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| Subject: | Re: Stall Spin characteristics of the Pietenpol? |
[quote="aviatorbell(at)yahoo.com"]Rob, I have been flying my father's Piet NX92GB
quite a bit in the last few weeks, which has a corvair engine. I have done
both power on and off stalls. If rigged properly, I think you would have to
really try to get in to a spin. Even with the nose up in about a 40 degree angle
and a full stall it doesn't seem to fall off into a spin. I would be a little
scared to intentionally spin a piet. I think it would recover fine but could
exceed vne if your not carefull. Keep your CG where it is called for in
the plans, Keep it cordinated when flying, and as far as a stall lower the nose
and your flying again. Unless you were tail heavy I think the tail "stalls"
(quits holding the nose up) well before the wing stalls. We also put about
1-1.5 inches of washout in our wing, so the tip stalls last, and it will help
keep the stall gental.
Shad
that gives answers, not web links.
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My Corvair/Piet stalls exactly the same, does not fall off left or right, just
mushes. Much easier to spin a C-150 than my Piet.
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Rick Holland
NX6819Z
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| Subject: | Re: Stall Spin characteristics of the Pietenpol? |
My experience in 41CC with stalls of all different flavors is much the same as
you others have experienced. If I have a full fuel tank (mine is a header tank,
not up in the wing), it's difficult to get the nose up in a power-off stall
and keep it there enough for it to break. The plane just mushes and bobs. I
don't want to try snapping it up so I don't know if I could whip it into a break.
Power-on, the nose gets ridiculously high and it mushes. Using my feet
to pick up a wing that starts to want to dip, I can hold it there all day, or
until the ground comes up to meet me.
My instructor who checked me out in the Piet has extensive experience flying aerobatics
and was a professional duster pilot in his earlier years. He told me
that he wouldn't feel comfortable spinning the airplane because he didn't think
there was as much rudder authority as he'd like. He didn't say it was dangerous
or it wouldn't spin, he just recommended against me trying it and that was
all I needed to know.
Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
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Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop
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| Subject: | Re: Stall Spin characteristics of the Pietenpol? |
Oops... sorry Rob, I just went back to read your original post and you were asking
about Corvair Piets. Mine has a Continental up front. As you were...
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Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop
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