Hi Stephen, Great idea about adding a "ventral fin" to your aircraft. It Would be interesting to know, what it would do to the vertical and longitudinal axis as far as stability is concerned. The only smaller aircraft that I'm aware of having them are the Cap 10.
Where are you going to be locating the ventral fin and how large will it be? BTW, you have an amazing aircraft and I can not wait to come and see it. Joe Cygan KR-2S ________________________________ From: "Teate, Stephen" <ste...@compositecooling.com> To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Fri, December 3, 2010 11:40:37 AM Subject: RE: KR> Ventral Fin "I have not heard of anyone doing this, but has anyone put a ventral fin on a KR?" I have indeed added a ventral fin to the aft end of my fuselage. I did this for two reasons, to provide an aerodynamic fairing for my tail tie down eyelet and to provide a fairing for my "bumper wheel". I have a Subaru and am using a belly scoop for the radiator. With the exhaust flap at the wide open position it would have been possible for me to drag the flap on the runway if I didn't add the wheel. I really like the way it turned out but yes when I fly I will probably be the first KR with 4 wheels. Also, since my CG is going to be forward it will probably never be needed for stall behavior modification but it is nice to know it's there. Then again, maybe it is a good thing I have one as I intend to fly high and I would hate to be the first KR to "depart" like I have seen some grossly overloaded F-16's do! Stephen Teate Composite Cooling Solutions, L.P. 4150 International Plaza, Suite 500 Fort Worth, Texas 76109 817-708-9140 ************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient, you should delete this message. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized, and any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or omitted in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. ************************************************************** _______________________________________ 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
