Before my first flight our EAA Chapter Flight Adviser said to get lots of
recent time in a number of different aircraft. So he got flights for me in
a Cherokee with 180 hp engine, Yankee, RV-8, Citabria and 6 hours in a
Pulsar XP. The closest KR available to me was 300 miles away. His
philosophy was: First flight you are are a test pilot, so this would be
just another strange aircraft. None of the above operate like a KR-2. And
being an experimental aircraft it may or may not handle anything like
previously described. No question about it, that training saved my life on
my first KR flight. There was lots of drama and people running for their
lives from an unintended aerobatic airshow. CG issues and multiple hardware
failures have since been resolved and N6242 is now reasonably civilized. A
light touch on the stick helps also.
Sid Wood
Tri-gear KR-2 N6242
Mechanicsville, MD, USA
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What aircraft can I fly that will prepare me for flying a KR2?
Joe Nunley?
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