At 08:59 PM 4/5/2011, you wrote: >I can tell you after 600+ hrs on 1 of the first KR2 streached before >it was called an S I made full stall landing all the time. My gear >was a Deil with 3" added and after about 2000 hrs tail wheel time, >(I also own a 47 Bellanca Cruiseair) I land full stall and my >tailwheel will hit first every time if I do it right. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
If you are touching tail first, your wing is still flying and not stalled. Once the tail touches, the mains continue down and lessens the angle of attach, resulting in the wing never "fully stalling". You are surely landing at the slowest possible airspeed but in fact are not making a "full stall landing". On my first flight I touched tail first and it resulted in the most unstable touchdown in my 400 hours in my KR. I "tail low" wheel land, even in cross winds, and have never had to use brakes for directional control and only need minor rudder inputs for directional control. My KR is stretched 24 inches but has 30 inch Diehl legs instead of the standard 24 inch legs. In the three point attitude, my wing incidence at the root is still only at 12 degrees, several degrees below stall angle, and that is with the 3.5 degrees AOA called for in the plans. If I had set my wing AOA at a lower angle, as a number of builders have, I would be at an even greater angle below the stall. I'm guessing the KR's that can get closes to a stall on landing would be a plans built KR2 on a tall gear like the Grove aluminum gear or similar long leg gear. Even then, if they use a tall tail wheel, I guessing they can't fully stall on landing. IMHO.......... Larry Flesner
