I started building a KR-1 in 1974 and built the fuselage and tail and
wing spars and had it on the gear and my piloet budies said i would get
it into a PIO and kill myself so I stoped. One of our sailplane piolets
got a 126 in a PIO on final and did hit his head on the aide rail and did
die, maybe that gave me second thoughts. Many years later I read about
Bill Rents KR-1 and all the fun he had in the 25 years he flew it and it
made me sick knowing all the fun I had missed. The point is he taxied it
for about ten hours to get the feel of pitch on the main gear near flight
speed before he flew it. Get the pitch feel before you fly it and I am
sure you will love it the way it is. You could also modify the
horizontal tail (reduce the elevator area and increase the stablelizer
area like Troy Pettiway airplane)
Jim
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:40:43 -0300 Wladimir Kummer de Paula
<[email protected]> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> Although this topic is not specifically KR related I think it would
>
> incite some discussion. Once you have your plane ready what can be
> done
> to raise the stick forces, mainly the elevator, to make it less
> prone to
> PIO. Also, something like a exponential command would also work.
>
>
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