Thanks for the report, good reading, but please be very careful when using aileron during your stall tests. You don't want to seperate the airflow from a wingtip and initiate a soin, that would be exciting.
Denny ... --- Mark Jones <flyk...@wi.rr.com> wrote: > 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 balThanks for the report, good readingl 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 > > _______________________________________ > 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 > "I can train a monkey to wave an American flag. That does not make the monkey patriotic." Scott Ritter ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo! Auctions no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
