I am replying to the part or your statement that is included below. If you don't know what you are doing when it comes to making changes, the best advise that I can give you, is to go with what has been proven. You really have two choices. Use the Grove, or one like it, that bolts inside the fuselage, or the Diehl. Look at the gathering photos, and you will probably make the conclusion that the Diehl is the most popular. It weighs less and costs less. However, it is much more complicated to install and, unless you build in inspection plates, there will be a certain amount of destruction required if you ever have to do maintenance.
You also asked, is it the plane or the pilot. The answer is yes. No two planes are built the same. I am certain that my first KR was more difficult to land than this one will be, but we will soon know the answer to that. The CG is very important. Wheel alignment is very important. The actual position of the gear, forward or back, will have an affect. If you build this plane right and are a decent pilot, the answer is, all the good things you hear. It is good to experiment when the risk is low, or you are an expert in the field. In this case, is seems that neither applies, so save yourself and your plane, and get that thing built so you can fly it to the Gathering. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building is OVER. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC -------Original Message------- but I really don't know what to think now.
