Amen, Larry Flesner. Larry bell
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 7:43 PM, via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > > > Doran, > > I'm sorry you felt threatened or challenged by our rather frank answers to > a question asked on the net. Our response was based on thousands of hours > flight time in KR's. While your statement "I have flown several low drag / > clean aircraft without flaps and never had any unnerving problems with > landing" may be true, it does not appropriately answer the question of > whether or not flaps or speed brakes are necessary / desirable on a KR. > While you may have experience in many different types, I suspect your > answer was not based on flight time in a KR. The consensus, based on > experience, was that every builder should give them serious consideration. > We "kids" play in a sport where mistakes can be fatal. We're not here to > make people feel good but to pass on knowledge based on experience. Each > reader can assign a value to each post and use or disregard that knowledge > as they see fit. > > Mark Langford is a very accomplished engineer and Mr. Dow's comments were > totally out of line. Mark is not only a valued contributor to the net but > one of the primary reasons the net exists. Given his schedule, I'm amazed > he takes the time to share his considerable knowledge with other builders. > Mr. Dow's statement that his post was "well intentioned as I have nothing > to gain or lose from this" is wrong based on it's results. It tends to > stifle builders from asking questions they might think are "stupid" or that > they will be ridiculed for asking. There are many builds with many > questions yet to ask. I hope they don't feel insulted by the answer they > get that does not conform to their thinking. > > Larry Flesner > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
