I'm still around but not actively building. As a result of a divorce, all of
my airplane stuff is in a hangar about two hours away from my condo. I have no
workshop any more.
Sent from my iPad
> On Jun 14, 2014, at 3:24 AM, Dene via KRnet wrote:
>
> Does anyone know what happ
Still here but not currently active. After a divorce, the unfinished
plane is in my hangar, but I live almost two hours away.
I don't know the pilot or plane involved.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Scott Stanton wrote:
> Is Don Reid still on the net? That's a bit away from his place, but
> i
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:48 PM, wrote:
Really weird ignition firing sequence: front two cylinders fired
simultaneously, then aft two cylinders fired simultaneously - - I have
never read or heard an explanation for this oddity,
There is a really simple explanation for the firing sequence. In a
It would be great
to see some KRs flying in that event.
That will be my second show in a row. On the weekend of the 14th,
15th and 16th, I will be a Lumberton NC http://mafsac.com/ doing
their photography. On the 22nd and 23rd, I will be in Suffolk where
I'm the web master and photogra
ut it was a good show and a great weekend.
Donald Reid
Visit my websites at:
AeroFoil, A 2-d Airfoil Design And Analysis Program -
http://aerofoilengineering.com
Virginia Regional Festival Of Flight - http://virginiaflyin.org
EAA Chapter 231 - http://eaa231.org/
At 09:51 PM 2/15/2007, you wrote:
>Don: are you the author of AeroFoil, the airfoil analysis program, or are
>there other Don Reids in the world?
>
>KR content: Don is one of the resident (and credentialed) aero engineers on
>the KRNet. He doesn't toss out many posts, but when he does- it's worth
At 09:52 PM 12/23/2006, you wrote:
>in what direction will a spinner travel when it breaks off in flight
>or on the ground ???
All you can say is that it will be ejected outward, more or less in
the plane of prop rotation, until it impacts a prop blade. When this
happens, it will go almost any
At 09:02 AM 11/30/2006, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a quote from Dan Deihl for wheel fairings. I don't quite understand
>what these bits are ( us/uk english differences )
>
>Can someone please confirm my understanding.
>
> >Pete,
> >You need upper and lower fairings for $100 US and 2 wheel pants for
At 05:13 PM 11/28/2006, you wrote:
>Barry,
>
>I would suggest putting a trim tab on the WING, NOT
>the AILERON.. Ailerons are self-centering in flight.
>All they will do is move the stick left or right from
>center.. Think about it everyone!! Don't believe me,
>try it for yourself..
What Ron
At 03:45 PM 11/29/2006, you wrote:
>Check out this issues Cover Story
>http://www.eaa.org/benefits/sportaviation/index.html
>
>Mark Jones (N886MJ)
Sweet!
Don Reid - donreid "at" peoplepc.com
Bumpass, Va
Visit my web sites at:
AeroFoil, a 2-D Airfoil Design And Analysis Computer Program
Speaking as a Professional Engineer, your only safe course of action
is to replace the spar. I do not believe that you could ever make a
satisfactory repair. When the bracket failed, all of the load was
transferred to the remaining bolts which split the wood. The bracket
failed because of in
At 01:19 AM 9/15/2006, you wrote:
>For interest sake, does anybody know exactly how these things work. I know
>it measures the rate of change in static pressure but then the needle should
>return to zero or at least move in that direction if I keep a constant
>pressure on the rear port with my fin
At 11:29 PM 8/24/2006, you wrote:
> Why do Prop makers tighten their layers of wood together so
> tightly when making a prop if it is a bad idea ?
> Have you ever been in a prop shop. There used to be one near me
> here in Caddo Mills Tx and they used house jacks to tighten the
> wood toget
At 09:39 PM 7/27/2006, you wrote:
>Is anyone by chance planning to be at the EAA Aviation Expo in
>Petersburg Va. at the end of September ?.
I am sorry that it took me so long to reply to this message but I
have been out of the area.
