Larry Flesner wrote: > In my case, and most KR's, two brackets are attached near the vertical > fuselage sides. That should cut the load in the center by one half.
Yes, we neglected those entirely, assuming that fuselage structure would take care of that, like you say. We were concentrating on the bending (and breaking) out at the middle. >My question: how big of a tree can I hit? :-) :-) Assuming a longleaf pine with normal growth seasons for the southern Illinois region, growing in slightly acidic soil, I'd say 4.4367" in diameter, 6 feet up from the ground or higher... Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML at hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
