Chris,
I?ve never
heard or remember anyone actually building one from his plans that ended up
weighing 310 lbs or less.
Ed J.
Yeah, I figured that was optimistic. Aviation is that way. Fighter planes
advertised with astounding climb rates and top speed, but not with armament or
And you still get to teach yourself how to fly your plane when your test pilot
is finished with his initial tests. ?
And you will learn more about flying your plane safely from high speed taxi
testing than from everything your test pilot told you.?
And yes, flight training in a similar
I've enjoyed the debate about how to handle the first flight... that unexpected
shock at the end of the building process. I will suggest what worked for me two
years ago when I had to test fly a homebuilt that was entirely untested by it's
builder (not me!). I did a careful annual, several days
"Peter" wrote:
>>Do your high-speed taxi training after your plane has flown with a
"genius" pilot.<<
Troy Petteway did my first flight for me. I'm honored and lucky that he
did it for me...that's quite a risk for anybody to take for a friend.
And it makes a lot of sense to ask an expert
Taxi testing is a part of flight testing.?
In an aircraft that has never been flown and the characteristics are unproven,
flight without control verification is unwise.?
See:?
?FAA Regulations and Policies
?Amateur built Aircraft
Title 14 code of federal regulations
Section 90-89
Chapter 2 Taxi
I say "i hope " because i am an eighty year old troglodyte and joining and
understanding how this all works is to me, akin to flying a Lockheed
Constellation solo.
When i hear cut and paste i reach for the scissors and Elmers, and when default
is mentioned i call the mortgage company.
I'm
Mire Stirewalt wrote:
>> My opinion remains that it's about the dumbest thing one can do in a
KR, or any airplane. <<
How do we learn things? Practice! Quite often I'll fly up to nearby
airport with no traffic and a 6000' runway and do 10-12 touch and goes
just to hone my landings. These
I did 9 hours of taxiing before flying my KR-1 for the first time. I
learned a lot about directional control while fast taxiing. Wear light
footwear - not hiking shoes. Use very smooth and slow throttle (and rudder)
adjustments. For my first flight, I did the same thing as I did when fast
Yep. The other is to make throttle changes gradual so that prop torque does
not catch you by surprise on the rudder and send you into a wheelbarrow.
John Martindale
29 Jane Circuit
Toormina NSW 2452
Australia
ph:61 2 6658 4767
m:0403 432179
email:john_martindale at bigpond.com
web site:
High speed taxi is the very important step of learning to fly your plane before
you actually fly your plane?
Joe Nunley
Baker Florida
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Original message From: Mike Stirewalt via
KRnet Date:02/03/2015 3:20 PM
(GMT-06:00) To:
Thinking of my last posting on this issue I'm sounding to myself like a
grumpy old know-it-all making blanket proclamations. Sorry for being so
dogmatic. Clearly there is a case to be made, especially with
newly-built or newly modified airplanes, to take it down the runway to
make sure the
On 2/3/2015 7:26 AM, Lawrence Bell via KRnet wrote:
> Robert,
> I don't know if an Aerocarb works on an 0-200, but I have one for a VW
> and after seeing a Revmaster carb at the KR gathering I wish I had gone
> with them. You can probably call them and they should know if it would
> work,
Mark said,
> "FYI, for those who have yet to fly a taildragger, . . ."
I would add, buy a copy of Langsewiche's book Stick and Rudder and read
the Chapter on "Landing". Several times.
Some people obviously get away with running their planes down the runway
at high speed and safely stopping
Hi All,
OK, I'm on the empty weight part of the pre-planning. I searched the newsletter
archive for "empty weight" and found the lightest were just over 400lbs.
BUT, one KR2 (!) claimed an empty weight of 410lbs, with a turbo charger and
full electric system.
I even wonder if anyone even
GOAL: A three blade ground-adjustable for my VW KR1 build
In my prop thread, someone mentioned crank strength and breakage using anything
but a light wooden prop. My understanding is that these newer VW's (revmaster,
AeroVee, GP) have gone to much stronger, custom forged crankshafts, and add
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