>Empty weight doesn't make any difference (other than how many sandbags you >put in the second seat during testing) since you have to meet the stall >speed at max takeoff weight.
Some of the original documentation says 800 lbs max for the KR with an empty weight of 485. Use those numbers and the stall will come way down. Just because most of us want more lift capability doesn't mean that any given builder needs to. Set your max gross at 800 lbs, and that will be the weight for the stall rules. >The wing area needs to be increased by about 30 percent to get the stall >speed down from 59 mph to 45 knots (or since the 59 mph assumes 1050 lbs >gross, a lower gross weight). Don't use 1050, if you want to fit the criteria. Larry Severson Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (714) 968-9852 lar...@socal.rr.com
