Harold, I believe in my humble opinion that the KR series aircraft were never intended to be for entry level people to learn to fly, or with very low no hours, especially as a taildragger. I am not trying to be insulting to anyone, but I have seen this many times when others are considering an aircraft purchase. They desire more plane than their abilities can operate. So they complain when a responsive aircraft is hard for them to transition into. They expect a spam can airplane is truly representative of all aircraft. To get similar speeds to the KR you have to own a Mooney, or a Bonanza at 4 or 5 times the KR investment. To get their speed and stability, they make them heavy, lots of dihedral, very forward CG, and great big thirsty engines. Anyone can learn to fly one of these, as they can a KR. I believe that your efforts of adding to the horizontal stab area will only increase your parasitic drag, without a significant increase in overall stability for the effort, and very significant drop in overall speed. Giving more attention to moving the CG forward, and keeping it forward will not only be cheaper, but will also do more to add overall stability with very little penalty. If one could get their CG into the first 2 inches fully loaded, and keep it there throughout fuel burn, you would more closely emulate the certified aircraft designs. A close inspection of their CG charts show that they are designed so that as fuel burns, the CG moves forward, making the aircraft more stable as it gets lighter. Just some thoughts...
GREAT JOB MARK JONES!!!! Colin Rainey KR2(td) crain...@cfl.rr.com Sanford, Florida FLY SAFE!!!!
