This morning I was again at the airport at 6 am. There were several minor things I needed to prior to flight today. At 9 am, I was ready to go, taxied out and off we went. Climb was 1100 fpm up to 4000' where I leveled off and played around a while. The air was again as smooth as glass but it was much hotter in the cockpit today. I have got to hook up my fresh air cabin vent. Anyway, I proceeded on up to 7500' and leveled off there and stayed up there for quite a while. I then decided to do some gliding so I pulled the throttle back to 800 rpm. Slowly, the airspeed bled off until I could not hold altitude. That is when I decided to do my first full stall in my KR. 80 mph....70 mph....65 mph....keep the ball centered while ever so gradually pulling back on the stick.....62 mph I've got very mild buffeting....60 mph a little stronger buffeting......58 mph really getting mushy and watching that ball and that was the last time I looked at the airspeed indicator.....the KR (AS5046 airfoil) went into a full stall with a very prominent break from lift. The left wing dropped slightly which was easily corrected by right rudder and right aileron. The nose made a swift break but recovered and stabilized quick with power application and forward stick. Wow, that was fun. Yes, I admit the heart was pumping a little fast during this exercise but what do you expect when it is your first stall in an airplane you built and you are the test pilot. All in all, it was a text book stall which yielded, of course, a big YEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Gotta love the KR because it is addicting!!!!
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj
