Dene, You should have kept that one for yourself! I'm so envious now! Because I never had an opportunity to make one, let even two 3.5 h trips on what is now my KR! ;- ) By the way, ZS-WEC is doing slightly better. After so much removal and breaking, the rebuilding has started. I will now have to replace eight wing ribs. To do that, I will need to find a way to make a template from the wing actual profile, because I quickly realized that my wings are consistent neither with the published RAF 48 profile, nor with the KR2 drawings.
But where there is a will, there is a way. I'm writing this from a South American country. The professional mission was done faster than expected, and I had extra time, so my agent there asked me if he could do anything for me. I said "Yes, bring me to the best tools shop in town". He said "Haven't you got tool shops in France?" To what I answered: "Yes, but they don't sell anything in inches sizes! Serge Vidal KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" Paris, France "Dene Collett (SA)" <[email protected]> Envoyé par : [email protected] 2005-05-19 22:35 Veuillez répondre à KRnet Remis le : 2005-05-19 22:31 Pour : "KRnet" <[email protected]> cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM) Objet : Re: KR> another update Mark, Didn't you find that if faced with a problem that you just couldn,t master even after repeatedly trying over and over, just getting out of the plane for a while and doing something else to get your mind off it for a while and then getting back in and trying again would give major improvements in the way you handle it. (Phew) I found that when on a long trip (3.5 hrs) in the right seat of my friend's KR (now owned by Serge Vidal) I was given control just after climbout for the entire trip and just couldn't keep it straight and level. The thing was like a dolphin swimming in the sea the whole flight no matter what I tried. On our return trip three days later I was once again given control and to my surprise somehow my brain had worked out the kinks and I could maintain level flight indefinately with very little effort. Good luck with that first flight, I suppose I will have to set my screen resolution to max to be able to fit your smile in soon. Regards Dene Collett South Africa KR2SRT builder mailto: [email protected] www.whisperaircraft.co.za ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Langford <[email protected]> To: KRnet <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 06:43 Subject: KR> another update > KRnetHeads, > > Keep in mind that as of sunset yesterday, I felt ready to fly my plane. So this morning I went out to get some MORE practice, and had 20 high speed runs in before the FBO opened at 8AM. _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
