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November 15th 03, 12:47 AM
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Seems to me the KR-2 has no mass balancing on control surfaces. At the
speeds it's capable of, mass balancing should be part of the design, or flutter becomes a possibility. Ken Rand died in the crash of the original KR-2. Does anyone know what caused that? Dan 
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November 15th 03, 01:35 AM
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Dan Thomas wrote:
Seems to me the KR-2 has no mass balancing on control surfaces. At the speeds it's capable of, mass balancing should be part of the design, or flutter becomes a possibility. Ken Rand died in the crash of the original KR-2. Does anyone know what caused that? Dan Seems to me he ran out of fuel on top of the clouds. The plans say to Balance the Ailerons. Bill Higdon
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