Hi Jeff, did you balance the new rudder ? It appears most people don't balance their moving surfaces.. -dave
Jeff Scott wrote: >I will respectfully disagree with Colin's experience. With over 600 >hours flying my KR out of a high altitude airport(KLAM 7172')with gusty >unstable crosswinds, one of the mods I did to my KR in 2005 was to >increase cord of the rudder by roughly 3". The additional rudder size >makes the airplane handle the gusty crosswinds better on takeoff and >landing without adding any "twitchiness" to the rudder. I didn't post >any photos of the rudder changes to my web page since for some reason, >I failed to take any pictures of it. However, I have 500 hours flying >my KR with the small rudder and 110 hours with the new rudder. I sure >wouldn't switch back. > >One caveate here. My KR is a stretched KR that was stretched before >there were any -2S plans. Consequently, it had a 14" stretch in the >aft fuselage, but the smaller KR-2 tail feathers before I cut them off >and built a new tail. > >>From the analysis I posted after the first 5 hours of flying the >modifided plane: >Rudder: >In my opinion, the larger rudder has also enhanced the controlability >of the plane. Between the larger rudder and the drag generated by the >flaps, crosswind landings have changed from a real wrestling match to a >non-event. > >Jeff Scott >N1213W >Los Alamos, NM > >http://www.vla.com/jscott/kr/2005mods.html > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >-- "Fred Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: >Can anyone tell me if they feel the rudder size is adequate on the KR, >especially in a heavy crosswind? > >Unless I miscalculated (probably have) it doesn't seem to have enough >area. > >Fred Johnson >Reno, NV > > > > >_______________________________________ >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 > >
