Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #13915
From: dave morss <morss@pacbell.net>
Sender: Marvin Kaye <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: stalls
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 19:35:12 -0400
To: <lml>

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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