So true Larry! Thanks for your coaching as always!!
René On Thu, Oct 5, 2023, 5:55 PM Larry Flesner <fles...@frontier.com> wrote: > > > > Concerning the Stall speed reduction required for existing KRs to fit > > MOSAIC, > > > > I suggest a simple belly board that could be added to all non-flap > > equipped KRs. I put one on my first KR and it helped a ton. > > > > Rene Ffrench - Austin > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Configuring a KR to meet the Light Sport category has been a point of > discussion for many years on the list. Two problems. Clean stall speed > and top speed. I'm not aware of any flap design for the KR that would > lower the stall speed to meet the regulation and adding a speed brake > does nothing to lower the stall speed. The KR is such a slick design > that speed control on approach is difficult to stabilize without the > ability to add some drag. Stabilizing the approach goes a long way in > making the KR a more enjoyable airplane to fly. If and when the new > rules take effect any of the KR models build to plans will meet the > requirements. > > On the subject of "full stall" and "three point landing", few if any > aircraft are capable of performing both on the same touchdown. Even > 211LF, with it's 6" longer gear legs, will touch tail wheel before the > wing stalls and the mains still inches off the ground. When the tail > wheel touches it forces the mains to immediately contact the ground > making for a less than desirable touchdown. Most conventional wings > stall in the 14 degree range and few if any tail wheel aircraft have the > wing at that angle in the 3 point attitude. For those that insist that > wheel landings will result in more runway used on landings I'd remind > them that every tricycle gear aircraft, when landed properly, makes a > tail low wheel landing. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. > > Larry Flesner > >
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