KR> Widening the fuselage, Bending Longerons

2009-01-05 Thread Pete Klapp
Netters I too made my fuselage wider, 43", with the sides vertical. I fastened temporary plywood bulkheads to my work table at specific points (firewall, fwd spar, aft spar, and several in the tail). After gluing up the "side trusses"and the T-88 had cured, the ply was epoxied and stapled in pl

KR> Larry's Poems

2009-01-05 Thread MICHAEL SYLVESTER
Larry,Great job with the poems. It just goes to show that not all builders are the hard core,take no prisoners,Mach 2 with your hair on fire kind of guys. I'm pretty sure that in the KR community that there is every kind of personality that you can imagine from 650 or so people. The only poems

KR> Widening the fuselage, Bending Longerons

2009-01-05 Thread rahu...@peoplepc.com
Ron Wanttaja of FlyBaby fame and an contributor to Kitplanes and Sport Aviation has an interesting comparison of cockpit dimensions on his website http://www.wanttaja.com/avlinks/cockpit.htm could be insightful for some that are concerned about the cockpit size of the KR. Rick Human N202RH Houst

KR> Widening the fuselage, Bending Longerons

2009-01-05 Thread phillabaum...@aol.com
I made my fuselage 44 inches wide also.? I slowly bent the sides with the plywood attached. (over 2 days). They lifted off the table in the middle higher than the wood blocks I had as a spreader. I would use some at least 2" if not 3" high next time.? I did not break anything but the sounds of c

KR> build shop [legality]

2009-01-05 Thread Andy Mckevitz
"Its not illegal to have someone build your plane it is illegal to sign a form saying you built it." I'm understanding this a little more - so fine, I won't be the builder, so I won't do my own annuals. Fine by me, a little more expensive, but I can handle that. Besides, a 2nd pair of eyes is