Thread
:
Stalls??
View Single Post
#
57
February 14th 08, 09:42 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]
external usenet poster
Posts: 2,969
Stalls??
John Smith wrote in
:
In article ,
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
WingFlaps wrote in
news:b0142804-b73a-49e9-8670-
:
On Feb 15, 4:11*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
If you're flying a Luscombe and afraid of stalls, please stop
flying it. Far too many have been wrecked already.
I don't understand this, are you saying that they stall all the
time - please explain?
No, but the stall, while not violent, is not as wussy as a 150 or
cherokee's stall. It's one of the easiest to spin light airplanes
ever ( it's stall-spin accident rate is ferocious) and it's approach
speed is neccesarily fairly low so as to avoid floating. It's a
wonderful airplane. I've owned three. But it is not an airplane that
suffers fools gladly. And anyone who flies one and shies away form
stalling it because it makes him uncomfortable is a future statistic.
You have to know every way that airplane can enter a spin and what
every type of stall looks and feels like or you are not safe to fly
it.
A Luscombe doesn't give the pilot as much warning as many similar
airplanes will. Instead of nibbling at the stall with a buffet, the
Luscombe can break abruptly.
That's right. It's airfoil gives a more laminar flow that somethign like
a Cub. Add to this long wings, gobs of adverse yaw and an extremely
light and powerful rudder and you have one easily spun airplane. It's
also fairly lightly loaded and relatively low powered.
Bertie
Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]
View Public Profile
View message headers
Find all posts by Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]
Find all threads started by Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]