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Hi
Listers
In a
very early state of my building of a 360 I got a test ride in one of the company
(or employee) 320/360 planes at Sun-n-Fun, because I wanted to know how this
plane behaved. I asked the owner how high we were allowed to go in this area. He
asked what I wanted. I would like to go to 6000' to make some stall tests. He
told me in a very relaxed manner that I could make my stall test where we were
in 2600, that should cause no problem. I thought he want to come down in
one piece so I reduced the power while maintaining altitude with the stick. I am
not a high-time pilot, but I had no problems keeping the wings level. There were
a slight buffet at a time, but not much. The plane (this specific creature) was
very stable, and the owner had to point out to me that we were stalled as the
VSI showed some -800 fpm, and he jokingly said I could chose to lower the nose -
it felt like 45 degrees up, but was presumably only 20 - or just open the
throttle and it would fly with that pitch angle. Very stable plane in a complete
stall, no frills at all. Spin is another story I would not try - even with a
qualified instructor besides me - below 10000'.
Best regards
Villi H. Seemann
Sen. Eng. BSEE
Telephony Team
Nordic Processor (Nordea/IBM)
Phone (+45) 3333 2101
Cell ph. (+45) 2220 7690
FAX (+45) 3333 1130
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