The problem noted with the canopy handle sounded a little picky at first but it was the first indication that my KR might have a similar problem.For years I had flown my KR with a canopy handle that protruded about an inch and 2 inches long in the slipstream.Never noticed any problem until I read the article.For years I had a tricky landing anomoly.When I lowered the tail it wanted to turn to the left or right and I just expected it and got used to it thinking it was xwind or a burble.Decided to try something,removed the handle from the side of the canopy.Landing anomoly gone.The vortex caused by the change in angle of attach was pushing the rudder and creating an unstable condition in yaw.Thanks to the information Willie and Mark made available my plane is much easier and safer to operate.Thank you KRnet.Tommy W. On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet < krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote:
> KRnetHeads, > > Since it's quiet tonight, I'll throw this one out there. Back in 2010, > Willie Wilson posted his first flight report on Ken Atkinson's English > KR2S. There are several unique things about this plane...Ken built a > custom trailer for it that facilitates off-field storage and makes the > whole "removable wing" thing viable, and a sweet flap/drag brake to slow it > down for his short field. I made a web page out of it, with 14 pictures > that Willie took. > > Then I went back to Liverpool on business in 2011 and arranged to see it > in person, and took the remaining 100 or so photos, which I finally got > around to adding this week. I re-discovered these because I was looking > for the front deck overhanging the firewall. This example is not exactly > what I had in mind, but it does show several ways to retain the firewall > while supporting the front deck and cowling. Note the use of optimized > thin sheet metal (looks like stainless, unless it's highly polished > "aluminium") by rolling the edges 90 degrees to increase resistance to > bending. > > There is a lot of meticulous attention to detail in this plane, proving > that a "clean" plane can be built on a budget, with a little ingenuity. > See http://www.krnet.org/krs/katkinson/ for details. The passenger seat > was converted to an in-flight "desk", since CAA rules have assigned such a > low gross weight value to the KRs as to make them practically one-seaters... > > -- > > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > http://www.n56ml.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
