Cristiano...what I was looking for is your e-mail address so that I could send an occasional sketch of helpful construction techniques and tools that have worked best for me over the years. How is your new house coming along? Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cris." <flyi...@gmail.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:05 AM Subject: Re: KR> Da loop
> O'll try in english :-) > > The plane I flew is the one of Alberto Zorzi, you al saw in the web page I > posted weeks ago (http://www.aviocris.com/kr2s). > The first thing I remember is when he appeared above us at the airfield. > Different sound different look from any other plane we have :-) > He showed on the vertical of the grass strip, then came down in a way I > could not understand, boys, that guy knows how to land! > > He taxied toward me, then let his (really gorgeous) female passenger, > incidentally a liutenant of italian AF he's actually dating (good luck, > Alberto!) and invited me to get in the cockpit. > > Taxiing I discovered that the wings are REALLY SHORT! The take off was a > little long, the machine has no flaps, but consider that I am saying > "long" > comparing to our way, because the strip is 600 meters (1800 feet?) long. > After a short run with the nose down to get a good airspeed he left me the > stick and told me to rise, then I was totally impressed how fast the plane > went up with only slightly more than 70 HP! I did a couple of steep turns > just to get acquainted, then he asked me to go over the clouds to play a > bit. We were there in no time, 3000 ft agl (3700 altitude) and after a > short > cruise at 150 mph we began to play with the clouds. We performed some > manouvers I don't know the english for (sorry), then two tonneau. We then > went down to brush the strip with a very very very fast passage (I was not > looking at the anemometer, ehm...) and prepared to land. He showed me how > to > break ground effect and put the nose down a little by gently crossing the > controls (stick left, right pedal) and we stopped after 250 meters. > > That plane (but all KRs, I think) is amazing. It's a different planet, > comparing to our best ultralights, especially keeping in mind that she > perfectly fits with ultralight specifications, being even lighter than the > average ULMs. she's fast, stable, ROCK solid, very responsive, > transmitting > a great sense of safety. I was waiting for that "pitch sensitibility" but > got surprised: it's not that sensitive, very similar to my Storm that, I > have to say, is a bit nervous by her own. > > I went home driving my car and kept thinking of that flight, arrived home, > promised Maria that next weekend would be her weekend (both days) and > switched on the PC to put my motorbike for sale, you know, spruce is > expensive :-) > > I am in love with that plane. > > C. > > > 2005/11/8, jscott.pi...@juno.com <jscott.pi...@juno.com>: >> >> Cristiano, >> >> Go ahead and post your impressions in Italian. There are many >> translation web pages available. One of us will have your post >> translated, then repost it. >> >> Jeff Scott >> N1213W >> >> On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 23:50:20 +0100 "Cris." <flyi...@gmail.com> writes: >> > Oh, well, I forgot (kidding): saturday morning... my first flight on >> > a KR2S. >> > >> > Two tonneau. >> > That plane is GREAT. My english is not enough. I'll have someone >> > translate >> > in italian what I felt :-) >> > c. >> > >> > 2005/11/7, patrusso <patru...@sover.net>: >> > > >> > > That really wasn't a loop. Looked to me like a parabola performed >> > to >> > > achieve >> > > a brief moment of weightlessness >> > > Now i know why they call it a doggy bag >> > > >> > > Cristiano..are you still logged on? >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Land the airplane, rubber side down, main wheels first. > _______________________________________ > 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
