Tim Caughron wrote: >> Do I just guesstimate how wide the fuselage is supposed to be at the tail section, or am I missing that critical measurement. Do I understand that the plans have no procedure for tri-gear, and that the details for those will be included in the install instructions of the gear themselves?<<
You're not the first guy to wonder these things, and you won't be the last. A lot of these planes have been built and flown, despite the poor state of the plans. Those plans is the reason I built my website, the first one devoted to KR construction. If you look hard enough in the plans notebook for the KR2, you'll find mention of joining the fuselage sides up to the vertical stabilizer's aft spar to finish forming the boat. This is the width of the fuselage back at the place where the rudder fastens (it's a tapered piece that's something like 2" wide on average). Taper the spar first, and leave the plywood overlapping a bit to provide a gap seal for the rudder. So use the farthest aft measurement that's given for a cross member as your last known point, and then the tailpiece, and the other cross pieces are just cut to fit. I'd give better directions, but I'm at work and the plans are at home. As for tri-gear, that fits under the same heading as a lot of things...you don't get the one-sheet plans for it unless you bought the optional parts themselves from Rand Robinson. Diehl sold most of the nose gear, and his instructions are online at http://www.diehlaero.com/NOSE%20GEAR%20INSTRUCTIONS.pdf . I think Steve ?Glover at NVAero is now selling that gear. I'll let him clarify. There's a lot of guesswork building a KR from those plans, so better get used to it now... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website www.n56ml.com
