Thats "spin" not "soin". Denny ... my bad!
--- Dennis Mingear <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the report, good reading, but please be > very careful when using aileron during your stall > tests. You don't want to seperate the airflow from a > wingtip and initiate a soin, that would be exciting. > > Denny ... > > --- Mark Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This morning I was again at the airport at 6 am. > > There were several minor things I needed to prior > to > > flight today. At 9 am, I was ready to go, taxied > out > > and off we went. Climb was 1100 fpm up to 4000' > > where I leveled off and played around a while. The > > air was again as smooth as glass but it was much > > hotter in the cockpit today. I have got to hook up > > my fresh air cabin vent. Anyway, I proceeded on up > > to 7500' and leveled off there and stayed up there > > for quite a while. I then decided to do some > gliding > > so I pulled the throttle back to 800 rpm. Slowly, > > the airspeed bled off until I could not hold > > altitude. That is when I decided to do my first > full > > stall in my KR. 80 mph....70 mph....65 mph....keep > > the balThanks for the report, good readingl > centered > while ever so gradually pulling > > back on the stick.....62 mph I've got very mild > > buffeting....60 mph a little stronger > > buffeting......58 mph really getting mushy and > > watching that ball and that was the last time I > > looked at the airspeed indicator.....the KR > (AS5046 > > airfoil) went into a full stall with a very > > prominent break from lift. The left wing dropped > > slightly which was easily corrected by right > rudder > > and right aileron. The nose made a swift break but > > recovered and stabilized quick with power > > application and forward stick. Wow, that was fun. > > Yes, I admit the heart was pumping a little fast > > during this exercise but what do you expect when > it > > is your first stall in an airplane you built and > you > > are the test pilot. All in all, it was a text book > > stall which yielded, of course, a big YEEEEEEEEEE > > HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Gotta love the KR > > because it is addicting!!!! > > > > Mark Jones (N886MJ) > > Wales, WI USA > > E-mail me at [email protected] > > Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at > > http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > "I can train a monkey to wave an American flag. That > does not make the monkey patriotic." > > Scott Ritter > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Sell on Yahoo! Auctions no fees. Bid on great > items. > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________ > 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 > "I can train a monkey to wave an American flag. That does not make the monkey patriotic." Scott Ritter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
