?My KR1 weighed 479 pounds empty before the rebuild of the tail section so the added weight of the wider horzontal. stabilizer ,elevator by 12" will be a little more weight? there for sure. Weight and balance will tell all.
Joe Cruz cruzj12 at frontiernet.net KR1.5 N3151K KR2S builder On Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:33 PM, "cruzj12 at frontiernet.net" <cruzj12 at frontiernet.net> wrote: ?I could add maybe half as much as I need as well. I don't know if there's enough advantage by doing so . The tail was a little light with the original tail before. I'm thinking ,no added weight if I cannot statically balance the elevator. The extra useless weight?could take me out of the weight and balance envelope.?Thinking/@!........ do it right or don't do it at all. Joe Cruz cruzj12 at frontiernet.net KR1.5 N3151K KR2S builder On Thursday, July 31, 2014 11:38 AM, Paul Visk <ppaulvsk at aol.com> wrote: ?I'm contemplating the same issue. ?I didn't know it was going to take that much ?weight. ?Looking at the original design of not having any counter weight. ?I was thinking about adding ?only half of the weight required to balance it out. I don't know, what do you guys think.? Paul Visk Belleville Il 618 406 4705 Sent on the new Sprint Network from my Samsung Galaxy S?4. -------- Original message -------- From: cruzj12--- via KRnet List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date:07/31/2014 9:43 AM (GMT-06:00) To: KRnet Subject: KR> counter balanced elevator ?My counter balanced eleavtor horn?has limited area for adding enough weigt to static balance the elevator.I need approx 2.2 pounds on each side. Should I add as much lead weight as possible and forget about it. or should I?not install any?weights?in the elevator?? KR1.5 N3151K new modified tail.? Thanks, Joe Joe Cruz cruzj12 at frontiernet.net KR1.5 N3151K KR2S builder _
