On Oct 18, 2015, at 8:01, n357cj via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote:
> In my airplane as in life I prefer to see where I am going and avoid most > obstacles instead of weaving around like a drunken sailor. I guess Dan just > likes to drag his A$$ around. But seriously, other than personnel preference > the nose wheel comes with a about a 5 mile and hour penalty depending on > fairings. > Joe Horton, > Coopersburg,Pa > <snip> For all those would be KR builder/operators out there, I taught myself how to fly this little tail wheel gem with a grand total of 1 hour officially logged tail wheel prior experience! I don?t recommend others doing this but just that the KR-2 is probably the easiest and most forgiving tail wheel airplane I have ever flown. I had a lot of experience (not logged) in aircraft such as citabria, commonwealth, Stolp Star Dusters, Cessna 140 and 120. I also had about 4000 hours of F4 Phantom simulator as well as T-38, T37, 727, L-1011, DC-8, DC-9 and B-757 time. My point is don?t be afraid of learning how to fly the KR-2 in it?s original design, it isn?t that difficult to see over the nose while taxing, it doesn?t have much of a tendency to ground loop either. JUST FYI from a self taught conventional gear pilot with the original built to plane (including the retracts) KR-2. Thanks Parley Byington N54PB KR-2 Henderson Nevada byington1954 at embarqmail.com
