| Why -- WHY? - don't you guys just make yourselves a simple AOA vane that you can watch when flying at high AOAs? Is you life worth having your planes look 'pretty'?
I have been making steep turns on Final for 40 years, with my AOA vane.,, no sweat!
Terrence
On Jan 2, 2013, at 7:11 AM, David M. Powell CRFA wrote: I have made the decision prior to purchasing to avoid stalls altogether in my 360. After reading the stall and stall spin accident information, I just don't think it's worth the risk. On take-off, I stay in ground effect for the half second it takes to make it into the green after wheels up; on landing, I approach well above stall for my flap configuration, and let the speed bleed off only a few feet above the threshold. During normal flight, I don't even get near a typical slow flight speed. Too many variables in a home built airplane with no precise envelope, a header tank that is PROBABLY where I think it is, but could be off by 30 or 40 pounds if the gauge is stuck; possible extra wait in the tail area (water retention after heavy rain). Colyn, As I said, AVOID STEEP TURNS IN THE PATTERN. If you are flying low under the hood, I hope you have a well qualified safety pilot No virus found in this message.
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