Re: accident sonex N610DJ
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 4:01 pm
Reading this thread to this point I would like to offer two thoughts:
1. Remember Bob Hoover's adage, "fly the airplane as far into the crash as you can" and what this means is if you loose control of the airplane (stall, spin, etc.) while still in the air you become a passenger with likely much worse results. You cannot defy the laws of physics and extend a glide by pulling back and stalling, you must instead gently turn to the best of what may be no very good options.
2. Pre stall buffet in low wing airplanes is generally caused by disturbed air from the wing hitting the horizontal tail surfaces. In Vee Tail (and Y Tail) airplanes (Waiex and Bonanza) much of the tail surfaces are above this disturbed air, so not so much (if any in some configurations) pre stall buffet is experienced in these airplanes. For example, my conventional tail Debonair gives a tremendous buffet and shake prior to an actual stall, while the same airplane (Bonanza) with the Vee Tail gives very little pre-stall buffet.
1. Remember Bob Hoover's adage, "fly the airplane as far into the crash as you can" and what this means is if you loose control of the airplane (stall, spin, etc.) while still in the air you become a passenger with likely much worse results. You cannot defy the laws of physics and extend a glide by pulling back and stalling, you must instead gently turn to the best of what may be no very good options.
2. Pre stall buffet in low wing airplanes is generally caused by disturbed air from the wing hitting the horizontal tail surfaces. In Vee Tail (and Y Tail) airplanes (Waiex and Bonanza) much of the tail surfaces are above this disturbed air, so not so much (if any in some configurations) pre stall buffet is experienced in these airplanes. For example, my conventional tail Debonair gives a tremendous buffet and shake prior to an actual stall, while the same airplane (Bonanza) with the Vee Tail gives very little pre-stall buffet.