OZ wrote: > So... your airplane came in 39 lbs. lighter than Mark Jones'.
I'm not exactly sure what it was that I left out, but hope it wasn't important! All I can think of at the moment would be the kitchen sink. There are several places where rethinking and redoing things (like the airfoils) cost me some weight. I'm pretty sure I could build it 10-15 pounds lighter next time around. But keep in mind that I have all the nice stuff like huge electric flaps, full electrical system, giant 130 horsepower engine, landing, nav lights, and strobes, redundant electrical system, two fuel pumps, dual sticks, adjustable horizontal stabilizer, double-walled wing skins, etc. It all adds up, I guess. I just weighed my wings and they are 48 pounds each, but keep in mind that all bellcranks, cables, and connectors are part of my wings, rather than the airplane (like most other KRs). But surely your average KR wing must be far less, especially considering the size of my flaps, ailerons, and aileron counterweights. I've elaborated some more on the weight and balance at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/weightandbalance.html , and provided links to the spreadsheet and a pdf file of it for those who don't have Excel... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net --------------------------------------------------------------
