Hi Larry, I have landed real tube and fabric ultralights under horrendous conditions. On one occasion, the Jabiru landing in front of me, nearly putting a wing into the ground, turned around and waited at the end of the runway to see if I would make it. I landed safely without incident.
I do not know if I was just lucky, or whether it was attributed to me fighting it all the way to the ground. I would have thought that the KR2, being heavier, with shorter wings and less dihedral would be easier to land in these conditions. I have no idea whether those were caused by poor airmanship or rather impossible weather situations. The ultralights I flew all weighed less than 254# empty, yet had 30ft or longer wingspans. Anyways, just my two cents... Kind regards, Henni -----Original Message----- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-boun...@list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Larry Flesner via KRnet Sent: Tuesday, 19 September 2017 2:29 PM To: KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> Cc: Larry Flesner <fles...@frontier.com> Subject: KR> accidents At 04:13 AM 9/19/2017, you wrote: >I am glad I chose to go for light - it makes all of these incidents >safer except for the two or so cases where gusts blew it over during >landing attempts. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Those reports are very interesting but give very little detail. Being "blown over by the wind" is not always the fault of the wind, if you get my drift. Larry Flesner _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
