Re: KR> Fairings

2019-02-07 Thread larry howell via KRnet
If your stub wing section top surface is 90 degrees to the side wall is best. If your side wall tapers inward, wider at top tapering inward top to bottom that leaves less than a 90 degree corner. So a slightly larger radius may help fix that. If its 90 then a smaller radius should be fine. This

Re: KR> Fairings

2019-02-07 Thread Ppaulvsk via KRnet
ia KRnet Date: 2/7/19 4:33 PM (GMT-06:00) To: KRnet Cc: McConnell-Wood Subject: Re: KR> Fairings Check Spitfire fairings...way to go!! -Original Message- From: "Mark Jones via KRnet" Sent: ‎07/‎02/‎2019 20:39 To: "krnet@list.krnet.org" Cc: "Mark Jone

Re: KR> Fairings

2019-02-07 Thread McConnell-Wood via KRnet
Check Spitfire fairings...way to go!! -Original Message- From: "Mark Jones via KRnet" Sent: ‎07/‎02/‎2019 20:39 To: "krnet@list.krnet.org" Cc: "Mark Jones" Subject: KR> Fairings Question for you aerodynamic experts. Are tight radius fairings from wing

Re: KR> Fairings

2019-02-07 Thread Kevin Stolhammer via KRnet
On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 2:17 PM Mark Jones via KRnet wrote: > Question for you aerodynamic experts. Are tight radius fairings from wing > to fuselage more aerodynamic or should the radius be large ? > > From what I've read, and seen, the radius does not seem to be as important > as keeping the pre

KR> Fairings

2019-02-07 Thread Mark Jones via KRnet
Question for you aerodynamic experts. Are tight radius fairings from wing to fuselage more aerodynamic or should the radius be large ? Mark Jones Oldsmar, Fl N771MJ “WunderBird” www.flykr2s.com flyk...@gmail.com ___ Search the KRnet Archives at htt

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2008-10-12 Thread Oscar Zuniga
Netters; Someone asked the question about the possibility or benefit of fairing the tailwheel. I haven't seen any takers on that, so I thought I'd throw out something I just read in the Fall '03 issue of "To Fly" last night, about a Thorp T-18 that a gent built and documented the performance c

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2008-10-12 Thread dpurdu...@caldwellmfgco.com
Speaking of fairings and performance: Anyone have experience "dropping" a lip from the lower cowl to let heat escape? Any design recommendations and performance decrease / increase numbers? Over

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2008-10-12 Thread Oscar Zuniga
DP asks- >Anyone have experience "dropping" a lip from the lower cowl >to let heat escape? No experience here whatsoever... just from what I've read about it and know from theory. What you have inside the engine cowling is air that has entered at a relatively high pressure and has gone through

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2008-10-12 Thread roger mitchell
oscar I have made a fairing for my kr2s tail wheel,could possably make a mold to reproduce it for those intrested,will try to send a picture of it if you want - Original Message - From: Oscar Zuniga To: kr...@mylist.net Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 1:11 PM Subject: KR