As far as I can see the issues with a one piece wing are all about logistics. During construction, instead of the fuselage being the longest item it'll be the wing, with implications for the space needed to complete the build. If you're not building at an airport (specifically the airport from which you'll conduct the first flight) the challenges of getting it to the airport are obvious. But the biggest one for me is the challenge of recovery if you have to put it down in a cornfield somewhere. If that happens you'll have the added headaches of time pressure and perhaps being a long way from home with little local support - bad enough if the aircraft can be made to fit in the back of a Uhaul (as most KRs can) by simply removing the outer wing panels, but a nightmare if you have to somehow lift the fuselage off the wing and then wrangle the bits onto a trailer in who knows what sort of conditions. To my mind these issues completely nullify any advantage a one piece wing might offer.
Cheers, Tony On 13 November 2017 at 12:45, Samuel Ajayi via KRnet <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > Who is the gentleman with a KR that has a Lycoming O-235 engine. Curious > about performance and drawback with this installation. Also, does anyone > have sage advice on the single wing design? I understand the issue of > transportation but curious about other possible drawbacks. > > Thanks > > -- > Sent from myMail for Android > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/ > [email protected]/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected]
