KR> Tandem seating PT II

Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 5:38 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Tandem seating PT II Dustin Don't forget. You can find a VariEze that needs finishing and go to town and finish it. I had one and liked it very much. But the wife did not like sitting behind me. Go figure. Greg Martin On Mon,

KR> Tandem seating PT II

Dustin, don't overestimate the aerodynamic benefits to this. For one thing, the form drag of the fuselage is only a portion of the total drag. You have to consider that the KR2 is already a pretty slick airplane. Induced drag from the wings accounts for a fair bit, and then you have skin

KR> Tandem seating PT II

Dustin Don't forget. You can find a VariEze that needs finishing and go to town and finish it. I had one and liked it very much. But the wife did not like sitting behind me. Go figure. Greg Martin On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:23 PM, dustin Reves wrote: > > 1. I feel like

KR> Tandem seating PT II

I'm going to throw my 2 cents worth in on this since I had thought about a tandem in my early stages. Besides what Langford has already mentioned you have two other issues to contend with, one) to handle the CG you have to use a wider wing chord, that means more drag and more importantly unknown

KR> Tandem seating PT II

- Lexington, SC -Original Message- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of dustin Reves Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 12:24 AM To: KRNET LIST POST Subject: KR> Tandem seating PT II Perhaps I should be looking at other designs?

KR> Tandem seating PT II

Did this so it would be easier to read OK after thinking about the tandem seating Idea for a few days I feel like it will be a little bit harder than I thought it would... But based on my limited knowledge of aerodynamics, and a few basic assumptions, this might still be worthwhile. Obviously I

KR> Tandem seating PT II

OK after thinking about the tandem seating Idea for a few days I feel like it will be a little bit harder than I thought it would... But based on my limited knowledge of aerodynamics, and a few basic assumptions, this might still be worthwhile. Obviously I would like to get the maximum