Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 12:12:50 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-r07.mx.aol.com ([152.163.225.103] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b4) with ESMTP id 1500473 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 19 Jun 2002 12:09:55 -0400 Received: from RWolf99@aol.com by imo-r07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v32.21.) id q.9a.273779db (1324) for ; Wed, 19 Jun 2002 12:09:35 -0400 (EDT) From: RWolf99@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <9a.273779db.2a4206be@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 12:09:34 EDT Subject: Re: Stalls X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 108 My two cents worth: 1) Make sure you know YOUR airplane's stall characteristics. These experimental airplanes don't come with the safe-and-recoverable-stall-characteristics "guarantee" provided by FAA certification. Your airplane may stall straight, or flip over immediately. You won't know until you try. Consequently... 2) Get an experienced Lancair test pilot to stall yours for the first time. Feel free to ride along, so that you can .... 3) Know how to recover from a stall in YOUR airplane. And once you know that... 4) Avoid stalling it unintentionally. I hope we can all agree on (at least) the above. You can find me at the "pitch vs. power" table at the Lancair dinner this summer... - Rob Wolf