This weekend was a huge YeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa one for me. I managed to get in four separate flights and all were absolutely awesome. The KR2S has turned out to be more than I ever dreamed possible. It is truly the most fun plane I have ever flown. The last four flights had some pretty interesting winds with the strongest being a steady 14mph with a 10° crosswind factor. No problem, the tri-gear handled beautifully. The worst crosswind I landed in this weekend was 45° to the runway and 10mph winds. Again, absolutely no problem for the tri-gear. I will be the first to acknowledge the skills that you KR taildragger pilots have are something to be proud of but, I am so very happy with the handling of the tri-gear that if I were doing it again, I would stay with the tri-gear. Another thing that I have experienced with the combination of the AS504X airfoil, the speed brake and tri-gear is that I have not experienced the phenomena of floating halfway down the runway in ground effect. I have made both fast and slow landings, low approach and high approach landings and find that when I flare our for landing, my plane will cut right through the ground effect, touchdown and stay down. I now have a total of 7.4 flight hours and simply can not wait till my next flight.
Mark Jones (N886MJ...7.4 flight hours.) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html
