Jim, If you would like to make that 8 to 68 I would like to see how it flys. I have not flown with you but have seen Mark L get out of your KR with a grin 3 feet wide. See you at the gathering. ED Ed Blocher Santa Rosa Beach, FL ebloc...@earthlink.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Faughn" <jfau...@mvp.net> To: "'KR builders and pilots'" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:37 PM Subject: RE: KR>KR1 - first time builder?
> Mark is correct. I have biased my aircraft to the front end of the CG > envelope and I love the way it fly's. I haven't found anyone yet from 8 > years old to 62 that can't fly it. The other part of the idea of a first > time builder is - are you sure you will build another aircraft? I never > will! Unless you love to build and this is your only hobby, then you > should probably build the aircraft that you think you would like to have > for a lifetime. > > You can build a fast enough and fun KR that can be controlled without > too much transition. > > Jim N891JF > > Jim Faughn > 4323D Laclede Ave. > St. Louis, MO 63108 > (314)652-7659 > Mailto:jfau...@mvp.net > Web Site http://jfaughn.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On > Behalf Of Mark Langford > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 1:17 PM > To: KR builders and pilots > Subject: Re: KR>KR1 - first time builder? > > > I know I've made comments about pitch sensitivity before, but I've > tempered my attitude ever since I flew Jim Faughn's KR. There are > sensitive ones and then there are "light" ones. I could see how you > could crawl into Jim's or Troy's and fly it for the first time with no > problem at all, and learn to love it in short order. I've flown others > that made me think I was going to rip the wings off, and others > somewhere in the middle. I suspect CG had a lot to do with this, and I > think Jim would tell you that his CG is biased toward the forward end. > As long as the CG kept forward, rather than aft, I don't have a problem > with KR pitch control. It's a small, short-coupled plane, so yes, if > you lean forward the pitch is going to change, but's that's just the way > it is. > > But like I said, I've only flown a few, a little at a time, so I'm no > expert. I don't guess it will be long before a bunch of us wannabees > will be real-live KR pilots, and we'll tell you how it is with the new > generation of KRs. Other comments are more than welcome... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