I will be there, even though the plane is (still) not finish
At 08:45 AM 7/22/2006, you wrote:
>My KR2 (built by others) was fitted with heaps of VGs under the
>horizontal stab, on the fuselage prior to the rudder, on the landing
>gear and in front of the canopy. A previous archive search suggested
>that it lowers stall speed and if placed correctly has n
At 07:41 PM 7/15/2006, you wrote:
>Is anybody flying a KR2 open cockpit with a partial canopy? If I
>seal the back off with an extended backrest will it work, and fly
>right? I would want it to have have interchangeable canopy
>depending on our miserable Houston summer weather.
Go to http://a
At 06:09 PM 7/17/2006, you wrote:
>Hi
>
>Before anyone considers an open cockpit please read the accidents report
>that Mark collated at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/KRaccidents.doc (just
>search the document for "canopy").
>The are 4 accident from canopies coming open in flight, 3 are Fatal.
At 12:37 AM 7/12/2006, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
> I apologize if this question has been beat to death... I am
>relatively tall (6-4) and most of my height is in my legs (36"
>inseam). I was wondering if any of you are similarly proportioned and
>if you fit reasonably in your KR? Any special mods.
At 07:04 PM 7/8/2006, you wrote:
>Hi netters,
>
>I was curious if Wicks KR 7533 cloth is strong enough for a composite
>fuselage shell? Im using foam and glass or carbon fiber for my covering. Well
>this suffice or should I use something else?
That is exactly like asking if the ice is thic
At 09:13 AM 6/29/2006, you wrote:
> I have just finished the basic structure for the turtle deck
> from wood, it seems pretty strong, I can almost stand on it but am
> not game to try, it weighs about 4 lbs, with the ply skin still to
> be fitted, the sheet of ply for the skin weighs 5 lbs a
At 06:34 PM 6/19/2006, you wrote:
>What do the people that have built / building this type of aircraft
>think, am I taking on to much for a first project?
>
>The information that I have seen estimates 800 hours of building
>time and a little over $10,000.00, does that sound correct?
If you want
At 08:20 PM 6/21/2006, you wrote:
>What makes the wheel pants a pressure recovery type?
It is based on the thickness profile of the airfoil. It is one way
of describing a profile that will support the formation of a
significant amount of laminar flow and minimize the formation of any
airflow s
At 04:19 AM 6/12/2006, you wrote:
>Phil, what would the compression member look like exactly?
>
>A better design is to use one long bolt with a
>compression member between the WAF pairs instead of paired short
>bolts, placing the joint in a balance double shear. This is my
>considered opinion as
At 02:10 PM 6/9/2006, you wrote:
>I read an explanation some years ago in the KR newsletters that the
>WAF are clamped to the spars and generate their holding action by
>friction. The 3/16 attach bolts are stressed primarily in tension
>not in sheer.
>Another newsletter article reported on KR-2
At 06:02 PM 6/9/2006, you wrote:
>This could be a good idea, if there was evidence of a problem, which
>there is NOT. Why is there an expectation that the WAF joint is a weak
>point?
Why accept something that is less than it can be? If people were
willing to belive that something can't be improv
At 12:12 AM 6/3/2006, you wrote:
> I read tons of archived messages but I couldn't one that answers
> my question. If it has been asked before, I apologize.
> The amount of hardener mixed in with the resin affects the pot
> life of the epoxy. All factors remain constant, more hardener
> gi
At 11:15 PM 5/7/2006, you wrote:
>Hey guys, Since I dont have a set of plans, can anybody tell me what wood I
>would need to order to build a set of KR2S spars - The center ones, front
>and rear. The only difference is that they will be 10 feet long - the
>outboard spars will be standard leng
At 10:06 AM 5/4/2006, you wrote:
>Steven,
> In my opinion... The average experimental seems to need
>about 7 to 8 inches of prop clearance, when the plane is level.
>There are lots of high time guys out there flying them with less than
>that, but that seems to keep the average guy
At 09:03 AM 4/26/2006, you wrote:
>I think Matt is probably the only one building what amounts to a KR2s in a
>single seat just so he can fit. 6ft9in. 250lb
>
> > I think that if Mat Elder shows up you will be the second tallest. I
> > believe he flies a four seat airplane so he can sit in the bac
At 12:03 AM 4/24/2006, you wrote:
>Netters Is there any reason why one of those Dual input devices
>could not be use
>dual mixture controls? looks possible to me. Of course things can start to
>get crowded.
