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So you no longer have a balanced elevator? I know the plans only discuss balancing the ailerons, but many people do the elevator also. I assume an unbalanced elevator must affect Vne, bit does it affect anything else? (And I know of another VW-powered plane that balances only the elevator and

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As previously posted, I removed the Elevator Balance Weight for better cg on my KR-2. Here is a picture of the lead balance weight and arms weighing 4.71 pounds: https://s3.amazonaws.com/expercraft/sidwood/1708901219555f36e849eef.jpg Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA

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Congratulations.? Joe Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: Sid Wood via KRnet Date:05/13/2015 4:24 PM (GMT-06:00) To: krnet at list.krnet.org Cc: Sid Wood Subject: Re: KR> Ballast weight installation Just now got back from the airp

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I feel much better now! See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics 2015 KR Gathering - McMinnville, OR. September 3 - 6 -- See U There. Peoples Choice at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN Best KR at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon,

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: Flesner Subject: Re: KR> Ballast weight installation At 03:23 AM 5/12/2015, you wrote: >I reckon it's bit more complex than just moving the wing. As a weight >alone, moving the wing back away from the CoG increases weight on the tail >for sure. To this extent Mike was correct in

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I built a standard KR2 in the '80's -No elevator balance weights -front fuel tank-Revmaster on a standard mount. The c of g worked out OK-even with empty fuel tank. Mac G-BVZJ On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 2:11 AM, Adam Tippin via KRnet wrote: > Sid is there any other electronic devices?. ant. ELT,

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Sid is there any other electronic devices?. ant. ELT, etc aft of cg, that can move forward? Inches make a difference. Feet will make leaps. > On May 12, 2015, at 8:53 PM, Sid Wood via KRnet > wrote: > > I have been doing the annual condition inspection, oiling the hinges, making > sure

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I have been doing the annual condition inspection, oiling the hinges, making sure nuts are tight everywhere including the elevator balance weight, and not once considered that it may be an unnecessary item. Consensus appears to be that indeed the balanced elevator on a KR-2 is not needed.

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On Behalf Of Jeff Scott via KRnet Sent: Tuesday, 12 May 2015 12:35 PM To: krnet at list.krnet.org Cc: Jeff Scott Subject: Re: KR> Ballast weight installation Hi John, You are correct in that the fuselage was extended to address elevator sensitivity and the firewall moved forward to move the engine fo

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I am in full agreement with Larry especially in the reasoning that it has to be considered from the start. N357CJ was built from the start with an eye on weight and location of that mass. I know places that I could have improved and actually saved some weight but over all it turned out pretty

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via KRnet Sent: Tuesday, 12 May 2015 4:03 AM To: krnet at list.krnet.org Cc: Jeff Scott Subject: Re: KR> Ballast weight installation Sid brings up a good point here, especially for builders that are early on in their projects..snip - No virus found in this message. Checked by

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Sid i know that you moved the engine forward 2? to compensate for the tail heavy. But you also moved the landing gear Aft to keep from tail tipping while getting into it. I don?t know any thing else about your aircraft but it seems that that selling your 2180 is a lot more of a loss than

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At 03:23 AM 5/12/2015, you wrote: >I reckon it's bit more complex than just moving the wing. As a weight >alone, moving the wing back away from the CoG increases weight on the tail >for sure. To this extent Mike was correct in his comments on 10th May about >moving the wing forward to offset the

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net-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Scott > via KRnet > Sent: Tuesday, 12 May 2015 4:03 AM > To: krnet at list.krnet.org > Cc: Jeff Scott > Subject: Re: KR> Ballast weight installation > > Sid brings up a good point here, especially for builders that are e

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Sid brings up a good point here, especially for builders that are early on in their projects. I think sometimes we forget that the original KR design tended to be a tail heavy design that was balanced by a large header tank in the nose. That didn't work out so great as it left the pilot

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The counter balance for the elevator could be adding to the problem with Sid's KR-2. That is addition weight aft of CG that isn't in the plans that I have. Kr-2 builder C-FKRN Ken Nathan On 5/11/2015 3:02 PM, Jeff Scott via KRnet wrote: > Sid brings up a good point here, especially for

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John, If I knew the actual answer to why so tail heavy, I would have fixed that long ago and would not be having all this discussion. The only plausible explanation I have is: The designer, Stu Robinson, set the RAF-48 wing 2-inches farther forward in the stock plans than it should have been.

