KR> Re: Tri gear tail first on runway

2011-04-07 Thread smwood
4/6/2011, you wrote: >Very true statement Larry. I have slammed my tail on the runway more than >once and the tie down ring on my tail bears the wear to attest to the fact. >--- >Strange. >I have 335 hours on my KR2 tricycle, and NEVER hit the tail. >I can stall onto the runway,

KR> Re: Tri gear tail first on runway.

2011-04-06 Thread mbz...@comcast.net
. . List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 20:23:23 -0500 From: "Mark" <markweg...@charter.net> Subject: RE: KR> Re: Tri gear tail first on runway. To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net>, <virg...@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: Content-Type: tex

KR> Re: Tri gear tail first on runway.

2011-04-06 Thread Larry Flesner
At 07:55 PM 4/6/2011, you wrote: >The tail stall scared the out of my wife and I and she said not >to do that ever again, Like I would. >+ How did you identify the condition as a "tail stall"? What

KR> Re: Tri gear tail first on runway.

2011-04-06 Thread Matt Wash
--- On Wed, 4/6/11, Virgil N. Salisbury <virg...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > From: Virgil N. Salisbury <virg...@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: KR> Re: Tri gear tail first on runway. > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 12:

KR> Re: Tri gear tail first on runway.

2011-04-06 Thread Mark
net; KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Re: Tri gear tail first on runway. I am not an engineer but I always understood if there is not enough air across the wing it is stalled. so what does the angle have to do with no air across the wing? I know if you pull up and block the top of the wing it will stall. I

KR> Re: Tri gear tail first on runway.

2011-04-06 Thread Randy Smith
/6/11, Virgil N. Salisbury <virg...@bellsouth.net> wrote: From: Virgil N. Salisbury <virg...@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: KR> Re: Tri gear tail first on runway. To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 12:29 P

KR> Re: Tri gear tail first on runway.

2011-04-06 Thread Virgil N. Salisbury
Full stall requires ~13 Degrees Angle of Attack. What is your AOA sitting on the ground ? If it is less than~13 Degrees, Then full stall is NOT possible. As Larry says" you are at the SLOWEST A/S possible for landing ", Virg On 4/6/2011 4:37 AM, phillip

KR> Re: Tri gear tail first on runway.

2011-04-06 Thread Larry Flesner
At 03:37 AM 4/6/2011, you wrote: >Very true statement Larry. I have slammed my tail on the runway more than >once and the tie down ring on my tail bears the wear to attest to the fact. >--- >Strange. >I have 335 hours on my KR2 tricycle, and NEVER hit the tail. >I can stall onto

KR> Re: Tri gear tail first on runway.

2011-04-06 Thread phillip matheson
Very true statement Larry. I have slammed my tail on the runway more than once and the tie down ring on my tail bears the wear to attest to the fact. --- Strange. I have 335 hours on my KR2 tricycle, and NEVER hit the tail. I can stall onto the runway, or drop the mains on the