Wow Jon, Is that the much traveled Dr. Dean, Mark Jones, Eric Pitts, and apparently now Jon Kimmel KR Project? Glad to see the project is progressing. Hope to see it flying one day soon.
-Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 at 10:29 AM > From: "jon kimmel via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> > > You wrote Unless I'm mistaken, the "new wings" are only a new airfoil > design optimized for the KR's performance envelope. Nothing was done to > change the wing spars, which are the structural part that transfer the > loads. > > That is true for the as5046. The as5048 is inherently stronger since the > spars are taller and the chords are further apart. On mine, the chords are > also thicker giving even more increase. > > https://sites.google.com/site/mykr2stretch/ > https://sites.google.com/site/mykr2stretch/parts-for-sale
