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I know of three incidents here in the UK where TR-1 doors opened in flight, the last one in latter half of last year. Two doors are still missing in action and nobody the worse for it, the third one ...

No point in testing the wing Rich. Composite experts from the sailplane community have confirmed that the spar cap is compromised and the LAA will never approve use of that wing again (unless I spend ...

Thanks Rich.

You confirm what I suspected - that the Pulsar operation has never built a Tr-1 wing. I have now pulled the plug on the idea of getting a new wing from them.

I'm going to buy anoth ...

Thanks for the information above Mark. Good to hear that the aft CoG margin is not too critical/sensitive. The LAA opinion about 'marginal' longitudinal stability is indeed with regard to long period, ...

Thank you Scott. I have tracked Martin Hollman down, but I'll defer establishing contact until I know if there is still life left in Pulsar - who knows, perhaps they can come up with a replacement TR- ...

Not sure I'm completely behind the swing of your axe mate, but as I understand it a light sport conversion would have to be type approved before it can fly. That is a whole different kettle of fish.
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Thanks Galin. That's why this forum is so great. There is always someone who can separate the wheat from the chaff Surprised

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It is clear that Pulsar is bluffing with the SP100 then - now that makes me wo ...

Does anyone know who originally did the aerodynamic design of the KIS airframe?

And how to get hold of him of course Surprised

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Thanks,
Alfred

And to round of the Pulsar product line story ...

Attrached a picture of the original SP100 prototype in the same livery as the other two aircraft referred to in the earlier messages. The last info ...

Sorry gents. but you are mistaken. Attached the pic of the Super Cruiser 300 aka TR4. The six-seater Super Pulsar 600 is yet another craft but they don't have a photo of it.

You can see from the re ...

That might have been the case before OC, but I'm afraid you information is out of date. Things have changed again since. The picture and specs listed for the SP100 on Pulsar's latest website is clearl ...

Chuckle .... completely forgot to attach the CT-LSA peformance figures to previous message, what with all the excitement of receiving a call from Pulsar Surprised

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Here it is attached now ....

In respo ...

Attached the performance figures of what is supposed to be a latter day hot ship, the Flight Design CT-LSA. Doesn't that just show how effectively the TR-1 still competes with the best. With MTOW the ...

If one is in need a new wing the shipping is a minor inconvenience.

Our aircraft are going to be around for some time and it is clear that the wings are the most vulnerable (for obvious reasons).
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Since I am quite likely to fly a TR-1 again (if I'm not seduced by a snazzy CT2K Surprised

) I would like to clear up the remaining fuzzy point (for me that is) about the TR-1 aerodynamic configuration which ...

Thanks for all the sage advice guys.

I suspect most of you will nod approvingly upon the news that I have decided to take the money and walk after scanning what is available on the market. Plenty o ...

You are right Mark. There is some damage to the spar cap at the top rear of the C-section. The question uppermost in my mind is the following: Considering that damage resulted from compression, does ...

Thank you for all the contributions so far. Good food for thought Surprised

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Much obliged for the pointer to the wing information Scott! Attached a hi-res photo of the damaged area which will allow you to ...

As most of you know, my plane was damaged in a accident when taxiing in February. Having dropped the wing, we found the rear left spar/support strut broken on the wing side of the juction with the fus ...

Ok, I did a search for "vortex generator" on the KIS list and it brought up a whole host of past messages on this same subject which made good and informative reading.

Thanks,
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