PS: In my previous post, I was just telling you what the engineer said, I am in no way telling anyone to change wing planform or saying it is better than what we have. When changing things dramatically in a design like the KR2, one is stepping out into new territory possibly. As these planes are developing with minor change from time to time a history of safety is being developed with these minor changes. As everyone knows, the first flight of one of these newly finished airplanes requires the pilot to become a TEST PILOT. Being a test pilot and learning how to fly a new airplane is dangerous enough but many talk about all the wild changes/modifications they want to incorporate into their airplane plus add to that, an EXPERIMENTAL ENGINE and you have a severely DOUBLE DANGEROUS situation for first flights. We all need to seriously reconsider major modifications to these airplanes until we have one flying and know what to expect before more drastic design changes. We all get one body and one life, and as many have said, rarely do we get second chances after an aircraft accident. Please be careful when thinking about change. Change can make a mess sometimes. Larry H.
________________________________ My Dallas EAA chapter had a NASA engineer talk to us at least 20 years ago. His statement was if your airplane design was such that you could not go well over 200 mph that a tapered wing would not help you as far as speed.
