Check the weight of both types of fus. Could be onto something, Virg
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:21:23 -0700 (PDT) Mike johnson <kr...@yahoo.com> writes: > I'm sure I will be crucified but here goes. > I am very fortunate to be surrounded by a bunch of smart engineers. > Three of them are aeronautical. > Most of them have numerous patents. > Myself, heck i'm just a plumber. Anyhoo, I was talking to them about > the kr2s plans I have and was asking them for any input about them. > They said it sounded like a nice plane, and should be real > nice to fly, etc,etc. > We started talking about the boat or main structure. On a whim I > asked this question, " why couldn't > you just build it like a long-ez but use balsa wood instead of the > foam?" > Boy what a question! It was like kids in a candy store. At any rate, > they became real excited and thought I should try and do it. > By the way I was thinking of balsa wood because my father ownes one > of the largest phenolic mfg. > companies in the U.S. and has a premium supplier of top grade balsa > wood that he uses for some type of substrate for General Electric. > Now I have this problem of these guys calling me and pushing me to > do this. > At first I regretted bringing this up, now it almost sounds like a > good idea. > I really am quite lucky to have friends like this. Maybe I should > try and do it, what do you guys think? > Most of these guys are in there 60's and 70's, and own some type of > composite airplane. > They said they would do the engineering data for fun. Then build a > fuselage, and destroy it for something called destructive testing. > The catch is I pay for the materials. They seem to think, that doing > the math is fine but we should also destroy it and analize the > failure. After it is destroyed I would then start to built my own > plane. It's not the money, I can swing it, it would just take alot > of time. > I must say I am a little nervous about it, But it would be sweet. > Please give me your'e input, it would > really mean alot to me. If I did do this, I could post the photos and > info. to the group. > What do ya think? Mike Johnson > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL www.lubedealer.com/salisbury Miami ,Fl
