I keep my gob shut mostly, unless I read something that's just so obviously wrong and damming to anyone who might read it and get the wrong idea about this wonderful aircraft we all built.
I read these words... (Those first KR's had a reputation for stick sensitivity. They did fly fine with one person in it but with two, it was a dreadful experience. A completely different plane that was no fun to fly at all and was frankly downright dangerous, at least in landing.) What utter utter rubbish. What the hell are you talking about? I fly two people all the time. The plane is a delight, not sensitive at all and it's completely 100% safe, or I wouldn't fly it. I flew from England to Australia with two people on board. 66 flights over 22,000 miles. Through lovely weather but also sand storms and severe turbulence in the Middle East. Its a standard stock Kr2 and its a delight in all aspects. Build them right and light and build in the correct empty C of G position and there are no issues with the plane at all. Only issues you want to dream up. Then I read... (I'd forgotten about that two-up aft-CG characteristic of the original KR's. My first KR was obviously tail heavy to start with, even with the weight of the Maloof up front. - Put another person in it and it was Russian roulette on the landings . . . and that was without any baggage area to carry anything.) Russian roulette? What the.... There is nothing wrong with the plane here. Only if a pilot doesn't fly within the well defined C of G range. You would have to seriously fail to observe and comply with the actual C of G position of the aircraft to make the aircraft dangerous. I love the krnet and all its useful information to builders, but why are so many plots wanting to say, "I flew mine way beyond the at C of G limits and it almost killed me! " What the hell do you expect? Can we all please keep to facts and figures and promote the lovely little aircraft, not blame it all the time for pilot stupidity. CH.
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