The F8 Crusader – a Korean war single seat fighter used by the Navy was particularly nasty for stalls. You would expect to enter a spin as a result and once in that regime, you MIGHT be able to stop the spin and recover in something over 12,000 feet of lost altitude. Not a pretty picture.
One characteristic of the bird is that in high G maneuvers it would “depart” before it would stall/spin. That feature would give the pilot a fraction of a second to release the control input and maybe avoid the impending nightmare scenario. A departure feels very similar to the end of the acceleration during a catapult shot off the carrier. One microsecond you feel tremendous G forces and suddenly you feel as if you go to zero G. I think that is probably very close to what is happening. A departure is really likely nothing more than a high G stall.
Don’t ask me how I know what those sensations are like. LOL
John Barrett
From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Frederick Moreno
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:31 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Stall Speeds, Wing Cuffs, Vortex Generators for Lancair 4p
Is it just me or does anyone else find it just a bit disturbing that the Lancairs have such "fearsome" stall characteristics ? Many swept wing aircraft and early high performance aircraft with high wing loadings were flown with the admonition "Never stall this airplane." It is not something new. My instructor who was a national aerobatic champion, flew a Lancair IV around the world and drives Airbus products said words to the effect "One should never be surprised when an aircraft stalls, benign behavior or otherwise. It means you have not been paying attention. With this aircraft and many others, particularly jet aircraft, you need to always pay attention to airspeed." Pay attention to airspeed and stalls are not an issue. |
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