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Old March 28th 08, 08:46 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
Roger[_4_]
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Default Washout?

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:39:03 -0700, "Rich S."
wrote:

"cavelamb himself" wrote in message
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Just checkin'

Some guys like to think it's the airfoil.


Gotcha. It's a bit ironic. You go to all the trouble to build a neat looking
elliptical wing (I love a Spit and a Jug for that reason) and you get a
sharper stall than a plain jane rectangular wing. 'Taint fair!

So, what's wrong with the sharper stall? You just learn to handle it.
According to Ball's Book on Bonanzas the Early Debs don't have any
washout (just a small stall strip) and they do have an abrupt stall
with a strong tendency to drop a wing in the landing configuration.
The stall is abrupt clean or in departure stalls, but predictable and
easily handled with no altitude loss.. They are a "rudder only"
airplane in the stall, but with practice you can learn to hold the
yoke back and keep it stalled while using the rudder to keep it
balanced. It does take practice and this is going far beyond stall
recovery.

When it drops a wing, you keep the ailerons neutral, ease off on the
back pressure and stand on the opposite rudder to stop the turn. You
do NOT shove the nose down unless you want every thing in back up
front with you or on the glare shield.

Departure stalls and accelerated stalls (clean) and approach (landing
configuration) can be handled nicely if done promptly with the
appropriate inputs at the break.

No, I'd not recommend them for student pilots, pilots who only do
things mechanically, and pilots who don't practice until the recovery
becomes instinctive. But these characteristics are pretty much a fact
of life for most high performance aircraft and particularly older
ones.

Rich S.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com