Your plane sure looks great Mark, I can't wait to hear about your first flight.
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 11:33 AM Subject: Re: KR> final weight and balance > OZ wrote: > >> So... your airplane came in 39 lbs. lighter than Mark Jones'. > > I'm not exactly sure what it was that I left out, but hope it wasn't > important! All I can think of at the moment would be the kitchen sink. > There are several places where rethinking and redoing things (like the > airfoils) cost me some weight. I'm pretty sure I could build it 10-15 > pounds lighter next time around. But keep in mind that I have all the > nice > stuff like huge electric flaps, full electrical system, giant 130 > horsepower > engine, landing, nav lights, and strobes, redundant electrical system, two > fuel pumps, dual sticks, adjustable horizontal stabilizer, double-walled > wing skins, etc. It all adds up, I guess. I just weighed my wings and > they > are 48 pounds each, but keep in mind that all bellcranks, cables, and > connectors are part of my wings, rather than the airplane (like most other > KRs). But surely your average KR wing must be far less, especially > considering the size of my flaps, ailerons, and aileron counterweights. > > I've elaborated some more on the weight and balance at > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/weightandbalance.html , and provided > links > to the spreadsheet and a pdf file of it for those who don't have Excel... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
