I will be very blunt in hopes that I will scare you out of attempting this. Adding 205 pounds and making a fairly good C.G. change in the process will make your KR fly VERY differently. I will spare you the gory details, but I have the scars and burned remains of a KR to prove that adding another 20 pounds of passenger more than carried before can make a huge difference in controllability.
You really need to increase the weight and change the C.G. location in small incriments. That will give you the ability to see how the plane handles in small steps and when it is starting to get the the limit that you don't want to go any further with. You can disagree with me, but this is something that I know and I learned the hard way. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 11:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: KR> getting ready for passenger need briefing I have flown my Kr 400 hrs with out taking a passenger .its time now but getting here has been a long road . getting good power and rpm from my type 1 has taking time but im here now .and im comfortable with the vw it makes good power 3200 range . and its cheap to maintained. im not putting sand bags in my aircraft for testing for one thing if they shift a round i think you my be in deep sht . for me its my brother 6.2 205 me 5.11 190 lbs i have done hi speed taxi test with him all seems the same except of course cg is more aft making the nose lot easer to raise . i like to get some briefing on this . mine is stock raf48 1915 600 or so empty max rpm 3450 with sturba 52 x 44 prop .im flying from 4000 ft airport at 143 msl on the bright side both of us fit ok . i got ride in my hanger mates pulsar and it its much more cramped so this was a pleasant surprise !!!!!!!!! . mac flames are ok on sand bags mac 2w6 301 274 2874 [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
