My descent rate was about 100 ft / minute, average. There was not much thermal activity on the day, as a glider pilot, I would have used it if I could have but there wasn't much point as I would have needed to get probably up to about 7000 ft to be able to glide to the airport across some marginal landing terrain.
Barry -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Bart Ferguson Sent: Thursday, 1 June 2006 12:46 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> I crashed last Saturday > Any thoughts, anyone?????????? Good to see you made it back to Earth in one piece. Just curious to know if you've ever tried to thermal in your KR? What was your decent rate with the misfiring motor compared to what it would be with the prop stationary? Not sure what you L/D is but I've heard of 152s being thermalled for some distance, although that may just have been hanger bull. It would be interesting to know how the KR behaves in soaring conditions (i.e. exactly how strong a thermal you need to maintain altitude and how much lift falls off according to bank angle). The atmosphere is full of energy so why not put it to use? B. Ferguson _______________________________________ 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
