Re: KR> Rounded fuselage corners

What is the main reason for rounding the lower corners? I know that possibly easier spin recovery was mentioned in the NASA spin prone designs topic (but that may have required much more than just rounded corners), but was that part of the original reason, or is was this mod just cosmetic? __

Re: KR> Rounded fuselage corners

Eduardo I'm impressed with the workmanship of your KR and the many KRs in your area.  I hope to meet you at Oshkosh next year. I also like he artwork found on one of he sites.  That drawing captures my attitude when flying my KR. Larry Flesner No automatic alt text available. __

Re: KR> Rounded fuselage corners - KR Super-2

Don't forget Eduardo Barros! His web site is www.kr2-egb.com.ar/ On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Dave McCauley via KRnet < krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > I've continued to work on my KR Super 2 and am quite a long ways down the > road. One of these days I'll update my web site when I get the

Re: KR> Rounded fuselage corners

Thanks Mark, that´s it, in 2012 I made the first flight of my plane, you can see it at: http://www.kr2-egb.com.ar/Primer%20Vuelo.htm, and from that date I continued flying with it. In January of this year I began to condition a second hand Rotax 912 engine of 100 HP which I bought from a fri

Re: KR> Rounded fuselage corners - KR Super-2

I've continued to work on my KR Super 2 and am quite a long ways down the road. One of these days I'll update my web site when I get the time. Dave McCauley -Original Message- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-boun...@list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark Langford via KRnet Sent: Wednesday, November

Re: KR> Ambitious builder

Congrats on the progress. Your wife is a really big help and partner. I enjoy hearing about wife helping. I, too, would like see some pictures. Mike Evans > On Oct 30, 2017, at 6:46 PM, brendan palmer via KRnet > wrote: > > So for someone of a younger generation than the average on this list

Re: KR> Rounded fuselage corners - KR Super-2

See http://www.krsuper2.com/history.html and associated site links from there. I'm not recommending that anybody jump off this cliff, but the line drawing on this page shows the basic construction technique of the fuselage, pioneered by Dr. Dean (and his famous vegetable steamer for bending the cu

Re: KR> Rounded fuselage corners

Noel McAvena wrote: > Has anyone successfully built and flown a KR with Dr.Dean's rounded fuselage > corners? Eduardo Barros from Argentina is the only guy that I know of that has completed and flown a rounded-bottom fuselage plane. I believe he got the idea from Dr. Dean back in the late 1990'

Re: KR> Rounded fuselage corners

Noel, I have not flown Dr. Dean's, But I am the person finishing that very plane build. It is coming along very well and I have started working on it a little every day. I can prbably answer some of the design questions. There are a couple flying one of which is on the KR facebook (From South Am

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