Mark, Maybe I should rephrase that statement. I considered it to be unsafe for me and my abilities as a pilot. It could be me, and it probably is, since all the other KR2 aircraft don't seem to have this issue. The plane gets tossed around very badly, and when landing, I had to keep increasing the airspeed to keep from slamming it into the runway. On the last landing with the 130# in the right seat, I almost lost the plane. I got off the runway and did about a quarter ground loop. It scared me pretty badly. Remember, you have very good flaps and yours is an S. I am sure that you did not normally approach at 80 MPH, like I do.
Today, after taking all the weight out, I still had a problem landing, so, it is probably mostly me. My point however, is that if the CG goes aft, you will have problems, and if it stays forward, you most likely won't. As I said, the plane takes off and flies as if there is no extra weight in it, the landings with the extra weight, are something I don't want to try again without changing something. But, I don't plan to make any changes until at least next summer, so maybe during that time, I can get better at this. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you at the 2012 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il MVN 40th Anniversary There is a time for building and it is over. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC http://www.krbuilder.org/MyUSA/ -----Original Message----- Just curious, what did you mean by " I determined it to be un-safe at that point and for now have set the Gross Weight at 1145# which puts the CG at almost 1" aft of center
