Colin Raney wrote: > A short time ago I posted a comment about weight and I think Larry Flesner > (sorry if not you) stated that weight is not really a factor in cruise but > is in climb and takeoff distance. I have to respectfully disagree.
I don't really see where you disagree with Larry (or whoever) here. You just added that at the low end of the envelope (landing) there is some loss of control with increased weight at the same "normal" landing speed. Sure, that's true, and nobody would disagree with you. It is very easy to prove that most KRs (mine included) suffer very little if any speed reduction in carrying a 200 pound passenger. In some cases (because of a more speed-optimized CG) they are actually faster with the higher weight. Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
