thank you ..that was a stupid question ... -------------- Original message -------------- From: Larry&Sallie Flesner <fles...@verizon.net>
> At 08:58 PM 12/21/2006, you wrote: > >can somebody, please let me know what is the max h.p I kr2 will > >take, without breaking apart.??? > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > It's not so much the horsepower as it is the weight of the engine and the > speed produced, and the G loads you place on the airframe. > Weight also affects the location of the C.G. > > If you had a 220 pound, 500 h.p. engine but kept the speed below the > 200mph Vne and didn't overstress the airframe with G loads it will > fly happily along. > > Your question should be "how HEAVY of an engine will the firewall support"? > I can't answer that. Then the heavier the engine the more concerns you will > have with C.G. also. Probably the heaviest installs I've seen would be some > of the Sube engines such as Les Palmers KR. I'm guessing that if you > firewalled the above mentioned 500 hp KR on takeoff that it would jerk the > KR out from under you before it pulled off the firewall. :-) > > Larry Flesner > > > _______________________________________ > 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
