Hi Phil; Phil said,
>I appreciate the programming "bug" >with the retractable tail-wheel; >It's never down when you need it, >forcing the pilot to fly a tail-skid >aircraft without rear-wheel steering, >It's not a tail-wheel, exactly. Which plane are you flying? The one I put on the net does not have a retractable tail wheel unless someone changed it and it is (or was) fully steer-able. Regards, Dan. ----- Original Message ----- From: Phil Lester <[email protected]> List-Post: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 2:10 am Subject: KR> KR2 Simulator Is Very Much Appreciated! > I am extremely grateful to those who provided > the KR2 model for x-plane flight simulator. > > I am a a firm believer in the "simulators are useful" > camp and I believe they have saved me countless > hours and funds climbing the learning curve. > > You have saved me a lot time and work, > and have probably done a better job than > I would have done, as I purchased a > dedicated computer exactly for this purpose, > and was (and still am) prepared to create > my own model. > > In retrospect, I would probably gone directly > back to the hangar for months of repairs after > about 30 seconds of taxi-time had I tried to > fly my KR2S based on conventional tailwheel > training. > > This is one squirrelly bird! > And it behaves just like the > reports I've read. > > Cruise speeds are right, it's pitch-unstable, > incredibly maneuverable, and the stick is > very helicopter-like. > > It takes about as much skill to fly > as a helicopter simulation. IMO. > > But I had to speed up my control inputs > to ultralight-rapidity to adapt to it. > > It reminds me a lot of a very muscular, > fast, high-performance ultralight. > > For me, that makes it not just extremely > challenging, but also the ideal, fun airplane. > > I did not understand in fullness what I > was getting into when I bought my 80% complete > KR2S project. > > But I believe I now have understanding, > and it is a revelation exhilarating in > its power and sobering for the amount of > work it tells me I have ahead to become > a pilot worthy of this excellent aircraft. > > Anyway, back to the simulator: > I appreciate the programming "bug" > with the retractible tailwheel; > It's never down when you need it, > forcing the pilot to fly a tail-skid > aircraft without rear-wheel steering, > It's not a tailwheel, exactly. > > This provides a more challenging training experience. > Thank You. > > -Phil > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.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 >
