KR> Touchdown speed

2015-02-15 Thread laser147 at juno.com
Sorry if this is a duplicate but the last few days my postings don't show up in my daily digest mode email from KRNET as they always have, unless I re-send them. Mark Jones said, > "That first landing was absolutely the worst landing I have ever made (except when

KR> Maximum weight

2015-02-15 Thread John Martindale
Hi folks I have had my KR2 on the civil register over here since 2002 under our experimental category and for the first time our authority has asked me to justify my MTOW of 1200lbs (545kg). They are arguing that the max they have on record is only 408kg (900lbs). I would greatly appreciate

KR> Maximum weight

2015-02-15 Thread jscott.planes at gmx.com
In the US, we are allowed to set the gross weight to whatever we choose. I chose 1200# gross for my KR. I fully tested and have routinely flown it at that weight for well over 1000 hours now. That's only anecdotal data and not engineering data, but demonstrates that the airframe is capable