Thanks Joe. This directly confirms the information I learned from Cirrus.
Rick, Thanks for the Kit Planes article reference. If Barnaby can make his Facetmobile fly, he certainly knows something about aeronautics! I'll get a copy of the magazine today. Thanks for the input everyone. John Bouyea KR2/ Hillsboro, Oregon http://www.bouyea.net <http://www.bouyea.net/> From: "Joe Beyer" <fly...@spiretech.com> Subject: To: <kr...@mylist.net> When I worked over at Lancair they had problems with heavy aileron control pressure at faster speeds. This problem was mainly on the 300 mph four place plane. To solve this they thickened the aileron by adding material to the bottom surface and making the trailing edge blunt. I don't think that is necessary on the KR planes. On my KR-2 I used model airplane trailing edge (balsa wood) stock. -Joe From: "Rick Human" <rahu...@ev1.net> Subject: Re: KR> Aileron trailing edge question Well like anything else associated with airplanes it's a compromise - yes blunted edges have advantages and disadvantages but in Barnaby's opinion may offer more advantages (ease of construction) than disadvantages (drag/loss of lift) if properly sized. Suggest you go to the Kitplanes (kitplanes.com) website, you may be able to access the info online. Rick Human Houston, Texas
