Jim Raleigh wrote: > Mark I am getting fairly close to that first flight and you said that you > should stick it on with forward pressure every time. Why? I have read > others say not to try to 3 point it like I do the Ciatbria or Pacer.
I don't claim to be an expert on landing KRs, although I can say that I've managed to do it over 800 times in the last year without rolling it up in a ball, for whatever that's worth. They say you can't 3-point a taildragger KR because they sit at something like a 9-10 degree angle on the ground, which is still flying attitude. You CAN do it, but your speed has to be perfect so that it quits flying at the same time you put the three wheels on the ground. That doesn't always happen, so sometimes you drop it in, and sometimes you go flying again. That's probably why conventional wisdom is to wheel land it and get on the brakes (if you're on a short runway like mine), keeping the tail up so it doesn't go flying again (that's where the nose-down stuff comes in), but not too high, or you buy a new prop. That's why I keep pursuing the 3 point. Most importantly I'm going slower, and it just sets down perfectly so I can brake without any shenanigans. One negative of that is the visibility over the nose at touchdown, but I haven't hit any runway lights yet. I did about 4 touch and goes at Moontown's 2200' grass strip yesterday. That was a real hoot. Greased it three times, but dropped it in for a 2g landing on the first one! You win some and you lose some... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net --------------------------------------------------------------
