great story. Great to hear your plane has a good new home. Stef
> Op 18 september 2020 om 3:06 schreef Jeff Scott via KRnet > <[email protected]>: > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 6:35 PM > > From: "Mike Stirewalt via KRnet" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: KR> Jeff's KR > > > > > > Jeff said, > > > > "My former KR is now home in Vancouver." > > > > Congratulations on managing this major transition of yours so smoothly > > and successfully - this in addition to the other projects you've been > > successfully handling in recent months. You're an amazing person . . . > > Los Alamos lost quite a treasure. > > > > ******************** > > I don't know about losing a treasure, but they pay me a lot of money to stay > away. :o) > > With regards to transitioning my KR to it's new owner, it's probably worth a > few lines to write up the process. > > Every time I have ever bought a plane, I just showed up and flew it home > always figuring I'd learn the plane on the way. That almost brought me to > grief a couple of times as the planes sometimes had some issues I had not > found during the quick pre-purchase inspection. > > Although my KR really didn't have any issues, like all planes, it did have > its quirks and oddities. Part of the deal with the new owner was that he > wanted 10 hours of dual with me in the plane. With all the weight I have > lost in the last year, the W&B calculations put us at gross weight and right > at the back of the CG range (the 6" recommended range, not the 8" RR range > listed in the plans). In addition to that, the buyer had roughly 350 hrs > total time and had never landed a conventional gear aircraft. We did one > demo flight so he could see the performance of the plane and feel it out a > bit, then spent two days tearing the plane apart and did a spinner to > tailwheel full inspection. He drew an oil sample for oil analysis when I > changed the oil and we cut the filter apart to look for metals. The engine > and airframe both checked out good, and the oil analysis came back with > complements and high recommendations from the folks that did the analysis. > Then we got serious about training in the KR. We flew a total of 8 hours of > dual in the KR with me in the left seat and him learning TW and landings from > the right seat with no brakes. I did sent him out a few times to taxi the > plane around to feel out the brakes and do some fast taxi work once he had > the TW steering under control. Following our 8 hours of dual, he went to a > flight school for 3 days of intensive Tailwheel Training with three different > instructors in a SuperCub where he got to practice the techniques he had > learned with me, except in slow motion in the SuperCub. He came back with > better TW and landing skills, and ready to apply his new found knowledge in > the KR. I told him if he could land the plane at gross and the aft end of > the CG range, it would be easy once I got out of the plane. We flew two more > hours of dual at a nearby airport with long wide runways. He showed me three > good landings, then asked me to get out and let him fly it by himself. He > did three more greaser landings, then flew me back home. That turned out to > be my last ride in my KR. Over the next week or two, he flew another 20 > hours locally polishing his skills and waiting for better weather along his > route home. Once he felt that he was ready, he headed home anticipating a > couple of days of weather delays. But he also felt that he was ready to deal > with the winds and altitudes in the mountains, which seemed to be a big > concern to him. With all the training and practice up front, his trip home > was fun and uneventful. > > My observations during his training was that there is good reason why the > insurance companies have 10 and 25 hour thresholds for dual and training in a > new aircraft before they want to insure it. I could see very marked > improvements in his skills as his training time progressed in the plane. > That training time made a big difference for his safety with the plane. It > was my goal to see that both he and the plane would be safe for the trip home. > > -Jeff Scott > Arkansas Ozarks > Check up on my latest projects at <http:jeffsplanes.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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 [email protected] Steph and his dad are building the KR-2S see [http://www.masttotaalconcept.nl/kr2](http://www.masttotaalconcept.nl/kr2) _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. 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