Kenneth, Is that verifiable, perhaps with a GPS. Indicated airspeed is notoriously unreliable at the slow speeds. I assume also from the Spot pilot specs that the stall would be unaccelerated, and not in ground effect.
I'd appreciate it if you could measure it at altitude, with a GPS. Ron Freiberger mailto: rfreiber...@swfla.rr.com -----Original Message----- From: Kenneth L Wiltrout [mailto:klw1...@juno.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 6:40 AM To: rfreiber...@swfla.rr.com; kr...@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR>KR2 Stall speed Ron my 2S comes in at 47-48mph clean. Airplane weighs 650lbs and me at 230. On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 21:41:59 -0500 <rfreiber...@earthlink.net> writes: > The stall speed of the KR2 is listed as 52mph, which is 45 Knots. > The no > flaps stall limit for a "Sport Pilot" is 44Knots. I calculate a > plain > "Hershey Bar" wing with 2 feet of increased span would raise the > area by 15 > square feet. > The KR2 Spec sheet says wing area 80 square feet, but I can only > account for > 75 (!). > > Does anyone know the actual stall speed, with or without flaps, and > at what > weight would that apply? > > I don't have a problem ratio-ing the data from 75 or 80 square feet, > but it > seems there's 5 square feet missing. > > It looks like a KR2SPort is possible based on the initial specs.... > > Ron Freiberger > mailto: rfreiber...@swfla.rr.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
