Serge I think feet were longer when Fred Flentstone was around. Blowing it out was a bad idea. I was in the re-learning stage then, and still am. After I hit send I realized I was thinking VP and talking to a KR guy. I'm sure an ASI is something I'm gonna need in my KR if I ever get to fly it. Remember that you are talking to someone who has never flown or flown in a KR. I don't have a clue about what I'm talking about. Another very bad idea, sorry about that.
Steve Bray Jackson, Tennessee >From: Serge VIDAL <serge.vi...@sagem.com> >Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> >To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> >Subject: Réf. : KR> test flying >Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 15:04:18 +0100 > >My apology, Steve! I could not remember whether it was yards, feet, >inches, miles or furlongs. Haven't watched an episode of the Flintstones >for a while, you see! ; - ) > >I was told once that it is never a good idea to blow one of these lines, >'cause you are going to introduce moisture in the system. Just for that >purpose (showing the inspectors that the connections are OK and the system >does not leak), I made a small valve adapter, so that I can plug the pitot >and static to a either a nbicycle pump, or a syringe. > >Serge > > > > > >"Steve Bray" <rsb...@hotmail.com> > >Envoyé par : krnet-boun...@mylist.net >02/02/2006 14:50 >Veuillez répondre à KRnet >Remis le : 02/02/2006 14:51 > > > Pour : kr...@mylist.net > cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM) > Objet : KR> test flying > > > >Serge >We cavemen use feet. Is that what you were looking at, your feet? >So you won't think I'm giving you a hard time, I"ll tell of one of my >"Head >up and Locked" >deals. >When I got my VP I hadn't flown in 30 years, needless to say I was >somewhat >apprehensive. >After some refresher/recertification we flew. She and I got along fine but > >on the first flight I noticed that I never got above stall speed, or so >the >ASI said. I disconnected the ASI and blew out the line. >DO NOT DO THIS ! I didn't notice the tee to the ALT ! Alt's don't like >100 >psi. >Now I didn't have a ASI or ALT.. I found they are both over rated. The VP >will tell you when your going to slow and you can't make it go to fast. >The >less stuff you carry up with you the faster you can go ! In fact loosing >15 >lbs. of ugly body fat has the same effect as spending $1000 souping up >your >engine. > >Steve Bray >Jackson, Tennessee > > > > > >Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 12:14:51 +0100 > > > >One day, I was practicing landings on a 1800m runway (that's 1968 yards >in > >caveman's units). I was concentrating on accurate control tracking the > >centerline, etc, and I kept the tail up for as long as I could, letting > >the speed decay. When I finally lowered the tail, I suddenly realized I > >was near the runway end. I started applying brakes while passing over the > >white lines! As I hit the runway end, I heard a faint noise and felt a > >slight shock. I stopped safely on the grass about 30 meters past the > >runway end. > > > >The noise and shock were in fact my wing touching one of the runway end > >lights, which were big. Big enough so that if I had hit them with a >wheel, > >I'm fairly sure things would have turned horribly wrong. Judging by the > >tracks in the grass, I could see that I had missed one of those lights by > >a very narrow margin. > > > >Another lesson learnt: don't play with stop distance! Know how much >runway > >is left, never assume there is still plenty. > > > >Serge Vidal > >KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" > >Paris, France > > > > > > > > > > > > > >"Martindale Family" <johnja...@optusnet.com.au> > > > >Envoyé par : krnet-boun...@mylist.net > >02/02/2006 11:49 > >Veuillez répondre à KRnet > >Remis le : 02/02/2006 11:49 > > > > > > Pour : "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > > cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM) > > Objet : Re: KR> test flying > > > > > > > >Oh too right...and if there isn't enough rudder authority at low speed >you > > > >can't recover from my experience unless you get the tail wheel planted. > >That's how I hit a taxi light and snapped my prop. It's why I don't like > >mucking around in that critical area of minimium controllability...it's > >groundloop territory.....sorry Colin :-). Keep that throttle gentle both > >power up and down and be ready to pedal. > > > >John > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Brian Kraut" <brian.kr...@engalt.com> > >To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > >Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 1:24 PM > >Subject: RE: KR> test flying > > > > > > > Oh, and one more thing particularly with a higher powered engine. The > >KR > > > tracks pretty straight on tail up taxii runs, but will dart off if you > > > pull > > > the power back too fast and are not ready on the rudder. > > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > >_______________________________________ > >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 > > > > > >_______________________________________ > >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 > > > >_______________________________________ >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 > >_______________________________________ >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
