I have heard several opinions on IFR in a KR ranging from it can be done but is a lot of work all the way to you will die if you even attemp it. I haven't flown mine yet so my opinion is worth what you paid for it, but here it is.
The first thing I bought to add to my KR after I got it was a turn coordinator. I consider this instrument mandatory in any plane that has no other gyro instruments. Simply put, when you accidently get stuck in the soup one day the TC and your previous practice under the hood with it will probably save your life. Keeping the sunny side up without it or any other gyro instruments is a toss of the dice at best. With just the TC and partial panel training from an instructor you have a very good chance of seeing tomorrow. I left holes in my panel for an attitude indicator and heading indicator, but am holding off on the vacuum pump and instruments right now. After I get some time in the plane I will see how easy it is to fly under the hood with just the TC. If I can keep the sunny side up and the nose pointed in the right direction fairly easily I will get the vacuum instruments to make it IFR. If I can't comfortably fly it partial panel then I won't bother making it IFR. Before I get flamed, I realize that the KR is not an IFR cross country plane. I would only want it IFR for getting up and down through cloud layers, etc. -------Original Message------- From: Dana Overall <bo12...@hotmail.com> Sent: 04/24/03 05:12 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR>Glass cockpit-IFR etc.-Long > > I did leave one "opinion" (there we go again, everybody has one) concerning the post about the IFR........I wouldn't build a KR with hard IFR in mind.
