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It's becoming increasingly obvious that the
different Lancair models cannot be grouped together for purposes of this
discussion as the subject "Lancair Stalls" suggests. As Roberto has shown,
even individual planes can be unique.
I cannot comment on other than my LNC2,
small tail 360, 1990 vintage.
As I fly slow flight into a stall regime, the
plane handles beautifully with lots of stall warning, buffet and shaking and the
stick turns progressively to mush.
As I provoke it further into a deep stall, a wing
will drop and it can be either wing. It may go to 90 deg of bank
or more - very quickly - and may start to spin. If I try to control the
plane with any use of rudder, it will immediately spin in the direction of the
rudder. I cannot keep the plane from spinning by fighting it with
rudder, - when opposite rudder is used the plane reverses spin
direction. I have never let it spin more than a half turn or
so.
Recovery is immediate when the stall is broken and
rudder opposite any spin HOWEVER this may be from some inverted
angle.
I don't know if it would recover from a developed
spin and don't need to know.
My background as a T-37 flight instructor
was heavy with stall / spin / unusual attitude training. The sort of spin
training you can get from most flight schools today in a stable, low performance
aircraft will not prepare you for this in a LNC2.
A common accident scenario is the high speed
pass followed by a steep climb, stall and spin. If flown all the way
to a vertical stall, I find the resultant stall is very deep and does require
some time, altitude and finesse
for a recovery. Again, not experience that
can be had in most spam cans.
Others on this list have recommended various
methods of higher performance training like aerobatics and dogfighting
schools. I wholeheartedly agree.
Write to me off list if you can't find what
you need and want to fly with me.
I'll help anyone I can.
Once again, my LNC2 has shown reliable stall
/ spin avoidance and recovery capabilities but "results may differ".
Mark Ravinski
N360KB 1310 hrs
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