Mark, I had a Kitfox with a 582 Rotax and it would pull the 8-10 degree slope in front of my house pretty good. The neighbors all thought I was nuts but who cares????? Rick Wilson. --- Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > Well, you knew it wouldn't take me long. I've > reweighed my plane, although > I had to weigh a lot of it separate, since it's sort > of "opened up" right > now. Everything altogether (including engine oil) > is going to be 713 > pounds, and I figure I still have about 7 pounds of > paint to go, so I'll bet > it'll be about 730 pounds. That'll give me a power > to weight ratio of about > 6.7:1 with half fuel, so I think I'll be just fine > in the climb department! > Wings are not attached so I couldn't nail down the > CG, but I think I'm still > on track to be just right there too, even though the > battery is located on > the aft side of the firewall. > > Right now I'm concentrating on getting the engine > wired, plumbed, and ready > to spin a prop. I'd like to get start testing and > tuning the engine while > it's still cold outside. Besides, if I had > something that not only LOOKED > like an airplane, but SOUNDED like one too, I'd be a > lot more fired up than > I am now, which is faced which a bunch of subsystems > that don't quite add up > to an airplane. I can't wait to see if I can climb > the 12 degree slope out > in front of my house... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
===== Rick Wilson, Haleyville, Alabama KR2-0200A -99% rwdw2...@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/
