Mark,
Your aft CG story reminds me of the end of the Gee Bee company. When the 1933
R-1 was wrecked in a landing incident, and the Granville's assets were sold
off, a race pilot named Cecil Allen purchased the remains of the R-1 and
rebuilt it for the Bendix race. He added an aft fuel tank to
Somebody wrote:
"I had to move my engine forward 3 inches after KR2Ss was completed.
(make a complete new engine mount) That was not difficult but a lot of
work to extend the cowls and make them look nice. "
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Jim Faughn made some 2" thick aluminum spacers bolted through the
Phil do you have any left over plans from your engine mount extension? I'm
considering doing that as a winter project.
On Fri, May 26, 2023, 5:30 PM Phillip Matheson via KRnet <
krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote:
> Larry is correct. Try and sort your C ofG early
>
> I had to move my engine forward 3 in
Larry is correct. Try and sort your C ofG early
I had to move my engine forward 3 inches after KR2Ss was completed. ( make a
complete new engine mount) That was not difficult but a lot of work to extend
the cowls and make them look nice.
Phil matheson.
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> On 27 May 2023,
On 5/26/2023 12:31 PM, Sid Wood wrote:
Widening the cabin for a KR-2S not only gets you more shoulder room,
but gets you much less knocking your headset on the canopy.
Been there, done that,
Sid Wood
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Head room on a KR
Richards
Subject: Re: KRnet> Upper longeron
I wasn't planning extending to the rear...but I was definitely going to extend
2" forward if you can without doing the rearI definitely want to widen by 4
inches but need to find out if that just the area in the cabin or is there m
I wasn't planning extending to the rear...but I was definitely going to
extend 2" forward if you can without doing the rearI definitely want to
widen by 4 inches but need to find out if that just the area in the cabin
or is there more to
I'm obviously in the study and learn as much as possible
On 5/26/2023 9:15 AM, Flesner via KRnet wrote:
Guest-amount numbers
Make that "guessed-amount". No, English is not my second language but I
have never been fully fluent on my first language either.
Larry Flesner
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On 5/26/2023 8:39 AM, Mike Richards via KRnet wrote:
and maybe another 2" bay forward (for leg room and counterbalance),
If you're building from KR2 plans and modifying the length DO NOT omit
the 2" forward for CG concer
Thanks mark...that's what I was thinking to scarf them
On Thu, May 25, 2023, 1:23 PM Mark Langford wrote:
> Mike Richards wrote:
>
> "The longeron on the kr2s are 14ft I believe I can only find 12'
> 5/8x5/8 cap stripsare they joined together in 2 pieces"
>
> I just added up all the numb
Mike Richards wrote:
"The longeron on the kr2s are 14ft I believe I can only find 12'
5/8x5/8 cap stripsare they joined together in 2 pieces"
I just added up all the numbers on the KR2S side view drawing and it's
144", or 12' front to aft. Having said that, the longerons have to be a
Hey guys...I have a question
The longeron on the kr2s are 14ft I believe I can only find 12' 5/8x5/8
cap stripsare they joined together in 2 pieces
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