Thanks Ron
The video of the skidded turn is great! I was first taught 50 years ago to
always coordinate turns. No reason was given that an emphasis was placed on
landing pattern turns sans the reason why. I have always tried to
coordinate turns at all times and was not aware of the problem at low
speeds.
I am not quite flying but I would like to hear the experience of you fly
guys or girls if you practice it in landing configuration at altitude. I
will practice it when I fly, not just for my own learning but for others
that I can preach to..
Tom XS/mono/Jab/airmaster/RiteAngleAoA/N96victor/EllensburgWA
On 8/9/06, rparigor@suffolk.lib.ny.us <rparigor@suffolk.lib.ny.us> wrote:
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> Saw this on a RV Newsgroup.
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> Ron Parigoris
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> http://www.apstraining.com/clips/skidded_turn_high.wmv
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> The real problem is stalling while in an uncoordinated turn. In a normal
> stall, your wing stalls near the root first - that turbulent air hits the
> tail and gives you whatever buffet you're going to get, depending on the
> plane.
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> In a skidded turn, the stall happens further out on the wing and there's
> no warning at all - the turbulent air 'misses' the tail. Worse, the first
> part of the wing to stall is right out there near the inside wing's
> aileron, so you basically lose that too.
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> The point is that even in a plane that usually gives lots of warning
> before stalling, you likely won't get the same warning in an
> uncoordinated, turning 'traffic-pattern-type' stall.
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> See very cool video here.
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