KR> weight and balance article

2013-10-18 Thread Tom
- Original Message - From: "Larry&Sallie Flesner" To: "KRnet" Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 5:19:09 PM Subject: KR> weight and balance article At 04:44 PM 10/18/2013, you wrote: >Ok...I'll agree with that...just seems odd that they would use them as an >example for cg. +++

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2013-10-18 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
At 04:44 PM 10/18/2013, you wrote: >Ok...I'll agree with that...just seems odd that they would use them as an >example for cg. ++ Maybe they referenced them because they were the FIRST to have a CG problem with an airplane. :-) Larry Flesner

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2013-10-18 Thread jon kimmel
Ok...I'll agree with that...just seems odd that they would use them as an example for cg. I ran across one article that said if the flyer had been stable the control surfaces were insufficient to actually control the plane...they actually used the instability to their advantage...of course nobody

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2013-10-18 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
At 08:23 AM 10/18/2013, you wrote: >Google wright flyer unstable and you'll find it. They did it on purpose. >When asked their coined response was something like the pilot should fly >the airplane. ++ My only real point was that whatever the

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2013-10-18 Thread jon kimmel
Google wright flyer unstable and you'll find it. They did it on purpose. When asked their coined response was something like the pilot should fly the airplane. My gut feel is they knew they simply didn't have the power to spare. They were brilliant. There are some of their later planes at the a

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2013-10-18 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
At 05:33 AM 10/18/2013, you wrote: >The article lost some credibility when it referred to the wright >brotherssince they intentionally made the wright flyer unstable. ++ Where did you learn the Wright's made their Flyer unstable? It wasn't

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2013-10-18 Thread jon kimmel
The article lost some credibility when it referred to the wright brotherssince they intentionally made the wright flyer unstable. https://sites.google.com/site/mykr2stretch/ https://sites.google.com/site/mykr2stretch/parts-for-sale On Oct 18, 2013 5:28 AM, "Mark Langford" wrote: > NetHeads,

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2013-10-18 Thread Mark Langford
NetHeads, Given that we talked a lot about the effects of improper CG (Center of Gravity) at the Gathering Forums, today's Avweb edition has a pretty good roundup of the subject. See http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/101/2654-full.html?ET=avweb:e2654:511873a:&st=email#197851 for the artic