From: RWolf99@aol.com
Message-ID: <35.8d743cf.26c7996a@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 02:25:46 EDT
Subject: AoA and Stall Warning
To: lancair.list@olsusa.com
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This is one area where my humble Cessna 150 really shines -- at the slow end 
of the flight envelope!  I really like the stall warning system.  We've all 
heard it wheeze at first, followed by a weak bleat at AoA is increased, 
transitioning to a constant whine a few knots above stall, with a load blare 
just before the stall is reached.  Plus, once you stall, it goes off (in case 
you didn't notice the earth now straight in front of you rather than 
below...)  Easy to test, too, by sucking on the wing during a preflight.  
IMHO, Wichita got this one right.

I don't care about how accurate the damn thing is.  I care how consistent it 
is.  It sounds the same every time I stall, and that's what I want.  I also 
like the graduated warning feature -- unlike those vane/switches in the 
leading edges of some aircraft, which are either full on or full off.

Actually, if I didn't think I'd get laughed off the airport, I'd cut the 
thing out of a Cessna 150 and stick it on my Lancair!

Oh, one other thing, it's much harder to hear with ANR headsets.  Guess those 
weren't around when 150's were invented!

- Rob Wolf
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