Add another KR2S to the flying fleet. KR2S N1852Z conducted its 1st Flight this morning 2 September 2006 at approx 7:30 am at Lee's Summit MO Airport. I had a full ground crew including my two brothers and an EAA Chapter 91 chase plane. It was a 40 minute test flight with only one issue. I had to hold some right aileron in order to keep the airplane level, so I will be adding a trim tab before I fly her again. The engine (Revmaster 2100) had no issues, CHT 350, EGT 1250, Oil Press 60, Oil temp 160. I was able to get 3300 rpm on takeoff from my Ed Sterba 54 x 50 prop so I will be watching the rpms for overspeed during further testing. There was no wind and the clouds were supposed to be at 7000 feet according to the airport weather station. The folks on the ground said she climbed extremely well on takeoff, hard for me to tell as I was focused on my airspeed and altitude - not the rate of climb. I climbed and circled the airport up to 4000 feet and found the clouds. At 4000 (3000 AGL) I wiggled the tail, wings, and nose to feel her out. I had planned to do a pre-stall series but did not since the clouds were lower than expected. I did see 120 mph on the airspeed at one point but I was deliberately trying to keep the airspeed below that number on the 1st flight. Sad to say I had the GPS running and never crossed checked it with the airspeed to see how close they matched. So after circling for a short while, I decided to go ahead and get her back on the ground. My 1st approach to landing was a little to fast due to the decent so I made a missed approach. I nailed a great landing on the second try. It was actually probably the best landing I've made in a KR. I need to add my special thanks and credit to Terry Chezik for that landing, I've spent several hours with Terry in his KR in the past couple of months preparing me for the 1st flight, and I'm sure it was a success because of his patience teaching me how to fly these machines.
I'll be updating my web site with new photos and video at www.robert7721.com <http://www.robert7721.com/> To Dan Heath, just watched your video, to be honest my take off wasn't any better than yours due to the aileron issue but I corrected it pretty fast. I think I did my landing better than yours, but I am guilty of having the training wheel up front. Don't know yet if my plane will make it to the gathering, I'm sure I'll be there, but don't know if I'll have the 40 hours completed by that date - we'll see. Thanks, Rob Schmitt Kansas City, MO
