I had an RV-7 try to chase me the other day. I would slow down to 150 mph and he would come up on my wing. I would let him settle in and the start slowly moving the throttle forward at about 170 mph He would peel off. I found out from some folks on the ground later that he told them he could not keep up. ( He would not tell me). I think I need to find a sign that say,s I SLOW DOWN FOR RV'S
--- Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > Ron Lee wrote: > > > For a person who has never flown a KR and is about > to is it > > common for anyone to get that newbie proficient in > KR flight to > > include take-offs and landings? > > I've only landed an RV-6 once, and that was on the > way back from the Pine > Bluff Gathering a few years ago, so I can't talk > about landing one compared > to a KR. But the KR isn't hard to land as long as > you know what indicated > speed that particular KR lands at. Lots of folks > will be quick to tell you > that a KR is a sweet landing airplane, including > Troy Petteway, who's flown > them all. > > As luck would have it, I flew an RV-6 today. It was > actually more pitch > sensitive than my KR, had more sensitive ailerons > than my KR, and the > rudders felt like they required about three times > the force as my plane > requires to make anything happen. The biggest thing > I noticed about the > RV-6's IO-360 was that it nowhere near as smooth as > a 6-cylinder Corvair. > > I'll bet landing an RV-6 is a lot like landing a KR, > and they wheel land > RV's as a rule too, according to the guy I flew with > today. Maybe I need to > get on board and perfect wheel landing the KR... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
