KR> new airfoil

2013-08-18 Thread Tony King
Does the 'new' airfoil offer anything in the area of CG range or is it the same as the old one in that regard? Cheers, Tony Sent from my iPad On 18/08/2013, at 9:50 PM, "Mark Langford" wrote: Jon, It occurred to me that although the KR wing planform may not be perfect, there's certainly no

KR> new flying KR photo needed...

2013-08-18 Thread Mac McConnell-Wood
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KR> new airfoil

2013-08-18 Thread jon kimmel
I'm not recreating the wheel...when I bought the partially complete fuselage the original owner had already done the steps to extend the wings...the stub wing spars are slightly longer...the spar caps are thicker and the spars are longer...basically taking advantage of the inherent increase in stre

KR> new airfoil

2013-08-18 Thread Mark Langford
Tony King wrote: > Does the 'new' airfoil offer anything in the area of CG range or is it the > same as the old one in that regard? No change there. It's just an airfoil swap. The drawings do have an incidence change built in, but that's unrelated. The "real" usable range is big enough, esp

KR> new airfoil

2013-08-18 Thread Mark Langford
Jon, It occurred to me that although the KR wing planform may not be perfect, there's certainly nothing badly wrong with it or it's stall characteristics that should keep anybody from forging ahead and getting a KR built and in the air. It might be past the point of diminishing returns to try