Very good Larry and who knows better than you?Answer, Nobody.
----- Original Message ---- From: Larry&Sallie Flesner <fles...@verizon.net> To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sun, August 22, 2010 7:38:30 PM Subject: KR> control sensitivity At 04:36 PM 8/22/2010, you wrote: >What you need to do is go to KRnet and read Bill Reents acount of flying the >KR-1 for 21 years. Before he flying it he taxie dit fo 10 hours to >get the pitch >feel +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Taxi testing really won't give you that much of a feel for "pitch sensitivity" , other than lifting the tail on takeoff and holding it up on landing. It will help to develop the skill for directional control on the ground. Also, you shouldn't need 10 hours to "get the feel". If you are not getting comfortable with directional control on the ground after an hour or two in the higher speed ranges, you either have something wrong with the gear setup or you aren't using the right technique. As to pitch sensitivity, on your first flight, you should be comfortable with directional control with the tail up at near lift off speed. Just leave the power in and when the KR feels light and thinks it wants to fly, use just a slight back pressure on the stick to lift off. If you don't bring the back pressure in too fast or too far, you will lift off and not have any P.I.O. Just hold the stick steady and look out the window to see what control movement relates to in aircraft movement. By the time you're on downwind any P.I.O. tendances should be behind you. On your first landing, don't try to hold it off too long and hit tail first. No a fun way to go. The KR wheel lands so nice that you'll wonder what all the fuss was about. Don't let "control sensitivity" keep you from having a fun time in your KR............ Larry Flesner _______________________________________ 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
