REFLECTOR:accidents/incidents

[Jim Sower]

Now here I had always thought that if your CG was within limits and you did that, the
plane would go right on through flat and deep stalled on its way to straight down.
I'm pretty sure I've done that in my EZ with no ill effects.  I'm pretty sure about
half the canard community has too.
I think if that were true there'd be dead canards splattered all over the country ...
Jim S.

Pat Shea wrote:

> Pssst!
>
>  If you point the nose straight up, the airspeed will
> eventually bleed down to zero & the main wing will
> stall. From there, the plane may even enter a deep
> stall from which you can't recover. This is why
> certain aerobatics (i.e. loops) are riskier in canards
> than in tractor planes. A properly rigged & loaded
> Velocity, like most canards, is only stall proof
> within the "normal" flight envelope.
>
> Pat
>
> --- Scott <scott@tnstaafl.net> wrote:
>
> >Well, this is completely contrary to all I have
> >heard from people who fly these planes for a living.
> >
> >Are you passing on rumor of have you actually done
> >it?
>
> >>But even the current design can be pushed into a
> >>wing stall if you work at it.
>
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Jim Sower
Crossville, TN; Chapter 5
Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T