KR> Service ceiling

2014-03-24 Thread Jeff Scott
I have the RAF48 airfoil with the Diehl wings, but I really don't think that that has much to do with the plane lacking stability at higher altitudes. ?My plane has 1 foot more span on the tail than Joes, and an extended cord on the rudder with a forward strake on the vertical stab. ?I flew my K

KR> Rainbows

2014-03-24 Thread Craig Boswell
It's called the 'Gaurdian Angel' - neat! Also visible by day when overflying stratus! Craig Boswell -Original Message- From: Miles Humphrey Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 8:48 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Rainbows I'm surprised that no one has mentioned this, but if some one comes out

KR> Stick and Rudder

2014-03-24 Thread Garry Cowles
Flying at high altitudes when airspeed is close to stall speed might want to read Stick and Rudder on aircraft upset Sent from my iPhone

KR> Service ceiling

2014-03-24 Thread Dan Heath
I was at almost 14,000 and had no adverse control feeling at all and no thought that the plane could not keep climbing. I only had thoughts of getting down before my body started complaining. Mine is the Diehl wing. My Panther Building Documentation at PantherBuilder Web Site Daniel R. Heath -?

KR> Service ceiling

2014-03-24 Thread Larry&Sallie Flesner
At 05:04 PM 3/24/2014, you wrote: >Amen to that! Trying to fly a squirrelly plane is why I didn't take >note of the 100 fpm point. At that kind of altitude, the max >attainable indicated airspeed and the stall speed get awfully close >together, so it's a fine line between stalling and climbing

KR> KR-Super2

2014-03-24 Thread Neville Sutton
Whats he difference between KR2s and the KRSuper2

KR> Rainbows

2014-03-24 Thread Paul Visk
A thing thats neat is when I lived in Alaska was to go out and fly among with Northern Lights. Up there they look like you can just reach up and touch them.? Paul Visk Belleville, Il 618-406-4705 Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S?4 Original message From: Miles Humphrey Date:03/24/

KR> Tempe AZ visit

2014-03-24 Thread Craig Williams
Hi All I am in Tempe on business and I thought someone was from here.? Like to get together if you have time. Craig W www.kr2seafury.com

KR> Service ceiling

2014-03-24 Thread Mark Langford
Joe Horton wrote: >The real problem that I found was that the airplane its self was a real >handful above 16K Amen to that! Trying to fly a squirrelly plane is why I didn't take note of the 100 fpm point. At that kind of altitude, the max attainable indicated airspeed and the stall speed get

KR> Rainbows

2014-03-24 Thread Miles Humphrey
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned this, but if some one comes out at night for a ride and I want to give them a good one, if there is a cloud deck that I can get above VFR and there is a large moon, I take them above the clouds a thousand feet or more and have them look down because they w

KR> Service ceiling

2014-03-24 Thread joe.kr2s.builder at juno.com
Hey,Sorry about the way my notes come through as run on sentences. The provider scrambles it for some reason, not the way I type or send them. I'm changing providers in the next week or so - that should stop it.Joe Horton NetZero now o

KR> Service ceiling

2014-03-24 Thread joe.kr2s.builder at juno.com
Phil Hill wrote: > I'd like to know what the typical service ceiling is for a normally > aspirated KR2. Anyone want to share? Phil,I have a 3100 corvair KR2s and have > been to 17,999 ft. I stll had a climb rate in excess of the 100' per minute > climb rate. I think it was still close to 200 ft

KR> KR-Super2

2014-03-24 Thread Wayne
"The KR-Super2 is a Corvair powered, all composite, two seat experimental aircraft modeled after the Rand Robinson KR2S." http://krsuper2.com/ Looks like new engineering of a proven design... Wayne (oldmoparguy) > KR> KR-Super2 > Marty Martin martygmartin at gmail.com > Mon Mar 24 11:17:33 ED

KR> KR-Super2

2014-03-24 Thread Adam Tippin
KR Super is all composition. Little to no wood used. On Mar 24, 2014 2:57 AM, "Neville Sutton" wrote: > Whats he difference between KR2s and the KRSuper2 > > ___ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe f

KR> KR-Super2

2014-03-24 Thread Greg Gibson
According to the literature there is no real weight savings (well, at least if using glass--would likely have significant weight savings from your hip pocket area with CF), but the structure is slighty larger and offers more stiffness. It is a pretty design, and very interesting, but I'm a little

KR> KR-Super2

2014-03-24 Thread Marty Martin
If the super is all composition and very little wood. Which is lighter. And is it Fiber Glass or Carbon Fiber? Greg On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Adam Tippin wrote: > KR Super is all composition. Little to no wood used. > On Mar 24, 2014 2:57 AM, "Neville Sutton" wrote: > > > Whats he di