Before we start beating drum about the KR being a dangerous craft to stall, you need to look a little farther. I practice both power off and power on stalls in my KR. It's more docile and controllable in a power on stall than my Tomahawk was (the Tommy always wanted to roll over and spin). I would compare the handling in that regime to a Cessna 150, only quicker. Very docile and easy to recover. I have also spun it, but did not allow the spin to fully develop. Spin entry and recovery were also very docile. The spin entry was from an accelerated power on stall and was actually captured on video from another plane for use in an art video. Unfortunately, I only saw the video once and was never able to obtain a copy. For the average KR, your mileage may differ significantly, mostly due to CG considerations. Mark's plane is a different story with a completely different plan form from most. The one thing to remember about stalls, which really shows up during a power on stall, is that your ailerons are useless until you recover. You are handling the plane with rudder and elevator. -Jeff ScottN1213W ---------- Original Message ----------
Hello Phil, I once had a conversation with an early KR pilot that personally knew Ken Rand. He said that he did a full power stall in his KR at 9000 feet. He said it took more than 8000 feet to recover. It was so bad he said he had already decided that he was going to die but tried one more time and was able to get it to come out of the spin. It is not the "KR" that is the problem but any close coupled high power to weight�airplane. It is not going to stay straight when it stalls unless the ball is perfectly centered. I have more than 17,000 hours and a lot of aerobatic experience and I would not stall the KR with full power. I am not saying not to do it because I don't know your qualifications but simply wanted you to know what to expect based on the experience of this guy. On another note as a KR guy if you are ever in the southern part of Alabama look me up and we can go do some flying. Victor Taylor Irvington Alabama __ ____________________________________________________________ SHOCKING: 2010 Honda Civic for $1,732.09 BREAKING NEWS: High ticket items are being auctioned for an incredible 90% off! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4cf9212bf3a754eba86st03vuc
