Bart accidentally sent this to me, only. (Y'all be sure to send to the forum, ercoupe-t...@... and not ercoupe-tech-ow...@...)
I can see that there could be a slight difference in minimum speed due to trim tab position, Bart, but that's way bigger an effect than I would expect! Has anyone else ever measured this? Bart wrote: > > You can get the stall speed to change depending on where the elevator trim is set. With > power off and the trim in approximately cruise position, the stall, or "mush" occurs in my > airplane at just below 50 mph. If I trim for landing(nose up trim)the mush occurs at a little > above 50 mph. If I trim full nose down, a stall occurs at a little below 45 mph with a gentle > stall buffet but no "break". If you roll in some aileron during a stall in this configuration, > you get the buffet then a slight break with some apparent rotation which looks like a spin, > but it is not a spin. It's a spiral, and you can stop it by just rolling wings level and relaxing > back pressure. > Which leads me to overall flying rule #63. If the aircraft departs controlled flight, neutralize > the controls until you see something you recognize, then recover. > Bart >
