Extra slow flight - Ground speed that is! - Video

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Windy today so figured it would be a good day for "slow flight" 20
knots on the surface so I was curious what it was above my head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kyjc7y1aAI

For safety reasons, I did not go to stall speed on the airspeed
indicator since my hand was not on the throttle for recovery. I could
have easily gotten the ground speed to single digits as I still had 10
knots above stall speed on the ASI.

Incredibly, the air was glass smooth above the scattered clouds as
demonstrated by my passenger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-zwDkNzn-8

[Morgans[_2_]]

Cool! You are going to have to zoom or get closer to see the speed on the
GPS, for me, at least. Like half of the moving map in the full
picture-close, I think!

I just had another idea you might like, too.

How about you start your title of each video with the date in just numbers,
like 022709.

What I am thinking, is that this would order your videos by date, on
youtube. That would be handy for me, when I don't have time to watch them
at the time I am checking the groups, I would not have to send a link to
myself, of mark it for favorites, or mark the post as unread- all I would
have to do is go to your page later, and yout last post would be in order by
the date.

Something to consider?

Keep up the posts. Good to see flying when we can't get up, ourselves.
--
Jim in NC

[BeechSundowner]

On Feb 27, 6:06*pm, "Morgans" > wrote:
> Cool! *You are going to have to zoom or get closer to see the speed on the
> GPS, for me, at least. *Like half of the moving map in the full
> picture-close, I think!
>
> I just had another idea you might like, too.
>
> How about you start your title of each video with the date in just numbers,
> like 022709.

Hey Jim

I appreciate your compliments!

Would http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=BeechSundowner&view=videos
work?

This has all my videos in date order, with the latest addition at the
top. Reason I think this would be the best option, unless there is
something about You Tube I don't know of, I don't know of a sort
option within the video list that would be sensitive to the title
name?

I agree, I need to zoom in, but my camera doesn't do well with focus
when I "zoom in" or if I have it "too close". Numbers in this
particular video are much more legible in full screen.

What I should have done since I had a passenger was to give him the
camera so I could get the plane even closer to stall speed. Of course
this was thought of after coming home, watching the video and going OH
DUH.

[Ross[_2_]]

wrote:

> Windy today so figured it would be a good day for "slow flight" 20
> knots on the surface so I was curious what it was above my head.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kyjc7y1aAI
>
> For safety reasons, I did not go to stall speed on the airspeed
> indicator since my hand was not on the throttle for recovery. I could
> have easily gotten the ground speed to single digits as I still had 10
> knots above stall speed on the ASI.
>
> Incredibly, the air was glass smooth above the scattered clouds as
> demonstrated by my passenger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-zwDkNzn-8

I have gone in reverse in a C-150 before. Trim for very slow airspeed
and right into the wind. Look down and the plane is going backwards to
the ground. My instructor first showed me this trick.

Ross

[Dylan Smith]

On 2009-02-28, Ross > wrote:
> I have gone in reverse in a C-150 before. Trim for very slow airspeed
> and right into the wind. Look down and the plane is going backwards to
> the ground. My instructor first showed me this trick.

It's relatively easy to do in our Auster. Placarded stall speed, flaps
down power on, is 29 mph(!) our normal approach speed is 50 mph, and
short field 40 mph. (You can make a wheel landing out of a 50 mph
approach power off). The disadvantage is that ground handling can be
troublesome when it's windy. The sink rate at 40 mph power off is very
high too, so to stop the flare timing from being critical, a little
power is handy when approaching this slowly.

--
From the sunny Isle of Man.
Yes, the Reply-To email address is valid.

[george]

On Mar 1, 5:19*am, Dylan Smith > wrote:
> On 2009-02-28, Ross > wrote:
>
> > I have gone in reverse in a C-150 before. Trim for very slow airspeed
> > and right into the wind. Look down and the plane is going backwards to
> > the ground. My instructor first showed me this trick.
>
> It's relatively easy to do in our Auster. Placarded stall speed, flaps
> down power on, is 29 mph(!) our normal approach speed is 50 mph, and
> short field 40 mph. (You can make a wheel landing out of a 50 mph
> approach power off). The disadvantage is that ground handling can be
> troublesome when it's windy. The sink rate at 40 mph power off is very
> high too, so to stop the flare timing from being critical, a little
> power is handy when approaching this slowly.
>

The MS880 was pretty good at that.
The instructor had a term for it calling it 'riding the updrafts' and
would let the aircraft drift back over the takeoff point to impress
students

[Morgans[_2_]]

"BeechSundowner" > wrote

Hey Jim

I appreciate your compliments!

Would http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=BeechSundowner&view=videos
work?

This has all my videos in date order, with the latest addition at the
top. Reason I think this would be the best option, unless there is
something about You Tube I don't know of, I don't know of a sort
option within the video list that would be sensitive to the title
name?
********************************
How about that! I didn't know that there was a listing like that!

Your links now bookmarked, and I can go to it like I said!

In other words;
Never Mind!!! :-)
--
Jim in NC

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> I have gone in reverse in a C-150 before. Trim for very slow airspeed
> and right into the wind. Look down and the plane is going backwards to
> the ground. My instructor first showed me this trick.
>

Would be fun to land in reverse.. if you turn base too late, you will
never make it :-0)

[Dana M. Hague[_2_]]

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:41:00 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

>For safety reasons, I did not go to stall speed on the airspeed
>indicator since my hand was not on the throttle for recovery...

Why? With that much altitude, stall recovery with no power is no
problem at all.

-Dana
--
I can see clearly now, the brain is gone...

[BeechSundowner]

On Mar 1, 2:48*pm, Dana M. Hague > wrote:

> Why? *With that much altitude, stall recovery with no power is no
> problem at all.
>
> -Dana

2 reasons Dana,

One, I have never **conscientiously** done a stall recovery without
immediate corrective power adjustment after wings level and two, there
was a cloud deck below me.

I obviously recover from stalls just fine since I am here to share my
experiences :-)

In other words, just because I recovered from the stall doesn't mean I
stop flying the plane hence safety reasons were first and foremost.
Operating a camera in my eyes is not flying the plane.

I also feel (for me) to have all tools in my hands when doing unusual
attitudes other then straight and level and standard turns. This
means my hand should be on the throttle, not the camera. YMMV of
course.