That reminds me of what Curtis Pitts said about his airplane the Pitts special, "There's no such thing as a squirrely airplane, just squirrely pilots."
On Wed, Jul 20, 2022, 4:44 AM colin hales via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > I keep my gob shut mostly, unless I read something that's just so > obviously wrong and damming to anyone who might read it and get the wrong > idea about this wonderful aircraft we all built. > > I read these words... > > (Those first KR's had a reputation for stick sensitivity. They did fly > fine with one person in it but with two, it was a dreadful experience. A > completely different plane that was no fun to fly at all and was frankly > downright dangerous, at least in landing.) > > What utter utter rubbish. What the hell are you talking about? I fly two > people all the time. The plane is a delight, not sensitive at all and it's > completely 100% safe, or I wouldn't fly it. I flew from England to > Australia with two people on board. 66 flights over 22,000 miles. Through > lovely weather but also sand storms and severe turbulence in the Middle > East. Its a standard stock Kr2 and its a delight in all aspects. > > Build them right and light and build in the correct empty C of G position > and there are no issues with the plane at all. Only issues you want to > dream up. > > Then I read... > > (I'd forgotten about that two-up aft-CG characteristic of the original > KR's. My first KR was obviously tail heavy to start with, even with the > weight of the Maloof up front. - Put another person in it and it was > Russian roulette on the landings . . . and that was without any baggage > area to carry anything.) > > Russian roulette? What the.... There is nothing wrong with the plane here. > Only if a pilot doesn't fly within the well defined C of G range. You would > have to seriously fail to observe and comply with the actual C of G > position of the aircraft to make the aircraft dangerous. > > I love the krnet and all its useful information to builders, but why are > so many plots wanting to say, "I flew mine way beyond the at C of G limits > and it almost killed me! " > > What the hell do you expect? > > Can we all please keep to facts and figures and promote the lovely little > aircraft, not blame it all the time for pilot stupidity. > > CH. > > > > > > > > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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