Ed Sorry, English is my FIRST LANGUAGE. I meant to say that I was not SURE that that was the case.
To much speed where speed is not needed. I'll type a little slower from now on. Greg On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Ed Janssen <ejans...@chipsnet.com> wrote: > Greg, > > Yes, I did mean to say that KRs are certified airplanes. Actually it's a > common misnomer. KRs are certified (issued an airworthiness certificate) in > the "Experimental Home Built" category. Aircraft such as Cessnas, Pipers, > etc. are certified as well, but the correct terminology for them is > "Standard Category" aircraft. > > Ed Janssen > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marty Martin" <martygmar...@gmail.com> > To: <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 7:01 PM > Subject: KR> Re: stall speed reduction > > > Ed > > I'm sure that you mean to say that an airworthiness certificate is issued. > As home built (kits) are not certified. > > About 8 years ago, I had asked if I could put on vortex generators or a > cuffed leading edge. And yes, I could put I had not asked in reference to > an LSA. It was for improving (shorting) my take off and landing roll. But > my guess is that the vortex generators would do the same. A couple of Long > EZE's did this very thing and they both said that they improved their > numbers. And I would think that VG's would be a lot simpler. > > As far as the LSA. I don't know what that would do for that. But you > could > ask your local DAR. > > Greg Martin > > I'm not sure the FAA would approve that. I think a "retrofit" would have > to > be done before the KR was ever certified. > > Ed Janssen > > --- Original Message ----- > From: "J M" <gmisyst...@cox.net> > To: <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:38 PM > Subject: KR> Re: stall speed reduction > > > Perhaps leading edge cuffs could be designed and retrofitted to a KR > wing thereby reducing the stall speed such as are retrofitted to some > certified aircraft to improve STOL characteristics. > > John Milland > Tucson AZ > > On Aug 5, 2009, at 9:00 PM, krnet-requ...@mylist.net wrote: > > > I think that the biggest challenge is likely to be demonstrating a > > stall > > speed of less than 45kts (52mph). > > >
