Mark,
Well said, my congratulations to you. The morons who flamed that kid
aught to have their ass's kicked. Now all of you dumb jackass's who flamed
that kid, flame me and see if I give a dam.
Bob Stone, Harker Heights, TX
rsto...@hot.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Jones" <flyk...@wi.rr.com>
To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: KR>Carbon Fiber for Justin
> Justin,
> I for one, am very pleased to see such an inquisitive mind concerning
> aviation. It is young fellows such as yourself that keeps aviation going
> when us old farts are all gone. Mind you, I am only 47 so I plan on being
> around for quite some time. You remind me of my oldest son when he was 16,
> full of questions and never satisfied with a simple answer and always
> wanting to reinvent things. Well, my oldest son is now 26 and an Engineer
> Graduate of Georgia Tech, with honors I might add. I am told you are 16 to
> 17 years old and I think you are on track to being a great addition to the
> aviation world. There have been a lot of flames against you for asking
> questions which have obvious answers or easy sources to find the answers.
> For those who have flamed you, I think you deserve an apology. For those
who
> have helped you, they need to be thanked. For those who were just picking
at
> you...well, I hope they remember what it was like when they started
aviation
> and especially building a plane. And, I am willing to bet none of them
were
> 16 when they took on such an enormous task as building an airplane.
Justin,
> keep asking your questions, keep learning, keep progressing and one day we
> will all be patting you on the back for doing such a good job. Never give
up
> on your dream, and never let your dream give up on you. Keep it up and
make
> us all proud to be associated with such an inquisitive mind. I see another
> engineer in the making!!!
>
> Mark Jones (N886MJ)
> Wales, WI USA
> E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com
> Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at
> http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html
>
>
> Subject: RE: KR>Carbon Fiber for Justin
>
>
> > I dont have a AS&S book or Wicks book but I know the fiberglass strength
> is
> > in there. Can someone give me the strengths of KR fiberglass, The carbon
> > fiber glass and the Kevlar. Comparing weight to strength.
> >
> > Has anyone used Kevlar, it is a tad cheaper than carbon fiber and
said
> > to be stronger and lighter than carbon fiber. for the 5OZ it has a
tesile
> > strength of 620X655. Can someoen explain that to me? I want to know the
> > difference of that and normal 5.85 KR cloth.
> >
> > Justin
> > KR2S
> >>
> >
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