On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 09:35, David Megginson wrote: > Luke Scharf writes: > > > 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! > > Did you try the stall cross-controlled? Note that I'm not > recommending that, since it can put you inverted.
Unless this maneuver is already known to be fairly benign, it seems to me that this is the sort of thing that should only be done: 1) by a flight test pilot experienced in type 2) with a full set of tunnel data available for review 3) in increments of pedal input: 25%, 50%, etc. > > > 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? > > We have it loaded and balanced in or near utility, I think. > > > All the best, > > > David -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
