I must go back in time to years ago when I was younger and much dumber. In about 1993 I was having a great time in Sullivan MO with my KR. I would show the plane and I would enjoy doing missed approaches at 200 mph with about a 3g pull-up and then 800 feet up I would enjoy doing about a 2g push over and my body would rise up and the seat belt would hold me down while my headphones would touch the canopy. This was pretty common during the summer and the group around the airport enjoyed watching this display of (stupidity????) fun. Then one night in my dreams I visualized my fuel and figured out that it must be doing the same thing...... I quit doing the push over on a gravity fed fuel system. Oh well, youth is youth and stupidity is stupidity. Have fun with the positive and avoid the negative.
Jim 891JF Jim Faughn St. Louis, MO 63108 Email - sub @ for "at" jfaughn "at" socket.net Web Site http://jfaughn.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Bill Starrs Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 6:19 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> 10G pullout/wing displacement the acft was good for 4,000 flight hours and "oh by the way" >the wing tips during a 10 G pullout were displaced up 48 inches without >any permanent deformation. Bob Morrissey ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I recall a time or two in the KR when it seemed like I sucked my seat up almost that far and it retained it's shape also. The coloring may have changed a bit though from the light grey it used to be !!! :-) :-) Larry Flesner