I would love to give you a ride! Remind me at Red Oak or better yet, come to St. Louis.
Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edwin Blocher Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:49 PM To: KR builders and pilots Subject: Re: KR>KR1 - first time builder? Jim, If you would like to make that 8 to 68 I would like to see how it flys. I have not flown with you but have seen Mark L get out of your KR with a grin 3 feet wide. See you at the gathering. ED Ed Blocher Santa Rosa Beach, FL [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Faughn" <[email protected]> To: "'KR builders and pilots'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:37 PM Subject: RE: KR>KR1 - first time builder? > Mark is correct. I have biased my aircraft to the front end of the CG > envelope and I love the way it fly's. I haven't found anyone yet from > 8 years old to 62 that can't fly it. The other part of the idea of a > first time builder is - are you sure you will build another aircraft? > I never will! Unless you love to build and this is your only hobby, > then you should probably build the aircraft that you think you would > like to have for a lifetime. > > You can build a fast enough and fun KR that can be controlled without > too much transition. > > Jim N891JF > > Jim Faughn > 4323D Laclede Ave. > St. Louis, MO 63108 > (314)652-7659 > Mailto:[email protected] > Web Site http://jfaughn.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mark Langford > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 1:17 PM > To: KR builders and pilots > Subject: Re: KR>KR1 - first time builder? > > > I know I've made comments about pitch sensitivity before, but I've > tempered my attitude ever since I flew Jim Faughn's KR. There are > sensitive ones and then there are "light" ones. I could see how you > could crawl into Jim's or Troy's and fly it for the first time with no > problem at all, and learn to love it in short order. I've flown > others that made me think I was going to rip the wings off, and others > somewhere in the middle. I suspect CG had a lot to do with this, and > I think Jim would tell you that his CG is biased toward the forward > end. As long as the CG kept forward, rather than aft, I don't have a > problem with KR pitch control. It's a small, short-coupled plane, so > yes, if you lean forward the pitch is going to change, but's that's > just the way it is. > > But like I said, I've only flown a few, a little at a time, so I'm no > expert. I don't guess it will be long before a bunch of us wannabees > will be real-live KR pilots, and we'll tell you how it is with the new > generation of KRs. Other comments are more than welcome... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html _______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
