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Old 09-15-2007 | 02:54 PM
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Default RE: Crashed and not exactly sure why


ORIGINAL: griesel

It must have tip stalled because it happened so fast. I would have thought that differential aileron travel would have reduced tip stall.
Differential helps yaw the airplane into the roll. Very often, when a wing is close to stall any downgoing ailerons pushes the airfoil past the stall angle of attack. Remember, the TE of the aileron is the TE of the airfoil. And if it goes down, the AOA changes with the movement of that aileron. As fast as that aileron is moved. Which is faster and farther than the wing on that side can probably handle without stalling.

Using aileron to turn when low and slow is not the safe way to fly.

To practice slow flight will require going back to a buddy box because I don't have the skills to recover from a spin.
You probably do. Take the airplane up two mistakes high. Do all the slow flight straight upwind. Most of the stalls you'll see will be relatively slow. Remember the fullscale lessons.


On a go around less than full throttle, hold elevator and an earlier decision. The fast decision is the hard part because it seems things are happening at the plane a lot faster than the brain is working.
You need to back off trying to come up with a list of things to do when whatever happens happens. "On a go around...... whatever..... you should....." On a go around with any throttle position you do whatever needs to be done with the elevator to fly the airplane along the path you want it to fly. And you do with the throttle whatever needs to be done to make the airplane go along the path you want it to fly. Same with rudder. It's ok to keep in mind the idea that ailerons aren't the best choice when low and slow, but that's not really a recipe.

A go around can be full throttle or less. Don't setup some rigid recipe for go arounds. You're definitely going to need more throttle, but heck, whatever more is enough to give the airplane a comfortable climb will be good.

You need to forget the list of recipes. Learn to fly the airplane where you want it to go. If the amount of elevator isn't doing it, if the throttle isn't enough, give them what is needed.

It's a fun hobby. And not everyone gets to do it. We're lucky ain't we.