On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 19:31:23 -0800 "David Mikesell"
writes:
> Well, yes the fuel tanks will add stress to the WAF but only on the
> ground
> and during landing because in the out board panels they don't count
> towards
> the gross weight.
And just where do most airplanes spend a vast majority
I respectfully disagree. When sitting on the ground, the "1g" weight of
the fuel is supported by the landing gear and everything else when the
tanks are located in the stub wings. When the fuel is located in the
outer wings, the weight, multiplied by the arm of the fuels cg, is
supported as torque
Before designing your aircraft to carry fuel in the outer wings, here are
a couple of issues to consider:
1) When dealing with the issue of loads on the WAF, you must also
consider the fact that by adding 60 pounds on the longest possible "arm"
from the WAFs, any flexing by the wing will or at lea
Steve,
Thanks for the offer. I will most definitely keep it in mind. The set
being offered to me seems complete, but I'm not familiar enough with them
to be sure. I have attached one of the pictures as I am hoping that
anyone who is familliar with them could spot anything obviously wrong.
Again,
All-
And I thought this was a forum to answer questions about building KRs and
share information. Personally, I don't have time to sort through
everyone's personal comments. That goes for people on BOTH sides of this
discussion. Unless you have a really crappy e-mail server, you DO have
the optio
This all makes perfect sense, but, I have read, re-read, and re-re-read
this portion of the plans and this detail is not specified anywhere.
Thank God for builders forums, eh?
Keith Krumwiede
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 09:27:00 +1000 "John and Janet Martindale"
writes:
> Also remember that the thicknes
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