Thank you Larry and Jeff for a question well answered and elaborated deeply and thoroughly! Your answers have made me feeling much better though of my KR2 which is awaiting for a test pilot to take her off the ground someday....!
Kindly, Dr. Hsu On Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 5:02 PM Dr. Feng Hsu <fenghs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Larry, > > Sorry for the confusion on the BRS installer.... > > Do you know if there was any design justification or reasons for the KR2's > inability of recovery from a spin? Was it because of the designer wanted to > make the bird a bit lighter by restricting the rudder/aileron control > surfaces a bit too stringent needed for recovering should someone get into > a spin by human errors, perhaps?! > > Thanks, > > Dr. Hsu > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 7:02 AM Flesner <fles...@frontier.com> wrote: > >> On 4/13/2021 7:43 AM, shafferj45...@twc.com wrote: >> > Just before the >> > break, it would shudder, shake, practically screaming to tell you it >> > was about to stall. I always figured this was due to the 3 degrees of >> > washout built into the wing. >> >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> The 3 degree washout in the wing causes the wing root to stall first and >> keeps the air attached over the area of the ailerons to help maintain >> roll control. It is quite effective as I observed when I "tuffed" the >> right wing and did stalls. I have video but not tech knowledgeable >> enough to load to Youtube. In a straight ahead level stall, as in the >> flare, the air stays attached to the outer wing and I have roll control >> without use of the rudder. In that type of stall the chance of a spin >> is remote. Anyone doing spins in an untested airplane without a drag >> chute for recovery is strictly on their own. >> >> 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 >> <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/
