The design of the KR was based on the Taylor Titch. A well respected
plans seller for years. RR could have accepted that the design
criteria
was adequate and acceptable for the changes for the KR, Virg
On 9/26/2014 2:41 AM, Mike T via KRnet wrote:
> I agree with DJ, and I think other kitplane makers do too. Recently the
> designer of the CX4 (an aluminum single-seat design about 10 years old),
> discovered the cable attachment method on the rudder was causing fatigue
> cracks in the rudder cables of his prototype. So he redesigned the part
> and emailed it as a "MANDATORY DESIGN CHANGE" in big letters to all
> registered builders. Larger kitplane makers like RV make similar
> improvements in their plans all the time.
>
> According to some KR-Net posts, Neil Bingham's design review talking about
> the unsafe aft CG limit appeared in Sport Aviation in 1986 and also in the
> KR Newsletter. Even if Rand-Robinson claimed they never heard of Sport
> Aviation, they can hardly claim they didn't know about the Newsletter
> because they occasionally made contributions to it.
>
