I have never scrutinized the plans that closely to notice where on the arm the weights are supposed to be attached but years ago when I used to fly with a friend in his KR2 ZS-WEC, his weights were in fact airfoil shaped like mini wings and acted almost like spades in aerobatic planes it handled like one too). In hind sight this was/is an accident waiting to happen. The chances of a bird hitting exactly there are slim but too high for me. I will be making some kind of plan to ensure nothing can get into that gap from the front.
Regards Dene Collett www.denecollett.com -----Original Message----- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Scott Sent: 26 March, 2014 9:12 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Gap between counterweight Excellent point Dene. I noticed that many builders put their counterweights below the counterweight arm so in normal cruise it is just below the wing skin in the air stream and the recess for the counterweight is open when the aileron is fully deflected up.
