KR> RE: tri gear and taildragger

2010-03-30 Thread Virgil N. Salisbury
AMEN, Virg R. Human wrote: >> The KR-2 is too short for a tail wheel. Maybe > Some of ya'll need to find a better tailwheel instructor! > > Rick Human > N202RH > Houston, Tx > > > > > ___ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch

KR> RE: tri gear and taildragger

2010-03-30 Thread R. Human
>The KR-2 is too short for a tail wheel. Maybe the 2-S is OK once you're used to it but the shorter "2" is no fun at all with a tail wheel.< All I can say to this is HORSE HOCKEY! I have a straight short body 2 with fixed conventional gear and love the way it handles on the ground and in the air.

KR> RE: tri gear and taildragger

2010-03-30 Thread Joe Beyer
I made my first five flights in my KR-2 as a tail dragger on a long paved and wide runway. The last landing was hard enough to bend the left main gear and send the wheel partially into the stub wing. It also scraped the right wing tip on the trailing edge. There were three fire engines that showed