Just chiming in on the motorcycle engine idea. I was in an army unit a few years back that flew UAV's (unmanned aerial vehicles) that were powered by Moto Guzzi engines. These are transverse v-twins rated at about 75 horsepower each, and were set up in a twin engine centerline thrust configuration (push me - pull you.) I'm not sure what the max gross weight on them was, but it was rumoured that it in a rescue situation they were capable of carrying two passengers, one strapped onto each wing. I'm not sure I would want to put my trust in a pilot who was on the ground, possibly hundreds of miles away, but if they could carry that kind of weight in addition to the fuel and onboard equipment they already had it must have put them well over 1000 lbs. Seems like it would certainly be possible to use such a motorcycle engine in at least a KR1 if not a KR2.
Todd Thelin -----Original Message----- From: Dan Heath <[email protected]> To: 'KRnet' <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Oct 28, 2009 5:01 pm Subject: RE: KR> BMW engines I hate to spoil all the fun here, but I have not seen one post that had nything to do with using a BMW engine in a KR, other than the original uestion. Thank you for your consideration. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics ee you at the 2010 - KR Gathering in Richmond, Ky - I39 here is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for Flying as begun. aniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC _______________________________________ earch the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp o UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] lease see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
