That last one sounds like a planned failure anyway, going 240 with a 200 Vne.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 9:10 PM Subject: Re: KR> Trim Tube/Cable > Dan Heath wrote: > >> What I want to know is, has anyone ever heard of anyone ever loosing any > of >> the control surfaces on a KR? The only one that I ever heard of was when >> a >> balance weight came off and the aileron fluttered, and that is only > hearsay. > > Jeff Duval, one of the guys who flew a KR into this year's Gathering, > experienced aileron flutter on at least two occasions that I know of. > Both > times he was able to tame it (and I'm just guessing, but he probably > pulled > up and reduced power). He's a very experienced corporate pilot that knows > what to do in such situations. Most of us probably wouldn't be so lucky. > Later investigation proved that the ailerons either were totally not > balanced, or way underbalanced. He balanced them and has had no problems > since then. I guess that doesn't count as a loss of surface, but he came > close. His KR is the orange one that showed up at the "East Coast > Gathering" in Columbia in 1998. > > The other one that comes to mind is the all-composite KR look-alike that > did > a high speed pass at a Gathering in the 80's and self destructed, > reportedly > because of aileron flutter, and at something like 240 mph, as I recall. > That thing didn't qualify as a KR though, in my book... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
