Hi again Doc - I'm in no position to make any claims of expert status in anything aviation. I tried a V35 a few years ago (ILJ) and with limited Bonza time (about 20 hr) I thought before I go boggng into the dark and cloud I'll get a feel for the thing. I quite enjoyed everything I did in it including simple power off stalls, steep turns etc, until I tried the aforementioned climbing turning stall. It simply snapped; no buffet, no warning, and scared me silly. It sure as hell made me aware of configuration and performance in the circuit.
Don't get me wrong; I like Bonzas (just ask Chuck). But I now have a very healthy respect for the operating parameters of the V35. If that was perhaps an idiosyncracy of that particular bird, that is OK; it still had the effect of making me neurotic about staying out of that zone, which is not necessarily a bad thing with limited time on type.
'Sideshow Bob'; I love it
