KR fliers,
Something else that should be discussed after our productive discussion of stalls is how to recover the plane properly should one find oneself looking at the dirt from an unusual attitude. From reading reports of several people's recoveries from being nose down the approach that comes to mind first might not be the best. I submit the following recovery procedures: Nose high recovery: Power-full Less than one "G" to horizon (unload the aircraft, preventing stall) Roll to horizon (wings level) I remember this as POWER-PUSH-ROLL Nose low recovery" Power-idle Roll to nearest horizon Pull to horizon I remember this as POWER-ROLL-PULL If one is suddenly looking at dirt upside down the natural tendency is to pull through to the horizon. In most cases this is not the nearest horizon and will greatly increase the amount of altitude lost during the recovery. My rolling to the nearest horizon, especially in the KR with its good roll rate, recovery to level flight will be quicker. In jets we would add Boards to Power, but I do not think this is a good idea if it means you have to either look inside the cockpit or take a hand off stick or throttle to do. IHS, Dave
