On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 08:34, David Megginson wrote:
> In a real Skyhawk, it's 50:50 whether the nose will even drop much if
> I pull the yoke all the way back; often, I just get mild buffetting as
> the nose drops a couple of degrees, picks up speed, and lifts up again
> and the plane mushes on forward.  There's never any roll in a
> power-off stall, though a power-on stall can sometimes cause a slight
> incipient spin.

I've had the same experience in the Cessna 172E Skyhawk that I fly.  I
can add this to Dave's observations: I haven't been able to cause the
nose to drop in an attempted descending power-off turn stall.  Some at
Cessna did a GREAT job with this aircraft!

BUT, I've never tried to stall a C-172E fully loaded -- I fly in the
utility category most of the time.  So, our observations may not be
valid, depending on how the simulated aircraft is loaded.

How is the model in question balanced?

Thanks,
-Luke

-- 
Luke Scharf, Jack of Several Trades
http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/~lscharf


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