Keith asked: On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Keith and Martha Crawford < mar...@simerson.net> wrote:
> I guess that I stated that wrong :-) what I ment was what would happen > if you used a straight wing in sted of a tapered wing? > > > > > Keith, I know there is a guy out there that has a straight (non-tapered) wing KR. He was at the 2008 KR Gathering and said it *was* flying. It sounded to me like it resulted in a lot of undesirable flying characteristics. Basically handling more like an underpowered Cessna or a Sherman tank than a KR. I do not believe the guy built it himself, he was just flying it. He was contemplating putting the "new" airfoil on it. I don't think I would spend time building an aircraft based on the design of a candy bar, but I like to go fast as efficiently as possible and Mr. Langford has kindly shown us how to do that. Perhaps Mr. Langford or some other reputable source will chime in and confirm/deny my novice opinion. I hope this helps. Regards, Emory KR2S boat planned to be at the 2009 KR Gathering for you all to inspect/critique (its not going in the campfire no matter how bad y'all think it is!) Central Illinois -- Emory Luth, COO Midwest Precision Parts 1450 North 2680 East Allerton, IL 61810 W 217.837.2934 M 217.714.4446 MidwestPrecisionParts.com
