When testing my kr2 nose wheel. We did full weight straight stalls. With no wing drop and some buffering Very nice. Never wanted to spin it. Phil.
Sent from my iPhone > On 13 Apr 2021, at 10:25, Flesner <fles...@frontier.com> wrote: > > >> On 4/12/2021 6:58 PM, Kayak wrote: >> >> Just be careful on that tail heavy. I saw a KR2 flat spin >> fatality in the news (he was apparently doing spin testing IIRC). All >> caught on his gopro all the way down. My kr will have a BRS btw. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > No reason other than human error to not know the accurate C.G. location of > the airplane on the ground. Out of range aft CG can kill. I've never done > stalls with a passenger or weight in the passenger seat. On the several > occasions when I did a bi-annual flight review in the KR I made it clear up > front with the instructor, no stalls of any kind, you can have some stick > time, I'll land the airplane. If I don't hurt anyone and don't damage the > airplane I expect to pass the flight check. After structural integrity, and > equal to, is CG location. Engine reliability is less important than either. > An airplane will glide with a dead engine if it stays in one piece and is > controllable. Langford did it three times as I recall. > > Larry Flesner > > ________________________________ > -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -Change list delivery options at > https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board > -Search recent KRnet Archives at > https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ > -Search John Boyea's decades of archive at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/ ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Boyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/
