Hi, I am no expert, but as far as I can figure, a belly board will increase drag but will not increase lift, so will not allow a lower landing speed.
The belly board drag will allow a steaper approach, it will also help you bleed off speed during the roll out. Whether the kr2 flaps have any significant effect on stall speed is a moot point, I doubt if anybody has done any design analysis. Looking at the flaps on my std kr2 I doubt if they do much to stall speed. The easiest way to keep down the safe landing speed is to build light - I thought hemlock was a sort of poison :) Pete -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Rodger Nicolls <[email protected]> wrote: Phil and Larry, Thank you for the replies. I am looking at dropping the stall/landing speed, increasing the visibility, and contending with a heavier empty weight (using hemlock, 10% heavier than spruce, with extended fuselage). I have moved the controls in front of the rear spar and plan to use the entire area behind the spar for the flaps. On anther note: I completed building my gear legs: 50 layers S-glass-BID and 38 layers S-glass-UNI, with a total compressed/cured thickness of .80". Now I just need to get the mount welded. If anyone is interested in the story (with pictures) of an experimental Cub being destroyed by a calving glacier, let me know and I'll forward those to you. It's a shame that after spending all that time on a lovely project to see it lost in a matter of seconds. I will continue to build. Thanks, Rodger _____________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
