Soneria's are built exactly that way. Steve Bray Jackson, Tennessee
>From: "Larry H." <lah...@yahoo.com> >Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> >To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> >Subject: RE: KR> Solid wings >Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:14:54 -0700 (PDT) > >Some of you may remember Dennis Pointers slick KR2. I trailered it to >Oshkosh behind my motorhome that I had at that time for him to put on >display. I was sure glad that the wings would come off of it. Some of you >have taken the wings off of your KR2s and taken them home for repairs >before, I bet you were glad the WAFS were there or at least that the wings >would come off easily. > I plan on traveling a lot one of these days and may want to carry my >airplane with me in a Toy Hauler camping trailer for example. My wife is a >school teacher and we have spent up to 6 weeks at a time on the Texas coast >in summers past. It would have been nice to have had a KR2 with me during >those times to fly and look around or come back to my office when I was >needed rather than drive 7 or 8 hours. > I like the idea of wings being able to come off easily, just in case a >guy has a problem somewhere and needs to transport the airplane. If a guy >got stuck in weather somewhere (like the upcoming gathering)and really had >to get home, it is not inconceiveable that he could rent a U Haul truck and >take his plane and himself home in an emergency. Depending on how far from >home he is it may be less expensive to do this than buy an airline ticket >two ways plus storage of the airplane until he came back for it. > I think Bob P was talking about making his spars extend into the >fuselage overlapping one another like the RV series of airplanes do as does >most gliders. This way no WAFs are necessary at the fuselage walls. I think >some gliders have a box structure built in which is basically a center >section spar. The two wing spars slide inside of this box and one or more >quick release pins pass through all webs to hold in place. > Larry H. > >Ron Freiberger <ronandmar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > . Why does everyone write about WAFs as if they are a >problem? There's no evidence to support an issue. >It's handy to have the center section/gear/fuselage as a one piece >roll-around. > > > >_______________________________________ >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
