"Flying slow is not for the uninformed, and maybe not for most."

Guys, if you can't fly slowly, you can't fly that airplane! You need a training or a more simple airplane. How do you handle a traffic pattern and landing if you can't fly slow? If you are not able to do everything required for a biannual, including slow flight, with proficiency, you aren't qualified to fly your plane. Get training, not gadgets!

 

 

Bill,

 

I can fly as slow as the next guy, but why. What is your definition of slow flying? 1 knot above stalling AOA, 2knots or maybe 10 knots? What?

 

This discussion started with trying to figure out how not to crash a Lancair. Normal traffic pattern speeds are not my idea of “slow flying”. As a result, when someone talks about doing “slow flying, in a Lancair, at traffic pattern altitudes the hair on the back of my neck starts to rise. IMO, Lancair airplanes should only be flown in the “slow flight” envelope above an altitude from which you can recover from the worst possible outcome of flying in that envelope.

 

Lynn Farnsworth