X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:38:05 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from betsy.gendns5.com ([65.254.38.234] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTPS id 3486316 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:05:24 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.254.38.234; envelope-from=paul@tbm700.com Received: from [97.104.166.196] (port=50782 helo=[192.168.1.117]) by betsy.gendns5.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LWxuV-0002iK-Ap for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:04:44 -0500 X-Original-Message-Id: From: paul miller X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-159-434927675 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Accident Narrative X-Original-Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:04:41 -0700 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - betsy.gendns5.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lancaironline.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tbm700.com --Apple-Mail-159-434927675 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit How true Dennis (about getting it backwards). Paul Miller Legacy N357V On 10-Feb-09, at 11:32 AM, Dennis Johnson wrote: > The tail provides negative lift in level flight, pushing the nose > down, not up. If the open canopy blanketed the tail, I think the > nose would have pitched up, not down. > > I point this out for two reasons: > > 1. It's an important concept that all of us pilots sometimes get > backwards and that can lead us to make incorrect decisions with > possibly bad outcomes. > > --Apple-Mail-159-434927675 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable How true Dennis (about getting = it backwards).

Paul Miller
Legacy = N357V



On 10-Feb-09, = at 11:32 AM, Dennis Johnson wrote:

The tail provides negative lift in = level flight, pushing the nose down, not up.  If the open = canopy blanketed the tail, I think the nose would have pitched up, not = down.  
 
I point this out for two = reasons:
 
1.  It's an important concept = that all of us pilots sometimes get backwards and that can lead = us to make incorrect decisions  with possibly bad = outcomes.