There are three of four KR's flying with the new airfoil. Troy Petteway, KR-2, who reported a remarkable stability increase over his original RAF48 wings. Bill Clapp, KR-2S, who reports an extremely stable aircraft. And mine which is a KR-2S and is as stable as I could ever expect a KR to be. Unfortunately, Dead Selby's KR-2S, which was the first 2S to fly the new airfoil, was sold to an inexperienced pilot who stalled it and crashed it. Destroying the plane and thank goodness the pilot is ok. Troy is the only one who has major experience flying both wings. It would be nice if he were on the Net to tell us about his experiences. The best thing you can do is study the information on the AS504x airfoil and make the determination as to which airfoil best suits you. Here is the link for detail AS504x information: http://www.krnet.org/as504x/
Mark Jones (N886MJ....10.2 flight hours) Wales, WI -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Ray Fuenzalida Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:44 AM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Stability I need a clarification on the new airfoil. Are stability issues limited to the KR and not the slightly larger KR2S? If I have the Diehl wing skins and use those, what should I expect in the future? Slight instability? Major instability? Please throw out some guidance. Thanks. Ray Mark Jones <mjo...@muellersales.com> wrote: The issue of stability has been a major topic of discussion since the KR debuted. This issue is something that is becoming a thing of the past. If you install the new AS504x airfoil and use the matching tail feather templates with the new recommended incidences, you too can have a stable flying KR. The proof is in the pudding. There is a new flight photo on the cover of my web page which I took this past Saturday morning from 5,000', while in a hands off level, right bank of my airport. Here is the link: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html Photos like this would be hard to accomplish in a stock KR with the original airfoils. Mark Jones (N886MJ....10.2 flight hours) Wales, WI http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
