Shorter >ailerons, deeper chord, less drag, roughly the same roll moment as the >plans... >Mark Langford, +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I don't have any answers on the aileron thing but I'll throw out some things to consider. My KR is basically plans built with the exception of the 24" stretch. My KR is not a rudder airplane. What I mean is I can't lift a wing using rudder at any speed. Willie Wilson from England says his nearly plans built KR handles the same way. When my stock wing stalls, with 3 degrees washout, I still have aileron control and ONLY aileron control to keep the wings level. I don't know how far out on the wing the stall developes before the nose drops. If I were to shorten my ailerons will I still have control through the stall or will the ailerons be in the stalled portion of the wing? What if I only have two degrees of washout? Like I said, I don't have the answers, just the questions. If I knew someone that weighed maybe 160 pounds, was brave as a Viking, and good with a camera, (read Mark L.) I might consider "tufting" my wings and checking it out. Larry Flesner - 60 hours since February and still grinning !!
