Bill let me interject a thought. In the certified world your attitude would
be correct. these are not certified planes. I try to stall on every first
flight. I consider myself current and above average in skill,I have run an
aerobatic school and am a current airshow pilot.In over ten years of testing
lancairs I think Ive learned what to look for and how to determine if appropriate
to try a stall. Ive been past vertical and well into a spin twice in normal
flying lancairs that look and feel like the other 99% of lancairs. When testing
a plane pilot performance is paramount, I always try and tell a pilot not
to try anything he's not sure of. Apprehension is normal but worry will inhibit
your performance. If a pilot is worried about stalls in a lancair it may not
mean he needs stall instruction but that he recognizes the differences likely
to occur in a lancair during construction and acknowledges that these are
experimental aircraft. One of the two times I broke my back was doing stall
testing in a prototype. Please don't use bravado to minimize the real risks
involved in flight test.
dave
ps just my opinion I could be wrong
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