And look at Kent Paser's Mustang II. He wrote "Speed with Economy" after many years of fine tuning his plane and getting almost unbelievable increases in speed and fuel economy, all backed up with tons of awards. One of the big things he did was to add a a turtle deck coming off the top of the canopy like the KR. He put the new sheet metal over the old fusalage top so probably increased weight, but still had a dramatic effect on speed.
Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Fred Johnson Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 3:42 PM To: 'KRnet' Subject: RE: KR> Fuselage weight question I agree with Mark, look at the RV4 series and the Harmon Rocket.... Fred Johnson Product Manager T.E. West, LLC. -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Mark Langford Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:03 AM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Fuselage weight question Red wrote: > My question is, Has anyone tried to reduce (lower) the > turtledeck in size...i.e. more like the KR1? It seems > logical that you should be able to lower the taper, > give more bubble effect (increase rearward visibility) > from the canopy and reduce weight? Reducing the taper to resemble a bubble will cost you in performance in the form of drag on the back of the canopy. That's probably why the KR2 went to the straight turtledeck. And plexiglas is probably heavier than your average turtledeck material per square foot. 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 _______________________________________ 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
