"If you are getting your PPL, I'd strongly advise getting time in a J3 cub or aeronca champ or citabria."
"The KR is shortly coupled flight characteristics in conjunction with the fact the rudder authority is limited." I may be misunderstanding things here and probably am since the statements above are about as far from accurate as can be. The KR is short coupled it's true, especially the original design, but I've never ever ran out of rudder in even the strongest of crosswinds. As for the others, I've never flown a J3 I'm ashamed to say and my Citabria time was brief and long ago but despite the years I think I can safely say the feel and handling of a Citabria is really nothing like a KR. Re the Champ . . . now that really is dangerously off the mark. I made the mistake of doing my biennial time before last in a Champ thinking it might be fun. Instead, as Riley used to say, "What a revoltin' experience that turned out to be!" It was awful. The controls are so unresponsive (compared to the 2 KR's I've owned) that trying to perform simple maneuvers with any grace was a painful experience. All three of those designs are getting close to a hundred years old and feel nothing like a plane with the responsiveness of a KR. Old planes have their charm for some people but using one in order to develop a feel for a KR is, saying it as nicely as I can, inappropriate. Any of the Grummans would be far better choices, the best of those would be the TR-2 but any of the 2 place models (they had different names and varied slightly) would be closest. The original Yankee would be best of all since it was more touchy than the others that followed. I think any of the two-place RV's would also be good - Jeff can comment on that since I'm just presuming . . . just going on what I've heard over the years. RV owners love to extol the virtue of their control quickness. I can't think how flying any of those old war horses named above would help anyone develop an expectation or feel for a KR. Using a car analogy, it would be like using a 1948 Buick Roadmaster to help get a feel for a Formula 1 car. Sorry if I've misunderstood something. Mike KSEE ____________________________________________________________ Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_taglines_more A Response From Trump About New Book's Claim http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5f4eae20c7e652e20413ast03vuc1 What Looks Like a Landslide May End Up Being a 'Mirage' http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5f4eae20e88ff2e20413ast03vuc2 Suit: McDonald's 'Intentionally' Hurt Black Franchisees http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5f4eae21152452e20413ast03vuc3 _______________________________________________ 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
