Love the remark about FUD... I think there is a lot of FUD with respect to elevator counter balancing. I note folks talking about adding XX larger engines, and that somehow the KR will cruise at 210Kts or somthing. I think that as you increase airspeed drag goes up by a cube so as we try to squeek another 5-10 knots of cruise, it gets more and more difficult. Are there a lot of KR's crusing close to the 190Mph Vne? I would expect that adding counterweights might do more to help the drag side of the equation, keeping the plane slower, so you can't get near a flutter condition. Rather than actually dampen any harmonic oscillations... which is what flutter is... a harmonic oscillation.
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