www.flysquirrel.net > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