> > >
> > >A/C Spruce has a handy device in there catalog that allows you
> to connect
In just less than a month (May 18 through 21) there will be a Fly-In
at Lumberton, North Carolina. This will be their third year and they
are trying very hard to make this into a significant event. Their
stated goal is to make Lumberton the third largest Fly-In in the
US. I will be there for
At 04:51 PM 4/25/2006, you wrote:
>My understanding is the foam is completely non-structural, and by
>removing it, I could possibly save up to 20Lbs.
>Proposed method is to glue the foam in place, per plans, but apply duct
>tape over the foam between the spars and around the leading edge, glass
>th
At 10:25 AM 4/22/2006, you wrote:
>Virgil:
>
>A/C Spruce has a handy device in there catalog that allows you to connect 2
>trottles to it for one output. They even have a picture. It does not look
>all that complex.
Even more simple, a Marvil-Schebler Carb has three holes in the
throttle lever
At 10:40 AM 3/18/2006, you wrote:
>I am surprised that a simple solution is always taken as an insult.
>If you are not familiar with the procedure for establishing
>airspeed limitations that GA uses, then dont take it
>as an insult, just admit it and then find out how it is
>done by the rest of avi
At 05:50 AM 2/6/2006, you wrote:
> I also find the Dragonfly style to be very
>desirable, but it is also very expensive. And, unless you are really good
>at forming plastic, and have the equipment to do it, save yourself and don't
>even consider it to be an option.
I must agree with this opinion
At 07:23 AM 1/14/2006, you wrote:
>With the glues that we have today, like T-88, is scarfing really necessary?
>Would not just gluing on a cross member do just as well? I know that the
>woodworking purists will scoff at this, but T-88 won't come apart. If you
>were concerned about the contact area,
At 01:36 AM 1/3/2006, you wrote:
>I am wondering if there would be any advantage to widening the
>firewall? Im building a KR2S and will be widening the cabin 4 to 6
>inches and will be using a Corvair for power. These seem to fit per
>plans, but im thinking that it would be easyier to bend the s
At 10:13 AM 1/5/2006, you wrote:
>I bought some BID fiberglass today in a shop in Paris that sells all sorts
>of composites mainly for artists and designers. I was also looking for
>peel ply. The guy had never heard of it. When I explained the purpose, he
>showed me rolls of rigid plastic sheets (l
At 07:58 PM 12/20/2005, you wrote:
>Yes, it is a friction lock, but it does not seem that a carb should be
>closing the venturi, all by itself, even against some force. My concern is
>that if I lock it down and then need to react to a situation, I won't be
>able to.
I would also recommend that yo
At 07:35 AM 12/5/2005, you wrote:
>I'm not an engineer or even an expert, but how valid is static testing with
>no air load on the aileron. Our operating environment has air moving over
>that service at up to 200 mph, which I would think would effect the outcome
>in serviceable hours.
I am an
At 09:13 PM 12/5/2005, you wrote:
>Don,
>I have carefully read your website and trust your judgement as an educated
>builder.
>What do you think of the same general arrangement on a KR? Attatching an
>aluminum sheet? Or possibly a kevlar sheet?
It is a bad idea to do it with a composite sheet with
>Wouldn't an aileron, that was hinged with a flexible aluminum plate, be
>more susceptible to flutter at the speeds the current crop of KRs are
>attaining?
Flutter is primarily a function of the natural frequency of
vibration. A stiffer system would increase the natural frequency so
a plate hi
At 11:36 PM 11/7/2005, you wrote:
>Can anyone tell me where on the FAA web site I can get ANC-18, or
>alternative sites, and can anyone reccommend any good books on
>wooden aircraft construction.
I have an original copy of ANC-5, -18, and -19. I make high quality
bound copies that I sell at ju
At 07:24 AM 11/9/2005, you wrote:
> >From the discussion then, I get the impression that the quarter cord
>figure is empirical - but pretty close to the calcutated figures for RAF48
>and AS504x wings.
