Our KR-2 has stall speed listed as 45mph in the log of the test hours, we plan to fly it as an LSA when we have replaced the retractable gear with fixed. Rich Meyer N26LT
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Chisholm Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 6:58 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Concern Regarding Registering a KR in the LSA Category just to let you know I registered my KR1 in the primary ultralight catigory here in Canada with a stall speed of 45 mph. If you look at the early KR2 plans it calls the stall speed as 42 mph Dennis Mingear <[email protected]> wrote: Most KR's are not as fast as most people think they are. The VW powered stuff seems to fit into the LSA rule fairly nicely, the stall speed is still a problem though. Look at what Monnett has done with the Sonex ans Waiex, they are both LSA compliant. Any KR builder can do the same with his KR. As I recall, to use the stock KR2s wing you would have to limit your gross weight to something like 950 pounds to meet the criteria that Monnett uses for His planes. It can be done, but, do you want to put up with the LSA limits imposed by such an approach. Denny ... --- "[email protected]" wrote:
