Constant Speed Prop vs Variable Engine Timing

Kevin Horton wrote snip

Well, the AOA limiter an the Airbus's is set very close to the stall. It
is well beyond where a stick shaker would be. The curve of lift vs AOA
tends to have a fairly flat top with modern swept wing jets, so once you
get up on top of that curve there isn't any benefit to pulling more AOA,
as you don't get any more lift. I wish there was some way to get in a FBW
Airbus sim with you. We could do two windshear recoveries - one using
full aft stick riding on the AOA limiter, and one in Direct Law, with no
AOA limiter. I'm convinced you would do better just using the AOA limiter.


I would enjoy that. You could be right.

For the record I think FADEC is great. Do you want it in your GA airplane?

Well, I'm a suspicious type, and I want to see some more service history
first to assure myself that they've sorted all the bugs out. So not on
my RV-8 project, but maybe on the next one.

Sounds very wise indeed. Great shots of your RV-8 by the way.

pac