Mark's idea to put in the handheld GPS was a very good one. I made sure on my first flight that I had mine mounted where I could see it and working correctly. It would not be fun at all on your first flight in a plane that you are not familiar with to not have an airspeed indicator. GPS may not be yor exact airspeed, but landing for the first time with no speed reference at all would be a real pucker event. You could try to get some idea of your stall speed at altitude, but everything looks different close to the ground.
Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Mark Langford Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 8:31 AM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> N56ML flies! Brian Kraut wrote: >I don't know what could make someone more nervous, flying > their KR for the first time or watching someone else do it. I can tell you that I was pretty nervous that something was going to happen to that plane, and therefore to Troy. The canopy latches had me worried, and there are so many things different about this plane from any other that you just have no idea what to expect. I suggesting waiting until another day several times, but said "no problem, I'm gonna fly it", and he did! I'm sure glad he did though, because now I know that all I have to worry about is my flying abilities, not the airplane's flying abilities. That will make me nervous enough, but to worry about "what if it starts overheating on climbout and I have to land it immediately with no chance for a go-around" and that sort of thing would be an overload for me...especially with no airspeed indicator or VSI. I'm glad he did it, and I owe him a lot for it... 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
