Was it your first take off on your KR2 Jeb? How high did you actually lift your nose up, and at what air speed when all this happens? Did it damage the prop?
Thanks for sharing! Dr. Hsu On Fri, Apr 16, 2021, 2:13 PM 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. > > but hey, it actually flew. > > > ________________________________ > -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/