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ph:61 2 6658 4767 m:0403 432179 email:john_martindale at bigpond.com web site: -Original Message- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Dan Heath via KRnet Sent: Monday, 11 May 2015 7:56 AM To: 'KRnet' Cc: Dan Heath Subject: Re: KR> Ballast weight installat

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There'd have to be a limit to how far you can move the engine forward using spacers. I'd expect even at 2" spacers would be starting to be prone to a bit of movement due to torsional forces and the like. I'd be looking to redo the engine mount if I needed to move the engine forward by more than

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My question as well. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics 2015 KR Gathering - McMinnville, OR. September 3 - 6 -- See U There. Peoples Choice at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN Best KR at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon,

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2" not a problem. But, yes, if you can do the mount over, that would be ideal. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics 2015 KR Gathering - McMinnville, OR. September 3 - 6 -- See U There. Peoples Choice at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon,

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Spacers work well. If you still want to hang weights and you are opposed to lead, consider tungsten. It is quite a bit denser than lead and doesn't have the environmental concerns. A tungsten alloy that is available is called fansteel. https://sites.google.com/site/mykr2stretch/

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met Subject: Re: KR> Ballast weight installation Don't some of the guys move the engine forward? I've read posts where spacers were added to the engine mount at the firewall to accomplish this. Of course, you would need to modify the cowl, but that approach sounds more predictable and least pa

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- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Sid Wood via KRnet Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 11:54 AM To: krnet at list.krnet.org Cc: Sid Wood Subject: Re: KR> Ballast weight installation Moving the wing forward would exacerbate the problem. The aerodynamic fix wo

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Moving the wing forward would exacerbate the problem. The aerodynamic fix would be to move the wings 2-inches aft from the KR-2 plans callout. That is essentially what was done with the KR-2S. In the case of my already built (and flying) KR-2, moving the wings would amount to building

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Perhaps Sid has been giving the KR community a good example of experimental aviation.Thank you Sid.Many of us,including myself,can be a bit reluctant to discuss our ideas on a really important subject,weight and balance,and how it relates to safely flying a home built aircraft.My experience tells

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I'm no aerodynamicist but seems to me the proper way to fix this problem is simply to move the wings forward. Either that or shorten the tail. Using hydrogen or helium instead of air in the tires will help with buoyancy, which might help. This has the side benefit of increasing the service

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: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Sid Wood via KRnet Sent: Saturday, 9 May 2015 10:35 AM To: krnet at list.krnet.org Cc: Sid Wood Subject: KR> Ballast weight installation Completed the installation of 26 pound ballast on the nose gear support struts and 23 pounds ball

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I think I would add fuel capacity instead of ballast. Emergency fuel would be a real safety advantage in my world. Peter

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The problem with using fuel as ballast is that human nature makes you think of that fuel as a reserve...it's not. If you require fuel to maintain cg then it has to be considered unburnable...burn it and you die. https://sites.google.com/site/mykr2stretch/

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At 08:31 AM 5/9/2015, you wrote: >I think I would add fuel capacity instead of ballast. Emergency fuel >would be a real safety advantage in my world. Peter > If the fuel is needed for ballast to keep the CG

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At 08:07 AM 5/9/2015, you wrote: >Ballast isn't necessarily a bad thing...many commercial airlineers have >ballast or provisions for ballast. + And high performance sail planes sometimes carry water ballast for better performance but

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Ballast isn't necessarily a bad thing...many commercial airlineers have ballast or provisions for ballast. I have finally sold the air force on installing 1000 lbs of ballast on the AWACS. Saves carrying 5000 lbs of dead weight in the form of unburnable fuel.

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At 07:35 PM 5/8/2015, you wrote: >Completed the installation of 26 pound ballast on the nose gear >support struts and 23 pounds ballast on the right side engine mount, >clamped in place with AN4 bolts. Total ballast is 49 pounds.

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Completed the installation of 26 pound ballast on the nose gear support struts and 23 pounds ballast on the right side engine mount, clamped in place with AN4 bolts. Total ballast is 49 pounds. Weights are painted red. No changes were made to the engine mount or nose gear support struts. The

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Good luck Sid. You did a lot of rework on this bird. ?I hope it all works out.? Paul Visk Belleville Il. 618-406-4705 Original message From: Sid Wood via KRnet Date:05/08/2015 7:35 PM (GMT-06:00) To: krnet at list.krnet.org Cc: Sid Wood Subject: KR> Ballast wei