The one piece of advice I can give you is to not overcontrol the elevator.
When I first took the stick in someone else's KR I zoomed up and down like a
roller coaster for about ten seconds. I quickly realized that I was
overcontrolling the plane trying to keep up with it. When I just stopped
moving the stick it was fine. If you get into an oscillation don't chase the
plane up and down, just hold the stick steady. Rest your hand against your leg
if you need to. I gave my first passenger the stick a few days ago and he did
the same thing until I told him to just stop moving the stick and let the plane
settle down. After a minute getting used to it he could fly it just fine.
-----Original Message-----
From: ronev...@aol.com
Sent: Oct 31, 2003 1:02 PM
To: kr...@mylist.net
Subject: Re: KR>First flight in my KR2 soon.
Netters:
I'm a 7,000 hour CFII/ATP. My KR-2S was signed off 5 days ago. It has
tricycle gear with a Subaru EJ-22w/reduction drive. I'm sneaking up on the
actual flying of the little beast by doing high speed runs down the runway. I
will continue in this approach until I feel absolutely sure of myself before I
slip the surly bonds of earth. I can't imagine a low time pilot trying to fly
a KR without getting some instruction from a qualified CFI before flying one
of these things.
By the way, (for all of you with tricycle landing gear), at what speed
does your nose gear come up? I think I might be a little nose heavy.
RV
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