KR> Wing skins

> I've always thought I could save some weight if I replaced mine with the Dan Diehl skins ( vacuum bagged) but haven't been able to confirm how much I could save. I don't know about weight savings - probably insignificant in the long run. I can say this about them though, after almost 25 years

KR> cooling air inlets

Mark I wasn't talking bout the gap between the top and bottom cowl halves but rather the fact that the cowling inlets are smaller than the mating mouths of the plenum chambers. With the plenum chamber mouths going over the cowling inlet mouths and having a gap between the two the incoming air

Fw: KR> Component weight.

Chris, I believe that the Diehl are a bit heavier. I had stock built on my first KR, and they were about 40# and these are closer to 50. I would weight them for you, but they now have a 22# fuel tank in each wing. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics  See you at the 2011 -