Jeb I will be test flying my KR soon. Thank you for posting this. I will now review my test plan to ensure that I have a plan ready should my aircraft decide to leave the bounds of earth unexpectantly. One of the first things on my list is to secure as much recent experience as I possibly can. I am flying a lot and making sure that I am current. Secondly, the engine. I have to be very sure that this engine is ready for the job. I can't wait to get this great airplane in the air. Best regards Luis R Claudio, KR2S N8981S Dallas, Texas On Friday, April 16, 2021, 03:13:26 PM CDT, jeb <n12...@cybermesa.com> wrote: I'm writing this so others won't make the same mistakes I made today. We had a rare East breeze today, I wanted to see if I could lift the nose, Well, I did - it took off and I was surprised, I tried to get it back down, but PIOs and I hit hard and bounced - 3 times, the last time was hard, and it was too much for the nose strut (then the propeller) Mistake one: not having a plan on what to do if it took to the air Mistake two: lack of recent flying time dual and solo Mistake three: posts on KRNet about just this sort of thing happening on high speed tests which I read and didn't take as seriously as I should have.
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