As a 5000 hour army helicopter pilot I never understood all the fuss about KR2 instabilities. By patting attention and doing what my instructor said to do, I hovered a helicopter the first time I tried. But learned it did take concentration, because of its inherent instability. The KR aircraft are rock solid after helicopter flying. Keep your wrist supported on your thigh, or console and let the airplane fly itself light pressure with your fingertips on the controls to coax it into desired attitude, and you will have a great day of flying.
Todd Thelin Spanaway, Washington Sent from my iPhone > On 17 Jun 2026, at 3:05 AM, Phillip Matheson via KRnet <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I did 750 + hours on my first original kr ( tri gear). I would add - to let > the kr take off its self- tail wheel- let the tail come up a little, keep > tail low, if you have plenty of runway, it will lift off by itself at around > 60kts. Once climbing, VERY slight wrist movement and you will see how > sensitive she is. After a few flights you wonder what all it fuss was about. > And you too will have the KR GRIN > > Phil > down under > 130 hours KR2SS > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On 17 Jun 2026, at 11:03, Larry Flesner via KRnet <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> >> >> >> On 6/16/2026 7:32 PM, Steve Plyler via KRnet wrote: >>> I flew a luscome just before my first solo thinking i would prepare me, >>> didn't. I got into pio emediately upon liftoff, but, it didn't take very >>> long to adjust to the pitch sensitivity because I expected it and reduced >>> control inputs to tiny pressures on the stick. Over a dozen hours I got >>> very comfortable with the sensitivity and ground loop tendency. Quick >>> small corrective inputs on rudder and landing is a breeze. It's a delight >>> to fly but approach first flights with considerable caution. >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> You do not want "arm" movement when flying a KR. Support your arm on your >> leg or center console, etc., and use "wrist" movement only. Once in the air >> it takes VERY LITTLE stick movement to fly the KR, simple light pressure on >> the stick. Amazing flier when flown correctly. Over control and it can >> scare the hell out of you. >> >> Larry Flesner >> >> -- >> KRnet mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet > -- > KRnet mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet
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