I realize this is probally to late to get to you, but I will make the Dinner.
Glenda McElwee
--- On Thu, 4/16/09, ROBERT (Jack) COOPER wrote:
From: ROBERT (Jack) COOPER
Subject: KR> Sun-N-Fun KR dinner
To: "KR builders and pilots"
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org
Date: Thursday, April 16, 20
I have put my KR in the water. It left a bruise across my chest from the belt
but nothing else happened. I set up for 65 mph until I was about 5 feet off the
water. I pulled back hard until the tail-wheel hit. I stopped about 20 feet
further. Still lacked 10 feet to shore. The folks at the airp
I did get to Johnson city, There was no fuel, pot holes that I thought was
going to break the gear off and rebar sticking up all over in the ramps, no one
around and it all around sucked. I took off down wind just so I didn't have to
back taxi the runway. Went straight to Elizebethton and had th
That's exactly why I want those retracts up and have a smooth underbelly
when putting down on the water.
jg
On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 11:05 +1000, Darren Crompton wrote:
> >
> > All my forced landing here in western Washington are probably going to
> > be within reach of water..
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> Hi John
I believe that what you state about the added safety factor of the retract
is absolutely true, but of all the small aircraft that are manufactured with
retracts, I'll bet that none of them have retracts just to make them more
safe.
When I converted my first KR to fixed gear, then the "Rand" fixed
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