KR> Questions on range etc

2008-10-12 Thread Doug Rupert
Mark Langford has a nifty little program that gives you all the = pertinent data regarding spar depth/construction and strength figures. A simple multiplication of this info against the moment arm SHOULD get you in the ballpark. Again I'm no engineer either. Doug =20 As far as changing the spar

KR> Questions on range etc

2008-10-12 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
> The Dan Diehl wings >skins is the longest I have heard of the wings being without modification, >and it does not effect the original spar. >Colin Rainey ++ I recall Jeanette Rand once saying that the extra length of the Diehl skins l

KR> Questions on range etc

2008-10-12 Thread Colin Rainey
David First off range figures are VERY misleading. ANY aircraft can be shown to have a long range for its type if the engine is run slow enough and the basic tank large enough. MOST of the time you will find that max range figures are derived from an economy cruise setting of the engine, at an