Terry wrote: The KR is so light and delightful on the controls now; it's hard to imagine making it better.
Terry, I agree and disagree. It would be a lot of work, but look at how much work ML put into his plane. While we certainly all benefitted from his efforts, if the goal was to just build a plane to fly many would look at his focus as a builder as overkill. The same could be said for Dr Dean's hinges, or the new airfoil, or many other improvements over the original KR-series designs that all of us take (almost) for granted today. Thankfully there are those out there who have that passion to make that better mousetrap. Who of us is to say Jose does not come out with something truly spectacular that boosts the roll rate or slow flying characteristics, or even better, dampens the pitch responsiveness in certain situations. Ten years from now we may all be wanting Jose's FBW, just like all the other improvements we now enjoy. More power to the experimenter! IHS, Dave "Zipper" Goodman Vertical Avionics, Inc. www.verticalavionics.com
