KR> Fuselage Boat Stage Complete Weight

2008-10-12 Thread nght...@bellsouth.net
Netters, Having completed my boat stage fuselage, I was wondering if any of the builders out there thought to weigh it before moving on. Being the aerospace engineer, I just had to know, and was wondering if you all did too. Cedric Gould N117CG Boat Stage Complete - 1/6/07, 80 hrs, 37 lbs.

KR> Corvair Rebuild

2008-10-12 Thread nght...@bellsouth.net
Hi KRNetters! I'm one of the new guys. Just started rebuilding a Corvair engine for my bird, and was hoping the words of the wise would be available to enlighten the inexperienced... or rather, me. I have nearly the entire engine broken down and cleaned, however, my dilemma lies with the cylin

KR> removing the foam after glassing as wing.

2008-10-12 Thread nght...@bellsouth.net
To put the engineering in perspective, the foam controls two very specific and important structural concerns - first, the pure moment of inertia of the structure; the larger the moment of inertia, the easier it becomes to make a structure stiff for the amount of material needed- here in lies the