Hi Guys,
I was in a flight test\checkout flight out of shoreham seated as a passenger in the back and also in the P1 seat later on. Autos were conducted on a number of ocassions. Auto speed is 85kts and was initiated in straight and level flight at approx 3000'. The aircraft does not have YSAS (in fact
AFAIK it's the only one left in the U.K.)
It's certainly an interesting ride down. It felt quite under control, but the instructor makes a point of showing the VSI which is beyond the 2,500fpm descent mark. You can clearly work out that at 1000' agl you have about 20 seconds to sort your s**t out before meeting mother earth..
I have got photos and some video from the flight, but I can't remember whether I took any during the auto (when I was in the back obviously).
Joel