KR> What is your KR2's tailwheel weight with 2 on board?
"I am concerned with the strength of my homemade tailwheel bracket. That is the reason for my question about 2 on board." Ryan, Have you already explored the FAR-23 requirements for a tailwheel landing conditions? There you will find the basic rules for loadings on main and tail wheels as a function of the wing loading. If you are interested I will send you privately a copy of the relevant pages of FAR-23. Regards, Stefan Balatchev Ottawa, ON, Canada
KR> What is your KR2's tailwheel weight with 2 on board?
I'll correct myself on what the plans call for...it's a 3.5" tailwheel. Although most folks are using 4", there's a wide variety on KRs. Before you buy a new 4" tailwheel, see http://www.n56ml.com/kgear.html , especially the part about grease in the bearings. If you want grease in the bearings, be very careful where you order it from! Otherwise you'll wonder why the bearings are completely shot after a few months... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com http://www.n56ml.com
KR> What is your KR2's tailwheel weight with 2 on board?
"Ryan" wrote: > What kind of tailwheel does your plane have? I have a solid 3" wheel. I doubt most people can answer this question to your satisfaction, because it requires three people (pilot, passenger, and somebody to read the scale), and the huge variables are the weights of the passenger and pilot. Other than giving a general idea of whether or not you are even in the ballpark of having a flyable plane, there is not real reason to know this anyway. But the accurate and right way to do this is to start with the weight and balance spreadsheet for your plane, add the pilot and passenger weights of your choice, and then the weight on the tailwheel will fall out of the spreadsheet. But that's not the information you are looking for...what you really care about is whether or not the airplane is within the flyable limits of the aircraft. For more on this, see http://www.n56ml.com/wb/index.html , on how to do a weight and balance in general, including an Excel spreadsheet. This process is also covered in the KR2 Plans, along with a blank calculation page. By the way, I may be confused about what I'm replying to. The subject is "What is your KR2's tailwheel weight with 2 on board?" but the question within is "What kind of tailwheel does your plane have?" I have a solid 3" wheel." So I'll tell you that the plans call for a 4" solid tailwheel on both my planes, and that's what most of us are flying. Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com http://www.n56ml.com
KR> What is your KR2's tailwheel weight with 2 on board?
I am concerned with the strength of my homemade tailwheel bracket. That is the reason for my question about 2 on board. New to the list and still learning how respond. I am here for help. Thanks in advance. Correction my tailwheel is 3.5". - What kind of tailwheel does your plane have? I have a solid 3" wheel. Ryan 2nd owner N9099A KR2 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
KR> What is your KR2's tailwheel weight with 2 on board?
What kind of tailwheel does your plane have? I have a solid 3" wheel. Ryan N9099A KR2 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
