My insurance under writer with Falco required 5 hours in type before any coverage would be valid. They said the Pulsar XP with 80 hp Rotex, tri-gear and 160 mph cruise would be satisfactory. So, I flew my hangar partner's Pulsar XP to several breakfasts and lunches. My EAA Chapter 478 Flight Advisor arranged for right seat rides in a Yankee, Cherokee 140 and 180; solo in two different Cessna 150's, a Cessna 172, and a straight tail 172; front seat in a 150 hp Citabria and back seat in a RV-8 and a J-3 Cub. His philosophy was none of these aircraft are the same as a KR-2 or even similar, but you need to approach handling each as an unknown. Do not be complacent. Be alert to possible handling quirks and always fly that airplane, not the one you may be used to. My KR-2 had four potentially deadly problems manifest on the first flight. If I did not have the test pilot training that my Flight Advisor had arranged, I would not be able to write this today. Bottom line: get lots of recent experience in a variety of different aircraft. Your first solo flight in your KR will just be the next flight in an otherwise unknown series of aircraft.
Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randy Smith wrote: > Why did he not fly it home?? I know Randy was kidding when he said this. I don't think Lee's plane was flying yet, although I could be wrong. Lots of KRs have been totaled or substantially damaged by first flights on "pickup".? I could have easily become a statistic myself, and I consider myself to be a pretty good KR pilot.? You get a one-way airline ticket weeks in advance, and when you get there you're under pressure to fly it home, whether you (and it) are ready or not.? Although you could spend a few days going through it to see if it's airworthy, what you really need to do is trailer the thing home and go over it for several WEEKs, to make sure you know exactly how it operates, and if it's really safe to fly...with no pressure to fly it home right now. If trailering a KR home from buying it sounds like a hassle, imagine the hassle of? being in the hospital for a few weeks because something didn't work exactly like you'd hoped or expected... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com -------------------------------------------------------- Which Sonerai would you be able to fly? I suspect that a low wing version is quite similar to a KR2s. However, my only point if comparison is the differences between my somewhat tricky Sonerai I and a Corvair powered KR2S. Between those two, the KR is the easier plane to fly and land. If you can get Sonerai time, do so. I any time in a highly maneuverable aircraft is going to help. Jeff Lange > On Nov 16, 2013, at 7:36 PM, robert gill <robertgill at live.com.au> wrote: > > Just wondering if any one can give me a comparison of flying a KR to > flying a jabiru or a soneri. at the moment i am doing some time in a > jabiru to get the skills going again after a few years of not flying a 3 > axis 'been busy building' and the jab has a training wheel up front mine > doesn't, i have also been offered some time in a soneri, these are the > only planes in the area were i live that i think may come close to the > handling of a KR, because hopefully when i get home from sea this time i > will be taking mine to the airport for its first flight so whether i do > the first flight or i can get someone else to do it, i can have or give > some little advise on what to expect. > _______________________________________________
