The KR-1B uses longer wings but they cannot be used on a two place KR. The spar and wing attach fittings would have to be redesigned.
I've done a lot of thinking about a "Xenos" type clone based on a KR-2S fuselage. It would be a lot of work, like a redesigned wing with glider like spar stubs that overlap and pin to a spar box in the fuselage and increasing the size (area) of the vertical stabilizer some. A Touring type of motorglider would be easiest to achieve by using a wing that's in the mid 30's, say 36 feet in span. If you left the horizontal stab alone, you would also probably need a new airfoil for the wing, one with a smaller pitching moment. The neat thing though is that once you were done and it was time to go soaring, you could simply adjust the L/D of your new motorglider with the throttle and you could have everything from a Duo Discus to a S 1-23 in performance. A wing like the Europa glider wing would mean a redesign of everything, may as well try and find a Europa kit and go at it, probably be easier, not that my "Touring Glider" concept would be "easy" to accomplish! lol! It certainly wouldn't be a KR anymore though! Denny ... "Dave Arbogast, CISSP" <k...@arb.net> wrote: Has anyone made _long_ wings like the glider version of the Europa ? -dave _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html --------------------------------- Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut.
