KR> To spruce or not to spruce, that is the question,

2020-04-04 Thread colin hales via KRnet
Thanks for all the advice on the spars. The problem I have is that I'm British. Now being British isn't the problem exactly as its a wonderful thing! We are mostly well educated, civilised, understand irony, are humourous, don't take ourselves too seriously and have a national health service. Bu

Re: KR> spar failure

2020-04-04 Thread Flesner via KRnet
On 4/4/2020 8:16 AM, Mark Langford via KRnet wrote: As for spar tests, please take a look at the 2008 KR Gathering website at http://www.krnet.org/mvn2008/ , about a third of the way down, for a spar test conducted at the 2008 Gathering. +

Re: KR> spar failure

2020-04-04 Thread Dr. Feng Hsu via KRnet
Thanks so much Mark for the archived info from the 2008 KR gathering, and I just looked it through word by word and pictures after pictures! It is obviously extremely informative, especially on the Spar test in the field. All I can say is that, there was nothing short of amazing, including the inge

Re: KR> spar failure

2020-04-04 Thread Mark Langford via KRnet
Dr. Hsu wrote: > I will be interested to know why Ken Rand didn't consider the Sonex type of > foldable wing design Because Ken Rand designed the KR2 decades earlier than the Sonex was designed? Although engineers are usually astute people, they are not born with every possible perfect desi