REFLECTOR: AOA

[John Youngblood]

I have an  Angle-of-Attack Pro System by Advanced Flight Systems. I also have a basic AOA read out in my GRT HXr.  It’s invaluable for providing accurate approach speeds to fly regardless of aircraft gross weight.  Just follow the “ball!”  Also, there’s no guessing on stall speeds.  I found a significant difference between stall speeds for a light load vs full gross weight on my XLRG.  Even in the Velocity,  a stall as you initially round out for landing will ruin your day.

John Y
N568Y


On Feb 24, 2014, at 8:27 AM, Stockman, Bill <bill.stockman at daytonaero.com> wrote:

> I have it with my Garmin G3X system.     Common advice is that it provides less useful info than on a traditional airplane.   
> It does provide info on steep approaches for short field landings or low speed landings or those too quick turns to final (after overshooting).     
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Ron N VelocityXLFG
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:11 AM
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> My Dynon  has the capability  to show AOA . From what  I have read about aoa, it does not sound like there is a great advantage to it in our canard style air planes since our stall happens with the canard stalling first and the nose drop and recover being  so easy.
>  What is the thought on having this tool at our fingertips. Helpful our not.
> 
> Ron
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