Hi Jerry . No problems here. yesterday I was playing around with her again and this time I had nothing behind it and she behaved normally and predictably. with 75% power, the tail came up from neutral and was very controllable. I was able to hold it from 1" to 2' with no adverse reactions. I believe I created a vortices last time that produced the "reversed lift". I will do as you advise and check my angle of incidence , but I don't think I'll find any problems. I am not use to a tail dragger behaving this way. I had a Sonerai I that wouldn't raise the hail in a hurricane, and I like the ease of the kr2 . Thanks. Tim KR2 N7038V ----- Original Message ----- From: "KRJerry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 8:42 PM Subject: Re: KR>KR Testing..and the tail comming up......
.......Tim, It might be TOO simple; but might I suggest that you check your horizontal stab incidence to your wing stubs chordline. If it is over about three degrees, you have a large problem...... KRJerry Jerry Mahurin Lugoff, SC e-mail: [email protected] Website: http://KR-Builder.org -------Original Message------- From: KR builders and pilots List-Post: [email protected] Date: Sunday, October 26, 2003 14:40:11 To: KR builders and pilots Subject: KR>KR Testing ................. That is when something amazing happened, with full up elevator, the tail tied down and brakes applied, at 1/2 throttle,the tail came up! The outer wing panels were not installed and I only had about two gal. of fuel in the header tank. Has this happened to anyone else? I never seen a control surface generate that much lift with full opposite deflection. Tim Bellville KR2 N7038V _______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html ._______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
