Most of my 1,000 hours of PIC time is in my old Cessna 210.  It only goes half as fast as a IV-P, and has never scared me.  What am I getting in to with the IV-P?  Where can I read about the flight characteristics of the bird?  What happens if you stall a Lancair?  Does it recover?  Does it spin?  Is huge altitude required to recover?  What should I know/read/do as I get into this?

 

John,

 

I have not stalled the IV-P but the ES-P stalls just fine with reasonable buffet and no wing drop, and that is without the stall strips that I intend to add for some extra announcement of impending stall.  My plane has the AoA as well - Bitchin' Betty might get through on some foggy night approach when I inadvertantly get too low and slow.  The cautions voiced on the LML are just suggestions, allowing you to make boring - not exciting - flights and approaches. 

 

Robert M. Simon

ES-P N301ES