I would be interrested to know what your elevator position is at cruise if you have the trim neutral and are holding whatever elevator you need to fly level. Could you neutralize the trim and somehow mark the stick position needed for level flight then see what elevator deflection that works out to when you get on the ground? I will be putting in an aft spar soon and am trying to decide if I want to reduce the incidence angle a little.
Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of larry flesner Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 3:42 PM To: KRnet Subject: KR> flight test >If you have a chance anytime soon, can you do this short test - it would >close the loop on the decaulage matter. >With your airplane trimmed out "hands off" in the cruise, take of the >power and note what she does (in terms of pitch) - initially and after a >few seconds. >Steve J +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Steve and Netters, I went AWOL from my yard work long enough this morning to run the flight test you asked for. The wind was 12-14 with G 17-19 but close enough to runway heading to take most of the excitment out of it. My friend in the Acro Sport was calling traffic as I was taxing out so he stayed in the air and I caught up to him. I told him of my intentions so as I came along side him at cruise speed and all trimmed up I brought the power quickly back to idle. I don't think I was giving any stick input other that basiclly holding it nuetral. As I brought the power back the nose simply dropped. There was no pitch-up at all. To me it felt like the nose went to a 20 degree down attitude but Bill's observation was that it was not nearly that steep. Lets call it a ballpark of 10 degrees nose down without a better measure. I'll let you interpret the results and whatever it is I'm sure there will be opinions to the contrary. The only opinion that can't be argued with is my opinion on how much fun I'm having flying my KR !! :-) 41.1hours and counting.............. Larry Flesner _______________________________________ to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
