Excellent results. Gives me hope for mine. Not that I really need hands off capability, but it's nice to have. Ray
--- jscott.pi...@juno.com wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:07:24 -0500 larry flesner > <fles...@midwest.net> > writes: > > At 03:22 PM 7/16/04 -0700, you wrote: > > >larry flesner wrote: > > >> ...the stability charactistics of the KR. That > is > > >> all determined by airfoil shape and angle, > distance between wing > > >> and tail surfaces, size of the flying surfaces, > etc. > > >--------------------------- > > >You forgot CG location. When comparing notes on > stability, it is > > >critical to know the CG position. > > >Kris > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > You're right. I guess that was a critical part of > the "etc." that > > should have been stated. Thanks. Mine was (is) > mid-range > > most of the time I fly. > > > > Larry Flesner > > Larry, et al, > > Just to make sure I wasn't halucinating about having > flown my KR hands > off, yesterday morning I flew it hands off from Los > Alamos to Taos, NM. > 50 miles. Could have easily gone much further. I > climbed to 9500', > trimmed the plane for 150 mph cruise, then flew it > hands off for 50 miles > using fuel transfer from the wings to the header > tank to keep the plane > properly trimmed. I was able to maintain within 50' > of altitude for the > trip. > > My CG is a bit more forward than most, which > probably enhances the > stability. > > Jeff > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno > SpeedBand! > Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up > today! > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign! http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo/votelifeengine/
