I just finished a KR 1 with retract, and am still building a KR 2, also with retract. Having read ML's opinions many times, I just decided to go original, 'cause that is what fired my interest when I was 17(now north of 60). Now to a question for those still having retracts, or have flown them: How high have you pushed the gross weight? Having a real 2 place might make me change my mind....
Thanks Kevin On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 10:03 AM rdracer53 via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > > > > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > I agree that it seems like a lot of extra expense to convert from > retractable ear to fixed gear, but I imagine for some folks the joy may be > in just having another project/modification for them to tackle. That may > make it worth the expense.Certainly you work have to get some super > performance increase to make it cost effective.Assuming you got another > 10mph airspeed, that's another 30 miles out of each tank of gas, for those > of us with the plans built 12 gallon header tank, assuming a 4gph burn > rate. If you also assume your fuel economy adds up to around 30mpg, that > would be like getting and extra gallons worth of travel out of each tank of > gas. At 5$/gallon for 100LL you would only have fly 200 tank fulls of gas, > or 600 hours to recover the cost of converting if it had cost you $1000 for > the conversion. So I guess it could eventually pay off, but again I think > for most people who go through with it there is probably a joy in the > building and installation of the new gear, not to mention the finish work > required afterwards.If it were just a matter of reliability as Larry > mentioned, you could just modify your retractable gear with a few bolts to > hold it in the down position and viola, fixed gear.As Larry always says, > your results may vary. > Todd ThelinN825MW > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > I still like my retractable gear. Why are people going to the considerable > effort to replace it with fixed gear? What is the performance before and > after? Has anyone ever really tried to seal up the retractable wheel wells > (I have to some extent) it should make a big performance improvement. > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Done correctly, fixed gear is lighter, faster, and dare I say, more > reliable. > > Larry > *********************************** > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
