It's not so much the "angle of bank" as it is your angle of attack. Anything but "ball" in the center at high angle of attack is asking for an ugly departure and perhaps a spin entry.

I was told during a factory demo that the plane (Lancair 360) could be flown with "your feet on the floor". Very untrue in my experience. Active use of rudder is essential for coordinated flight in anything but the mildest turns at cruise speed.

If you want to make rudder use intuitive, do a lot of slow-flight practice. It won't take long.

Bill Kennedy
N42BK

> To: lml@lancaironline.net
> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:42:37 -0400
> From: frederickmoreno@bigpond.com
> Subject: [LML] FW: [LML] Re: FAA RESCINDS INFO LETTER
>
> Does your hangar group think
> some of the accidents also involved lack of proper rudder control during
> the turn, especially when they tighten the bank?
>
> John Schroeder
>
> Could be, but not discussed. However, it is, I think, generally well known
> that sometimes pilots like to lean on the rudder peddle to accelerate the
> nose coming around, and this can cause major problems with the inside wing
> calling it a day. It just adds to the sequence of mistakes.
>
> So maybe the last error is:
>
> "The Lancair pilot, seeing he is overshooting the centreline, and knowing he
> should not bank any steeper, unconsciously leans on the inside rudder peddle
> to tighten up the turn to final. Stall spin crash burn."
>
> Good point. Something else to watch for.
>
> F
>
>
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