The quarter chord location is not empirically derived. It is located
at 25 percent of the chord
At 01:27 PM 11/7/2005, you wrote:
>I would like to see that reference, I would be
>surprised if the center of lift didn't move some with
>changes in AoA.
These last few posts have mixed a number of different aero terms.
The 1/4 chord location is located 0.25 times the chord back from the
leading
At 09:09 PM 10/31/2005, you wrote:
>Jerry and I have a dilemma. Our WB gave us very conflicting results with
>each scenario that we performed. It had Jerry weighing 35 pounds and me
>weighing 37 pounds different from the empty weight.
>
>You guys, WHO HAVE DONE THIS, what did you use to weigh you
At 08:38 AM 10/19/2005, you wrote:
>Dan Heath wrote:
>
> > My best advise to anyone thinking of forming their own windshield, is go
> > have as many Heineken as it takes to make you forget that thought.
>
>I too entertained thoughts of making my own canopy. What got me off of that
>idea was Don Re
At 01:28 PM 10/15/2005, you wrote:
>just to get a dicussion going. I have a hypothetical question to the
>net and I'm sure it's been either done or thought about.
> If one decided to mate a KR wing set to a truss type steel tube fuselage
> how would one go about doing it?
>. snip
>How would one
The Virginia Regional Fly-In will be this weekend, October 1st and
2nd. We had to cancel last year because of prolonged hurricane
activity that kept us from getting the field ready, but in 2003 we
had two KRs, I think they were Ken Wilhoit and Billy McFarlan. Gary
Hinkle has been there severa
At 09:37 AM 9/2/2005, you wrote:
>Can anybody tell me about the weight of the engine mounted his KR2S?
My O200 with cooling shroud,. magnetos. B & C alternator, no starter,
and a 4 inch prop extension, weighed 213 pounds.
Don Reid - donreid "at" peoplepc.com
Bumpass, Va
Visit my web sites a
At 12:13 PM 9/5/2005, you wrote:
>Has anyone got a design for a rod aileron control system, for KR2s?
>
>Peter
I do. It can be seen in some of the pictures on my website.
If you want an Autocad drawing please contact me off network.
Don Reid - donreid "at" peoplepc.com
Bumpass, Va
Visit m
At 09:17 PM 7/27/2005, you wrote:
>My most memorable Hartford KR Get-together photo is at
>http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/050725175m.jpg . Looks like Dean
>Cooper is in ground effect! Jones was standing next to me (50 yards
>further down the hangar row), and had good reason to duck! Marty's
At 08:26 PM 7/13/2005, you wrote:
>Dennis and netters
>The reason that some planes can "lift" a wing in slow flight while
>others can't has to do with a long "arm" or simply the leverage that
>the rudder has due to the length of the tailboom.
Not entirely true. The more dihedral the plane has,
At 12:42 AM 7/9/2005, you wrote:
>Has anyone tried Aspen wood in their aircraft? I searched the archives but
>could find nothing on Aspen. I was looking for Douglas fir at the
>lumberyard and saw some Aspen planks that had a very fine grain (about 18
>lines per inch).
>I'm not sure of the st
At 11:11 PM 7/8/2005, you wrote:
>I just recently purchased a Sonori spring gear complete with axles, wheels,
>brakes and good tires. The dimensions are the same as the grove design for
>the KR with the exception of the spacing between the leg bends which is only
>27". Does anyone have any exper
At 03:50 PM 7/5/2005, you wrote:
>All,
>I repaired my brake line yesterday and I have to admit that the failure
>was partially my fault. When I took it apart I noticed that I had
>tightened the plastic furrel down so tight that it was squeezed up
>through the top around the tubing.
I have not used
At 01:21 PM 6/23/2005, you wrote:
> At LEAST one thick washer, and as
>many as needed to allow visual inspection to confirm that the nut is
>torqued properly, not bottomed out on the threads.
>
>SEE AC43-13-1B, Section 7-37, which says maximum 1/8 inch of washers,
>but no reason stated.
The reaso
At 07:23 PM 6/19/2005, you wrote:
>One question that I have found no answer for is has anyone
>tried to run hydraulic controls for all the systems i.e. rudder elevator
>etc?
