Thanks Randy and Pat for all your elaborated experiences and information, as I consider these critical heritage safety data for risk assessment of flying KR2... That was a critical piece of data (5 engine outs with 5 safe landings!) which will probably convince me to give up my idea of spending money (and sacrifice useful weight!) on BRS...!
Has anyone heard any in-flight structure failures at all on KRs? Dr. Hsu On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 12:09 PM Randy Smith via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > If you look at a Cirrus it is totaled when you pull the chute. They bury > all the lines under the glass. I had 5 engine out ( Actually 1 was prop and > flange left the plane) 3 over Missouri 1 in the Florida panhandle and 1 at > home in lake Dallas. Every time I either landed on a runway or a pasture. I > pushed the nose over to just above stall speed and road it to the ground. > Every time the plane came home in 1 piece and I had it flying within a > month. 3 off those where VW engines and 1 Was an lyc 85 hp. My last engine > was a rebuilt 0-200. One thing i can say and I will bet Mark agrees that > when that prop stops it is nothing like pulling the power back to practice. > On Friday, April 3, 2020, 12:44:57 PM CDT, Mark Langford via KRnet < > krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > Dr. Hsu wrote: > > > Also, I asked f anyone have tired or already installed BRS on your KR2? > I > > can't believe no one has done that at all, considering so many safety > risk > > factors associated with the design concept (competing design > objectives or > > requirements...)? > > I think most KR folks would answer "too heavy, too expensive, and I'd > rather glide it to the ground". Having done more than my share of > dead-stick landings in a KR, I can tell you that it normally works out > pretty well....at least you are in control of the plane. When you pull > the handle on a chute, you have no idea where or what you will land on, > and your plane will probably die in the process. If you fly it all the > way to the ground, chances are good that you can land on a runway, a > road, or a field, and the plane lives to fly another day. Structural > failures are almost unheard of in KRs.....it's usually the engine. Why > kill an airplane when it's the engine's fault? > > Mark Langford > m...@n56ml.com > http://www.n56ml.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
