Jeff Scott wrote: >>An example of a plane you don't stall: If you choose to do an approach >>stall in a Lancair 4 you do so with the gear down to prevent overspeeding >>the airframe during recovery. You can expect it to roll onto it's back as >>one wing will wash out quite abruptly and violently. It typically takes >>about 2000 feet to recover. You simply do not do departure stalls in that >>aircraft. Most Lancair 4 pilots will do one approach stall in their >>aircraft during training, which teaches them to completely avoid that part >>of the flight regime.<<
This pretty much sums up accelerated stalls in my KR for me. It's good to know I'm in good company, at least. Having said that, I do practice regular power-off (typical landing configuration) stalls all the time (often to check for improvements due to stuff like increased wing area or flap improvements). Now that I have a little more flying experience in my plane, I wouldn't mind another acclerated stall or two in my plane, but I'd definitely leave everything that wasn't bolted down in the hangar this time around! Didn't mean to start a big "KRs are dangerous" thread... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
