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2008-10-12 Thread Jeff Scott
There are three things you can use to increase the speed. Reduce the parasitic drag. Reduce the incuded drag. Increase the HP. The parasitic drag can be reduced by paying attention to detail with clean lines, and fairings to clean up the airflow. Induced drag is a function of the weight

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2008-10-12 Thread Brian Kraut
AM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> KR speed Can someone explain to me why it is that there is such a gap in the top end speed of KR's... ( HP aside ) There is a guy here in Longmont Co that has a KR... says he can do over 200 in it... ( not for me ).. but he can, running an O200. He says

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2008-10-12 Thread wilder_jeff Wilder
If I can get 150mph out of my bird... I'll be more then happy!! -Jeff >From: "Brian Kraut" >Reply-To: KRnet >To: "KRnet" >Subject: RE: KR> KR speed >Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:19:55 -0400 > >Buy a copy of "Speed With Economy" by Kent

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2008-10-12 Thread wilder_jeff Wilder
Can someone explain to me why it is that there is such a gap in the top end speed of KR's... ( HP aside ) There is a guy here in Longmont Co that has a KR... says he can do over 200 in it... ( not for me ).. but he can, running an O200. He says his plane is about 500lbs built to the plans wit

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2008-10-12 Thread Colin & Bev Rainey
Jeff Speed in any plane is a function of excess thrust overcoming whatever drag is present in a given plane. I am over simplifying but basically the less drag the plane makes for a given horsepower the faster it flies. And drag reduction has MORE effect than more hp. Several companies have do

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2008-10-12 Thread Dennis Mingear
Good Morning Jeff, I've included some websites that elaborate on Collin's very good explanations of why some planes are fast. The "See How it Fly's" site is one of the best on the web. http://www.av8n.com/how/htm/4forces.html http://142.26.194.131/aerodynamics1/ http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/a

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2008-10-12 Thread larry flesner
> >There is a guy here in Longmont Co that has a KR... says he can do over 200 >in it... ( not for me ).. but he can, running an O200. He says his plane is >about 500lbs > >So is the top end speed more of a function of weight/HP apposed to just HP >everything else being equal? >-Jeff +++

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2008-10-12 Thread Kenneth B. Jones
al Message - From: "wilder_jeff Wilder" To: Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 12:42 AM Subject: KR> KR speed > > Can someone explain to me why it is that there is such a gap in the top > end > speed of KR's... ( HP aside )