Thanks for the response guys. I am just pre-planning my build. I would like to make my wings a bit longer for the reasons you stated. No aerobatics for me. :) Mike Johnson
----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:23:14 PM Subject: Re: KR> short or long wing span Mike Johnson wrote: > I noticed Mark Langford shortened his wingspan. Does anybody have any good input as to any > advantages or disadvantages to either increasing or decreasing the span from the original design. Don't do it just because I did it! I left mine short because I didn't have the foresight to make my spars longer than the plans call for. I'm planning on extending them a bit to get more lift so I can climb better, glide further, and land slower, but I wanted to do some testing with the short wings first so I could answer your question. But it'll be a few more months before I can answer it. I want to measure the speed difference, but I'm already convinced that whatever the speed penalty is, it's worth it for the three reasons I mentioned above.... 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
