RE: Belly Boards Are they interconnected with the flabs are they set up to work independent of the flaps?
Don Lively Burlington, IA 52601 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ifly...@aol.com wrote: > The Kr will accellerate very quickly with no power added in a shallow dive. > Speeds @ 200 are easy to achieve. That is why the KR pattern will be bigger > or shallower if you dont have a good speed brake or flaps. A heavy Corvair > KR and a light VW KR will have very similar numbers as far a top speed and > cruise. The heavier corvair has a large advantage in climb and smoothness. > My > KR2S climb and cruise figures are better than my KR2 Turbo 2180 were but not > by much. The climb is the most drastic improvement ( and cost) . I can > also carry more weight and the CG is better. My first Kr did not have > flaps or > a speed brake and I had to control speeds much farther back in the pattern. > My 2S with belly board I can do 200 on downwind and touchdown at 65. Much > easier to control the speeds. If your concerned obout slowing down you can > install a very simple belly board that will help control your speeds. Hope > this helps. > > > _______________________________________ > 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
