> Someone tell me I'm nuts for not wanting to put dual
> controls in my plane.

I installed a single stick, and after sitting in it realized that the center 
stick was in the way, especially with a passenger, and could basically be 
operated only with my right hand.  And the KR requires that you hand be 
supported on something, so many folks with a single center stick have to 
build a center console for that, eating up even more room.  Not only that, 
but the geometry of the stock stick setup is such that when you move the 
stick forward and aft, you stretch the aileron cables.  The aileron cable 
tension is an unintentional stick centering device.  This led me to the dual 
stick setup.  I always notice when I "check free control movement" during 
preflight than when I move the elevator, the ailerons don't move at all. If 
you must have a single stick, so it similar to my dual setup's geometry, but 
place it between your legs, at least, but then you can't give dual 
instruction either.  See http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/kcontrol.html for 
details on both center and dual stick installations...

Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama
see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net 


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