Larry Flesner wrote: >>Well, well, well, another magazine article written from someone's basement. "40 KR's gather at Chino with Mark Langford in attendance (maybe in spirit), KR's that stall and head straight for the ground, charts that still perpetuate the 180 mph cruise speed myth of the KR's, $35,000 to build, and an article written by Jim Faughn 25 years ago". Really, is that the best coverage our little birds can get? It's too bad we can't get someone to do a factual story of todays KR's and what wonderful little aircraft they are. It's really too sad.<<
I got my issue last night, and thought the same thing. I plan to email Paul Dye and volunteer to write it. I'll pass it around to the pilots for "peer review" first though! It's funny about the 180 mph "cruise speed", which is usually defined as "speed at 75% power", which I did just yesterday wide open at 7500' (which gets pretty close to 75% power) and the best I could do in Jim Faughn's slippery 2180cc powered KR2 was a little over 160 mph TAS. I'll also give a stab at rewriting the KR spec sheet, although it has proven tough to kill so far... Mark Langford, Harvest, AL ML at N56ML.com www.N56ML.com
