KR> Widening the fuselage, Bending Longerons

-44 42"Piper PA-32 & PA-34 47". These measurements were to the inside of the trim, and to the inside surface of the windows would give a couple more inches. Dennis Steed, SLC Utah -Original Message- From: Pete Klapp To: kr...@mylist.net Sent: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 7:05 pm Sub

KR> Widening the fuselage, Bending Longerons

I said I would post a reply from the builder of my 44 inch fuselage. I bought. Brian sold the KR2ss fuse to build an RV. --- Hi Phil, I was talking to Ron Slender recently and he mentioned that you were working on the KR. You may have noticed that I made both top and bottom longerons a

KR> Widening the fuselage, Bending Longerons

gnment till the bottom cross members, gussets, and bottom skins were complete. Pete Klapp, building KR-2S N729PK, Canton, Ohio> To: kr...@mylist.net> Subject: Re: KR> Widening the fuselage, Bending Longerons> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:04:54 -0500> From: phillabaum...@aol.com> &g

KR> Widening the fuselage, Bending Longerons

Ron Wanttaja of FlyBaby fame and an contributor to Kitplanes and Sport Aviation has an interesting comparison of cockpit dimensions on his website http://www.wanttaja.com/avlinks/cockpit.htm could be insightful for some that are concerned about the cockpit size of the KR. Rick Human N202RH Houst

KR> Widening the fuselage, Bending Longerons

I made my fuselage 44 inches wide also.? I slowly bent the sides with the plywood attached. (over 2 days). They lifted off the table in the middle higher than the wood blocks I had as a spreader. I would use some at least 2" if not 3" high next time.? I did not break anything but the sounds of c

KR> Widening the fuselage, Bending Longerons

My new fuse is 44 inches. But I did not bent the longerons, I sent Mark's email to the Aussie that bent them, and I will send on his reply if and when he replies. OK Phil Matheson SAAA Ch. 20 http://www.saaa20.org/ VH-PKR Australia EMAIL: phillipmathe...@bigpond.com KR Web Page: www.phil

KR> Widening the fuselage, Bending Longerons

Dan Heath wrote: > If you want to widen the fuse, why not just make the firewall > proportionally > larger, and extend the length proportionally longer? That would alleviate about a third of the extra stress, since the firewall is about 29" aft of the spinner backplate, and the trailing edge o

KR> Widening the fuselage, Bending Longerons

If you want to widen the fuse, why not just make the firewall proportionally larger, and extend the length proportionally longer? You are going to have more frontal area anyway and will need room on the firewall for a larger engine. I would think that, that would take care of the bending issues.