KR> Touchdown Speeds?

2014-12-27 Thread John Bouyea
at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark Langford via KRnet Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014 7:32 PM To: krnet at list.krnet.org Subject: Re: KR> Touchdown Speeds? Larry Flesner wrote: > With 500+ hours I could not tell you what my actual touch down speed >is. The last time I look at the ASI

KR> Touchdown Speeds?

2014-12-27 Thread Mark Langford
Larry Flesner wrote: > With 500+ hours I could not tell you what my actual touch down speed >is. The last time I look at the ASI on approach is when I cross the >numbers. I pretty much do the same, but also make an effort to gather data such as this to pass on to others, as questions like th

KR> Touchdown Speeds?

2014-12-27 Thread Flesner
At 08:26 AM 12/27/2014, you wrote: >John Bouyea via KRnet wrote: > > > What kinds of speeds are people using to land their KRs? With 500+ hours I could not tell you what my actual touch down speed is. The last time I look at the ASI on app

KR> Touchdown Speeds?

2014-12-27 Thread Mark Langford
John Bouyea via KRnet wrote: > What kinds of speeds are people using to land their KRs? With flaps, N56ML will touch down at the minimum airspeed at which it doesn't drop like a rock, which is right at 60-62 mph. Any slower and it's going to have a rapid decent rate that's not conducive to smo

KR> Touchdown Speeds?

2014-12-27 Thread Dan Heath
That would be about right for me. It really depends on your gross weight. Remember KRs were not designed to have an EW of around 800 pounds. I always thought it was fast as well and got duped into trying to get it slower, which is what eventually ended up in being the root cause of my KR demise.

KR> Touchdown Speeds?

2014-12-26 Thread John Bouyea
What kinds of speeds are people using to land their KRs? Jones just wrote ". and when the wheels touch the pavement I am doing 70 MPH ." That seems fast, no? Trying to reduce my PIOs on short final. John Bouyea N5391M/ KR2 OR81/ Hillsboro, OR