When I transitioned to tailwheel I was a 250hr pilot and the first 5 hrs of training was white knuckled but I got used to it and by the 10th hour it was like I had been doing it all my life. Every plane takes some time to get used to and I am sure the KR is no exception. I plan on getting some experience in either a PITTS or tailwheel RV before I jump in my 2-s taildragger. More time in type is always a good thing. Don't be afraid of it but respect it like all planes should be. You'll know when your ready.
Craig www.kr2seafury.com --- On Thu, 4/21/11, Vaughan Thomas <v...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > From: Vaughan Thomas <v...@xtra.co.nz> > Subject: KR> (no subject) > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Date: Thursday, April 21, 2011, 5:26 AM > having invested fair bit of > time (&dollars) into my KR2S project, I'm starting to > wonder if I made the right choice. There has been a bit of > diiscussion about landing taildraggers on here,is it that > difficult? how do they compare to trigears? As an > inexperienced pilot ,have I bitten off more than I can > chew? I have always liked the clean low wing design > & the KR construction method, but are high speed planes > a bit much to start out in. I have significantly increased > the tail areas to give more stability, & plan on longer > wings. Would I be better to put the KR on hold & go to a > STOL type (Roger Mann Storch?) to gain initial experience? A > lot of the componentry can be used on a 2nd project. > Any thoughts appreciated. Cheers Vaughan Thomas. > Hamilton, New Zealand > _______________________________________ > 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 >
