One thing that I learned during my flight training was NEVER pick
up a wing in the approach to
a stall with the aileron. It INCEREASES THE ANGLE OF Attack on the
low wing and
precipitates the stall on that wing and it stalls first, Virg
On 12/3/2010 11:55 AM, Jeff Scott wrote:
> 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 ----------
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