Thanks Rick for the good suggestion to convert my bird to a trigear. I see most of the older air planes (in the 60s, 50s or earlier) were taildraggers, including some of the war planes and even bombers serviced in the WWII... Am wondering why folks didn't have much of a problem flying taildraggers back then...?
It's going to be major efforts to do the conversion, if there still are components available in the marketplace suitable for the KR2. Will need to convert to hydraulic breaks as well. Regards, Dr. Hsu On Fri, Sep 4, 2020, 12:29 PM Rick Human <rahu...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > I suggest you convert from a tail wheel to a nose gear set up. The time > invested will be less than trying to change the seating or added gadgets > that only add weight and direct to attention. I believe that you are > seriously afraid of the current configuration and the only way to solve > that is to get the aircraft in a condition you are comfortable with. Folks > have posted pictures on what it takes to convert. Seek them out! > > Rick Human > KR2 N202RH > Houston, Tx > > Ps please trim your text of past posts. > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: "Dr. Feng Hsu via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> > >Sent: Sep 4, 2020 10:18 AM > >To: KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > >Cc: "Dr. Feng Hsu" <fenghs...@gmail.com> > >Subject: Re: KR> PNW Mini FlyIn #2 > > > >I I think the biggest problem with taildragger is the poor visibility or > >the restricted pilot views outside the cockpit, primarily during taxing > and > >landings. Since I have gotten a taildragger, and I realize it's much > harder > >to find a pilot who can test flying this bird, much less hope of flying it > >by myself, I have been thinking of innovative ways for improving the > >cockpit views on this bird. I want to elevate the seat position but will > >need to replace with a bigger canopy first.... > > > >I was wondering if anyone has thought about, or tried in the past to > >overcome this issue with well-designed optical or video devices, which > >could significantly improve the pilot views in the cockpit....?! > > > >Another issue on improving the landing safey for taildraggers is perhaps > to > >apply restrictions from overstepping on break pedals during landing. I > have > >taken a few flight lessons on flying a taildragger with my CFI, and it > >really crashes my confidence whenever I see my CFI needed to strike on the > >rudder or break pedals so quickly (back and forth) during landing. This to > >me is the 2nd biggest risk driver (next to the view restrictions) to land > a > >taildragger.... > > > >Honestly, I have seen extremely few or almost none of the flying KR2s > exist > >today with a tailwbeel configuration, and I am sure there must be a BIG > >reason for that! I would definitely choose to buy a tri-gear KR2 if I had > >the knowledge today.... > > > >Stay safe & flying > _______________________________________________ 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
