Trevor; As Mac McClellen has said a million times: IFR
survival is a matter of stacking as many chips in your corner as you can. Speed
is less important than endurance (fuel) because time in the air equals options.
The difference between a stable IFR platform and a nimble one
I found that after rebuilding the tail with a significantly larger tail, and
adding flaps (belly board would work as well), the plane is much more stable
and can be set up to fly a reasonably stable approach (and flies nicely hands
off in cruise). Stability for an IFR approach is really the iss
check on Colin Hales blog -He flew from UK to Australia in his Jabiru
powered KR WITH his girlfriend in 2012
Then flew from UK to Oshkosh -via Iceland -intends to carry on this year
with the westabout to -who knows where.
Mac
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Mike Stirewalt via KRnet <
krnet at
Met him at the KR Gathering in Chino. He is very personable and
knowledgeable. I had a great conversation with him. I believe that his KR
is now stored somewhere in the US as he plans to resume his adventure when
the weather turns warm again as his next place is somewhere in Alaska.
See N64
Put a Dynon auto pilot on your existing Dynon D10A, D180, Skyview or other such
product for $1500 and you will see how stable it is.This took all the work
out of flying my KR in bumpy conditions.
On Thursday, January 22, 2015 1:45 PM, Mike Stirewalt via KRnet wrote:
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The KR
The KR is not "stable enough" for IFR? Only useful enough for "fun
flying"? Unsuitable for long-distance travelling and can't carry a heavy
load? What a bunch of hooey.
What Dan said is certainly true . . . if you aren't comfortable on
instruments you can't really count on getting where you'r
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