KR>W&B and fuse length

2008-10-12 Thread Colin
Netters, The way to get a good rough estimate of the effect of lengthening the fuselage is to "borrow" someone's weight and balance numbers from a flying KR that has your engine you intend to use. Once you see their numbers, then scale the materials that would be necessary to extend the fuselage

KR>W&B and fuse length

2008-10-12 Thread Dan Heath
RE: In my case the installed weight of the VW is approximately 230# Colin, How did you arrive at this number and please describe your engine and installation. This is very good information. N64KR Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC da...@kr-builder.org See you in Red Oak - 2003 See our KR at h

KR>W&B and fuse length

2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
Colin wrote: >>This weight added this far back will need to be balanced by moving the engine forward 4.85 inches. (1116 / 230 = 4.85).<< This doesn't pass my personal "reasonable test". I'll admit that I've already decided that rather than spend two hours figuring this out, I'm going to let some