Ed Janssen <ejans...@chipsnet.com> wrote: Steve,
Besides getting the "fat" ultralights registered and certified, and then pushing their pilots to become more knowledgeable and skillful pilots, the important advantage of the Sport Pilot rating for those who have or have had medical problems, is to be able to continue to fly without taking several thousand dollars of medical tests every year to prove their physical condition for flying. I disagree on your other point though. Saying a plane is "high performance" is relative and needs a definition. Getting a PPL certainly doesn't automatically ensure your flying success with any aircraft. I believe the KR is NOT "too hot to handle" for the average pilot and shouldn't be for the properly trained Sport Pilot. I hope no one would shy away from a KR thinking it is a "high" performance airplane that takes extra-sharp flying skills and lots of flying experience. Flying a KR IS different (but certainly not more difficult) than driving a Piper Cherokee around, if you have a tailwheel endorsement for those KRs having the nosewheel on the wrong end. I can attest to that. A KR driver would have similar experience (maybe even have a little more difficult time) hopping in an ultra-light type aircraft and flying for the first time. Didn't Ken Rand have only a couple hundred hours before the first flight in his KR-1 prototype? Ed Ed Janssen mailto:ejans...@chipsnet.com Ron Smith writes, Right. A Kr will slow down if you pull back the throttle, and raise the nose, right? Or am I building the wrong plane? I only have 25 hours as a student, in 152's. I'm sure I could handle it. One of the reasons I'm building the KR is that I want to train in my own plane. I plan to get my ticket just before I complete the project so that I can fly off the 40 hours. I have not found flying to be difficult, at least not the physicalities of it. What I have found more challenging is the radios and airspace. Ron Smith Kr2ssxl Cypress Ca U.S.A. mercedesm...@yahoo.com http://ronsmith.myphotoalbum.com/albums.php --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping
