----- Original Message ----- From: "David Russo" <davru...@comcast.net> To: "'Patrick and Robin Russo'" <patru...@myfairpoint.net> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 8:46 PM Subject: RE: KR> Flaps Effectiveness?
> That sounds right, but you could equally make the plane stall with flaps > up > in a 3 point attitude with minor changes. Also one doesn't want to stall > and hit the mains first as it causes porposing and lots of control > problems. > Hitting tail first is preferable. In several Pipers I've flown that have > no > flaps, if you try to do a full-stall landing, the tailwheel hits first. > Some airplanes tend to roll rapidly during a stall so setting the landing > a > few knots higher than stall speed isn't a bad idea. Don't forget the > influence of ground effect on low-wing airplanes, effect of weight and CG > position on stall speed (it is a significant difference), and control > authority and so-on. And if everything is still the way it was designed. > The possibilities are varied and almost endless. We can strive to design > the perfect plane or learn to fly the existing one.
