Mark I've been trying to research the nose gear converson / CG / engine spacer deal and haven't gotten any solid facts. Jeanett or Dan Diehl, both of whom I've asked don't have any solid answers but Bill Page from Mississippi flew his new KR-2 to the gathering with a passenger, is looking where to get spacers. I talked to him and he said that as fuel is used out of the header tank the CG changes noticable. It appears that a KR-2 with a VW needs the 2 inch spacers between the Diehl engine mount and the engine with the nose gear. Most if not all the VW KR's at the Gathering had them but I couldn't get a " you need them " answer , all I got was " this is what worked " . Don't know why everyone is so vague about this but on Dan and Jeanett's part I think liability may have something to do with it. I'm working on a skirt for my cowling. Steve Bray Jackson, Tennessee
>From: Randy Smith <[email protected]> >Reply-To: KRnet <[email protected]> >To: KRnet <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: KR> KR2 Conventional to Tricycle gear conversion >Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:25:55 -0800 (PST) > >Your CG really will not change in the air. Just be >careful where you put the gear for ground CG. Don't >overload the nose gear. Why do you want to get rid of >the tail wheel? > >--- Mark Langford <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Robert Evans wrote: > > > > > I have been looking for information about > > retrofitting my > > > KR2 from conventional/retract to Tricycle gear. > > Anyone have a good idea > > > where I could find some info on the W/B > > ramifications etc. > > > > I've never done it, so you should probably ignore > > this comment, but if I'm > > wrong somebody will correct me. People do this > > conversion all the time and > > I've never heard anybody mention a CG shift problem > > (although you should > > certainly check it and fix it if it's not correct). > > It makes sense that > > after swapping the gear from the rear of the main > > spar to the front of the > > main spar that moving the light tailwheel from the > > back (with the long > > moment arm) and adding the heavier nosewheel (with > > the shorter moment arm) > > to the front would just about balance out. You > > could always call Dan Diehl > > and get the scoop from the guy that makes the parts. > > His phone number (as > > well as instructions for the swap itself) can be > > found at > > http://www.diehlaero.com/landing.htm . > > > > 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 > > [email protected] > > please see other KRnet info at > > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates >(http://voice.yahoo.com) > > >_______________________________________ >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 _________________________________________________________________ Try the next generation of search with Windows Live Search today! http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/searchlaunch/?locale=en-us&source=hmtagline