This is a really bad idea since it adds complexity, weight, and a whole new
set of failure modes. Big airplanes use electr
At 11:22 AM 6/10/2005, you wrote:
>I plan on using 5.9oz carbon fiber to lay up the turtle deck. I need to know
>if I should use foam as a substrate (sandwich), or is it acceptable to just
>build a mold and lay it up over that withough any foam. Is the foam going
>to add enough strength to offset
At 03:38 PM 6/6/2005, you wrote:
>If I buy strips of 4130 steel of the correct thickness from Aircraft
>Spruce, can I use them as they are to make WAFs, or is there any treatment
>(other that surface treatment) that I must apply?
You would get the steel in a Normalized (N) condition. After the mi
At 05:57 PM 5/28/2005, you wrote:
>Does anybody know if ground effect lowers your stall speed? I would think
>so, at least some small amount, but I don't know for sure. If so, how much?
Technically speaking, the stall speed decreases asymptotically to zero the
closer you get to the ground but
At 04:42 AM 5/24/2005, you wrote:
>On my KR2, the fuel gauge is a plain and simple sight gauge (clear plastic
>tubing linked to the top and bottom of the tank).
>
>One mystery I was never able to solve is that the gauge has a lag. When
>the tank is amost full, it takes forever before the level drop
At 11:55 AM 5/24/2005, you wrote:
>Ok i know the stub spar and main spar have like a 2" gap between (wood
>to wood).
>
>but would the strength be affected by butting the wood spar ends and
>moving the
>WAF outboard just enough to put the attach bolt thru the outer spar with
>a anti-crush spacer in
At 10:26 AM 5/11/2005, you wrote:
>I noticed that my WAFs'lightenigh holes are all 1/2" diameter, so I
>probably can increase these holes as per specs. Every little helps.
Please note that these holes are not to make the fitting lighter, but a
part of the structural design of the fitting. The gr
At 11:00 PM 5/11/2005, you wrote:
>Speaking of certified engines, there is one gotcha I learned about that you
>need to be aware of if you use one.
>
>When you use a certified engine in an experimental you are required to
>comply with all the A.D.s.
This is not correct. Your DAR was mistaken. W
At 09:45 AM 5/12/2005, you wrote:
>The application of the rules have changed with regards to certified
>engines in experimentals. They used to be exempt from Airworthyness
>Directives, but now the FAA has chosen to enforce the ADs. (...snip...) A
>certified engine on an experiemental is now re
At 11:41 AM 5/8/2005, you wrote:
>I will have to make one or several inspection hatches on my tail section,
>for the following reasons:
>1 - I need to replace the elevator cables;
>2 - I need to remove the tail wheel spring;
>3 - I need to be able to inspect the rudder and elevator hinges nuts.
I
At 12:56 AM 5/4/2005, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
> I am about to cut my forward deck off and install piano hinges so
> that I can make it removable. What kind of rivets are recommended to
> connect the piano hinge to the fiberglass? I prefer a rivet that has a
> low profile. Any help is greatly ap
At 07:24 AM 5/4/2005, you wrote:
>Something puzzles me. I found by chance, over the Internet, a 'ribs
>generator' program, designed for radio-controlled models, wih more than a
>thousand profiles available. You just enter the profile type, the chord of
>the first rib, the chord of the last rib, and
At 05:12 PM 5/4/2005, you wrote:
> In spite of using the WAF drilling the main spar I missed a little
>bit. Is it permissible to use T88 and a 3/16 wood dowl to plug the
>mistake or do I have to make a new spar?
That is an acceptable practice. Use a hardwood dowel with plenty of epoxy.
Don
At 11:30 PM 5/4/2005, you wrote:
> My personal feeling without seeing how far the hole was
>missed is that it MAY be perfectly adequate to repair the hole by filling it
>with epoxy (don't know about the dowel with the grain in the completely
>wrong direction).
This is a bad idea. Epoxy is not as
At 11:01 AM 5/5/2005, you wrote:
>You state that the strengthof a properly designed wooden spar does not
>depend on the grain orientation. I believe this is missleading, would
>you use wood that had a splope on th grain of 1 to 3 or 1 to 5 or 1 to
>20?.
