Steve, I have no experience yet with flying a nose wheel on or off grass so I can not answer that question. I have taxied on grass with no problem. I think that if you treat it like a soft field take off and landing there would be no problems. Especially on a dry hard turf. Wet and soggy should be avoided. My wife has only flown with me four times and that was years ago before any children came into the picture. Now she says she does not want to fly together because if something were to happen, she does not want our children to be parentless. Funny thing is that we fly commercial together often. Tail wheel or nose wheel, both will make your adrenaline pump. I have flown in one tail dragger KR and that was with Marty Roberts. It was not the plane that made my adrenaline pump but the way he flew the plane with me in it.... high speed dive to a 219 mph indicated high speed pass down MVN runway at the 2004 Gathering. That was a rush!!!!
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Bray" <rsb...@hotmail.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 10:10 PM Subject: Re: KR> Nose Gear question > Mark > I agree with you 100%. I am NOT a KR pilot, as yet. Are Noss wheel KR's > harder to deal with on grass? > I was tryin to enlighten the other gut to why taildragger pilots act like > they do. > I'm still trying to decide which way to go, I have a nose wheel and I will > be flyin from a hard surface. > There is just sometimes more adrenalin pumped with a tailwheer. > Good job on your return trip, cool head and exactly the way I hope I would > have done it. And congrats on your passenger, you've started something! > Something that may go on down the line. > When you gonna fly your wife? After all she let her car set outside all that > time, she deserves a ride. > Steve Bray > Jackson, Tennessee > > > > > >From: "Mark Jones" <flyk...@wi.rr.com> > >Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > >To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > >Subject: Re: KR> Nose Gear question > >Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:59:51 -0500 > > > >Steve, > >For the record, first let me tell you that I have tail dragger time logged > >in my log book. I have many hours in the following....J3 Cub, Citabria, > >Champ, C-180 and Taylorcraft. So, I guess in reality, I am a tail dragger > >pilot. Right? I chose nose gear for my KR because I like the looks of the > >plane on Tri Gear. It looks larger on Tri Gear than as a tail dragger and > >it > >is much less prone to damage incurred by ground loops. All in all, the tri > >gear KR is safer on landing, easier to control and more forgiving. In the > >air, they fly the same and look the same except for the drag incurred by > >the > >nose gear. All of this ribbing each other is in pure fun because all KR's > >are beautiful planes and ALL KR Pilots are highly skilled pilots or you > >would not be flying a high performance KR. Keep smiling, keep laughing and > >keep the ribbing coming because neither type of pilot is any better than > >the > >other. Remember, it is a choice I made after having many hours as a tail > >dragger pilot. LOL :-) :-) :-) > > > >Mark Jones (N886MJ) > >Wales, WI USA > >E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com > >Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at > >http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Steve Bray" <rsb...@hotmail.com> > >To: <kr...@mylist.net> > >Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 9:36 PM > >Subject: Re: KR> Nose Gear question > > > > > > > Mark > > > If you flew a taildragger you would already know that. > > > That was ment to be Jones and not James in my diatribe. You. > > > You shold know a taildragger pilot cand land anything anywhere. > > > > > > Steve Bray > > > Jackson, Tennessee > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Mark Jones" <flyk...@wi.rr.com> > > > >Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > > > >To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > > > >Subject: Re: KR> Nose Gear question > > > >Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:06:29 -0500 > > > > > > > >Does that mean it takes a better pilot to land a nose gear on grass > >than > >a > > > >taildragger pilot and a better pilot to land a taildragger on asphalt > >or > > > >concrete than a nose wheel pilot. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm....we may be on to > > > >something > > > >here... > > > > > > > >Mark Jones (N886MJ) > > > >Wales, WI USA > > > >E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com > > > >Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at > > > >http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Brian Kraut" <brian.kr...@engalt.com> > > > >To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > > > >Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 8:57 PM > > > >Subject: RE: KR> Nose Gear question > > > > > > > > > > > > > This has been beat to death and the correct gear to use is not the > >same > > > >for > > > > > everyone, but keep in mind that plenty of nose wheels have been > >folded, > > > > > especially on grass strips. > > > > > > > > > > Brian Kraut > > > > > Engineering Alternatives, Inc. > > > > > www.engalt.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > > Search the KRnet Archives at > >http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > > > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > > > > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________ > > > >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > > >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > > > >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > > >_______________________________________ > >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
