Hey Bob, I now own 81bp that Bob Passmore built. Dan is right on about the flaps. Plane now has about 1300 hrs. on it. Sparky Sparks San Diego, Ca. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Lee" <b...@flyboybob.com> To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 2:47 PM Subject: RE: KR> Flaps
> I have been reading this thread on flaps and nobody has mentioned one > extremely important factor. The first ride I had in a KR, Dan Diehl gave me > a ride in Bob Passmore's KR2 which had the standard flaps. Dan made a > special point to show me the differance in approach attitude with and > without flaps. The most important factor in using the "stock" flaps > according to Dan was that they lower the nose so that you can see where you > are going to land. I was convinced by his demonstration and I've built > stock KR2 flaps on my KR2. When they are deployed the nose drops > considerably and the plane slows down, both neat features to have available. > > YMMV! > > Regards, > > Bob Lee > N52BL KR2 > Suwanee, GA > 91% done only 65% to go! > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
