I'm 5' 10" and 195lbs, and am in the process of covering mine to single place. Never liked the way it handled with 2 on board. It will be a lot more comfortable on long cross countries.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Sid Wood via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: 06/01/2016 12:47 (GMT-05:00) To: krnet at list.krnet.org Cc: Sid Wood <smwood at md.metrocast.net> Subject: Re: KR> Fuselage sides vertical? Gary, My KR-2 is built to stock plans.? The widest point for the cockpit is 34 inches at the top rails.? That is way too narrow for me, much less two people.? Canopy height and curve for the stock RR bubble requires me to lean my head to the right to keep from bumping my headset.? The leaning to the right also messes with the sight picture for landing.? I am 5' 10" tall, 203 pounds; leg length is just right.? My 6' 1" friend cannot get his knees under the stock RR instrument panel.? If I converted this KR-2 in the present configuration to single place and sat in the middle with the present single stick between my legs, the fit would be perfect with lots of elbow room. Highly recommend you go for at least 40 inch wide cockpit for two-place seating. Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I am planning to widen the KR2S fuselage 4" with widest point at the shoulders. Any known gotchas if I also make the sides vertical instead of an inward taper at the bottom??Unable to get to the archives for a day or two. Thanks? Gary Wold --------? _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
