I built a standard KR2 in the '80's -No elevator balance weights -front fuel tank-Revmaster on a standard mount. The c of g worked out OK-even with empty fuel tank. Mac G-BVZJ
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 2:11 AM, Adam Tippin via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org > wrote: > Sid is there any other electronic devices?. ant. ELT, etc aft of cg, that > can move forward? Inches make a difference. Feet will make leaps. > > > On May 12, 2015, at 8:53 PM, Sid Wood via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > > > I have been doing the annual condition inspection, oiling the hinges, > making sure nuts are tight everywhere including the elevator balance > weight, and not once considered that it may be an unnecessary item. > Consensus appears to be that indeed the balanced elevator on a KR-2 is not > needed. Doing a little weight and balance math on my moving the cg issue, > if this 2.6 pound elevator balance mass is removed, then I could remove 8.8 > pounds of ballast from the engine mount and still get the same cg that I > was working towards. And the airplane would be 11.4 pounds lighter. Thanks > all for the reality check. > > > > Sid Wood > > Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 > > Mechanicsville, MD, USA > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
