Tom, You pose some interesting points and would like to hear some others to see if there is an interest for us old coots too .... But maybe its time for a KR3 ?
Jim Kendrick On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Tom <thomas.garne...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > Jim Kendrick asked about a super Kr2 becoming an LSA? I have asked the > same question Jim. Having been retired for more than a decade from a 45 > year wonderful career in Architecture, I certainly am not qualified to > design the main wing spar for a longer span for the outer wing panel for > the Kr. At one time, Rand designed outer wing panels for the Kr-1 to make > it into a glider, but I never saw or understood what kind of loads it would > carry. In looking at some of the newest LSA designs for sale in Sport > aviation, they have wing spans of around thirty feet for the thirteen > hundred gross weight. I have not seen what airfoils these designs use, but > there are several in EAA books that would certainly could be used to Slow > it down, Match the required stall at gross, etc. We old coots that could > fly LSA, might be able to get back into the air? I said it before, some of > you young engineer types come up with wing designs and plans, we will buy > them. These airplanes all have hershy bar wings. > > > > on a different thought about Kr-2 pitch sensitive control, there is an > article in January 1988 Sport aviation, that is worth reading before the > first flight of a new Kr-2. EAA Members can access past articles on the > internet, if you can remember all the pass words. Two things that stood > out for me as note worthy are, tail wheel training is necessary, and the > top of control stick only moves at a one half inch radius circle! > > > > Tom Garner in Nashville > > EAA 90944 > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
