Robert Gill wrote: > Just wondering if any one can give me a comparison of flying a KR to > flying a jabiru or a soneri. at the moment I am doing some time in a > jabiru to get the skills going again after a few years of not flying...
Few people on this list can speak specifically to the comparisons you mention, but Jeff Lange will probably chime in, since he has a lot of Sonerai hours and recently started flying a KR2S. From what he told me, the KR2S is more stable. If you're talking about a regular KR2, good luck finding something comparable. Just remember to don't make any sudden movements of the stick...it doesn't take much! If the plane is set up properly though, it should fly itself once it reaches takeoff speed. Obviously the usual "first flight rules" apply. What I would do is let the plane fly when it wants to on takeoff, climb out slowly at first to get a good feel for it, circle to a good 3000 AGL or so above the airport, reduce throttle, and start feeling out the plane. There's a whole checklist of things to do on a first flight, and if you need one of those"cards", there are several for the KR. Most of these have their roots in Rick Junkin's effort. He was (is?) a KR builder who was also an F-15 test pilot, and wrote a "test card" that even the RV builders have copied. The link to it is bad now, so I'll dig it up out of my hard drive and post it later today. I think some other folks probably have a copy of it too. More later... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com -------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert gill" <robertgill at live.com.au> To: <krnet at list.krnet.org> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 7:36 PM Subject: KR> first flight advise > Just wondering if any one can give me a comparison of flying a KR to > flying a jabiru or a soneri. at the moment i am doing some time in a > jabiru to get the skills going again after a few years of not flying a 3 > axis 'been busy building' and the jab has a training wheel up front mine > doesn't, i have also been offered some time in a soneri, these are the > only planes in the area were i live that i think may come close to the > handling of a KR, because hopefully when i get home from sea this time i > will be taking mine to the airport for its first flight so whether i do > the first flight or i can get someone else to do it, i can have or give > some little advise on what to expect. > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
