I had the pleasure of flying with one of the Eurofighter test pilots in my 360 in the UK. He asked me if he could put it through a mini "test program" to get a feel for the plane (no extreme maneuvers).
The only comment he made after landing was that he was surprised how little stall warning it gave (although it does stall with modest wing drop).
He thought that my AOA was a GREAT idea for that plane. (I have the Advanced Pro angle of attack).
My Legacy stall is similar, albeit with a little more warning (of course I put the AOA on that). I would be curious how many of these Lancair stall accident aircraft had functioning AOAs.
Regards
Clark
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From: "Bill Harrelson" <n5zq@verizon.net>
Sender: "Lancair Mailing List" <lml@lancaironline.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:50:37 -0500 To: <lml@lancaironline.net> ReplyTo: "Lancair Mailing List" <lml@lancaironline.net>
Subject: [LML] Re: stalls
Bill,
Talk to Jeff. I would agree with your stall ideas
in just about any airplanes other than Lancairs. They are different...very
different from other airplane types and very different among samples of the same
Lancair type. Neither of my Lancairs, the 320 or the IV, give any warning at all
before a stall. No buffett, no burble...nothing. If you do a full stall in a IV
plan for a break that will be hard and abrupt. Have you actually stalled your
Lancair?
Please speak to Jeff privately. He has
investigated far too many Lancair accidents to pass on his good
advice.
Bill Harrelson
N5ZQ 320 2,150 hrs
N6ZQ IV 75 hrs.
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 6:03 PM
Subject: [LML] Re: stalls
Bill,
I respectfully disagree with just about everything you are saying here.
Would you please contact me offline or give me you number so I can call
you?
Jeff Edwards
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