I"m building a KR-1 and I'm widening my fuselage about 3 inches including the firewall. I'm doing that for several reasons: the obvious being a little more room in the cockpit. Also, I will have a slightly wider fuel tank and I'm building it a little taller, too, as I don't want wing tanks. I haven't computed the actual numbers yet but I hope to pick up about 4-5 gallons in the process. Now that the weather is starting to get better, I'm about to get back into the actual construction of my bird. Meanwhile, I'll be building my instrument panel for later installation based on the widened cockpit and increased height of the cowl. Visibility won't be much affected as I'm building a tri-geared bird.
Gene, Worland, Wyoming -------Original Message------- From: KRnet List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: 02/27/04 20:43:30 To: krnet Subject: KR>Widening fuselage? Hello, new builder here. I was wondering when widening the fuselage 4 inches does a person need to widen the firewall too?_______________________________________ to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html .