>Jim
In the previous note, the context impl
I checked the KR archives about HVLP painting and most of the recent
comments were about a discount gun. I think that I would like something
better.
Does anyone have any experience with a Wagner Softspray 2600? It comes in
a complete set, gun, hose, and blower. The list price is approximately
I flipped my fuselage today to do the surface prep and final paint on the
bottom. It will be upside down for about a month until the bottom is
complete through final paint. The weather was bad so I did not take very
many pictures but I will add more when it gets turned over.
My flipping rig i
At 09:28 AM 4/25/2005, you wrote:
>Does any one know where I can find information on effectiveness or
>efficiency of wing tips? Is there a consensus on the best wing tip for the
>KR2S? Any test results? Does the wing section make a difference for the
>best tip?
I don't have the reference in fr
At 10:14 PM 2/16/2005, you wrote:
> >
> > >I figured the area as flat
> > >plate of the wing dimensions. Am I doing something wrong or is this a
> > >case of the spec's not being correct???
> >
> > Try including the portion of the wing in the fuselage.
> >
>That would add about 12sq. ft. but I do
At 11:13 AM 2/9/2005, you wrote:
>I have a question or two about airfoils.
>The other question is i know the bonanza, malibu, rv-3,4,6,7,8, venture
>egg and many other fast planes use similar airfoils:
>(form http://www.aae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/ads/aircraft.html)
>
>NACA 23016.5 Bonanza
>NACA 23015
At 10:34 PM 2/9/2005, you wrote:
>Donald Reid wrote:
> >
> > You do NOT want to make spar caps out of plywood. In the FAA
> > reference, they are talking about laminating using with the wood
> > fibers oriented along the length of the spar. The grain may be
&
At 08:07 PM 2/8/2005, you wrote:
> >From the FAA A.C. 43.13 (You have read the FAA bible, havn't you?):
>
>1-43. REPLACING SOLID TYPE SPARS WITH LAMINATED TYPE SPARS
>Solid spars may be replaced with laminated spars or vice versa, provided the
>material is of the same high quality.
>
>There is also
At 04:10 PM 1/26/2005, you wrote:
>Are there any rules of thumb of scientific formulas that would determine
>the length that the exhaust tubes should extend below the belly of the
>airplane.
If at all possible, the exhaust should not extend beyond the surface of the
plane. Any protrusion will
At 06:54 PM 1/16/2005, you wrote:
>Group,
>
>I have had an unpleasant conversation with my local DAR. He stated that
>once an amateur plane is registered, that builder is the only person that
>can have the repairman's certificate for that plane.
It is a correct statement that one experimental ca
At 05:56 AM 1/11/2005, you wrote:
>HI All,
>I've been glassing the underside of my wing stubs and the inside of my
>wing tanks today, wow that vinyl ester is awful to work with (sticky).
>I have a question about where my Diehl type gear legs enter the stub. I'll
>need to fair the legs in a bit, D
At 01:07 PM 12/18/2004, you wrote:
>On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 12:06:20 -0500 "Jack Cooper"
> writes:
> > I was looking in Wicks catalog for mold release in planning to make
> > cowling from Marks cowling molds.
>
>You should be able to substitute a good floor wax with carnuba for the
>parting agent. Th
Every few years, we go through a long thread of discussion about spar
re-design. In this recent set, the one thing that is apparent is that the
people talking about making major changes in the spar do not have any
training in structural design. This is not an area where you design by
eye-ball
At 05:42 PM 12/3/2004, you wrote:
>Enough about spars already!!! this has been flogged a thousand times.
>There must be a structural engineer out there somewhere who would be only
>too happy to answer any questions about this issue.
I am a licensed professional engineer and I gave my short answer
I recently changed my e'mail address and I have just finished changing over
my KR website to a new site. There is no change in the content but those
of you who have bookmarked the site may want to change.
I can be found at http://aerofoilengineering.com/KR/KR2XL.htm
Don Reid - donreid "at"
At 02:02 AM 11/8/2004, you wrote:
>Hi Don
>
>With reference to the "Specs and Mods" comment on your web site:
>
>In the narrative you mention a stretch of 5" fwd and 6" aft for a total
>of 11" over the KR2S - thus a new length of 16'11".
