Larry Flesner wrote:
Mark Langford, being the size person the KR was designed for 50 years
ago, flies one of the most stock KR2's all over the Midwest on a regular
basis. The flying characteristics are acceptable enough so that he is
not yet motivated to repair the 2S he flew prior to that an
On 8/22/2021 3:22 PM, Flesner wrote:
The KR has it's flaws but all are well know and can be designed out to
have a great flying, economical airplane. That's why it still has
it's followers.
Larry Flesner
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n 8/22/2021 1:25 PM, Jeff Scott wrote:
I flew my KR for 500 hrs without any drag producing devices. Then I
added flaps and significantly modified the tail. I don't think I ever
landed without flaps again other than for training purposes. The
larger tail and deployable drag greatly expanded
so easily addressed with a simple addendum to the plans that changes the tail
dimensions.
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> The other major problem I see that
> makes KR's hangar queens is not having any "drag devices" to assist i
On 8/22/2021 10:51 AM, Jeff Scott wrote:
There is no reason to build a plane that is dynamically unstable with
ridiculously light elevator pressures when it can be so easily addressed with a
simple addendum to the plans that changes the tail dimensions.
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The unwillingness of the group as a whole to listen to the nearly 50 year old
criticism and address these issues is exactly why so many KRs get sold while
still in the test phase and the KRs as a whole are a dying breed. I never said
they can't be flown. I wouldn't have flown mine for 24 years
On 8/22/2021 9:58 AM, Jeff Scott wrote:
What baffles me is why the KR community continues to insist that the extremely light elevator is
"sporty" or that one is lacking pilot skills if they don't love the "sporty"
feel of a plane that is dynamically unstable.
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My only suggestion would be to cut at least 3" off the stick.
Larry Flesner
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Wouldn't that make it worse? The shorter the stick the less travel you
have for the same movement. I would think if the stick was 3 foot tall
it would be better, but not practical.
K
Shorter stick = less leverage, so more pressure required to move the stick, but
also less motion for the same movement at the tail. So, the question is, do
you fly your plane using the mechanical motion of the stick or by feeling the
pressure on the stick? No question on the first flight, every
Wouldn't that make it worse? The shorter the stick the less travel you have
for the same movement. I would think if the stick was 3 foot tall it would be
better, but not practical.
Kevin GoldenHarrisonville, MO
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