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Old 28th Mar 2011, 01:44
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Pilot DAR
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Without wanting to spark a whole new debate, I will offer the following photo for an example. I took this in stable flight, during flight testing in a Navajo last week. I was applying full rudder to maintain control.

Though hard to see, the indicated airspeed is 10 MPH less than the red line, and the aircraft is banked to the right, slightly climbing in a left turn. The stall warning was sounding while I did this.

To be fair to Vmc(whichever - I'm not trying to incite an argument here), the prop is feathered, and not windmilling, and it was at altitude. Maximum power was applied on the right engine. This is becasue I was checking the general handling, and stalls, with light aft C of G. Vmc(whichever). I did stall the aircraft in this configuation, with no unusual outcome. I will be determining if the actual speed of Vmc was affected by the modification next week, with the prop windmilling.

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