This is my 1st post and not sure if it will work. I bought a KR2 last month that did 180 hours already but it is almost 20 years old. I repainted it now and will do my first flight 2nd week of August. Reading about landing I am wondering I you can not flare enough, as the seed bleeds down to touch the tailwheel 1st. You should not be bouncing then. I do it with my VP2 and the landings looks like perfect 3 pointers.
Regards Willie van der Walt South Africa ----- Original Message ----- From: <pe...@heroic.co.uk> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 11:23 AM Subject: Re: KR> Landing KR's > > I suppose the bottom line is 3 pointing lands the plane at the lowest > possible air speed, so this is the most stable way to make a landing. > > As Mark mentioned the 3 point attitude gives a wing incidence of about 9 > degrees, the wings will stall at 17 degrees, so the planes not close to > the stall at 3 pointing speed. > > If I wheel on and dump it down too hard, she will leap back into the air > as the CG being behind the main wheels will cause the plane to nose up, > and as I still have flying speed she may get several feet into the air. > This tends to lead low time pilots to lower the nose further with the > inevitable crunching result. > > If I 3 point and dump it down too hard, it may still bounce, but there is > very little flight left in the bird, the only energy to launch the plane > back into the air is the springs in the undercarriage. > > I take the point that wheeling on gives the pilot a better view over the > nose, but ground loops tend to happen at much lower speed - when the > rudder runs out of authority, so all that happens is the pilot delays the > ground loop. > > I also take the point that it is easier to judge the height when you can > see over the nose, but that's not to say you cannot fly down into ground > effect, and then just keep bringing the stick back so that the nose comes > up as the speed bleeds off and you sink on to all 3 wheels. > > I know easier said than done !! > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 >
