Re: KRnet> Aileron balance arms

2022-05-17 Thread donald january via KRnet
Do I have some KR-2 root spars getting mounted ! YES. along with Diehl wing skins and in doing so I've learned WAF's and their bolts do get some major corrosion developed in just 1-2 years and with some bad choices of VNE, and thinking the plane can take a bit more 🙄THEN Flutter at any control surf

Re: KRnet> Aileron balance arms

2022-05-17 Thread Flesner via KRnet
On 5/17/2022 7:39 PM, laser...@juno.com wrote: As it is, my guess is the wing didn't at all "come off". The aileron and some fiberglass and wood debris came off . . . not the wing itself.I wasn't there so I'm entirely open to correction. Mike

Re: KRnet> Aileron balance arms

2022-05-17 Thread laser147
As almost all of us know, flutter can cause failure of control surfaces and sometimes the attachment points the control surface is attached to. Neither of the two cases that have been mentioned cause primary wing spar failure. The KR wing remains one of the strongest aircraft wings ever designe

Re: KRnet> Aileron balance arms

2022-05-17 Thread Larry via KRnet
On 5/17/2022 2:59 PM, Kayak via KRnet wrote: so now we have _two_ catastrophic spar fails... interesting... +++ Spar failure was not the initial cause in either accident but the result of aileron flutter.  Marty Roberts flig

Re: KRnet> Aileron balance arms

2022-05-17 Thread Ryan Derbes
I find this rather fascinating after looking into all the Zenith accidents not too long ago. Ryan Derbes Superintendent J.B. Mouton On May 17, 2022, at 3:00 PM, Kayak via KRnet wrote:  so now we have two catastrophic spar fails... interesting... On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 3:50 PM mailto:shaff

Re: KRnet> Aileron balance arms

2022-05-17 Thread Kayak via KRnet
so now we have *two* catastrophic spar fails... interesting... On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 3:50 PM wrote: > Brackets for my aileron balance weights, are 1/8th inch thick 4130 > steel. At the first KR Gathering, held in CA, Brad Hummel had an aileron > fail, resulting in a wing failure. FAA Inspect

Re: KRnet> Aileron balance arms

2022-05-17 Thread shafferj455js
Brackets for my aileron balance weights, are 1/8th inch thick 4130 steel. At the first KR Gathering, held in CA, Brad Hummel had an aileron fail, resulting in a wing failure. FAA Inspectors determined the aircraft was doing approximately 240 MPH. ( Airspeed needle was stuck there.) The Main Spar, r

Re: KRnet> Elevator/aileron flutter

2022-05-17 Thread Phillip Matheson via KRnet
Nothing wrong with the way the plans show you how to balance them. It’s the bracket I didn’t like. Phil. Sent from my iPhone > On 17 May 2022, at 11:38, John Gotschall via KRnet > wrote: > >  > Can anyone recommend a good book or source for info on how to calculate the > correct control b

KRnet> Aileron balance arms

2022-05-17 Thread Phillip Matheson via KRnet
I have never liked the plans for the balance arm. But saying that, I have not heard ( till SA crash) any serious problems. Many have found cracking in servicing ( that’s why we Servise them) I do my own, 1/8 6061 Alumimium with a gusset welded around the outside of the bracket. Or thin 4130 wi