I don't ever recall anyone having problems bending the sides. Is the problem, just because it is to be made wider? You know, this may explain why the widest part of the KR, is too far forward to do much good, closer to the firewall. Moving that bend aft will increase the stress on the wood. If you want to make the fuse wider, then maybe, you need to make the firewall wider also. I have been fortunate in my KR building career, to never have had to deal with those issues as I have started with a stalled project on both occasions where the fuse was already finished.
Having built two KR2s, I certainly agree, that they are a bit too narrow at the shoulders and I am only 5'8", 185#, but I really don't see what the banana" issue is. I think it looks better that way, and certainly does not cause any problems with building the plane. One thing that I can tell you, from experience. Flying them, even, built to plans, beats the crap out of building them. Remember, anything that you change will cause a chain reaction of more changes. If you want an airplane, build one, if you want a hobby, invent one. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you at the 2007 - KR Gathering There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for Flying has begun. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC -------Original Message------- From: Ron Smith List-Post: [email protected] Date: 04/12/07 02:45:21 To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Joining the sides Nick Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: Hey gang, I'm having some difficulty joining the sides of the fuselage together. I originally wanted to go a few inches wider, but could barely get the fuse to bend to begin with, so I'm back to plan width (sucks, but it'll have to do). Now, when I bend, it bananas (as expected, but in doing so, it pulls out of the bottom (top really) jig assembly before I can bend the top (bottom really) together enough to put the crossmembers in place. If I make the guide blocks taller, it would solve the problem, but create an irregular shaped bend. Suggestions? Forgot to say, if you don't widen it you will probably regret it. _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to http://www.kr2forum com/phpBB2/index.php please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html Ron Smith Kr2ssxl Buckeye Arizona [email protected] http://ronsmith.myphotoalbum.com/albums.php --------------------------------- TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to http://www.kr2forum com/phpBB2/index.php please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
