---------------------------------------------------------- RV-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 01/07/13: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:19 AM - Re: AOA unitsAOA units (Valovich, Paul) 2. 08:22 AM - Re: AOA unitsAOA units (Linn) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:19:25 AM PST US From: "Valovich, Paul" Subject: Re: RV-List: AOA unitsAOA units I have an AFS Pro AOA displayed on my 4500 in my -8A - and never use it. Never thought I'd say the above since I'm a former 30 year Navy carrier guy who never used airspeed for landing or maneuvering. I've spent a lot of time exploring the low speed flight envelope and am pre tty comfortable maneuvering the -8A by feel and an occasional glance at the 4500 airspeed readout and separate g meter. For me (your site picture / butt feel may vary) it was becoming very famili ar with the nose position required to hold 70 kts in a normal approach - an d being willing to respond to the weird short hair feelings when excessive angle of bank / g's are introduced in the pattern during an abnormal approa ch. And being willing to let go of the stick for instantaneous recovery dur ing acro. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:22:21 AM PST US From: Linn Subject: Re: RV-List: AOA unitsAOA units I'm always amazed at the question in conversation about my Pitts ...... what airspeed do you flare at? How would I know? I'm far more interested in where I'm crashing than how fast it's happening!!!! :-P When you have a lot of hours in any airplane your senses will come into full play .... your hearing, stick forces, and sight picture will keep you out of trouble. Like me, it may take a few landings that aren't pretty ..... but I look at them as training aids. Having said that, I'm installing AOA in my RV-10 just because it's built into my MGL Odysseys. Never paid any attention to the stall warning horns before so I don't see that changing. Might be fun to play with though!!! Linn On 1/7/2013 10:18 AM, Valovich, Paul wrote: > > I have an AFS Pro AOA displayed on my 4500 in my -8A -- and never use it. > > Never thought I'd say the above since I'm a former 30 year Navy > carrier guy who never used airspeed for landing or maneuvering. > > I've spent a lot of time exploring the low speed flight envelope and > am pretty comfortable maneuvering the -8A by feel and an occasional > glance at the 4500 airspeed readout and separate g meter. > > For me (your site picture / butt feel may vary) it was becoming very > familiar with the nose position required to hold 70 kts in a normal > approach -- and being willing to respond to the weird short hair > feelings when excessive angle of bank / g's are introduced in the > pattern during an abnormal approach. And being willing to let go of > the stick for instantaneous recovery during acro. > > * > > > * > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.