Thanks the diagonal pieces I m taking about are the 5/8 X 5/8 fore and aft of the spar slots. Ive know the two on top load carring wouldnt be installed untill spar compleation and installed the airfoil Im wanting to use is the AS5048 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:38 PM Subject: Re: KR> AS504x airfoil
> aerobeale wrote: > >> I'm currently building a KR2S and I'm about to put the vertical member in > the fusalge that the main and rear spar go through. I tried to download > the > blue print for the AS504X wing how ever they were so small that I couldn't > read off the paper. > > If you take it to somebody with a wide format plotter (36" wide roll feed) > that has some idea of what they're doing, and ask them to print it full > size, you'll get full size plots you can use. Make sure to actually > measure > it and make sure you're not building a wing that's not to scale. > >> Which airfoil has been used the most, > > I'm assuming you've read http://www.krnet.org/as504x/, which I probably > need > to update. But it clearly says that if you are building one from scratch, > the AS5048/45 is probably the one to use...at least if you are interested > in > maximizing fuel capacity and spar strength, which most folks would be. > Otherwise, the AS5046. > >>and how high up from the bottom longeron do you put the diagonal pieces > that fore and aft? > > I think what you're supposed to do is install the spars first, and THEN > you > figure out where to put the diagonals above the spars...basically point > the > diagonals to the top of the spar, in a manner similar to what the plans > show, but adjusted somewhat to reflect the increased height of the AS5048 > spar height. Get used to making such decisions by yourself, because > you're > about to find 3000 more instances where you need to think for yourself, > because you won't find it in the plans. Not to say that it doesn't make > good sense to poll KRnetters for what they did, however, when it comes to > stuff like canopy height. > >>Would anybody have the latest information on the different flight > characteristics of each airfoil or where I may find it? > > The flight characteristics are just fine, according to everyone who's > flying > one, so don't worry about it. If that worries you, build the RAF48 per > the > plans, and rest assured you're in good company there too... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________ > 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 >
