Benjamin Copeland wrote: > If a KR2S is built to standard plans, is the width of the cabin 36"? Inside or outside? > My wife and I fit into a standard KR2 and I wondered if the "S" was the same unless > widened by the builder.
The KR2S plans show the same max width as the KR2. I'll never understand why, because this is the one dimension that was begging to be changed when the plans were updated. You and your wife are obviously thin people, or that KR2 was already widened! The plans show 38.125" to the outside, which is 35.625" on the inside, assuming no upholstery. This is at a point measured about a fourth of the way back from the main spar. Most folks would do well do make the widest point of the fuselage occur at the rear spar so there's more shoulder room. This improves aerodynamic effects as well, reducing a low pressure area where the fuselage starts converging again at the same place as the wing meets the fuselage. Mine is about 2.5" wider than the plans call for, and it happens at the rear spar, and I have plenty of room in my plane. Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net --------------------------------------------------------------
