Mark Langford wrote: > > I hope you're planning on a really light engine if you're going to > add 12.5" behind the firewall (if you mean between main spar and > firewall), or some other configuration that doesn't resemble a KR, > because you'll have to add a bunch of lead in the tail to make it > flyable otherwise. I'm sure you've thought this out and done the > weight and balance math, but if not, now would be the time to do a > reality check...
Yup, there's some other things there, like my big backside sitting a bit farther back and reclined much further than as shown on the plans. However, 12.5" is just the eyeballed number I'm using for the time being and will be adjusted as I work out the details. Planning on using the O-200 from my 150 when I put an O-235 in it. Considered derating an Innodyn turboprop for the KR, but since I have yet to hear anything from them I'd rather stick with someone I'll be able to get parts from like Continental or Lycoming. At this point the only thing I'm really concerned about is bending the fuselage sides to meet at the tailpost. I'm thinking it would be best to do the foam and glass (which is replacing the plywood) while the sides are flat so I can vacuum bag them, but then I have to worry about getting the things to bend enough to meet at the back. -- Steve 33...@swbell.net N3343V- '75 C150M N205FT- KR1 #6170 He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in.
