> "But the cleaner you build the plane, the more you will want some additional
> drag to help with the landings. Flaps or a belly board . . ."
. . . make life a lot easier when landing. My belly board is fairly
ineffectual but better something than nothing. I use it every landing.
For a gr
At 07:47 PM 4/21/2011, you wrote:
>Larry, I got your first post OK. Check your spam folder
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Nothing in my junk mail box. I looked in the krnet archives and
found nothing also. Great mystery...
Larry
Larry, I got your first post OK. Check your spam folder
Patrick Driscoll
Saint Paul, MN
patric...@usfamily.net
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I'm still having troubles posting to the krnet. I sent this post
yesterday and it never showed up and never made the archives
either. I'm trying one more time.
Larry Flesner
>At 12:26 AM 4/21/2011, you wrote:
>>having invested fair bit of time (&dollars) into my KR2S project,
>>I'm start
Hi Vaughn,
100% of US pilots learned in taildraggers years ago.. It is NOT that difficult
to land one, just different than a tri-gear.. You can't "go to sleep on the
pedals" like you can landing a tri-gear. Stay ahead of the plane and you won't
have any problems.
I also suggest you put a
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org
Date: Thursday, Apr.21,2011
Subject: KR2 first time flyers
Vaughan;
When I first flew my plans built kr2, I had one hour of logged tail dragger
time. I had flown many hours in tail draggers with friends but they never
gave me the opportunity to taxi, takeoff o
Vaughan,
What you are seeing is various guys espousing their preferences for landing
their KRs. The fact is, in the taildragger connfiguration, it lands easily in
either three point or wheel landings. With the wide gear stance of the Diehl
gear, it's not so prone to ground loops. I'm sure it's
When I started flying in 1957, tail wheel was the only way to go. We did
have a Tri-Pacer in the SAC Aero Club,(Davis Monthan AFB, AZ), but that was
about a year after I started flying and the first trike gear I flew. On my
second time in the air, with a different instructor than the first t
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
At 12:26 AM 4/21/2011, you wrote:
>having invested fair bit of time (&dollars) into my KR2S project,
>I'm starting to wonder if I made the right choice.
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Don't question your decision to build a KR. My KR is as
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
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Vaughan.
Bite your tongue. I have a
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