"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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WingFlaps wrote:
I watched the terrible carsh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaimogfse9c

I was wondering, after he got on the backside of the power curve and
committed to flight, could he have recovered it by putting out more
flaps?

Cheers

Don't think so. Back side behavior depends on how deep you are into the
back side. There is an area (as in slow flight) as you go into reverse
command where to maintain altitude on the back side you need to apply
power. You can do this until you max the available power. At that point
available power gives way to developing sink rate. Go past that point and
into a sink rate and the only way out is to reduce angle of attack. This
is what many in the flight test community refer to as a "coffin corner",
not of course to be confused with the classic aerodynamic coffin corner
experienced at altitude associated with mach crit vs stall speed.

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Dudley Henriques

Wow, and I bet they all called you the Undertaker, uh.