I agree with Mark, look at the RV4 series and the Harmon Rocket.... Fred Johnson Product Manager T.E. West, LLC.
-----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Mark Langford Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:03 AM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Fuselage weight question Red wrote: > My question is, Has anyone tried to reduce (lower) the > turtledeck in size...i.e. more like the KR1? It seems > logical that you should be able to lower the taper, > give more bubble effect (increase rearward visibility) > from the canopy and reduce weight? Reducing the taper to resemble a bubble will cost you in performance in the form of drag on the back of the canopy. That's probably why the KR2 went to the straight turtledeck. And plexiglas is probably heavier than your average turtledeck material per square foot. Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
