At 04:30 PM 4/30/2006, you wrote:
>RE: Belly Boards
>Are they interconnected with the flabs are they set up to work
>independent of the
>flaps?
>Don Lively
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My KR has no flaps, just a speed brake (belly board). If I had both,
I'd have
I've seen one KR-2 with both flaps and bellyboard. The bellyboard is spring
loaded in the up position. It has "ears" that extend outboard of the
fuselage just enough for the flaps to push it down when they are deployed.
This is on N6GM. It's undergoing a little refurbishment at the moment and
There were some recent post about belly boards on the net.
I had forgotten that I have some pictures of mine on the following
web site:
http://mysite.verizon.net/flesner/
Scroll down to the bottom area of the pictures.
Larry Flesner
For a reference about the weight of metal speed brakes, my speed brake is made
of 1/4" five-ply plywood and is 7.5 inches by 30.5 inches. I covered it with
glass on both sides. With the piano hinge attached for mounting, and with
paint, it weighs 2 pounds 1.6 ounces (953 grams). It will be ac
>Hindsight is always 20/20. If I were to do it again, I would use a sheet
of 1/4" Last-a-Foam with reinforcement at the attachment for the actuator arm.
>
>Jim Vance
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The foam could also be glassed on one side, laid on the fuselage
botto
My alum speed brake is in it's 2nd season now. I chose to activate it
using my own lever design rather than eletrically, because if you need to
retract it instantly due to a missed approach and the trees are at eye
levelmanual activation is the only way to go.
Mine is 10X30 an
Just one more question, Where is the best location to mount a belly board on
a Diehl Tri gear KR standard KR2 with Diehl wings?
Phil Matheson
mathe...@dodo.com.au
VH-PKR ( Phil's KR)
61 3 58833588
Australia.( Down Under)
See our VW Engines and Home built web page at
http://www.vw-engines.com/
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