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Old 8th May 2003, 15:55
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Circuit Basher

 
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Stik - 'RESPECT, MON'

Well done - goes without saying that managing to avoid bending one of the oh too few flying machines made your existence on this earth worthwhile!

I've had something akin (but under much more benign flight conditions) happen on a 160hp Lycoming. Doing stalls in the Fuji with a pax, progressively increasing the steepness of the pre-stall approach, had the donk stop when at high alpha (but no wing drop / rotational component). Again, slightly raised adrenalin levels, but stuffed the nose towards the deck and kept the prop rotating and it then recovered without further intervention.

Not too frightening except when the glide characteristics of the Fuji are considered - it's time for rapid (and CORRECT!) decisions when it all goes quiet in a Fuji!
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