Great info from both of you,...but whoa...are you equiped with speed brake or flaps? I have neither. Can I still follow your advice. 1500 RPMs, my plane wants to keep flying. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Janssen" <[email protected]> To: "KRnet" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 7:21 AM Subject: Re: KR> another day, another flight or two...
> Mark, > > Interesting that you should mention this. When flying the KR-1, I landed > the same way as Troy suggested to you (well, maybe not 10 mph faster). I > was always a little nervous about closing the throttle on approach with > the > VW. When I knew I had the field was made, I would rather keep the rpm up > to > about 1500 or so and drive it on to the mains and almost immediately the > tail would fall with a little "plop". > > Glad your having so much fun with the KR. > > Ed > > Ed Janssen > mailto:[email protected] > > least a foot below the mains all the way in. Next time around, he said, > come in 10 knots faster and keep the nose low all the way to the ground, > and > just "fly" the thing on to the ground. I did, and it was a pretty good > one! > It reminded me that Bill Clapp had taught me the same method, but I'd > forgotten it while rebuilding my engine. > > > _______________________________________ > 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
