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Subject: Europa Stall Behavior
From: James M. Bavendam <james@bavendam.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 08:01:54
Tony S. Krzyzewski wrote:
> I've flown a number of Europas now and the three Classics I have flown
> without stall strips are quite a handful in a fully developed flap down
> stall. You still get the buffet but if you push it further then the
> reaction can, as Graham says, be vicious. On ZK-NWM without stall strips
> my first fully developed flap down stall had me inverted in a spin entry
> and took over 400 feet to recover from.... not something I'd look
> forward to on approach! 

I understand that Tony's remarks refer specifically to the Classic 
models he has flown.  Has anyone had experiences like this in an XS?

James B.



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