While the comments so far are valid I am not sure if you are suggesting that the spar be built as a one piece spar or are you suggesting that the glass be completed over the spar connections as shown on the plans??? If you are planning on building the spars to the plans then by all means you can glass it over and finish as one piece wings. I did just that for fit and finish reasons and then cut it off.. This would never preclude that the wing could not be cut and disassembled at a later date for what ever reason might come up ( off field landing or simply having to transport home again). The only issue remaining at that point is inspection of the bolted connection which can be achieved by an access panel on the bottom of the wing at each of the connection locations. Joe Horton, N357CJ
----- Original Message ----- From: "KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> To: "Samuel Ajayi" <soa...@hotmail.com>, "KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> 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 <krnet@list.krnet.org> 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 > > -- _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. 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 krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
