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Roy Smith wrote:
Researching a question from a club member, I read in the FAR's: § 23.207 Stall warning. [...] (b) The stall warning may be furnished either through the inherent aerodynamic qualities of the airplane or by a device that will give clearly distinguishable indications under expected conditions of flight. Every plane I've ever flown has a mechanical stall warning device (some visual, some aural), but apparantly it's possible to certify a plane without one. Does anybody know of any real life examples of planes certified without stall warning devices? Roy, I own a Piper Pacer (PA22/20, Tripacer converted to Tailwheel configuration) It was originally built by Piper in 1958 (fairly late model as TriPacers go). It has no stall warning vane/switch/horn/light, and never had one. None of the PA12/14/20/22 series do. Dunno about PA18. This one has STCed add-on very droopy wingtips (inverted winglet). The stall is very benign. Prestall indication is a slight buffet, followed by the nose dropping (assuming you keep the yoke full back, i.e. you are not proactively helping it recover), followed by self recovery as a slight dive, followed by the nose going back up again for another mini-stall... Sort of a "nodding" motion. btw- the stall occurs at an indicated airspeed of ~45mph... MikeM PA22/20 Pacer '00Z see http://home.utah.edu/~mgm17160/Island/flying.jpg |
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