Larry Flesner wrote: << The general "side stick" setup has your arm laying on an arm rest and you move the stick with wrist action. >>
Greg Martin wrote: << I have had a VeriEze and of coarse they have a side stick and it is not that sensitive. I liked it very much. >> There's a point here that needs to be made regarding KR sensativity. It is pilot induced in one of two ways: First, from my very limited time at the stick of a KR2 I found it initially almost uncontrolable in pitch. As soon as Marty Roberts took the stick back it was dead smooth. On my second attempt I held my elbow against my side and meerly thought about moving the controls without actually making control movements and things were much better. Most of us that learned to fly in Cessnas and Pipers are accustomed to significant control movement and control force. A KR is just different, not better not worse, but different. If you get some dual time in a KR you will quickly figure out what it needs to be controlable. In a VariEze there is an armrest to plant your elbow on which makes flying the Eze easy. Bob Muse Sr. had a center console in his KR2 for this very reason. It's just easier to fly a KR if your elbow is not part of the control system. Second, you must insure that you are in the proper CG range to keep yourself safe. Most will agree that the front half of the published CG range in the plan is the safe operating area to make a good flying KR. The best way to wander through the hype about KR sensativity is to ask someone that has several hundred hours on his KR how it flys. To a man they will all say great. Most of the horor stories are from builders/pilots that never figured out how to fly a KR safely. Enough from me for now, I'm back to the basement to work on my KR! Regards, Bob Lee N52BL KR2 Suwanee, GA USA 92% done only 67% to go!
