Mark Jones wrote: > Negative on the passenger....Langford was going to be my first but he > discovered my bad compression on two cylinders a few weeks ago and > chickened > out.........
I'm no dummy! But I HAVE flown a passenger! My third flight as a KR PIC was in Bill Clapp's plane, which is aerodynamically almost identical to mine. And since then, I've put several hours on mine with a passenger about Bill's size. I really didn't notice much difference, except it took the tail a little longer to come up, and the climb rate was less, but not less enough to really notice. But then my CG is way forward of the range, and it should be noted that my plane is a far cry from a typical KR2. My CG moves forward as I fly due to the fuel burn, so when I land it's further forward than when I took off. Flying with a passenger in MY plane is simply a non-event! Now that I'm a somewhat experienced KR pilot, I'm going to move the horizontal stab to move the CG closer to the mid point and see how that does. Speed should increase due to the decrease in trim drag. I'll let y'all know how it affects stability. I love it when a plan comes together! A machinist in our company shop turned my 10mm prop hub bolts down to the non-existent GM 11/32-24 thread and I installed them last night. They fit perfectly, an excellent Class 3 fit! This is only temporary to get me to the Gathering and back. After that I'll make a new cowling and plenums, and go to a prop hub that is 1.25" shorter like most Corvair guys are using, to eliminate the last of the "risk factors" on my engine. I plan to run it in the next day or so, haul it to the airport Friday or Saturday, and be flying it again before the weekend is over... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
