Wayne Gillispie
Well Known Member
Power at idle...mine stalls at 54 kias full gross, full flaps, near aft cg limit with family and baggage. Our descent rate is 900 fpm. With full flaps there is very little to no tail shake before stalling due to increased wing downwash. This can make it very dangerous in the pattern if the incorrect response is made.
It stalls at 64 kias with flaps set to reflex. With no flaps, I have to hold stick full aft with "rocking horse" motion as tail gets into wing wake/downwash. Difficult to get into a deep stall with no flaps. Our descent rate is 1400 fpm.
Flying solo, cg about 3/4" aft of fwd limit and full fuel, these numbers drop about 6 kias.
On landing, at stall 1' or less AGL, my IAS is about 8 kts higher. Of course I don't pay any attention to ASI once below 10' or so.
During stall practice my ailerons still have a little effectiveness, but I always raise the wing with rudder. We practice as often as possible.
We get about 2 nm glide for every 1000' agl with prop full aft/coarse pitch, engine at idle, mixture leaned for altitude. We descend at 500 fpm at 80-85 kias. Glide Ratio= 10:1. With prop forward Glide Ratio goes to 8.5:1 and descent rate to 800 fpm.
It stalls at 64 kias with flaps set to reflex. With no flaps, I have to hold stick full aft with "rocking horse" motion as tail gets into wing wake/downwash. Difficult to get into a deep stall with no flaps. Our descent rate is 1400 fpm.
Flying solo, cg about 3/4" aft of fwd limit and full fuel, these numbers drop about 6 kias.
On landing, at stall 1' or less AGL, my IAS is about 8 kts higher. Of course I don't pay any attention to ASI once below 10' or so.
During stall practice my ailerons still have a little effectiveness, but I always raise the wing with rudder. We practice as often as possible.
We get about 2 nm glide for every 1000' agl with prop full aft/coarse pitch, engine at idle, mixture leaned for altitude. We descend at 500 fpm at 80-85 kias. Glide Ratio= 10:1. With prop forward Glide Ratio goes to 8.5:1 and descent rate to 800 fpm.
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