Larry Flesner wrote:
>>Well, well, well, another magazine article written from someone's
basement. "40 KR's gather at Chino with Mark Langford in attendance (maybe
in spirit), KR's that stall and head straight for the ground, charts that
still perpetuate the 180 mph cruise speed myth of the KR's, $35,000 to
build, and an article written by Jim Faughn 25 years ago". Really, is that
the best coverage our little birds can get? It's too bad we can't get
someone to do a factual story of todays KR's and what wonderful little
aircraft they are. It's really too sad.<<
I got my issue last night, and thought the same thing. I plan to email Paul
Dye and volunteer to write it. I'll pass it around to the pilots for "peer
review" first though!
It's funny about the 180 mph "cruise speed", which is usually defined as
"speed at 75% power", which I did just yesterday wide open at 7500' (which
gets pretty close to 75% power) and the best I could do in Jim Faughn's
slippery 2180cc powered KR2 was a little over 160 mph TAS. I'll also give a
stab at rewriting the KR spec sheet, although it has proven tough to kill so
far...
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
ML at N56ML.com
www.N56ML.com
