Mooney's dont like the yoke forward on landing either. GA BOING !
> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 08:02:55 -0500
> To: kr...@mylist.net
> From: fles...@frontier.com
> Subject: Re: KR> kr control sensitivity
>
> At 06:41 PM 10/16/2010, you wrote:
> >I have a question regarding the recent discussion about the landing
> >accident and where it all went wrong with the slight forward control
> >stick movement.
> >This seems to be a characteristic of the KR, at least as far as
> >pitch is concerned
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> The nose pitching down with forward movement of the control stick or
> wheel is a characteristic of every airplane I've ever flown. :-) An
> RV pilot at our airport pulled the same trick and the owner/pilot of
> a new C-182 RG tried landing on the nose wheel too. It cost him, or
> his insurance, a complete engine teardown, a new prop, and some wing
> tip repair. The KR is not an airplane out there looking to "do you
> in", but is a great and fun flying airplane when flown correctly. As
> for P.I.O., It's called "PILOT INDUCED OSCILLATION" because it is
> "pilot induced". It's not called "aircraft induced oscillation".
>
> The only "secret" to flying a KR is to rest your arm on something to
> restrict movement of the control stick at any speed above
> liftoff. It flies with stick pressure, not movement. As with any
> airplane, you look out the window, see what the airplane is doing,
> and then use the correct control input to make it do what you want it
> to do. In the 385+ hours in my KR, it has never failed to respond to
> any control input, good or bad. You just do your best to not ask it
> to do anything stupid.
>
> Get 10 minutes of stick time in any other slick flying home built
> before your first flight so you know what to expect and all will work
> out. That assumes of course, when you look out the window and see
> what's happening, you know what you want it to be doing and know how
> to ask it nicely to respond. :-)
>
> Keep building. The fun awaits you.............
>
> Larry Flesner
>
>
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