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Old 16th Oct 2014, 09:57
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Shaggy Sheep Driver
 
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Ariels, the last thing I want to do is pull anyone away from what keeps them safe in the air. Robust discussion about 'clicking' such as we enjoy in this thread simply presents the experiences of pilots here. And of course, I don't know your aircraft, in which it may not be practical to experience frequent excursions to the wrong side of the drag curve, and the wrong side of the critical angle of attack.

But hopefully you will have picked up that the ASI is not always a 'get out of jail free' card where stalling is concerned.

BTW the best way, in my experience, to appreciate the lack of a connection between the ASI and AoA, and to teach a pilot to fly by attitude and 'feel' (especially regarding flow breakaway in the stall), is to regularly participate in aeros. Not everyone's cup of milk I know, and of course you need to be in a certified aerobatic aeroplane (please don't ever try to aerobat a non-aerobatic type - one of my PPL instructors killed himself and another guy doing that just after I'd qualified back in the late 70s).
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