> "I'm not going backwards I downsizing and moving in to another phase of
my 50+ year aviation adventure." I suppose if medical issues are involved going to a category of aircraft that doesn't require medicals can be a solution but other than that, I don't see any correlation between age and ultralights. With their low wing loading and erratic two-stroke motors ultralights are a lot more risky than your tried and true KR. I've known or heard about any number of experienced pilots who have bit the dust (literally) with these pseudo aircraft. I think it's mainly the lack of control authority that comes with such draggy, low wing loading airframes. I suppose part of the skill involved in flying them involves having the self-discipline to not fly them in any but the most ideal conditions. I had an invisible dust devel pick me up and set me down in the grass alongside the runway at Big Bear when starting a take-off roll in the KR. If I'd been in an ultralight it would surely have wrapped me up in a tangle of sailcloth and aluminum. In the lethal accidents I'm aware of with these things, it usually has to do with "air anomalies". You know, there seems to be something we can call the "KR generation". We seem to be ageing out. Mike KSEE _______________________________________________ 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]