>
>Your root chord is 4" greater (48 to 52) so maybe another
I want to apologize to the KR net for the previous post. I did not realize
that the question came over the net, I assumed that it was directed
specifically to me. I responded as if it were a private conversation.
Please refer to the KR network rules that Mark Langford has published.
Don Re
At 08:50 AM 11/5/2004, you wrote:
>-Original Message-
>
>Don
>
>Can teel us why you went for a longer chord?
>
>What are the advanages you gained and at what cost, proformance wise?
My KR based plane was designed for a gross of 1450 pounds. I wanted to
keep approximately the same wing l
At 06:21 PM 11/9/2004, you wrote:
> Don Reid may chime in as he did a lot of modeling on the ELF(1) 0414F.
>But he went with the NACA747A314 on his KR-SXL.
>
> Several weeks back I did stop at the K.S.P. post in Richmond and got
>direction to Your house but no one was home. I was going to c
At 06:25 PM 11/4/2004, you wrote:
>Now why in the hell would I ever want to buy ANY THING from A/S again
>after a cheap shot like this. Bill Starrs
Why is it a cheap shot? Garmin is making the rules if you want to sell
their products. If Garmin says no discounts, then that is their
prerogativ
For those of you who might care. I have a new address. I will be changing
my web site address sometime later.
Don Reid - donreid "at" peoplepc.com
Bumpass, Va
Visit my web sites at:
AeroFoil, a 2-D Airfoil Design And Analysis Computer Program:
http://www.eaa231.org/AeroFoil/index.htm
KR2
At 07:57 PM 10/29/2004, you wrote:
>NetHeads,
>
>I've spent 4 or 5 hours so far, and expect to spend many more, peeling the
>Spraylat off my canopy.Big Snip
>Anybody with good ideas as to how to make this bearable is welcome to
>enlighten me, but right now I'm waiting 'till Tuesday when UPS can
At 10:00 PM 10/20/2004, you wrote:
>Don Reid has some information on his site...
>
>http://users.erols.com/donreid/sportaviation/Kr77-8.HTM
>
>He also seems to be the foremost authority based on the posts he's made in
>the archives...until he writes, I hope this link helps.
I have some pictures o
At 01:33 PM 10/12/2004, you wrote:
>You guys building composite tanks:
>
>How are you routing the fuel lines through the tank sides? Are you
>drilling a hole, floxing, then using an AN fitting, or just running a hard
>line though a hole and floxing the whole mess in place.
I started with an al
At 02:14 PM 10/16/2004, you wrote:
> I
>have a hand time believing these materials are one and the same and think I
>would be getting another source of information to further investigate this
>little item.
>Doug Rupert
>
>Did you know that Lead is Depleated Uranium!!!
This is NOT KR related and t
At 02:14 PM 10/16/2004, you wrote:
> I
>have a hand time believing these materials are one and the same and think I
>would be getting another source of information to further investigate this
>little item.
>Doug Rupert
>
>Did you know that Lead is Depleated Uranium!!!
This is NOT KR related and t
At 01:52 PM 10/10/2004, you wrote:
>Hi frindes ..hope all of you are fine and and well ...these quistion are
>very important for me ,the reson is because I did not fly any kr2s in whall
>my life ...ok my quistions are :
>
>-1 Do we have to mass balance the control surfaces?
The short answer is
At 11:42 AM 9/25/2004, you wrote:
>Dunno Wolfgang but it's a commonly quoted rule of thumb.
>
>
>Following from an earlier reply, how about a 12000lb Kingair that
>increases weight by 100lbs - the load factor may change in the second
>decimal, but NOT BY 1G.
The 100 pound increase = 1 G reductio
At 12:33 PM 9/29/2004, you wrote:
>I've just decided I don't trust the Marcy analysis. When he did it, he
>assumed the section of the wing inside the fuselage was producing lift just
>like the stub wings do. That means that the lift produced by the outer
>wings is undercalculated and therefore th
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