Colin, What do you mean by "double checking the numbers"?
Matt Elder has an incidence checking meter. Never heard of such a thing, but I will fly down there soon and he will check that for me. I would be willing to bet that, that is what it is. I don't look forward to having to make that kind of correction, but it will give me the opportunity to put on Mark's super duper horiz stab. I'll bet it won't take more than a month or two, but getting it to cure during the winter could be a problem. Maybe I will save that for the heat of next summer, after Sun'n'fun. The plane is very Very solid feeling. There is NO twichyness in it at all, NONE. This is a very stable airplane. Too bad that Ken did not figure this out a long time ago and avoided that bad reputation. I am going to put a fixed trim tab on the other side of the elevator to offset some of that pressure and maybe the variable tab will do the rest, for now. Do you think that having no wheel pants could be causing some of the nose down attitude? See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you at the 2007 - KR Gathering There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for Flying has begun. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC -------Original Message------- From: Colin Rainey List-Post: [email protected] Date: 08/28/06 08:39:01 To: KRnet Subject: RE: KR> N64KR - Black Bird Dan said: One other item. This plane is nose heavy. I did not have enough trim to trim it out, only help ease the back pressure. Dan, I would double check my numbers for yesterday's flight. Jeff Scott is probably corrct and your W&B is right on, and you are one of the few KR's with a CG that is alittle forward with only one and will be right in the middle with two on board. That is great! It will keep you very stable and although might take a small amount of speed away, your attention to drag details should offset that. Even some of the twins I flew felt nose heavy at certain speeds, and needed alittle bit of trim. I would MUCH rather have nose down tendency than NOSE UP. MUCH safer! CONGRATS DAN!!!!! Guess you are coming to Florida before I get to NC huh?! Colin Rainey [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________ 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 _______________________________________ 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
